New Futurama speculations (Spoilers ahoy)

[#240 :]

Those are cool drawings, they are better than half the stuff in the early comics 

[#241 :]

So I had this dream last night that, for some reason, Comedy Central chose to air the new season premiere of Futurama at 5 in the morning on, like, a Thursday. I guess I'm sensitive to the fact that executives have a habit of scheduling this show at strange, inopportune times.  (Also, I guess that I have a lousy subconscious, if my dreams are that banal.)

Which leads me to this question: Where do you think CC will place Futurama on its schedule? Airing it side-by-side with South Park makes sense...but that doesn't necessarily mean the powers that be will go that route.

[#242 :]

I can see them putting it after new South Park, Wednesdays at 10:30, possibly for a good lead-in. True, Futurama probably doesn't really need this, though, especially when compared to some of the other crap they lead into from South Park (shows that need all the help they can get to build an audience). The only other place I can see them putting it is Thursday nights at 10 or 10:30. CC only seems to premiere new episodes on W+Th, Colbert Report and Daily Show aside.

Don't worry, though. CC is not Fox, and they won't throw Futurama on at some retarded time. They've been pairing it with South Park for a while... why change it?

[#243 :]

10:30 is probably too late to put something like futurama on. I think maybe 8 or 8:30 is a better time.

[#244 :]

That would interfere with Daily Show/Colbert Report reruns. 10:30 is a great time for Futurama. It's always been a bit more adult and intelligent than the majority of PrimeTime T.V. so it is fitting. Plus, it got a huge chunk of it's audience on Adult Swim, and it was on at 11 (most of the time) on that network.

[#245 :]

That may be fine but when it ends up on Australian television several months after it premiers on CC, futurama has more chance of being watched during an 8 or 8:30 timeslot...

[#246 :]

That may be fine but when it ends up on Australian television several months after it premiers on CC, futurama has more chance of being watched during an 8 or 8:30 timeslot...

Why do they always have to fucking take so long to get it down here?

Damn them, and thank you internet, it'll solve that waiting problem.

[#247 :]

I am talking as an American here. I don't know how Futurama was handled in other countries or when it would be best for it to be shown in other countries. I can only speak in American terms. If it's best at 8:00 or 8:30 in Australia I'll take your word for it (Bianca).

[#248 :]

What was the problem with it being on at 7?

[#249 :]

2 things (mainly):
1- FOX always advertised their Sunday Night as "The Fun Starts, Beginning at 8!". Essentially, they were saying that there was no new programming before 8 (even thought there clearly was). You can actually hear the writers complain about this on a few of the commentaries (I think S4).

2- At 7, it was often pre-empted for Sports. Thus the show was sometimes not even on because a Sport would often run on longer than scheduled. Once more, go to S4 Disc 4 and find the featurette for unused opening subtitles and you'll find one that jokes about their constant pre-empting.

[#250 :]

I was aware of the pre-empting but not the first one,

"Futurama at seven, SEVEN!?" /billy

[#251 :]

PrimeTime, in America, starts at 8 (on the major networks). When does it start where you live (which I assume is Australia, which I derived from your comment to Bianca)?

[#252 :]

According to the online TV guide I use and Wikipedia it starts at 6pm

[#253 :]

I'd guess probably 6 till 10 30 (Depending on when the 9 30 shows finish)

[#254 :]

Here in the UK it airs in the afternoon typically around 4pm-ish on Sky, or at least it used too, to catch the kids coming home from school. It's timeslot is never reliable and the episodes are often out of order. If I didn't used to finish work early back then I'd never have caught it in the first place.

It's the Simpsons that are on in the primetime post-6pm slot and gets treated like royalty, Futurama doesn't get that kind of billing.

Heavens only knows when the new eps will air over here, if the movies are anything to go by it could be a long wait. Maybe they'll get a simultaneous release on DVD (yeah, right) if not there are less orthodox ways to watch until they are.

[#255 :]

South Park is the logical lead-in, but it could also follow or serve as a lead-in for the Sarah Silverman Program.  Then, once Comedy Central sees the ratings, they can start putting other shows around the Planet Express crew to build up the new show's audience.

[#256 :]

I would like to see Hermes uncross his legs.

[#257 :]

No, you'd like to see your avatar uncross his legs.

[#258 :]

either way...

[#259 :]

I feel bad for Cartoon Network.  If it wasn't for them, and Futurama on adult swim, Futurama might have been forgotten, and now they'll be out in the dark as Fry Leela and bender fly again.  Sorry, fellas...But also, you might want to stop idiots from running your programming blocks.

[#260 :]

I think once the new episodes of Futurama come on CC, the time slot won't change.  My guess is, it will still air before South Park.  I don't see how it can change.


Here's something that can happen in the next season, how about a Haunted House plot? 

