Fox to run out Futurama over the summer?

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According to these articles, Fox plans to pre-empt Futurama during the April-May sweeps period (replacing it, of course, with reruns of The Simpsons) and then run the remaining episodes over the summer.  I mentioned before that ABC did something similar with The Critic: they showed it in the early spring, cancelled it, and ran out their remaining episodes that summer.

Apparently Fox will run lots of other new stuff over the summer, including the new series Keen Eddie, more Temptation Island, and several new reality shows, including Junior American Idol (no, I didn't make that up).

If the stories are accurate, it seems that Futurama will finally be on a regular schedule, even though it's only for the show's last six or so episodes.  The scheduling problems would reach a new level of silliness if the show still gets pre-empted over the summer, but I wouldn't be surprised.

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This might just make "McSeason 5" the shortest ever for a high-budget television show. And "McSeason 6" to snatch the title afterwards.

How does this play into my theory of a renewal during April/May, and a handfull of episodes held over for lead-in in the next season?

Not extremly well I guess, well it was a nice dillusion while it lasted.

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Junior American Idol? 

Crap, I'm hardly home during the summer because of vacations and what not.. damn you Fox!

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Originally posted by Teral:
This might just make "McSeason 5" the shortest ever for a high-budget television show. And "McSeason 6" to snatch the title afterwards.

Yay, somebody else used a word I invented! 

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that word has made its way into my daily vocabulary, and now i add MC to other words as well. You've started a revolution!

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Hell will freeze over if fox showed Futurama at a regular time for any extended period of time.  I'll make the shocking prediction that they won't get through the remaining episodes during the summer.

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^ I concur.  Even with the last few eps that only die hard fans want to see, fox will still fart around and fuck about with the airtimes and the series will peter out sometime between the cancellation of Oliver Beene and the introduction of America's Funniest War Bloopers.  Ooops...the cruise missile missed the bridge and hit the orphanarium...those kids sure get some major air!

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Originally posted by en0mis:
Crap, I'm hardly home during the summer because of vacations and what not.. damn you Fox!

I second that.  Damn FOX!  Damnit to hell and don't come back 

Why can't they just keep the good damn shows on.   

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As long as they play it on Sunday...  To sound like Roberto... "U playin it on Monday?  Monday, man?  Ima kill u!"

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Roberto: "Stop tellin' me how to do my job!"

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Kill me or not, but I Kill me or not, but I like the idea. Who knows, maybe FOX can pull this off! After all, I love the summer, and summer, combined with new Futurama equals a very, very good summer...like the idea. Who knows, maybe FOX can pull this off! After all, I love the summer, and summer, combined with new Futurama equals a very, very good summer...