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More rumors about the return of Futurama
Posted Jan 5th 2006 10:33AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: FOX, Animation

Last month, Joel reported on an article in Australia's Sydney Morning Herald which suggested that Futurama may be making a return to television. This morning, America's own Variety magazine is reporting similar news......

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http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/01/05/more-rumors-about-the-return-of-futurama/



could it be? is it inevitable? will futurama return??

Good news everyone! I've taught the toaster love!

No longer shall I hold the DVDs in my hands and remember what love feels like...


...Seriously though. It's awesome, but still under Family Guy.

Quite some time back... or rather around the time of the Family Guy straight to DVD movie it was reported, but i doubt confirmed that one (possibly two) futurama movies similar to the family guy format had been given the go ahead.

As it is, rumours that futurama is returning TV are constantly popping up and i eagerly await its fabled return.

If it does come back, it'll probably suck like the new Family Guy sucks.

New episodes are already playing on TBS and Teletoon...

Leila almost dies... Fry fights the brains again... Fry finds his old dog... golden bender from an alternate dimension... etc.

New episodes are already playing on TBS and Teletoon...

Leila almost dies... Fry fights the brains again... Fry finds his old dog... golden bender from an alternate dimension... etc.
Those aren't new......

New episodes are already playing on TBS and Teletoon...

Leila almost dies... Fry fights the brains again... Fry finds his old dog... golden bender from an alternate dimension... etc.
Those aren't new. They've been cycling on Adult Swim forever.

I have mixed feelings, because FOX is also cancelling Arrested Development, and it's not likely that Adult Swim could save that. I don't want to have to get Showtime (which might pick up the show) in order to see it. Dammit.

It'd be cool, but damn. As long as it replaces War at Home I guess...

because FOX is also cancelling Arrested Development
THEY'RE ACTUALLY FUCKING CANCELLING IT? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

But...but...I thought they just slimmed down the number of episodes in this season!

It'd be cool, but damn. As long as it replaces War at Home I guess...
I actually like it. But less than Arrested Development.

I think the return of Futurama would be a good thing. A friend of mine mentioned that the most likely reason for its cancellation was due to its sudden political bent. Whether or not this was true I don't know. However if you watch the last season or so you tend to see the riffs on president bush. Whatever happened to "That's my Bush". If you are going to dig on the president that was a good one.

What?! I guess they've only recently come to Canada.... I hate you all.

What?! I guess they've only recently come to Canada.... I hate you all.

Rest assured, it's probably mutual.

May Futurama return to new production life...to all others: Death by Snu-snu!

Rest assured, it's probably mutual.
What do you have against Canada?

Yay!

Holy...motherloving...shite...can...this...be...TRUE? Both Family Guy AND Futurama back on the air? Wow...God must love geeks. And the crazy thing is, I was never a major fan of either in their first run, but I am a rabid fan of both now.

100% yes good stuff

I love Futurama and catch it on Adult Swim a lot, but sometimes it's better for a show to rest in peace. Do we want to remember it how we remember Elvis? Look at the new episodes of "The Simpsons." D'oh.


Though I was pleased about the return of "Family Guy." It's still very funny, very creative.

Futurama is my favorite TV show. :D Bender rules. & Zoidburg!

Here, we are finally getting Futurama on regular TV for about the first time.
Howvever, a while ago I borrowed the first season from my friend...I watched it about 3 times (whole season) over two days. XD
So I'm glad it's on TV at the moment. Wednesdays, & Fridays.
Which means it's on today...w00t!

I love The Simpsons too (though the new episodes just arn't as good...) however I don't really like Family Guy for some reason. I just...don't find it as funny.

rumor is that its going to get a spot in the "laugh out loud" sunday night on fox, i read it in esquire don't ask me y i was reading, i think the tv was broke.:)

*sigh* if only it were true... but i'm pretty sure somenoe commented about never working with fox on futurama again.

