Futurama! 26 New Episodes! Not Movies! Resurrected!

[Danny Stephenson]

A friend has just linked me to this:

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/06/its-official-futurama-returns.html

FOX finally got the hint…

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[JamesTC]

This is a good day for TV news, first there is a very good possibility of My Name Is Earl returning and now Futurama IS returning, next Robert Llew will announce that Red Dwarf is back for an 8 episode series.

Oh and 26 fucking episodes! That is more than any season before isn’t it?

[Danny Stephenson]

it could well be 2 seasons of 13 eps, but who knows?

[JamesTC]

Some American shows are shown in two blocks though, half of the episodes one half of the year and half of the episodes the next. I’m certain My Name Is Earl and South Park are aired that way.

[Danny Stephenson]

I think that’s why our Season numbers in the UK don’t tally with the US ones.

[Blisschick]

Network TV usually runs 21-23 eps, cable tends to break it up into two sets, one for the fall, one for the summer.

[Jonathan Capps]

Fucking YES.

[SkyAndSun]

Evil companies are turning good. First EA starts creating original IPs like Dead Space and supports Tim Schaffer’s latest game and now after resurrecting Family Guy Fox do the same to Futurama. What a pleasant surprise!

[Jonathan Capps]

But… it’s going to be on Comedy Central.

[Jonathan Capps]

Also: HURRAH!

[Ben Paddon]

It’s not Fox responsible for Futurama’s return – it’s Comedy Central.

Some American shows are shown in two blocks though, half of the episodes one half of the year and half of the episodes the next. I?m certain My Name Is Earl and South Park are aired that way.

This isn’t the case anymore for Earl, which has been cancelled.

[Arlene Rimmer BSc SSc]

Sweet something of somewhere!

[si]

Lovely.

[J_Spaced]

I’ll take EIGHT!

[JamesTC]

>This isn?t the case anymore for Earl, which has been cancelled.

And it is possibly getting picked up by cable network TNT or other cable network TNS.

[pfm]

Who gives a fuck. The DVDs were shit, weren’t they? That’s the impression I got, even though I’ve not seen them.

[littlesmegger]

I adore Futurama, and the straight to DVD films were very good, and have obviously sold well enough to generate 2 new seasons. I think Bender’s Big Score was one of the best stories the programme has ever told personally.

I knew it would come back properly at some point and give the now stale Simpsons a run for its money.

[Mr Flibble]

It?s not Fox responsible for Futurama?s return – it?s Comedy Central.

It’s kind of Fox’s fault too, as they make shitloads from the DVD.

This is however, excellent news.

It is two seasons of 13 BTW.

[JamesTC]

Well it is still more than when the films were being brought out, we had 1 film every 4 months if I remeber.

[Dave]

>Who gives a fuck. The DVDs were shit, weren?t they? That?s the impression I got, even though I?ve not seen them.

Get a grip.

[genericnerdyusername]

> I knew it would come back properly at some point and give the now stale Simpsons a run for its money.

Actually I think lately the Simpsons has been really good again. The one where Skinner takes the idiots of the school to Capital City was great.
“It’s time for me to do something I should’ve done as a principal a long time ago – something!”

[Ridley]

Anyone else heard this?

If anyone needs me, I?ll be in the Angry Dome

[Andrew]

It’s a power play, part of the negotiations. I don’t buy them carrying on an already-once-cancelled, edge-of-financial-success show without the voice cast; they’d rather just dump it.

Same thing happened with The Simpsons a few years back. “Anyone can play Homer” became the headline…just so all parties knew hardball was being played on the financial deal.

[JamesTC]

Oh well, I will still watch it, the main strength is in the writing but the characters just won’t seem like themselves without the original cast.

[JamesTC]

Which thinking about it leads me to wonder why they don’t make a new show but set in the same universe, sort of like a spin-off. The New Adventures of Hypno Toad and Friends.

[Ben Paddon]

a friend of mine who happens to be a voice actor was very hurriedly asked to record auditions for Kiff, Zapp, Fry and Zoidberg last night.

[si]

*disappointed groan*

[pfm]

Even if they audition people for real it doesn’t mean they won’t negotiate again with the original cast. West has been a bit of a dick in the past, it seems, in terms of kicking up a fuss about money and rights. Whatever, they might as well end the show if they lose him and the others. Fans will just boycott/hate the new episodes without them. Money will be lost, maybe even lives.

[pfm]

Apparently this could all be a big joke/setup for what’s gonna happen at the Futurama Comic Con panel. Apparently… The cast are slated to appear and it’s supposed to be a ‘showdown’ deciding whether the show will be renewed or not. Sounds mental.

[JamesTC]

Well as long as David X Coen is still there doing commentaries I will still buy the DVDs.

[Ben Paddon]

That’s a rumour, monkey. And I put more stock in news than I do in rumours. That’s why I don’t read the Sun.

[Danny Stephenson]

You can read the sun?, you’re not even meant to look at it!

[Ben Paddon]

[Squeaky Gibson]

Fingers crossed this was just a stunt, as Futurama with out the original voices would be like robbie rocket pants, with out the rockets

[Phil]

Robbie Pants? I went to school with him.

[peas_and_corn]

I went to school with the Hamburglar. We’d keep asking him why hamburgers don’t have ham in them, and he’d get confused.

[Carlito]

It’s beef doing all the legwork, pork getting all the credit.

But pork and lamb, they’re the main two chops, aren’t they? Beef gets a burger, doesn’t get a chop. I don’t make the rules up, do I?

[Dave]

Now I feel sorry for ham.

[Ben Paddon]

Ham Doctor.

[Andrew]

What a surprise:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41898

[JamesTC]

Fuck yes. I was fucking sick of hearing twats going “I’m not going to watch it” when they obviously would if they are posting on a futurama fan site.

[JamesTC]

Wait I read the next story and it says they are making a Futurama feature film, when was this announced?

[Ben Paddon]

People say “I won’t watch it!” on Outpost Gallifrey all the time. Then they watch the show.

[Carlito]

More importantly… according to AICN, the new “Seinfeld reunion” season of Curb Your Enthusiasm starts Sept 20. Good stuff.

[Ridley]

I think we’ve experienced this period of time before, sir.

[Squeaky Gibson]

*wipes tear from eye* it’s about time. the movies were nice, but can’t wait for the (hopefully) old style shows.

[Ridley]

Shaky con cam footage.

[karcreat]

This is GREAT News…but ONLY if they retain the original voice actors…should ‘impressionists’ be called in, I won’t have the slightest interest…

Still, hopeful it will be EXCELLENT!

-K

[Ben Paddon]

karcreat there, posting from eleven months ago.

[karcreat]

Ben there…posting the usual hate filled drivel from two minutes ago…

Yeah, that comment RE my comment TRULY was needed, wasn’t it, Captain Hatred?

Stay tuned, I have no doubt he will post more again VERY soon…

[Ben Paddon]

No I won’t!

…

Oh, bugger.

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