Comedy Central Confirms 26 New Futurama Episodes 259
e9th was one of several readers to write with an update to the Futurama rumors we discussed earlier this week:
"TVWeek reports that 20th Century Fox Television and Comedy Central have officially confirmed a deal for 26 new episodes of Futurama, due to the strong ratings of its reruns and feature-length specials. Matt Groening is quoted as saying, 'We're thrilled Futurama is coming back. We now have only 25,766 episodes to make before we catch up with Bender and Fry in the year 3000.' According to the press release, the episodes will begin to come out in mid-2010."
Good news, everyone! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Good news, everyone! (Score:5, Funny)
It's too late (Score:5, Funny)
Too much time has passed.
The professor's probably dead by now, the kids will be all late teenagers, etc.
In Bender's case you can always put another guy in the costume but come on! Where do they expect to find another actress with the eye mutation?
Re:More Than Deserves a Second Chance (Score:5, Funny)
"The morons who cancelled us not only got fired, but also got beaten! Badly!"
The biggest problem plaguing Fox was the constant shuffling of executives in charge of the schedule. Because the new guy in place feared that a succesful show implemented by its predecessor would not give HIM credit, he'd just move it around, keeping prime slots for his own pet projects. Fast forward six months, change execs again, repeat until your schedule is a stinker parade surrounding a few scant barely palatable options. Good shows get lost in the cracks.
"This is executive Alpha, programmed to like things he's seen before."
"Hey hey hey!"
"This is executive Beta, programmed to underestimate the audience."
"It's funny, but how will it go with farmers?"
"And this is executive Gamma, programmed to roll dice to determine the schedule."
*rolls dice* "MORE REALITY SHOWS!"
Re:Sounds like Fox has finally got its act togethe (Score:5, Funny)
3. 3. HTML ordered lists already number themselves.
reboot (Score:5, Funny)
Dammit! (Score:2, Funny)
I just finished watching every episode of that show, and thought I was done. You mean to tell me there's going to be MOAR?
Re:Sounds like Fox has finally got its act togethe (Score:2, Funny)
Re:More Than Deserves a Second Chance (Score:5, Funny)
"It's funny, but how will it go with farmers?"
Correct quote: ""This is executive Beta, programmed to underestimate middle America." "It's funny, but will it get them off their tractors?"
Loss of 20 geek points. Please complete three Windows ME to Vista upgrades as penance.
Re:More Than Deserves a Second Chance (Score:4, Funny)
Please complete three Windows ME to Vista upgrades as penance.
Can't I just take over boulder duty from Sysyphus instead? Then I'd be done sometime this millenia at least!
Re:Sounds like Fox has finally got its act togethe (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Awesome... (Score:5, Funny)
I think it was said best in the words of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force:
Meatwad: Why don't you ask that TV if he'd mind showing me some Futurama? I like me some Futurama.
Master Shake: Well, now we're too damn cheap to receive it, so go the hell over to Carl Central and watch it to your heart's content.
Meatwad: Carl gets Futurama?
Master Shake: He didn't even want it until we started watching it
Re:Awesome... (Score:2, Funny)
Oh you're right. I had missed that. Quick, someone mod me down!
Re:It's too late (Score:5, Funny)
We just get Kiff to give an orangutang a makeover.
Re:Awesome... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:More Than Deserves a Second Chance (Score:3, Funny)
GAME SHOWS ARE BACK
Re:Can Futurama unjump the shark? (Score:1, Funny)
Man, Jurassic bark was hilarious. Especially the ending
Has to be done... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:reboot (Score:4, Funny)
This will be a reboot of Futurama ...
Really? I wanna see that! Lets get Dot to play Leela. Phong will play the professor (Imagine the professor with a chinese accent and speaking in riddles). Bob will have to be Fry I suppose, with like a -100 intelligence. Matrix can play Bender, AndrAIa should be Amy Wong. I think it would be fun to make Megabyte play Zapp Brannigan, and of course Hexidecimal is MoM. SCSI can be Nibbler. And just for kicks we'll have Turbo play Kiff. Lets make lil' Enzo play Kiff's & Amy's offspring...
Of course, this is plenty open to changes...
Re:Hope they warm up before starting (Score:5, Funny)
"...solving the problem once and for all."
"But-"
"ONCE AND FOR ALL!"
Re:Huh wha...? (Score:4, Funny)
VOICES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!