news man
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« on: 07-02-2003 21:29 »
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From TVWeek.com: Originally posted by *TV Week*: TBS Picks Up 'Futurama' and 'The Family Guy'
Beginning Monday TBS will air episodes of "Futurama" and "The Family Guy" during a "special run" of the cult-favorite programs.
"Futurama and "The Family Guy" have proven to be stellar hits among adults 18 to 34 for the late-night Cartoon Network Adult Swim crowd, and we are confident they will prove to be equally popular during the afternoons on TBS Superstation," said Steve Koonin, executive VP and chief operating officer of TBS.
The episodes will air weekdays at 2 and 2:30 p.m.(ET).
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El Zilcho

Professor

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Originally posted by Lindsay99: It's going on hiatus from CN? how come? They've already show every ep they have rights to twice, and they don't want it to get stale.
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Bender5000

Crustacean

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Originally posted by Lindsay99: It's going on hiatus from CN? how come? That would be totally awesome if it came on at 6:00. Then i could get Futurama, an hour of Seinfeld, and then Friends. That would be nice. It's going on hiatus until September or October, whichever month FOX gives them rights to the Season 5 episodes...but I am very happy. The only unfortunte thing is that Futurama on CN and TBS will stay at the same episode length (CN just aired 1ACV06 "A Fishful of Dollars" ) about until the hiatus. I wonder if TBS will get rights to the Season 5 episodes too. Oh well, and they're airing Family Guy too. Now all we got to do is have a miracle happen where billions of dollars fall on Cartoon Network's doorstep and they decide to produce more episodes of Futurama!...
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Coop

Professor

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Well, I dont know about this. I rather like it on Cartoon Network, where it really fits in.
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Anarchist

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Ouch. You can't really do much cutting to Futurama, though, unless you completely remove Bender from the show.
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mazaite

Bending Unit
  
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Originally posted by news man: From TVWeek.com:
Originally posted by *TV Week*: "Futurama and "The Family Guy" have proven to be stellar hits among adults 18 to 34 for the late-night Cartoon Network Adult Swim crowd, and we are confident they will prove to be equally popular during the afternoons on TBS Superstation," said Steve Koonin, executive VP and chief operating officer of TBS.
My question to you the PEEL group is this. Is Steve Koonin a fricking retard? It's popular at 11pm with 18-34 year olds, so It must do as good at 2pm with children and the unemploable? What the hell talk is that? And this moron is probably makng more then everyone on this forum combined to spiew out lobotomized chimp vomit statements like that.
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Beamer

DOOP Secretary

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Quite a few scenes have been cut out in several different countries. I heard somewhere that the stabbing-practice scene from Insane In The mainframe was cut out in the UK, and that "sweet zombie jesus" thing was cut out for Cartoon Network, as mentioned earlier.
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boingo2000

Liquid Emperor
 
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Originally posted by Atticus: Most of the Futurama episodes I have seen are the cartoon network ones, and I do remember that in one of them I heard the professor say a line similar to: "I haven't seen that since the second coming of jesus". That's from When Aliens Attack. Bender: Well, if they want to see a 1000 show, they're boned. Farnsworth: Yes, all videotapes were erased during the second coming of Jesus. (No explenation of what happened to DVD or on-line pirates, though.
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SQFreak

Professor

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So apparently it was Turner Broadcasting (not just Cartoon Network) that bought the rights to Futurama. So it didn't eat up all of CN's budget.
I don't think that TBS will cut any more than CN did. TBS is an adult-oriented station 24 hours, so the time of airing doesn't matter. (I believe there's a new FCC ruling that allows bad language between 12 midnight and 5am.)
And welcome news man.
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Whoopwhoopwhoop

Professor

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Id assume they'd have full rights for re-runs... So I guess theyll just play the order of Dvds...
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hellbot

Crustacean

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screw you nasty pasty
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Whoopwhoopwhoop

Professor

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Is this TBS's way of competing with Cartoon Network?
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Whoopwhoopwhoop

Professor

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Rupert Murdoc is the man behind Futurama coming back... The only way Futurama is coming back, is if one of these three things happen, 1)NOONE bought the DVD's. 2) Rupert Murdoc is given a large offer for teh rights. 3) Groening kisses Mr Murdocs ass. And I see none of these happening anytime soon.
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