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Futurama Cancelled (Again)
eldavojohn writes "Bad news everybody. According to Entertainment Weekly, Futurama has been cancelled (again). The renewal of Futurama back onto television was met with great fanfare but sadly it appears that Futurama's luck has run out for a second time. The second half of season 7 will air from June 19th to September 4th and that will be it."
Agreed on all points.
Bender's Big Score was OK in parts; I kind of dug it. I particularly liked how stuck-in-the-past Fry realized he was Lars and had the emotional bit.
But after that, weak sauce.
The hipster one was pretty good also.
Once again, the sandwitch heavy portfolio pays off!
They didn't. Though they did last longer than Futurama, the newer episodes are soul-crushingly bad.
certainly cutbacks can be made to get per-episode costs to something low enough to kickstarter fund.
That's correct. The cutbacks would presumably be not having the original voice cast, writing team, or production crew. You would still need to purchase the rights from Fox, though. The syndication rights that Comedy Central bought from Fox are said to be the single most expensive acquisition for Comedy Central. They paid Fox $400k per episode just for syndication rights.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
The big problem was reduced running time. Going from 21 minutes down to 18 really hurts storytelling.
The first half of season 7 of Futurama averaged 21:20 per episode (sans commercials, including credits), with none less than 21 minutes.
Apparently those of us viewing it at my house have souls made of sterner stuff. Maybe it just seems enjoyable compared to Seth McFarlane's triple parade of misogyny, but I get more laughs per 22 minutes out of the Simpsons current season than most of what's on television.