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Why was it canceled anyway? | |
So there is a God after all. Bring on the next season. | |
Hooray! wonder how much the voice actors wanted. | |
Because it's FOX. Need I explain more? | |
Awesome, can't wait to turn on the tube and check those new episodes out. | |
This most certainly was Good News....to Everyone! Ba-dum-tsch | |
Benders back? Yes? Everyone gets a cookie then. | |
Armageddon has been averted! | |
Thank you lord almighty! * starts crying out of joy * | |
Chester A. Bum 1: Hooray! People who get that are now my friends. | |
Hooray and huzzah! | |
YAY! | |
I havent got my Cookie yet. Oh well at least we all get to see new Futurama Episodes. | |
Hooray for Zoidberg! | |
From what I can remember it went something like this. Fox thought that because it was another Matt Groening cartoon they would have another Simpsons on their hands. The thing is Futurama was not the Simpsons, infact it really wasn't anything like The Simpsons. Now I am not an American so I can;t debate with much accuracy the TV scheduling over there but from what I read FOX ended up sticking Futurama on after the Football. Now I am lead to believe that Football can and does overrun which meant that a lot of people who wanted to watch Futurama would tune in to find guys to afraid to play Rugby on the screen instead of the show they wanted to watch. In essence being that folk couldn't tell what time Futurama was on so it got lower viewing figures than it should have FOX saw that as Futurama = not very good, cancel it. I am lead to believe that it's initial shift to after the football started the problems and FOXs constant movement of it's viewing times finished it off. Back on topic, great news. Who couldn;'t see the actors were just holding out to see what they could get from FOX? | |
Why did the headline not start with Good News Everyone? | |
Well..............................YEAH. | |
I guess I can keep my nukes for another day. | |
"Alright! We live to suck another day! Yes!" -- Phillip J. Fry | |
FOX cancel a lot of great shows for no reason. And they keep a lot of crap on their network. | |
Haha, I didn't think they wanted to ruin Futurama yet. :P I'm glad. | |
oh thank god, crisis averted. The series should be watchable now. | |
Yay, Futurama is saved! Now I just need to find something to do with all of those tourches and pitchforks that I invested in............. | |
I... there is a God. | |
I knew they wouldn't cast new voice actors. | |
QUICKLY! We must build a church in honor of the god of Futurama! | |
Yes, we will build a church for Zoidberg! And, we will have a sermon everyday in his honor, "wooooooob woob woob woob!". | |
This "sermon" you speak of, would we be required to speak with Yiddish accents? | |
My hope in humanity has re- actually, maybe its jsut been raised a little. | |
Is there any other way to speak it? | |
You have never watched it, but you know all about it? | |
True "Woooo woo woo woo" | |
THERE IS A GOD!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Party at Cpt_Oblivious'? | |
ahahhahaahahah | |
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Futurama Cast Inks New Deal with Fox, Confirmed to Return
Crisis averted, Futurama fans. Futurama's original cast of voice actors has signed a new contract with Fox, erasing fears that Fox would recast the recently resurrected comedy series.
It's okay. Calm down. Stop mashing that gigantic red button and screaming apocalypse. Crisis has been averted as Fox and the cast of Futurama have signed a new contract ensuring that all your favorite voice actors will be on the show when it returns. Dr. Zoidberg will still sound like Dr. Zoidberg. Bender will be Marcus Fenix. Hermes will be, uh, whoever voices Hermes. Oh, it's Phil LaMarr. That guy.
Turns out that all they needed to navigate those tricky contract negotiations is what anyone needs when two parties are trying to get what they want and will refuse anything less: compromise. Fox is paying more than what they want to, and the actors are accepting less. Everybody gets what they want, and some of what they don't.
Fox was already in the midst of a casting call for new actors earlier this month, and seemingly committed to replacing the old cast. Something must have made them reconsider to the point where they'd sit back down at the negotiation table. Maybe it was the unquenchable fan uproar, maybe it was something else. Whatever it was, it doesn't matter. Futurama, as we know it, has been saved.
[Via The Toronto Star]
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