[#261 :]

Here's something that can happen in the next season, how about a Haunted House plot?  

They already did a haunted house in The Honking and remember, the last human ghost died over 200 years ago.

[#262 :]

But the last robot ghost...

[#263 :]

Or alien ghosts.  I ghost from Morbo's planet haunting someone have some potential as an opening joke in an episode.  I can't think of any major plot lines aside from like visiting Nibbler's home planet with the whole crew, but a nice subplot would be Zoidberg having to renew his medical license.

[#264 :]

Okay, so I'm currently trying to follow the developments at Comic-Con via Twitter. It's a feeble, futile attempt, and I have no idea how reliable any of the information is. But, apparently, the "shocking sexual relationship" will be between

Bender and Amy.

If that's true, I'm just a tad bit disappointed.

But I still say we wait for KickPants or 1BDI--our Comic-Con-dwelling PEEL pals--to elaborate further on any spoilers.

Edit: But, in the spirit of discussing topics about which I have only second-hand knowledge, here are two more spoilers:

More Anthology of Interest episodes, and the reveal of Scruffy's origins (whatever that means).

[#265 :]

Also

Leela and Zapp stuck on a planet; how zoidberg ended up working with PE; more leela/fry love rollercoaster and mom takes over twitter

[#266 :]

At this point the writers should know not to focus on "relationships" anymore. I really couldn't care less about that. I want some classic hard-sf type shows.

[#267 :]

For once I agree with you books
I just want them to give us some good sci-fi and general funnyness rather than shipping all the time

[#268 :]

At this point the writers should know not to focus on "relationships" anymore. I really couldn't care less about that. I want some classic hard-sf type shows.

I completely agree.

Almost all of the new episode synopses sound pretty bad.

[#269 :]

They are still working on them though

[#270 :]

Almost all of the new episode synopses sound pretty bad.

I dunno, I like the time machine one.

[#271 :]

Almost all of the new episode synopses sound pretty bad.

In my experience almost everything sounds bad when you have one sentance to explain the basic premise of it. How would these sound with no prior knowledge.

• Bender turns himself into wood.
• Bender goes on tour with beck.
• Kif gets pregnant.
• Fry is sent to a robot asylum.
• Fry goes to college with a monkey.

Surrounded by bad news and given only a basic premise you come to expect the worst,

[#272 :]

mom takes over twitter

In this episode of Futurama...Mom takes over Twitter! No one can ever Tweet safely again!

Who would use Twitter in the series to make it significant?

[#273 :]

The Twitter things sounds really, really stupid. That's is Family Guy territory. Well, more South Park. But South Park is good.

[#274 :]

Almost all of the new episode synopses sound pretty bad.

In my experience almost everything sounds bad when you have one sentance to explain the basic premise of it. How would these sound with no prior knowledge.

• Bender turns himself into wood.
• Bender goes on tour with beck.
• Kif gets pregnant.
• Fry is sent to a robot asylum.
• Fry goes to college with a monkey.

Surrounded by bad news and given only a basic premise you come to expect the worst,

Good point. As long as the episode contains funny moments and good dialog, anything could really be the plot. Well not anything. Then we just go into the world of Family Guy. That show can make the simplest stupidest ideas work...

[#275 :]

mom takes over twitter

In this episode of Futurama...Mom takes over Twitter! No one can ever Tweet safely again!

Who would use Twitter in the series to make it significant?

maybe zoidberg or fry develop an addiction?
"I have friends....hurray for Zoidberg!"

[#276 :]

I assume it won't actually be Twitter but some future version of Twitter. Still, why Twitter? Because it's popular right now? That be like making an episode about Mom taking over blogging back when they were popular (news pieces). Also, if she can take over Twitter, why stop there? Why not full media control? I'm not feeling great about this one.

[#277 :]

It'd be stupid to judge episodes based purely on the synopsis. Some of the classic episodes from the series would sound lame if you judged them on a brief description.

[#278 :]

Frisco: True enough.

Although, Bender turning himself into wood sounds pretty funny.

(And actually the Fry/robot asylum one does garner interest and portend a good episode).

Svip: Maaaybe that one, yeah.  Depends on how they handle it.  Of course, if they still retain good writers they can turn almost any potentially lame-sounding idea into quality; or at least something interesting.

And also of course, it is all a moot point anyway if the ridiculous dispute drags on much longer.
The fans are really being played for chumps..

[#279 :]

I'm kinda meh about this Bender/Amy relationship (and even marriage, as some sources state). And I think this is not that shocking either, since most people had already figured it out.

The same goes for this time-travelling in the future: a lame ploy to show the fans Fry and Leela's spawn, in my opinion.

I do look forward to the new AoI episode and more stuff about Zoidberg and Scruffy's past, though. Let's just hope this "VAs vs. 20thCF" issue goes through and ends in a party from our part.