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Futurama's tomorrow

Somehow this article slipped through my radar (or I just didn't check my emails for a month - hint hint, put "Futurama" in the title of your email and I'll read it quicker) but Matt Groening and David X. Cohen were interviewed last month by an Australian magazine that has some really great quotes from them. But to sum it up, they're very hopeful for the return of Futurama! Here's a tidbit:
"Three months ago, I would have said we were going to start tomorrow," says writer David X. Cohen, who collaborated with Groening on Futurama. "And one month ago I would also have said we were going to start tomorrow. So ..." He pauses. "My current estimate is that we're starting tomorrow."
There you have it people, Futurama's new production will start tomorrow No but seriously, it's not starting tomorrow. But we can hope it will start soon. If you'd like to read the entire article, click on over to Off the Planet - TV & Radio.

-Edit: Don't jump to the highest cloud with joy yet, though. Futurama has NOT been signed for production yet.

Kangaroo-watchers
News from way over in Kangeroo-land: Ausie fan Beckie has told me that a channel in her country is showing Futurama twice a week (Wed & Fri) after the Simpsons at 8PM. Not bad, eh? UPDATE: The Sydney Morning herald reports: "The surprise hit is Futurama [...] Averaging a million viewers, it has become the program most watched by people aged 16-39."

Futurama Comics #24
Things From Another World currently have available for pre-order Futurama Comics #24 for $2.69. The issue will get released March 22nd. While you're on the site, be sure to notice the good deals regarding their Futurama Pop-Out People and Leela Bendy figure, which are 50 and 60% off retail price. Not bad, not bad at all.
In the tradition of Futurama's annual 'Anthology of Interest' episodes, Bongo Comics presents an issue of inquisitive inquiries and questionable queries that will boggle the mind and flummox the brain when Professor Farnsworth's What If Machine reveals the alternate pasts, presents, and futures of the Planet Express crew. Witness the Santa Robot's reign of terror when we dare answer the question 'What if it was X-mas every day?' Then experience Fry's life from another point of view when he poses the question, 'What if my life was more like a sit-com?'

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andresvillJan 14th 2006, 21:52
that's great. I cant wait for tomorrow!
NickJan 14th 2006, 22:02
Yeah, I'm glad to see a lot of recent news.
TrojanJan 14th 2006, 22:30
This article was written in December 12, 2005
Today it is 1-14-06 and it is nowhere in FOX schedule that Futurama is returning.

I am not sure how long it will take for new futurama episodes to be made for us to see.

As a futurama fan I can not wait until new futurama comes back to tv.

If new futurama episodes do come back it should replace the show THE War AT Home which is Sundays at 8:30/7:30pm central

The War AT Home should be cancelled or moved to a different day.

Malcome in the Middle for long time took futurama spot at 8:30/7:30pm central after awhile Malcome in the Middle has not been on Sundays at 8:30/7:30pm central on FOX. Eventually FOX did move futurama back to Sunday but I do not think that it was at the 8:30/7:30pm time slot any more.

ScummbuddyJan 14th 2006, 22:31
Welcome to the Wooooooooooorld of TOMORROW!
EpainJan 14th 2006, 22:42
So, does this mean it's coming back?
KurtPikachu2001Jan 15th 2006, 00:44
This is a good sign that Futurama is coming back. Looks like production is happening sooner than we think. I don't care how long I have to wait, just as long as it's coming back. When Futurama comes back, it could be on Sunday Nights in between Family Guy and American Dad.
TrojanJan 15th 2006, 00:56
I am not sure if futurama is coming back or if it is actually in production or not but I can tell you that is good news that futurama may be coming back and that its return is no longer doubtful.

Anyways if futurama does come back it should on Sundays on FOX at 8:30/7:30pm central.

Right now THE WAR AT HOME has time slot.
They can either move THE WAR AT HOME to a different day or cancelled that will be up to FOX of course.

WierdJan 15th 2006, 02:10
I know that there is going to be some more timeslots for Futurama open. Well, King of the Hill is finally biting the dust after about 10 long and boring seasons. The War at Home is probably going to be cancelled like all the reality shows and dead-at-first-sight sitcoms before it. Besides King of the Hill, the Simpsons will also be off the air since this season is its last season. A good show that went spoiled about 7 seasons ago is now going off-air after a long run. Yet, there will still be the movie. Right now there is also Animation Encores for a half hour, too. I just don't understand why Fox won't even air one episode of Futurama during that block? They should start now! So that leaves Fox two full hours of nothing which will probably be taken over with NFL overtimes and junk reality shows. But, I still have hope for Futurama's return.
futurJan 15th 2006, 03:47
kangaroo*
if you edit it, put like a (thanks futur)
RichardJan 15th 2006, 05:21
Why can't tomorrow be today?

(The Simpsons could easy order more seasons, I've heard nothing that says this is their last season)
BrianJan 15th 2006, 06:37
I wish production was starting tomorrow! Too bad! Anyway, lets ust get the stars and FOX to sign on the dotted line an lets get started darn it!
BeamerJan 15th 2006, 08:03
There is no E in Kangaroo!!!