I think the return of Futurama would be a good thing. A friend of mine mentioned that the most likely reason for its cancellation was due to its sudden political bent. Whether or not this was true I don't know. However if you watch the last season or so you tend to see the riffs on president bush. Whatever happened to "That's my Bush". If you are going to dig on the president that was a good one.
I taped the marathon they ran last year or the year before of That's My Bush and at some point i might provide material to it.
As per the political bent, try
A Head In The Polls
War Is The H-Word
A Taste Of Freedom
Crimes Of The Hot
And absolutely
Three Hundred Big Boys
which very clearly infers the "bribe" of the $300 tax refund offered to the good populace of the U.S. ... at a cost, of course, to Social Security.

I love Futurama and catch it on Adult Swim a lot, but sometimes it's better for a show to rest in peace. Do we want to remember it how we remember Elvis? Look at the new episodes of "The Simpsons." D'oh.


Though I was pleased about the return of "Family Guy." It's still very funny, very creative.
if were on the topic of simpsons id like to say i think its now on its shameful decline, i mean a gay marraige episode? and the treehouse of terror sucked total nutsax, a first.

Holy...motherloving...shite...can...this...be...TRUE? Both Family Guy AND Futurama back on the air? Wow...God must love geeks. And the crazy thing is, I was never a major fan of either in their first run, but I am a rabid fan of both now.
Strange, i'm not usually supportive of the "convert" mentality.
But, bust out the bubbly! Boo-yaa!

Futurama
I love The Simpsons too (though the new episodes just arn't as good...) however I don't really like Family Guy for some reason. I just...don't find it as funny.

Crude, bawdy, risque, yet surprisingly intelligent satire doesn't bode well with most people. Particularly the ones who have "taste." Fortunately, I am not well known for being a connoisseur of fine entertainment! ;)

May Futurama return to new production life...to all others: Death by Snu-snu!
The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is *spongy and bruised*.

This is so far the most one sided poll since "How'z about I just start wailin' on you right here and now?"

And since that poll didn't actually exist...

Futurama is my favorite TV show. :D Bender rules. & Zoidburg!

Here, we are finally getting Futurama on regular TV for about the first time.
Howvever, a while ago I borrowed the first season from my friend...I watched it about 3 times (whole season) over two days. XD
So I'm glad it's on TV at the moment. Wednesdays, & Fridays.
Which means it's on today...w00t!

I love The Simpsons too (though the new episodes just arn't as good...) however I don't really like Family Guy for some reason. I just...don't find it as funny.
dont make me kill you, i mean a 15 minute fight with a guy in a chicken outfit? pure laughs

The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is *spongy and bruised*.

Mmmm Amazons... I just could never understand if a woman was so big that you could crawl actually into her through... nevermind...

Those aren't new. They've been cycling on Adult Swim forever.
And they actually said they would replay them forever. Thumbs up IMO.

I don't want to have to get Showtime (which might pick up the show) in order to see it.
That's what i thought until they cancelled Dead Like Me, which f*cking ROCKED. That made me *really* mad. I hadn't got in and mouthed off enough.
Now i'm concerned a similar fate to Carnivale.
Also, i sure wouldn't mind Firefly again.

The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is *spongy and bruised*.
since you are the most attractive male, you will sleep with the good-looking females, then the big ones, then the skinny ones, then the big ones again, then the pretty ones, then the big ones again if there is time left over.

The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is *spongy and bruised*.

Heh, maybe Zapp can get his own show..."CSI: Branningan's Law"

Mmmm Amazons... I just could never understand if a woman was so big that you could crawl actually into her through... nevermind...
It's implied that a person is already relatively open-minded by being a fan of the show in the first place ... consider the episode
Bend Her.

And they actually said they would replay them forever. Thumbs up IMO.


That's what i thought until they cancelled Dead Like Me, which f*cking ROCKED. That made me *really* mad. I hadn't got in and mouthed off enough.
Now i'm concerned a similar fate to Carnivale.
Also, i sure wouldn't mind Firefly again.
what are you some kind of fairy, jesus christ i thought this was a hetero forum.

