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Jaffas85
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Matt Groening has recently signed the cast to a deal for making episodes to season 19 and he said that he wants to do just one more season after that so season 20 will be the last in 2009. Source: http://www.sky.com/showbiz/article/0,,50001-1154053,00.html P.S. Does anyone know what coerced Maggie Roswell to return to the cast?
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DotheBartman
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« Reply #2 on: 01-01-2005 21:42 »
« Last Edit on: 01-01-2005 21:42 »
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At this point its possible for The Simpsons to go to season twenty (or beyond? But I think they'll voluntarily stop it after 20 if it even goes that long), and thus, it actually could theoretically outlast the "Family Guy" comeback anyway, depending on how long they keep that going. EDIT: Though, by the way, I should point out that that article above is misleading. Fox did presumably extend the contract with the voice actors to season 18 (19 might be a stretch, I'm not sure if that's true) I think, but that's purely on an "if" basis; meaning, if they decide to go that far at all. Its just securing the cast just in case.
However, depending on how the comeback goes (and how well FG establishes itself in whatever slot it gets) I guess it could take that slot. If "Arrested Development" picks up enough and lasts long enough I guess it could go there too. I'd say "American Dad" was a possibility but to be honest I think its going to get cancelled pretty quickly.
Other then that, I really have no idea....there really is no predicting when The Simpsons will end and there isn't even really an ending in sight yet. All I can say is that the day The Simpsons ends is the day I quit watching Fox (unless Futurama makes a comeback, but at this point I really doubt that, at least as a tv show).
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Jaffas85
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Matt Groening said in that above article link I posted that he wants Season 20 to be the last season.
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David A
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What will replace The Simpsons? That's like asking what will replace Sienfeld on Thursday nights at nine o'clock. Last time I checked, NBC was still trying to answer that one. However, if you're asking what Fox will put in the eight o'clock timeslot when The Simpsons finally ends...
First of all, Futurama is not coming back. If you think that it is, you need to wake up and smell whatever it is you're shoveling.
Second, Family Guy will be cancelled again long before The Simpsons ends. I give it another season or two, tops.
If The Simpsons ended today, Arrested Development might get the timeslot, but who knows if it will still be on in a few years? Malcolm in the Middle is another likely possibility.
Personally, I'd love to see King of the Hill get the timeslot, just to piss off anyone who still thinks that King of the Hill somehow got Futurama cancelled, or that Fox gave King of the Hill preferential treatment.
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User_names_suck
Professor
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But even a new show does replace it then it'll probably just last a few years and then they'll repeat it. Maybe they won't replace it, they'll just Re-Run The Simpsons.
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bender+fry
Professor
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TV.
Personally, I hope that Arrested Development gets the spot. It is quite hard to find an original new look of a topic that's been done to death, but AD does a great job at it. The shows funny, but at the same time smart, and it would be a worthy replacement.
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Otis P Jivefunk
DOOP Secretary
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He's still got other shows up his sleeve, but hopefully he won't waste them on Fox. The problem is, other networks might not be able to afford them. Then we'd get that scenario you just described...
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DotheBartman
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #22 on: 01-06-2005 17:23 »
« Last Edit on: 01-06-2005 17:23 »
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Originally posted by starone: Futurama was Matt's next show and you see what's happened to that. So many people have the Simpsons on their mind that they won't accept another non-Simpsons show from him unless it was a spin-off.
Well, to be honest, Futurama had other "problems" (in relation to audience acceptance) that would have hurt its chances even if people didn't associate it with The Simpsons. And I think fox it trying to phase out all animated programs that arn't the Simpsons so it won't have any competition from other animated shows. They aren't. While KOTH is slowly dying, they're bringing back Family Guy and premiering American Dad next month. If anything, I think they'd rather use The Simpsons to help launch other successful animated shows if they can. For that matter they've also been attempting to groom potential "replacements" for The Simpsons for years (with varried success, though The Simpsons itself has persevered to the point that even those successes are being consistantly outlasted by it). And Otis: Unfortunately I think he'd be stuck with Fox. As Matt himself as noted, none of the major networks aside from Fox would ever air The Simpsons (or something with its style and sensibilities). I guess that leaves cable, but assuming he wanted to stick to animation and production procedures similar to his two shows so far he'd obviously run into budget problems.
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Jaffas85
Crustacean
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What other 'problems' are you saying that Futurama had??
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