Trojan - Of course Futurama's not on Fox's schedule, animated shows take months to make. Even if the show was picked up for a new season today, we probably wouldn't see it until late 2006/early 2007.
daveJJan 15th 2006, 14:24
I think i read somewhere that the simpsons would end in its 20th season, making it the longest running animated show ever. I wish i could remember where i read that.....
zeverkenJan 15th 2006, 16:44
Aha, let's hope tomorrow might soon be there then. Fox will slightly rise in my esteem when there are gonna be new episodes, because I do like most Family Guy and American Dad episodes too. But my heart will always choose Futurama first of course.
SalJan 15th 2006, 20:55
An open letter to the writers; when Futurama does come back I hope it doesn
DaveJJan 15th 2006, 21:46
If people want to help bring futurama back, they should go to and sign the petition.
cheesesticksJan 16th 2006, 01:39
I'm getting very exciting. This is definitely some VERY good news!
Kangaroo2Jan 16th 2006, 05:59
Yeah just backing up the aussie who posted this news. I'm from aus too and confirm that Futurama is a million times more popular now than it has ever been. It gets regular airing on highest rating channel for the 18-35 yo age bracket.
yeoldeskoolJan 16th 2006, 09:51
i just hope fox doesnt rape futurama like it did family guy, changing it so that its appealing to the mass audience. hopefully itll be left alone so itll keep its amazing singularity. futurama is seriously the best show ever made. so i dont want to be sitting down talking to someone and have to hear 'hey have you heard of that show...ummm...futurama? its like the best show ever.' but if its the same old show then the sooner the better.
benderJan 16th 2006, 11:07
OMMFFFFFG FUTURAMA iz TEH BAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PandaJan 16th 2006, 12:00
Wow this is great news
the new comic sounds cool.
Woooooooooooooo YEAH Futurama!
pjfr4dJan 16th 2006, 13:55
WHAT IS TODAY BUT YESTERDAYS TOMARROW!!!!!!!!!!!
RichJan 16th 2006, 20:22
That's really good news! My fingers are still crossed!

PS: Thought I'd mention that in the UK Skyone are showning repeats of Futurama twice every weekday!
RichardJan 16th 2006, 23:13
I couldn't agree with you more, "#15 Sal". That's ONE of the main problems with the new Family Guy. Hopefully, Futurama only grows when and if it comes back.
robJan 17th 2006, 01:24
I'm yet another Futurama fan from Australia, and its amazing how popular the show now is here.
It is litterally hundreds of times more popular than when it was first aired.
I'd also like to say that Futurama is actually now on 3 times a week here (mon,wed,fri)!!!
BeamerJan 17th 2006, 08:37
Actually Rob, it's only on twice a week - Mondays and Wednesdays. Veronica Mars now occupies the Friday slot (they switched it with the Monday slot since Futurama's ratings were singificantly higher on Wednesdays than they were on Fridays, which is generally a low-rating night).
conditionalsJan 17th 2006, 12:03
I am yet another Futurama fan from AustralZOMG F00TUR4M4 4 1337 HACK TEH PWNZ WTF DOODZ
ExecutiveRobotBetaJan 17th 2006, 14:05
I don
rs-weezJan 17th 2006, 16:23
doesn't anybody use Google News. I know it since December. but it's nothing exciting for me. it will get exciting if they "really" will make new episodes
nameJan 17th 2006, 20:52
hey hey hbney
SuperKingJan 18th 2006, 11:39
im not really that excited either, i mean its great that a good show is coming back but you shouldnt get too excited incase it does not happen. after all. i mean is a tv show the only thing people live. theres more to life than tv.
HomersBrainJan 19th 2006, 00:14
I've just been onto imdb.com - Look at this:



So something is in production.....?
HomersBrainJan 19th 2006, 00:30
D'oh, the link didn't appear.

Go to imdb.com and type in futurama. There's something with a 2007 video release.
BrianJan 19th 2006, 00:52
HomersBrain - 2007 may not be the year! (I mean IMDB is so very unreliable.) That may be about the possibility of "The Futurama Movie" wich nothing really has ever been set-in-stone, but some stars of the show have spoke on it.

