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Tweek
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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It seems unlikely, the production costs for Futurama are higher than for Family Guy.
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Bay
Crustacean
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Futurama being cancelled was the best thing that could have happened. I have come to terms with that fact.
Look how stale the Simpsons has become. Futurama was wrapped up nicely, with a plausable shippy ending. They wouldn't be able to make an episode with fry and leela dating. It wouldn't work.
Anyway, let it stay dead. Revel in it's brilliance.
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Dr. Morberg
Professor
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You think that it was wrapped up nicely!? Though the episode was great, it was not a good end to the series. Also, though it is highly improbable that [AS] would pick up Futurama, they wouldn't have to explain much since they cut out the kiss at the end of TDHAIP.
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Frymaja
Crustacean
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They should do that. Adult Swim has really got something going with Futurama and Family Guy. Neither of the shows were that popular on fox and as soon as they were moved to Adult Swim they got reconized. If they could do great on reruns think sbout how good they could do with new episodes.
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Grim
Professor
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Cartoon Network paid $10 Million for the rerun rights to futurama. each futurama episode costs about half a million dollars to make, so its really just not good business sense to renew futurama, when they could pick up 72 episodes for the price it would cost them to make less than 20
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MrsBender
Bending Unit
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The difference between Futurama on [AS] and on Fox is about audience. Fox is a broadcast network, while [AS] is a programming flow within a narrowcast cable network. (All this is only good for the US, I have no idea how it works in the UK or anywhere else). [AS] ranks superhighly in males between the ages of 18-34, while Fox viewers during the prime time slot that futurama was in are of a much broader age range, include more women, and thusly, for some reason, are less interested in Futurama. It's been far more successful on [AS] than on Fox. My guess is that just as shows like the Golden Girls appeal to a few target demographics, Futurama does as well, just to different ones, and these demographics watch [AS] overall a lot more than Fox.
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Dr_Dave
Bending Unit
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The recent events surrounding the return of Family Guy constitute a unique business model (at least, I've never seen this happen to a cancelled series). Clearly, the cost part of the equation (production costs, broadcast fees for CN)has been worked out between F*X and CN. The revenue side of the equation remains to be seen. Will new episodes generate enough new viewers and additional advertising revenue to justify CN's costs? Will future DVD sales and syndication fees be enough to justify F*X's expenses? Only time will tell. If this business model proves successful, then it is in the best interests of both parties to see if the same model will work for Futurama. We know that CN is interested, and F*X never turns down anything that makes a buck. Unfortunately, it may be several years before we know if this experiment is a success. Until then, keep the faith, support Futurama in all its forms, and especially, buy those DVDs!
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Bay
Crustacean
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Fry and Leela dating wouldn't work. Fry and Leela having one date then falling out has been done before.
Anything to do with them being together and falling apart will just drag on and on, with constant jokes about 'don't date in the workplace'. The ending in Devil's hands leaves it all to your fanfic buzzing imaginations, but in real life, that doesn't make good TV, especially when we've come so far with the characters.
What would be a better ending, shippy people? Them marrying? There was one series that ended with that.
Saved by the Bell.
My point is made.
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tominator
Poppler
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FAMILY GUY GOT 15 IN THE DVD RATINGS NOT AS GOOD AS FUTURAMA BUT I THING BOTH ARE AS GOOD AS EACH OTHER
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by SlackJawedMoron: Also, is it normal to have this large an influx of new members? (Perhaps one of the old hats could tell me. You know who you are...) Yes, it's normal. It's the fact that the new members actually post on the board that's out of the ordinary. And Dr. Dave is right, it will be quite a while before we know if the return of Family Guy will have any positive influence on Futurama. Moving Futurama to the 11pm slot is standard fare as far as I understand. Apparently CN like to shake up their schedule once in a while.
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