It's implied that a person is already relatively open-minded by being a fan of the show in the first place ... consider the episode
Bend Her.

My problem is not that I have a closed mind, it is that I have an extremely dirty one...

No longer shall I hold the DVDs in my hands and remember what love feels like...


...Seriously though. It's awesome, but still under Family Guy.
Ahhhh, a man of true taste. I haven't seen an animation yet that can make me laugh as hard as Family guy.

anyone like American Dad?

Heh, maybe Zapp can get his own show..."CSI: Branningan's Law"
...as alluded to on a few episodes,
Love's Labors Lost In Space
Brannigan, Begin Again
War Is The H-Word
(obviously) Amazon Women In The Mood
and absolutely,
Where No Fan Has Gone Before.

You know, of course, how HARD it is NOT to spam this thread with kickarse quotes from that show. Seriously.

anyone like American Dad?

Only occasionally.

"Well, if you didn't want to have sex, why did you pull a gun on me?"

what are you some kind of fairy, jesus christ i thought this was a hetero forum.
I don't know WherTF you got that idea! ;)
I'm open minded enough to appreciate the finer points of life.
I'm also self-centered enough to know what works for me and what doesn't.
Consider that my manifesto. Hope that helps!

anyone like American Dad?
Yes. They're doing well with it.
I like Saint Curie's quote about it.

I don't know WherTF you got that idea! ;)
I'm open minded enough to appreciate the finer points of life.
I'm also self-centered enough to know what works for me and what doesn't.
Consider that my manifesto. Hope that helps!
no, not really i still think youre a fruit, might want to try defending yourself in a less "gay" fashion.

anyone like American Dad?

I like American Dad, but it isn't that funny. It doesn't satirize the left very well and seems to primarily focus on the self-justified, neo-conservative, fanatical, unquestioning Dubya worshippers leaving a preachy aftertaste. If the satirical style were a bit more balanced, and if it were a bit funnier, I'd enjoy it more.


As a note, I'm a leftist, but I'd like to see my views made fun of too.

Dare to dream I so want me some more Futurama. I worked at a rebar plant for a year and we had a robotic fabricator that was constantly going on the fritz. I nicknamed it 'Bender'

What?! I guess they've only recently come to Canada.... I hate you all.

No those episodes have been here in Canada for the same time they've been in the United States. It's not like we actually have a border anymore in most senses. Not a bad thing either.

Hmm... Death by snu-snu? Yay!

no, not really i still think youre a fruit, might want to try defending yourself in a less "gay" fashion.
Can't help ya, pardner.
Tat tvam asi.

:fluffle:

Whoops, that must've just *slipped* out. Tee hee! ;)

Dare to dream I so want me some more Futurama. I worked at a rebar plant for a year and we had a robotic fabricator that was constantly going on the fritz. I nicknamed it 'Bender'
May the legacy live ever on.
*bows*

I like the idea of it coming back. As for Straugn's sexual orientation...he is a giver not a taker no matter how much his wife says different.

Futurama I think was not as dirty as some of the other animation out there. Each major Toon has a distinct flavor. Simpsons plays against the family types in the show. Homer-dumb luck, Marge-morality etc etc. Family guy is more of a gross out show in that they are outrageous to be outrageous. Futurama was more of a political satire. At least that is the way it seemed to me. That isn't to say all it did was political satire...

I like the idea of it coming back. As for Straugn's sexual orientation...he is a giver not a taker no matter how much his wife says different.

Futurama I think was not as dirty as some of the other animation out there. Each major Toon has a distinct flavor. Simpsons plays against the family types in the show. Homer-dumb luck, Marge-morality etc etc. Family guy is more of a gross out show in that they are outrageous to be outrageous. Futurama was more of a political satire. At least that is the way it seemed to me. That isn't to say all it did was political satire...
Hey, it's Straughn, with a breathy emphasis on the "h" sound, kinda like "hhhhhhhHHH".
You know, like a sigh ... like the intro to "Hallelujah" (Jeff Buckley's version of Leonard Cohen's tune)
I can't believe you'd desecrate Michael's visage like that. For shame, for shame.

