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Futurama Confirmed on Cartoon Network

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bite-my-shiny-metal-ass dept.

MrChubble writes "A quote from the cartoon network Adult Swim FAQ: "Starting January 12th the block will be extended to five nights a week (Sunday-Thursday) 11pm-2am et/pt and FUTURAMA will be added to the schedule." Sounds like fun to me." Jamie asks: it's nice to get confirmation of reruns, but will they be buying new episodes? Anyone know?

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  1. Television has to die... by ites · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Roll on the day when I can buy programmes of my choice and get them sent to my hard drive to watch at my leisure. There is the small issue of payment and copy protection but it's not a killer. I'd be happy to pay for (e.g.) a season of online Futurama if I could get a hardcopy on DVD.
    Anyhow, the obvious solution is product placement. Bite my shiny metal Pepsi ass!

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  2. NY / NJ Futurama / Cartoon Network Ads by rit · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've noticed for about 2 - 3 weeks now on the NJ Transit trains into New York City, that Cartoon Network has been running Futurama ads for their Adult Swim segment. It's an ad with Cartoon Network Logo at top, the Futurama gang, and the words "Visit the Future - Again, and Again, And Again..." and the 'Adult Swim' info at the bottom.

    Looks like it's double confirmed!

  3. How will they pre-empt it? by Col.+Klink+(retired) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    But Cartoon network doesn't run any football games, so how do they plan to pre-empt it?

    I swear, Fox must have *hated* this show. On 12/22, Futurama was the ONLY program Fox was planning to show that was not a rerun. They scheduled it for 7pm and, like every football game every season, the game ran long and they pre-empted Futurama again.

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  4. New Shows? Why bother? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Let me tell you a little story about the Cartoon Network and non-DBZ shows.

    There once was a little CGI show from Canada called "Reboot". In order to do another season, they (Mainframe Entertainment) needed a commitment from the Cartoon Network. You see, even for a Canadian company, they still relied upon the US market as a gauge for success.

    So the magic day came...the new season was out! Reboot fans in Canada gathered around the warming glow of YTV and enjoyed the new episodes! But in the States, it was a different story...

    CN showed the new Reboots irregularly. Some say they didn't even bother to air the entire season! But CN was more than happy to expand their Adult Swim lineup with more Dragon Ball Z (and shows just like it).

    The moral of the story? Unless it's some loser Japanese cartoon, don't expect CN to get behind it in any way. If they promise to help fund new Futuramas, they won't air them (that would interfere with the non-stop DBZ slideshow).

  5. I'm rolling my own... by RatBastard · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Between my ReplayTV and my DVD burner, I'm just burning my own. Too many of my favorite shows either do not end up on DVD at all, or are priced so high as to not be worth it. While season one and two of Futurama might be in the stores, how likely is season three or four? Then there are the shows that will never be released on DVD, like The Critic or Invader Zim.

    Sure, I don't get the commentary or neat packaging, but I don't care about that. I care about the show.

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