That's the rumor.

I for one would be happy! I need me some Bender!

Oh please let this be true. I'd heard rumours before so I won't get too excited but please please let it be true!

I didn't think it would ever happen! It's about effing time.

I wasn't aware Futurama was doing well in reruns or DVD sales. I assumed the biggest fans got their DVDs from Europe since they were released there first. I know I did...

Actually Matt Groening should stop The Simpsons and move all resources to Futurama. The latest Simpsons are dire Been going downhil since series 12/13 I'd say.

Oh yeah I still watch each and every episode. Hoping for that one show that will remind me why I loved it in the first place. It must be hard to come up with ideas though. Some of the fan's scripts are pretty good - its a shame they can't use them.

I've just tried a few times to write how excited I am about this. I can't do it. Just know that I am very excited...

This reminds me there was a poll on Adult Swim's main page asking which cancelled show people wanted to see new episodes of most. Futurama won hands down! I too would love new episodes of Futurama.

Futurama has been better than the Simpsons since its premier episode back in 1999. The Simpsons still has its moments, but some of the stuff lately just isn't funny. Or has plot lines that are incoherent. I'd love to see Futurama return. Maybe I should buy some DVDs to help those sales numbers.

Good Saturday morning type cartoons are long gone from the airwaves, but I'm glad there's a good supply of more adult-oriented fare. I still love South Park, Family Guy, King of the Hill and American Dad. Not to mention Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Bromwell High, Home Movies (I don't know why, but I just do..) I suppose I also like Justice League Unlimited though the channel showing up here in Toronto never shows them in order.

Sorry to go off topic. Yes, bring on Futurama!

Bruno

You are right on every point there (except I don't really like Home Movies).

Someone needs to slap the people who handle Justice League. I can't get enough of that show...and it looks like it's cancelled. There are four unaired episodes apparently, and I have not idea if they'll show them.

I used to love Aqua Teen, but that was just because I had run out of Futurama and Family Guy episodes. I hadn't started watching eitherof those shows until they were already cancelled and I could Tivo them off of Cartoon Network. Aqua Teen has something special to it, but it was just filling a void left by those other shows. I just feel like recently they hired the writers that ran Sealab 2021 into the ground. The characters are great, but the writing seems lazy at times...

Too bad DVD's weren't out in the early 90s. We might have gotten Twin Peaks back!

I did find this:

Quote:
Fans hoping to see new episodes of Cartoon Network's Justice League Unlimited in the new year are going to have to wait a while longer.
According to a representative of the network, plans are for the show to return in late spring/summer. No definitive dates have been scheduled.
According to Continuum sources, the show's future also remains undecided.

It was the only thing I could find about JLU's status.

Saw this today...

http://www.peelified.com/cgi-bin/Futurama/1-004653-1/

Original here: http://www.billywest.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1685&PN=1&TPN=4

Thanks for that. Was unsure what the original link was.

That's great news! I didn't think Fox would bring back the series in primetime, so this makes more sense. Still great news!

And if successful..... a new series??

Here's hoping! My guess is for Adult Swim. I'd imagine it would be very successful there.

I'm wondering how the story would be handled. I loved how they wrapped up the series.

You hit the nail on the head. I don't think DVD-direct movies are going to do nearly as well as the TV show on DVD. People buy the season DVDs because they've watched the TV show and because it's jammed full of episodes. A 2 hour movie may not capture people's attention/interest based solely on nostalgia and a couple of advertisements.

King of the Hill is ending this season and Fox's line-up doesn't look very good (but neither does anyone else's I suppose). Futurama would make a good replacement come the fall.

Bruno

I'd be quite happy to pay them to make new episodes!

I like King of the Hill. Always have. Can't say which I like more though. Personally I'd drop football in an instant for anything else. When it's time for a regularly scheduled program to start and football is running a bit late into the 4th... Pzzzt. Too bad. Go pick up a radio or hit the internet.

The premiere of 24 ran late thanks to football. WTF? It's bad enough presidential addresses stomp onto practically every US-based channel (really, it only needs to be on one).

TV has been odder thanusualy over the past few years. What with so many networks proclaiming their shows "#1" (who the hell actually watches Ghost Whisperer?) - they in fact don't have a true representation of the popularity of their programs. At least not if rrelying on the traditional Nielson families. You'd thihnk they'd know that by now - Family Guy getting cancelled and brought back twice and all.

Bruno

I mean, you'd think I'd know of more than one person getting one.

Hmmm... not necessarily. Let's do the math.

US population =~300,000,000. Let's say that Nielson feels that they need to sample 10,000 people to get a valid reading.

That means that only 1 in 30,000 people is being sampled.

Your home town of San Carlos has about 28,000 people in it, and the average household size in San Carlos is 2.94 people, meaning that San Carlos would qualify for about a third of one Nielson respondent. Chances are you knew the only one in town.

tanstaafl.

New rumor. Looks like the DVDs may have been put aside while Futurama returns to television with 26 new episodes.

Link

You'd think Fox would jump at the opportunity to put it back on TV. With only two hours of network programming per night, they still can't find enough content to fill all their time slots. At least not without resorting to CRAP like those America's Most Extreme Top Nanny Makeover shows.

Bruno

Thanks for the reminder. A new Super Nanny is on tonight!