With Family Guy back on the air, and the amazing sales of thier DVD's, I wouldnt be at all suprised if they get picked back up.
Im also pleased that Arrested Development has been picked up by Showtime.
That show is the most well written show in decades, and its sad how no one notices the genius comedy until its on its way out the door.

But, hey..at least its not gone.

if you had to choose between futurama and american dad loser would be cancelled...who would you chose????


Futurama will go over many shows at this point.

Heh, maybe Zapp can get his own show..."CSI: Branningan's Law"
Best Idea I have heard all day! :p

if you had to choose between futurama and american dad loser would be cancelled...who would you chose????


Futurama will go over many shows at this point.

Alas American Dad I knew you well...

Heh, maybe Zapp can get his own show..."CSI: Branningan's Law"
Quality.

Brannigan: Hmmm...after a careful analysis of this crimescene, I conclude it a suicide. Kiff, get his head out of the microwave and put it next to his body in the bathroom. And the garage.

And hurry it up, Kiff, I want to use my badge to get me into the whore tank down at county.

Brannagan: Kiff Analyze the GSR on my velour.

Brannagan: Kiff Analyze the GSR on my velour.

Hee, hee.

Kiff: Heavy sigh...

there are also talks of a futurama movie. id pay money to see it.

This is looking more and more like the period before Family Guy began production again.

My thoughts on this? It's definitely coming back.

i always had a thoery that groenig wants to do futurama when the simpsons actors finally give it up. simpsons should go for mash though.

i always had a thoery that groenig wants to do futurama when the simpsons actors finally give it up. simpsons should go for mash though.

At least when M*A*S*H* got older, it didn't start to suck. Yeah, it was moody and dramatic, but it was also still funny. It remained constantly good throughout its long run.

I can't say the same for The Simpsons. They don't even know how to end the episodes anymore...

At least when M*A*S*H* got older, it didn't start to suck. Yeah, it was moody and dramatic, but it was also still funny. It remained constantly good throughout its long run.

I can't say the same for The Simpsons. They don't even know how to end the episodes anymore...


Simpsons haven't ever been the same since the Conan O Brien days.

who the hell voted what the hell is futurama?

At least when M*A*S*H* got older, it didn't start to suck. Yeah, it was moody and dramatic, but it was also still funny. It remained constantly good throughout its long run.

I can't say the same for The Simpsons. They don't even know how to end the episodes anymore...

I don't even watch The Simpsons anymore...it's preachy, serious, and lesson-driven for too damn much of each episode. At least with Family Guy, if they decide to be preachy and serious, they do it for about 30 seconds and get back to pointless random insanity. Granted, not every episode is that great (The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire, the Christmas episode, and about the last half of Petarded come to mind) but for every loser, there are about five or six winners at least. Futurama is the same way, and they don't get preachy and dramatic nearly as often.

who the hell voted what the hell is futurama?


I was wondering that as well.

I hope it does...I still remember the good old days of Family Guy and Futurama on regular television. A classic show, by any account.

Family guy is the best, but futurama is there and it is still awesome, new epiosodes would be great!! :D

i just hope that futurama doesn't lose it's touch like family guy did when it came back

let's just face it. it's not the same as it once was...

Id have to say having Futurama and Family Guy back to back on LOL sundays would be great, then again im pretty much good with any show that gets rid of "war at home"

i just hope that futurama doesn't lose it's touch like family guy did when it came back

let's just face it. it's not the same as it once was...
what are you on crack?! the new family guy episodes are just as good, some even better than the old ones.

Id have to say having Futurama and Family Guy back to back on LOL sundays would be great, then again im pretty much good with any show that gets rid of "war at home"


war at home is the worst fox effort since quintuplets.

war at home is the worst fox effort since quintuplets.
i think that time slot is cursed, arrested development used to be there too, awesome show too bad it got cancelled

I hope so it is way better than American Dud.

