The Return of Futurama

[WVUFAN]

From Variety:

Comedy Central has resurrected the former Fox series Futurama, ordering 13 episodes to debut in 2008. The deal builds upon the cable channel's acquisition of the 72-episode library last fall.

Discussions about a revival of the half-hour began in earnest earlier this year between Futurama producer 20th Century Fox Television and series creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen.

Actors Billy West, Katey Sagal and John DiMaggio are onboard for the new episodes that will continue the story of the pizza delivery boy, accidentally frozen for 1,000 years, who wakes up in the future.

Futurama has traveled a course similar to that of animated series Family Guy, which also was cancelled and later brought back after DVD releases and off-network repeats grew a new fanbase.

[sabotai]

2008?!?! But I want them NOW!!

[Warhammer]

Why do I get the feeling that AdultSwim only plays about 30 of the 72 episodes over and over again?

[PackerFanatic]

Excited :) Bout damn time, IMHO.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Good grief, what happened to just letting shows die? Can we get Charles in Charge back?

[Joe]

its not as bad as family guy, but it should have remained dead too

[cthomer5000]

It's the best animated show of all time, hands down. You whiners aren't going to be forced to watch. You do realize that, right?

[Crapshoot]

It's the best animated show of all time, hands down. You whiners aren't going to be forced to watch. You do realize that, right?


"". Futurama is light years better than Family Guy, and if I may be so bold - better than Simpsons at peak value (though I recognize this is probably debatable).

[Pumpy Tudors]

It's the best animated show of all time, hands down. You whiners aren't going to be forced to watch. You do realize that, right?
Yeah, but we lost Charles in Charge, yet this show keeps coming back.

[cthomer5000]

How does it "keep" coming back? This is the first time it will be returning in any form since August 2003.

[Pumpy Tudors]

How does it "keep" coming back? This is the first time it will be returning in any form since August 2003.
I think you are taking me too seriously.

[cthomer5000]

plus, Charles broke out an entirely different family at one point. He already got a second crack when he should have been cancelled.

[cthomer5000]

I think you are taking me too seriously.

I take my Futurama very seriously.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Wasn't this one of the shows that often got pre-empted by NFL football on Fox? I thought the show was dead a couple of times, and then it would pop back on TV somehow. That's really what my reference was about, although I guess I'm wrong.

Either way, Charles in Charge sucked when the Pembroke family was around. The Powells made that show. They should get all the cast back (except for Justin Whalin, who was a waste). Does Charles in Charge come back? Noooooo. Futurama is taking Charles in Charge's place, and I will not stand for it!

[cthomer5000]

Wasn't this one of the shows that often got pre-empted by NFL football on Fox? I thought the show was dead a couple of times, and then it would pop back on TV somehow. That's really what my reference was about, although I guess I'm wrong.

Yeah, it was often pre-empted and moved around. It's almost like FOX wanted it to fail. You'd think they'd have shown Matt Groening a little more respect, since he made the fucking network.

[Joe]

Yeah, it was often pre-empted and moved around. It's almost like FOX wanted it to fail. You'd think they'd have shown Matt Groening a little more respect, since he made the fucking network.

I thought Aaron Spelling made the network.

[Schmidty]

King of the Hill is the greatest animated show ever (to me), and definitely the most underestimated.

I like all of the others, but KotH has lovable characters, is funny and silly, but also semi-realistic. It's a great combination.

Now I'll sit back and watch you guys tear down my favorite show. :(

[cthomer5000]

King of the Hill is worst show ever.

fixed.

[Schmidty]

fixed.

fu

[cthomer5000]

hey, i thought you said you were just going to sit back?

[Schmidty]

hey, i thought you said you were just going to sit back?

I am weak.

[ThunderingHERD]

King of the Hill is a very good show, but I'd definately rank it behind The Simpsons and Futurama. It would be better if it had the courage to let its pathos play out to its natural conclusion instead of copping out at the end.

[dixieflatline]

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I want Charles in charge of me.

[Pumpy Tudors]

http://www.shootingstaragency.com/photos/events/ThisGirlsLifePrem_SStar/thumbnails/DavisJosie2_1020_TT_SS.jpg
I want Charles in charge of me.
This is the right answer.

