I hate to say this, but this really is Futurama's niche. It is not a 7PM Sunday cartoon, and the decision by FOX to make it one was both damaging to the show and irresponsible toward younger viewers.

Lots of good advertising, a consistent and appropriate time slot, and being able to catch the entire series (in order) in a few weeks are such obvious ways to make it a success - too bad it took moving to CN to do this! But... as a show Futurama is an acquired taste for many, and it has a very definite audience. This, and the quick release on DVD (at least on Region 2), is the best possible outcome now that the show is all but dead.

Well, CN did what should have always been done. Shoot it out to the early adult crowd and let them run with it. The 18 - 34 age range is HUGE for advertisement folk (this crowd usually has new money and is willing to spend it) and it is a very hard age group to target (believe it or not, this age range just doesn't watch a lot of TV). If nothing else, congradulations to CN for taking a great show and putting it out there like it always should have been.

One can only wonder if maybe Fox will wake up and move the show onto the Sunday 9pm slot, drom Malcom back to 8:30, and KotH to 7 or 7:30. Oh well I guess that would require somewhat of a miracle. I actually had a dream the other night that I checked out this website and found that Futurama had been signed for another 2 seasons. Too bad it was only a dream.