I hope so it is way better than American Dud.


american dad really is a disappointment. macfarlane tried to do two good shows at once like groenig, but with subpar results.

american dad has a ha-ha moment every once in a while...

I hope so it is way better than American Dud.

It's only a dud if you're expecting Family Guy again...as far as shows go, it's pretty good, but it's no Family Guy.

Best Bender Quotes:

"I'm Bender, baby, please insert liquor!"
"Bite my glorious golden ass!"
"You may need to metaphorically make a deal with the devil. By 'devil' I mean robot devil and by 'metaphorically' I mean get your coat."

I really do hope Futurama comes back, but I'm also worried that it'll suck ass, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

found this while searching through imdb...

Futurama (2007) (V) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471711/)

there is hope.

Hopefully it does come back.

WOOT

I was pissed the way the last episode was rushed because of the show's cancellation. Nonetheless I'm very happy for its return.

Reporter: "Stewie, Stewie. Has Fox mentioned producing new episodes of Futurama?"

Stewie: "What Magazine are you from?"

Reporter: "Entertainment Weekly"

*snaps neck*

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
futurama coming back i hope!!!:D :cool: :)

Love Futurama! Please let it be true!

I hope it comes back. I really do.

Oh Sweet and Mighty pie, please let it be so!

Futurama is/was honestly my favorite show on TV, though I'm one of those people that didn't get into it until AFTER it was cancelled, though I think I might have been a bit young/immature for it when it first came out. I seriously love that show, so very much.

And now I share one of my favourite quotations:

Leela: This all must have something to do with the secret ingredient.
Fry: My God, what if the secret ingredient is people?
Leela: No, there's already a soda like that - Soylent Cola.
Fry: Oh. How is it?
Leela: It varies from person to person.

Activist: If your hands get cold just stick em between your buttcheeks, that's nature's pocket.

Leela: I'm going to check on Bender.

Activist: Watch he doesn't pick your pocket.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY FUCKING CANCELLING IT? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

But...but...I thought they just slimmed down the number of episodes in this season!


I actually like it. But less than Arrested Development.
www.petitionspot.com/petitions/arresteddev
go here to complain

The earlier family guys were alright at best, but now they're just not the same. Its like they're over-using the formula that made it popular in the first place. The movie didn't really seem to go anywhere, it's too random, even though randomness can be a powerful tool in humour.

But I hope futurama comes back, but not like the simpsons. Simpsons jumped the shark already.

The earlier family guys were alright at best, but now they're just not the same. Its like they're over-using the formula that made it popular in the first place. The movie didn't really seem to go anywhere, it's too random, even though randomness can be a powerful tool in humour.

But I hope futurama comes back, but not like the simpsons. Simpsons jumped the shark already.

Yeah, but The Simpsons is in like... what? It's 12th season? Groening has to be running out of ideas for it. Futurama only got four seasons in, I think it could have handled at least another two.

"Have you ever tried sitting down with your child, and hitting them?"

Yeah, but The Simpsons is in like... what? It's 12th season? Groening has to be running out of ideas for it. Futurama only got four seasons in, I think it could have handled at least another two.


simpsons are on their 16th season i believe 1989-present

Good, Simpsons is stale and Family guy is too predictable. Also, Futurama's slicker thanks to the integrated 3D and Flash.

The movie didn't really seem to go anywhere, it's too random, even though randomness can be a powerful tool in humour.

The movie is actually a conglomeration of three episodes.

Futurama had some of the smartest humor. I seriously thought they had physicists writing the jokes at points.

Futurama had some of the smartest humor. I seriously thought they had physicists writing the jokes at points.

Just don't get taken in by Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate and his showboating, Globetrotter algebra...

found this while searching through imdb...

Futurama (2007) (V) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471711/)

there is hope.
Godfellas:

Gypsy: "Look, you want false hope or not?"
Fry: "Only if you don't have any real hope."