Sal - I also agree, of course Family Guy is funny, but it has become tiring of some repeated jokes, but Futurama won't turn out live the funny/annoying new seasons of Family Guy.
BeamerJan 19th 2006, 04:37
HomersBrain - that Futurama Movie thing at imdb.com is fake. I believe one of the members here submitted it in with NO evidence to back it up, just to make a point about how easy it is to get false information up on that site.
IanBoothbyJan 19th 2006, 09:02
Fingers crossed on the show coming back. I think Family Guy has been amazing since it came back. Next to Arrested Development it's been the funniest show on tv.
BeamerJan 20th 2006, 04:24
Ian Boothby loves Arrested Development too? Man, this day just keeps on getting better!
HomersBrainJan 20th 2006, 10:33
Thanks for the info Beamer. Gutted isn't the word :-(
bdfabqdwfJan 20th 2006, 12:45
stupid 7, they screwed it during first run, now channel 10 takes care of it and smashes the competition. Now if only someone gets Stargate away from 7.
BrayJan 29th 2006, 07:17
Channel 10 deserves a lot of credit. I can't believe that back in the day, 7 was stupid enough to air Futurama in direct competition against the new episodes of the Simpsons. It's little wonder there was no initial fan basis! It's also quite amusing how the Australian TV critics are giving it raving reviews now, but didn't seem to notice it at all five years ago. Things are on the up for our favourite show.
bassbotFeb 8th 2006, 02:52
critics are silly. Ten is great putting it on. and they're putting plenty of it on, with monday night having a special two hours of futurama / simpsons, 2 episodes each. very good. and then again last night.
love it!
(like this website! - 4 movies!!!)
PXEXDXIXFXIXLXEFeb 15th 2006, 02:19
I touch little boys.
leelaFeb 15th 2006, 05:17
Futurama is currently being shown THREE times a week in perth, west australia during prime-time.

I read last week in the Sanity movie magazinge that new futurama episodes will begin production this year. And this is due to the record DVD sales, and also the fact that Family Guy was so popular after its DVD release, a 4th season was created (which is currently being aired on commercial tv after American Dad)
PXEXDXIXPXHXIXLXEXFeb 17th 2006, 01:31
I touch little girls too.
BenderNeedBoozeMar 1st 2006, 12:16
Wow! I mean Wow!

It's still a litle hard to believe, I, I, mean it was cancelled once and retuned to TV, and decided to continue it again, what if they continue it (posible) and just cancell it again like last time. I'm still not sure if this is going to be true, 50% chance I think
khatraMar 5th 2006, 16:17
Enter your comment herhjbhjunnhjle. Please stay on-topic.
MattMar 7th 2006, 11:13
For the non-Australian viewers, in Australia the three biggest tv networks are channels 10, 9 and 7. Channel 7 initially bought the rights to futurama, and showed some episodes in primetime(they ran against the simpsons, which is on channel 10 and got slaughtered in the ratings), before showing the entire seasons 1,2 in a late-night timeslot. For four or five years the show was exclusive to FOX8 (a smaller cable network) which showed, and still shows, an episode every weeknight at 6:30. However recently it was back on free to air tv, when channel 10 bought the rights, it has been a huge hit (running alongside the simpsons), with two episodes every week minimum (they also had a simpsons/futurama marathon, which had three futuramas back-to-back)
RyanMar 25th 2006, 18:18
This new has made my little life complete Because Futurama is sweet.( Super Sweet) By the way #42& #44 you are sick and I hope you die. (PXEXDXIXFXIXLXE)
RyanMar 25th 2006, 18:43
A SIMPSONS/ FUTURAMA MARATHON. Why dont we have one of those in america. Alot of people would watch it. That is what adultswim should do just have a huge marathon of a bunch of futurama episodes. Then get more people addicted so that they will want to buy the DVDs then the rateings would go up and DVD sales would go up and then Fox would be begging to bring futurama back. that would be sweet! Then the show could come back and my little life would be complete. I have a whole list of excellent episode ideas that they could use when they cant think of any thing. I would typ it in here but it would be super long and making long stuff gets boreing to read seriously. Some times I get carried wiht the lengeth of the things some times. especially when I get upset about some of the comments soem people put on these things. will any one read this probably not since it is kind of old> I mean it was put out in january and it is march the last person who posted on this site did it on the 7 th of march do I know if any one goes back to old news to see if people post crap for the hell of it I dont know becasue I am the only one of friends who is a super futurama fan. I meant i own all 4 volumes and if the show does come back then I better start saveing up for a 5 or maybe even 6th volume. YOu know how that would be
RYAN OUT =)
I still think PXEXDXIXFXLXE is the sickest freakin pervert I have ever met. That is not funny when you put sick stuff on the site so dont do it you give me disturbing images in my head>
QuolnokAug 6th 2006, 12:03
Futurama is now weeknights at 7pm on Channel Ten (Australia)
GlassgarglerSep 8th 2006, 03:33
i love to gargle broken glass. it hurts very much, but i get used to it!
JustSomebodyOct 14th 2006, 02:48
Just letting every Aussie know that Channel 10 are now (and have been showing for quite a while now) that Futurama are on Weeknights at 7pm, right after Neighbours. Also, every Tuesday night starting at 6pm to 8 shows the following (in order):
~ 6:00 - The Simpsons
~ 6:30 - Neighbours (I dont even watch it)
~ 7:00 - Futurama
~ 7:30 - New Episodes of The Simpsons
~ 8:00 - Futurama
How sweet is that! Although Tuesdays are the suckiest days at school, it is most definatley my favorite TV day xD