Wednesday June 10, 2009 4:06 am
Futurama No Longer a Cartoon of the Past
Following in Family Guy’s footsteps, Comedy Central will reprise a FOX cartoon that was canceled - six years ago!
Futurama, created by Matt Groening and dropped off the FOX prime time schedule in 2003 after four seasons, will have another day in the sun…er, space. The comedy, set in 2999, has sparked high DVD sales and plenty of syndication attention.
Enough, apparently, to warrant another run. The cable network has ordered twenty-six new episodes of the animated comedy, which are expected to air in 2010.
It’s not the first time FOX has made a mistake. Family Guy was can canceled by the network, but returned after three years of great success on the Cartoon Network.
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Yup - We covered this a few days ago: http://www.tvenvy.com/index.php/tvenvy/article/futurama-fans-rejoice-at-possible-return-01042027/
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whoa, maybe i ought to check out tvenvy more often!
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