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Futurama to be Resurrected?
KingDaveRa writes "Futurama could follow in the footsteps of Family Guy and re-enter production more than two years after it was axed. The animated series, brainchild of Simpsons creator Matt Groening, ended after four produced seasons amid lackluster ratings and broken scheduling on broadcast network Fox." From the Reuters article: "Reps for 20th Century Fox have declined to comment on the news, but Variety says initial negotiations have begun. If revived, it's unclear exactly which network would air the new episodes. While Fox housed the original series, the show found new life once reruns began showing on the Cartoon Network. Comedy Central subsequently snapped up the off-air rights and will exclusively air the repeats beginning in 2008. " A follow-up to Groening and Cohen's recent comments.
Good news everybody!
Futurama could follow in the footsteps of Family Guy and re-enter production more than two years after it was axed.
Well, i'm waiting... what did they ax it?
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
--Chag
...about the resurrection of Farscape and Firefly for an "F" trifecta!!!
Futurama is being resurrected and you're talking about Ariel Sharon?! You disgust me!
Life is hilariously cruel.
It's always had high ratings!
I agree. Its enough to drive this robot not to drink!
What's "Arrested Development"?
The prisoner of hope is sustained and encouraged by his hope, even as he is confined by it.
"If only there was some way to know which can of slurm has the winning bottlecap..."
"wait, what did you say? I was too busy using this ray gun to look inside of stuff."
Han shot first.
I wish they could just resurrect shows on Cartoon Network. Unfortunately, that's unpossible.
fixed that for you.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
Have you ever noticed this? If the show is on Fox, is good, and if its title begins with F, it is f*cked. Family Guy, Futurama, Firefly. If this is true, though, 2/3 of the trifecta will have been resurrected. But we all know Firefly is never coming back.
I regularly report MSN spam to the Hotmail admins.
That's just air escaping from the folds of his fat!
Things are going to be different this time. Before, Fox was demanding and possessive. But now, it wants them to do stuff and stay with them all the time.
"WANTED: Sinking ship seeks rats."
for that line of thinking, Ariel Sharon is dying and yet here you are posting on Slashdot forums about how much people posting on Slashdot forums are disgusting you. I think causality just collapsed again.
King of the Hill needs killin'.
If I want to laugh at some idiot conservative Texan these days, I put on CNN.
... my Fing-Longer, I could activate the What-If machine, and see what would happen if FOX brought back Futurama.
Instead, I'll just enjoy the syndication, instead.
Yeah, it's kind of a bummer that the only choice for right-wing comedy on the air right now is Fox News.
Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.
-- Dr. Spock, stardate 2822-3.
The series revolved around Fry, a pizza delivery boy, who is accidentally frozen for a thousand years. He wakes up in the year 3000 and befriends sassy one-eyed pilot Leela and cranky robot Bender, who both work for an intergalactic delivery service run by a distant nephew of Fry's.
Leela worked at the Chrionics lab, getting her job with the delivery service at the same time as Fry.
Bender was ending his carrier as a bender, rather drastically, when he met Fry. Also joining Planet Express at the same time as Fry and Leela.
My last shred of faith is shattered. How are we ever to trust the news media again!?
My three year-old daughter loves Futurama. Her favorite character? Bender, naturally.
Bender. Bender Bending Rodriguez. The whoring, hard drinking, foul-mouthed bending robot. I put the over/under at 3 months past her 18th birthday when she first dances on a brass pole for dollar bills.
"No beer until you finish your tequila!" -Leela's Dad
Now Zoidberg is the popular one!
Fox would never allow something like that to happen.
I mean, the voice talent alone. You have to get the people that do the voices of Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, Leo Wong, and various other people. I mean that's 5 people right there you have to re-hire!
Can they find all these guys again? They could be anywhere! They may all have scheduling conflicts or something...
waiting for someone to state the obvious about this of course
"Leo Fender was in a 'state of grace' when he designed the Stratocaster." -- Paul Reed Smith
Their titles all contain vowels! ...
What, you thought I was going to jump on the "they all contain F!" bandwagon? Pfft.
As long as it doesn't turn into a partisan political mouthpiece like "Family Guy" has. If I want to see one-sided political humor, I'll read "Doonesbury."
You seem to have misspelled "American Dad" and "The Boondocks".
Is any of this getting through to you?
that keeps getting told to get the "F outta here".
myke
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