:)

I want to say thank you, personally, to you, Minoriteeburg.
*bows*

I wonder why hardly anyone watched futurama when it was on maybe because people think its unique to watch it now

anyway I just don't find Futurama funny or good its one of those shows that has light humour but never makes you really lol much like the new Simpson’s episodes (maybe matt groening has lost his touch/run out of ideas)

Godfellas:

Gypsy: "Look, you want false hope or not?"
Fry: "Only if you don't have any real hope."

:)

I want to say thank you, personally, to you, Minoriteeburg.
*bows*


I try to do what I can with what i got. :)


"You are technically correct, the best kind of correct."

Futurama had some of the smartest humor. I seriously thought they had physicists writing the jokes at points.
Some of the writers do have degrees in mathematics. There are maths jokes in there all the time.

Futurama has weak jokes, but family guy, I mean, nonstop laughter. Viewer's demand has got it back on air.

Futurama has weak jokes, but family guy, I mean, nonstop laughter. Viewer's demand has got it back on air.


Family guy has turned into "which 80s reference will they pull out next to get a laugh"

it really doesn't have the same feel that it used to. which is a shame being a huge family guy fan.

I taped the marathon they ran last year or the year before of That's My Bush and at some point i might provide material to it.
As per the political bent, try
A Head In The Polls
War Is The H-Word
A Taste Of Freedom
Crimes Of The Hot
And absolutely
Three Hundred Big Boys
which very clearly infers the "bribe" of the $300 tax refund offered to the good populace of the U.S. ... at a cost, of course, to Social Security.

Leela: I guess there's nothing wrong with being a little weird.

Fry: Leela, there's nothing wrong with anything.

That could sort of be political...

Family guy has turned into "which 80s reference will they pull out next to get a laugh"

it really doesn't have the same feel that it used to. which is a shame being a huge family guy fan.

As a devout family guy faithful I will have to agree with you. Watching the new episodes I still laugh my ass right off but not in the same way I used to. Nonetheless with a return from futurama I can finally go back to my cartoon life rather than my working life.

Family guy has turned into "which 80s reference will they pull out next to get a laugh"
.

May a Flock of Seagulls nest in your parachute pants!

It's only a dud if you're expecting Family Guy again...as far as shows go, it's pretty good, but it's no Family Guy.
No i was expecting it to be funny.
It mostly is not.

How many epsodes were in the first season anyway?
They aired 6 or 7 here and it hasn't been back on.

The Fish is irritating, the Alien is irritating and the program just seems aimless.
I have heard it gets better which i can believe because i don't believe it could get any worse.

Here's hoping for a return to Futurama :D

I'm genuinely surprised more people don't like American Dad; my brother was out in the US for a year studying and got me watching it when he came back. Can't remember seeing a funnier show in the past few years, I thought it was great! Beat Family Guy, for me; the 2 were on one after the other, so easy to compare :)

Elgesh']Here's hoping for a return to Futurama :D

I'm genuinely surprised more people don't like American Dad



I'll take futurama over american dad anyday. all american dad is is family guy with more political schtick (i think i spelled that right) and a fish.they just switch the roles around a little change the voices and voila! american dad.

its good but its no futurama.

I'll take futurama over american dad anyday. all american dad is is family guy with more political schtick (i think i spelled that right) and a fish.they just switch the roles around a little change the voices and voila! american dad.

its good but its no futurama.

Oh, I still prefer futurama, but American Dad's highly funny as well. Family Guy always felt too much of a Simpsons rip off for me to enjoy it; there was one bit where I thought - 'heh, if Peter was Homer in this situation, he'd... oh... he just did it. Hmmm...'

Maybe American Dad's just that little bit further removed from Simpsons, so easier to treat the characters as new ones? Whatever. Funny shows all, we'll all have our prefernces, I guess!

wow never thought i'd see such a one sided poll result.

means a lot of people in here have good taste for television.


long live futurama!:headbang: