Details Emerge On Futurama's "Rebirth" (and Return) 183
Svippy writes "As revealed last summer, Futurama will be returning this year, and while there were conflicts about the cast of the show in the late summer of 2009, a deal was eventually secured. Last week, Comedy Central confirmed the airing of the first episode, 'Rebirth,' will be 24 June 2010. Several other details related to plot and production have surfaced over the months, and for those interested, a full article is available on the subject."
Re:I just got goosebumps (Score:1, Informative)
Its a cruncha muncha buncha human
Re:Good News! (Score:5, Informative)
he says everybody not everyone.
Fail. [youtube.com]
Re:Flame jacket on (Score:5, Informative)
So, if someone had a brain slug & then faced Hypnotoad, what would happen?
My theory is that the Hypnotoad would control the brain slug as well.
Re:Good News! (Score:4, Informative)
he says everybody not everyone.
I think you're thinking of Dr. Nick Riviera.
Fox Sunday/Friday victims of the early 2000s (Score:5, Informative)
Fox killed Futurama by bad scheduling. See, they put the show on various slots Sunday nights, but because of the variable length of NFL football game coverage, the Sunday night lineup was often damaged by running late, being joined in progress, not being shown to the whole nation, and other problems. The only rules were that The Simpsons must run untouched at as close to 8pm ET as possible.
Furthermore, they killed several shows by putting them on Friday nights during the spring and summer... because not only is that a traditional slow night for TV viewing, but Fox-owned stations in New York (the biggest local TV area), Boston (4th biggest) and other markets showed local baseball games on most Fridays, causing new episodes of serial series to air in the late-late-night timeslots in those areas.
Fox has fixed these problems by allowing Fox Sports to control the network up until 8pm ET on Sundays, filling the gap between the end of the games and the set signoff time with a postgame show called The OT when needed. West coast affiliates are left on their own until 8pm PT, and the entire nation sees the Sunday lineup from 8/7-to-10/9 as they should. Fox has also stopped buying local baseball packages for their owned stations and encouraged other affiliates to get out of the local sports broadcast business.
Many geek favorites like Futurama and Sliders got caught up in this mess. It's nice to see that the producers of such shows have found other outlets that treat them better.
Best Futurama Line... (Score:2, Informative)
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"I had the most wonderful dream! And YOU were in it!"
Re:High def! (Score:4, Informative)
It matters because standard def is 4:3 and high def is 16:9. The simpsons looks a lot better now that I don't need to stretch it to fit my screen.
Maybe, but it's still not funny any more.