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No New Series of Futurama
Nikoth writes "It seems that Billy West got it wrong when he announced that there are 26 new episodes of Futurama on the way, and instead there will only be the 4 movies as planned. "
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Except the new season of Family Guy is unwatchable trash. I liked the earlier seasons, but now we just get 22 minutes of "hey, remember that old TV show? here's a skit spoofing it for no reason!" every week. Apparently Seth Macfarlane wasn't content to do that just once, so he also forced Fox to pick up the equally horrid American Dad as part of the most skewed contract ever.
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don't generally rake in a large enough share of the ad revenue for their time slots
Which time slot would that be? The ones they kept moving around about once a month? How exactly is a show supposed to build a following when no one knows when the hell it's on?
because more people will sit down and watch a fat woman screaming about GAHGOYLES
I'm pretty certain that would not count as "the fans".
Perhaps you should actually reply to my actual comment instead of being a condescending prick.
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize that I was in the midst of a seasoned television executive. Please, do enlighten us by telling us which network or cable channel you currently work for and how many years of service you've put in running it as a successful business operation. Then, you can more clearly explain what metrics you've used to determine exactly why these other channels are making a mistake by not following the course of action that you're reccommending.
Perhaps you should actually reply to my actual comment instead of being a condescending prick.
Perhaps you shouldn't act like the world should be run according to your personal tastes and accept that not everybody enjoys the same shows you do. Oh, boo hoo. They cancelled a show that you liked because not enough other people did. Get over it.
From now on, I buy only Intel.
"paper-thin plot, lots and lots of little in-jokes that attack social morays, pop culture, etc."
The difference between then and now is that then they managed to at least put some of the in-jokes and pop culture references into the scenes themselves instead of needing to do a remember when and flash back for every single reference. Between that and Stewie getting less and less homicidal (and somehow more and more absurd to make up for it), I have felt very free to not watch it since around episode 5 or 6 of Season 5.