[Galaxy]

King of the Hill is the best show ever????????????????

[kcchief19]

Bite my shiny metal ass!

[ahbrady]

I'm still waiting on Cop Rock to return. That was the best musical police show ever, and that isn't debatable.

[Schmidty]

[King of the Hill is the best show ever????????????????

It's my favorite show. I never said was the greatest TV show ever. I said it is (in my opinion) the best animated comedy ever.

It's all opinions brother. I'm not trying to people that I'm smarter than them, or anything else.

[WVUFAN]

The best animated comedy ever is Akira.

wait ... it's not supposed to be a comedy? Sure coulda fooled me.

[cartman]

King of the Hill does do a spot-on job of recreating small town Texas life. Go to any rural Texas town of 20,000 or less, and you will feel like you are in a real life version of Arlen.

[Blade6119]

King of the Hill is the greatest animated show ever (to me), and definitely the most underestimated.

I like all of the others, but KotH has lovable characters, is funny and silly, but also semi-realistic. It's a great combination.

Now I'll sit back and watch you guys tear down my favorite show. :(
Schmidty liking a show about drunks? Who woulda thunk it? ;)

[Bonegavel]

List time:

South Park
Futurama
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Venture Bros
Aqua Teen Hunger Force

[WVUFAN]

My favorite cartoons (not necessarily comedic):

1. Justice League International
2. Venture Brothers
3. Perfect Hair Forever
4. Thundarr the Barbarian
5. Robot Chicken

[Desmond]

Wonder Woman

[Schmidty]

5. Robot Chicken

That show's awesome, but I don't consider it a cartoon.

[cartman]

Ok, here's my top 5

1. South Park
2. Simpsons
3. Scooby Doo (except for the Scrappy Doo ones. Gawddang he sucked)
4. Boondocks
5. Beavis and Butthead

[Sublime 2]

Alright I'm in:

1. South Park
2. Family Guy
3. Futurama
4. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
5. Simpsons

[cthomer5000]

Futurama
Simpsons (pre-1999)
Family Guy
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Beavis & Butthead

[Pyser]

1. Simpsons
2. Dr. Katz
3. Family Guy
4. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
5. South Park

[cthomer5000]

Dr. Katz was pretty awesome

[sabotai]

Some of my favorite animated shows (technically one of these is not a cartoon)

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Robot Chicken
Family Guy
Futurama
Venture Bros.
Home Movies
Boondocks

[Eaglesfan27]

Family Guy
Simpsons (mostly pre-2000)
Futurama
South Park
Beavis & Butthead (was great to watch this drunk in college.)

[Neuqua]

Simpsons
Family Guy
South Park
Robot Chicken
Scooby
Tom & Jerry
Futurama

[Fonzie]

In no particular order:

The Simpsons
Futurama
Family Guy
Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Venture Bros.
South Park

[Terps]

In order:

The Simpsons
Family Guy
King Of The Hill
Futurama

[Warhammer]

No love for The Critic?

[WVUFAN]

No love for The Critic?

What about no love for Thundarr? He's trend-setting, man. Anyone with a friend named Ookla the Mok is aces in my book.

[Joe]

Pink Panther is better than everything you guys are naming.

[WVUFAN]

Ok, here's my top 5

1. South Park
2. Simpsons
3. Scooby Doo (except for the Scrappy Doo ones. Gawddang he sucked)
4. Boondocks
5. Beavis and Butthead

Speaking of Scooby, the new CW Network is coming out with a new Scooby cartoon series this fall. It's a "reimagining" of the Scooby Doo "mythos" and this is the synopsis (no, I'm not kidding, it's this bad):


Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, 10:00-10:30 am: Ruh-roh! Everybody's favorite quivering sleuths -- Shaggy and his lovable Great Dane, Scooby-Doo -- are back in a new adventure that will anchor the "Too Big For Your TV" programming block. In this comedy from Warner Bros. Animation, Shaggy and Scooby live in the bling'd-out mansion of Shaggy's Uncle Albert, solving mysteries with the help of a transforming Mystery Machine which, at the click of a remote, can morph into one of a number of modes of transportation. New Scooby Snacks infused with a top-secret nano-technology allows our canine hero to fly, become a towering robot or even turn himself into a giant magnet, which comes in handy as Shaggy and Scooby-Doo carry out their new mission: protecting the Scooby Snacks and keeping them safe from those who want them for evil.

