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[#360 :]

Good news, anyone!

Katey Sagal: Futurama has been renewed

That's great news. Hopefully a more official announcement will confirm this.

Now for the 135-day wait to June 23.

Second. Wake me after my onehundredthirtyfive-day hibernation.

[#361 :]

Since when did Thursday became the happening night for the best shows? It's like this on every network. I mean I get it, Thursday = big show night for who knows how long. I was just curious if there was a statistical reason involved. Because Thursday night is usually go-out-and-get-drunk night isn't it? Unless I got it wrong and it was stay-home-and-get drunk night...hmm...

That's a good question! I'm always having to mess around with my DVR to get all my shows recorded. Royal Pains, Burn Notice, The Big Bang Theory, Futurama (when it was on), and there's another one I'm forgetting. There must be some reason, though I also remember popular shows being on on Friday nights a few years back. I think Stargate was on on Fridays.

I wonder if it's changed over the years and/or with the advent of DVR? I'll go look this up.

ETA: Looks like Thursday is actually an unpopular Nielsen night. http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/10/25/tv-viewers-no-longer-tuning-in-on-thursday-nights/

[#362 :]

lol@ tbbt

[#363 :]

Now, wasn´t there supposed to be third nibbleonian episode? Unless it was That Darn Katz...

[#364 :]

In season 6? What were the other two? Lrrreconcilable Differences and... drawing a blank here.

[#365 :]

Nibbleonian, not omicronian. And third in overall arc.

[#366 :]

Nibbleonian, not omicronian. And third in overall arc.

Oh, duh. Brain freeze.

I was thinking of nibbling... Popplers...

[#367 :]

has this been posted yet?:

Ken Keeler was the deserved winner of best writing in an animated production for 'The Prisoner of Benda' at the WGAs. -from gotfuturama.com

congrats to the doctor of math!

[#368 :]

Kudos Ken Keeler!

[#369 :]

Kudos Ken Keeler!

Indeed. He was worth it.

[#370 :]

Not sure if this counts as news, but IGN has compiled a list of the top 50 best sci-fi TV shows of all time.  Its a pretty good list, and Futurama appears at position number 15.  Not bad.  I think it deserves to be in the top ten, but I am unabashedly biased.

Here's the link:

http://tv.ign.com/articles/114/1143800p1.html

[#371 :]

New images from "Neutopia". Kinda disturbing.

[#372 :]

disturbing is one hell of an understatement...

[#373 :]

disturbing is one hell of an understatement...

Well, be happy that they didn't release a drawing for the Professor.

[#374 :]

:S I'm gonna barf

[#375 :]

Oh, my.

/NOTGeorgeTakeiVoiceEWW

[#376 :]

Seems like they're just dishing out the fan service, even for the fucked up fetishhavers.

[#377 :]

Somehow, those pictures are really strange, but however that looks pretty awesome.

[#378 :]

Oh my god!!!

[#379 :]

So so wrong, but so right!... no actually, just wrong...

[#380 :]

Seems like they're just dishing out the fan service

They seem like the opposite of fanservice, really. Intrigued as to WTF is going on though.

[#381 :]

Since we know now the new season starts in June 24th like it did last year, does anyone know if there's more detail to the new episodes?  Like full synopsises and stuff?  

I saw the link to that Neutopia episode!  Looks really funny! 

[#382 :]

New images from "Neutopia". Kinda disturbing.

And here I thought that Farnsworth and Zoidberg swapping spit was the most disturbing image I'd ever had the displeasure to see...

[#383 :]

Heh. Now you know better! There's always something more disturbing just around the corner, until you come face to face with Cthulhu.

[#384 :]

actual news. nice.

[#385 :]

I will be interested to see what the male version and Amy and Leela looks like

[#386 :]

Archonix did it will have done it better.

[#387 :]

I will be interested to see what the male version and Amy and Leela looks like

Neutopia takes place on a genderless planet, so I doubt that Amy and Leela would become males.

[#388 :]

I thought there was going to be a space pope episode? Any one hear anything about that?

[#389 :]

I'm more intrigued than grossed out by those pictures.* It'll be interesting to see them in context. I'm actually looking forward to Neutopia because it sounds like one of those My Three Suns-type episodes.

*The female Zoidberg both intrigued me and grossed me out.

[#390 :]

I thought there was going to be a space pope episode? Any one hear anything about that?

David X. Cohen said we'd see him in person for the first time and we did in The Duh-Vinci Code. That's it as far as I know.

[#391 :]

To all of those who have the blu ray version of Volume 5, there is a clip from "The Silence of the Clamps" on the live extras portion of the disc, under "Season 7 Sneak Peek."

SPOILERS!

The setting is an estate presumably owned by the Donbot, where a wedding is being held.  Bender, wearing a slick red sports jacket, pants and gold bling is cruising around the party. He proceeds to hit on the bride, then Fanny as she dances with the Donbot, apparently forgetting that he had an affair with her not too long ago.  Then he sees Isabella? (I couldn't hear her name too well), one of the Donbot's daughters walk over and they hit it off.  The scene then cuts to the stables, where Bender is gettin' it on with Isabella.  Soon, they are interrupted by Clamps and Joey Mousepad bringing in their victim, followed by the Donbot, who is carrying a package.  This is when Bender witnesses the murder of... of...

Calculon!  Noooooo!

Special note of interest:  Clamps apparently needs a new set of clamps for the murder to replace his old, rusted out ones.  The new clamps are in a package that has a Planet Express logo on it!  I didn't see anyone else from the PE crew in the clip, so either they delivered it to the Donbot earlier, or perhaps Bender brought the package with him to the wedding.

(Sorry if this is old news.  I did a search around and didn't see anything about it so I figured I'd post.)

[#392 :]

Pretty lame, Simpsons episode.

[#393 :]

and after that bender goes in witness protection

seem nice

[#394 :]

 Louiswuenator? is there a video clip anywhere?

[#395 :]

Hmmm, I searched the net before posting earlier and searched again just now but came up empty.  Either my internet skills are lamer than I thought or it actually isn't on the net yet.  I can only play blu ray discs on my PS3, and I don't have a capture card so I'm not sure how I could record the clip except to use a digital camera and film the television itself.    I can do that if you want, and then upload it to YouTube, but the quality will be less than desirable.

EDIT:  Here's the clip:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdVH1j-9Qyg

[#396 :]

Classic!

[#397 :]

Thanks for the clip, Louisweunator. I haven't been too thrilled by Robot Mafia-related episodes in the past (I find "Bender Gets Made" kind of excruciating), but this one looks pretty funny. I liked the Fanny callback and that end bit, about all the things the Donbot hates. Oh, and "I don't want to fool around with anybody I've already had sex with" was classic Bender. June cannot get here fast enough...

[#398 :]

Any clip is better than no clip, thanks a lot. looks like it'll be a really funny episode.

and i don't think calculon is dead. he's died like 4 times on his soap opera (not real in futurama, i know). it just seems like he'll make a epic comeback and say donbot killed his 5th identical brother's nephew's former wife's brother's former roommate :b

[#399 :]

I bet this will be the worse one this coming up season.