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Guy

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At first, I thought this was a Fry/Leela thread. I don't think they will though. It's sad, but realistic. I hope PEEL survives though.
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Nurdbot

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They won't.If they do they will lose Us plus the bored Simpson fans. They think it will just be like the Family Guy thing.
"Nobody said anything when we took Family Gy off,I asume they will do the same thing..".
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evan

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I thought the same thing as Guy (Oh, yeah!) about this being a Fry/Leela thread. Surprisingly, this intertwines with the finale of the series.
I seriously, 100%, doubt that Fox ever really was going to renew Futurama. As soon as I heard 'hiatus' I thought that Fox had basically cancelled the show for good, but refused to admit it let the backlash start. Face it, Futurama on Fox is over. There won't be a new season next fall, unless, of course, they're still showing 4AVC eps then.
Hopefully, "The Devil's Hands are Idol Playthings" works as a good terminus. And, maybe, we'll also know the answer if Fry and Leela will or won't.
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Gocad

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Originally posted by evan: I thought the same thing as Guy (Oh, yeah!) about this being a Fry/Leela thread. Surprisingly, this intertwines with the finale of the series.
I seriously, 100%, doubt that Fox ever really was going to renew Futurama. As soon as I heard 'hiatus' I thought that Fox had basically cancelled the show for good, but refused to admit it let the backlash start. Face it, Futurama on Fox is over. There won't be a new season next fall, unless, of course, they're still showing 4AVC eps then.
Hopefully, "The Devil's Hands are Idol Playthings" works as a good terminus. And, maybe, we'll also know the answer if Fry and Leela will or won't.
I hope that the final episode is not too final, especially regarding Fry & Leela.
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mAtboisLim

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isnt it like in may wen fox usually order new seasons
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Bend-err

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That would be cool, but I want more Futurama
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BarMonger

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I emailed Fox and asked them why they cancelled the show. They replied a few hours later. That was today. Here's their reply: "You really should stop listening to False Rumors!!
FUTURAMA will be back this coming Season with a full season of ALL-NEW episodes!!!
We have enough ALL-NEW episodes to air for the entire 2002/03 Season!!
Note: We don't pick up ANY FOX show for the 2003/04 Season until MAY 2003 - so check back with us in a year to see if we have renewed FUTURAMA for another Season!! Hopefully the show will be with us for many years to come!
Thanks for writing
ASKFOX"
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BarMonger

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Looks an awful lot like an automated reply to me. Notice how they say one year from now as May 2003?!?!
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transgender nerd under canada

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Originally posted by PCC Fred: My bet is they'll renew it for another production season, make something like 24 episodes, which they can stretch to two McSeasons of 12 episodes.
Also a new season of Futurama wouldn't neccessarily have to be ready for fall 2003, since very few new episodes get aired before Xmas due to the NFL and World Series.
Plus they already have enough unaired episodes to fill the slots described. It would be nice if they renewed it, but the animation team has been broken up, the voice cast are all doing other things, the writing team haven't written anything since the last episode was handed over to FOX, and Groening is now pissed off at FOX for hiatusing the show in the first place. Even if all these obstacles were overcome, it costs a lot of money to produce each episode, and FOX may just decide to keep the cash, to purchase new and "better" shows.
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Loki

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We should think positively
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Bend-err

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I don't think Groening will do the same mistake twice, he surely will not let FOX get his new show
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Juliet

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I just hope that Fox let us have some more new futurama episodes. if not well I just want to see Bender in his best performance ever.
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Teral

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Probably not. It looks like FOX have made up their mind.
However consider this: 12 episodes left, and 20 Sundays left (end May), or more likely 16 Sundays (end of April). Definetely no episode will be aired January 26th, due to Super Bowl, and no new episode is scheduled for January 19th. That's 14 Sundays to air 12 episodes.
Either we'll get an amazing string of new episodes for the rest of the season, or (more likely due to FOX politic of "pre-emption builds fanbase" ) they'll have 2 or 3 episodes left for the start of season 6. With the late start Futurama usually is treated to, the production team will have 6 or 7 months to produce the new season. Technically that's possible, but getting the team back is different thing, altogether.
All in all I'm undecided.
And yes BarMonger, that is an automated reply. FOX have been sending them out for at least 6 months. Try replying to it, and you'll get a rather angry one saying something like "Have they been aired before? Didn't think so, that must mean they're "ALL-NEW"! Thanks for writing ASK FOX", after that you wont get a new answer.
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