[sabotai]

What about no love for Thundarr? He's trend-setting, man. Anyone with a friend named Ookla the Mok is aces in my book.

I usually wait to see at least 2 episodes before I declare a show a favorite. :p

[sabotai]

Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, 10:00-10:30 am: Ruh-roh! Everybody's favorite quivering sleuths -- Shaggy and his lovable Great Dane, Scooby-Doo -- are back in a new adventure that will anchor the "Too Big For Your TV" programming block. In this comedy from Warner Bros. Animation, Shaggy and Scooby live in the bling'd-out mansion of Shaggy's Uncle Albert, solving mysteries with the help of a transforming Mystery Machine which, at the click of a remote, can morph into one of a number of modes of transportation. New Scooby Snacks infused with a top-secret nano-technology allows our canine hero to fly, become a towering robot or even turn himself into a giant magnet, which comes in handy as Shaggy and Scooby-Doo carry out their new mission: protecting the Scooby Snacks and keeping them safe from those who want them for evil.

Yes, this is horrible, this idea.

[sterlingice]

"". Futurama is light years better than Family Guy, and if I may be so bold - better than Simpsons at peak value (though I recognize this is probably debatable).

That's a tad bold. But I just think there's a lot of forest for the trees here but that always seems to happen, especially with Family Guy fans. Williams Street stuff that has lasted 1-2 seasons up there with The Simpsons? Nothing from before The Simpsons?

I do like the Schmidty gives KotH some love. It's weird- that show is like a workhorse fourth starter- nothing flashy but doesn't really bomb too often either. You get 5-6 innings and 2-3 runs every time out. It's not great but it's not the clunker some people want to paint it to be.

Among the other four shows mentioned,
Simpsons (early years)
South Park
Futurama
Family Guy

SP encapsulated the relationship between The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy pretty well in the Cartoon Wars episodes earlier this season.

Futurama really has consistency issues. I love the show, wish it had taken the mantle from The Simpsons, and was still on in The Simpsons time slot today while Bart, Homer, et al had ridden off into the sunset rather than continuing to Willie Mays away their legacy. However, Futurama, after about the first season, was a hit or miss show. There were some weeks when it was really on. And some where it was just stupid and random (see: Guy, Family). Hopefully Cohen can work on that in the upcoming episodes with some new ideas that have been formulating over the past couple of years.

SI

[cartman]

Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, 10:00-10:30 am: Ruh-roh! Everybody's favorite quivering sleuths -- Shaggy and his lovable Great Dane, Scooby-Doo -- are back in a new adventure that will anchor the "Too Big For Your TV" programming block. In this comedy from Warner Bros. Animation, Shaggy and Scooby live in the bling'd-out mansion of Shaggy's Uncle Albert, solving mysteries with the help of a transforming Mystery Machine which, at the click of a remote, can morph into one of a number of modes of transportation. New Scooby Snacks infused with a top-secret nano-technology allows our canine hero to fly, become a towering robot or even turn himself into a giant magnet, which comes in handy as Shaggy and Scooby-Doo carry out their new mission: protecting the Scooby Snacks and keeping them safe from those who want them for evil.

If I ever meet the idiot that came up with this idea, I will kill them where they stand. And if the justice system will really give me a jury of my peers, there would be no way that I'd be found guilty.

[Warhammer]

Futurama really has consistency issues. I love the show, wish it had taken the mantle from The Simpsons, and was still on in The Simpsons time slot today while Bart, Homer, et al had ridden off into the sunset rather than continuing to Willie Mays away their legacy. However, Futurama, after about the first season, was a hit or miss show. There were some weeks when it was really on. And some where it was just stupid and random (see: Guy, Family). Hopefully Cohen can work on that in the upcoming episodes with some new ideas that have been formulating over the past couple of years.

SI

You hit the nail on the head regarding Family Guy for me this season. The first few seasons it was a consistently funny show. This season some of the episodes are complete gold (P-TV), while others are just out there...