British Peelers - Futurama Season 4.

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C4 will begin showing the fourth season of futurama tonight (friday) at 1:10am . its a double bill, too.

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Well, at least it has a better time slot than King of the Hill... 

Anyway, Sky aired "Season 4" two years ago, and I've now got the DVDs.  C4 could show it at 4am for all I care. 

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Unlike most UKers, I'll be awake at 1.10am.  Sadly, I'll be at work.  By god, I'm glad I've got every episode on DVD.

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can you believe that C4 have actually got the rights to show the simpsons now, aswell. christ knows where they'll bury that in the scheduals.

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if theye got the simpons and Futurama there twats, cus theyll put it on a stupid times, the should put a simpson and a futurama on every night just after simpsons is on BBC2 loads of people would watch it. Theyll probably put it on 5am knowing them.

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I don't know why BBC didn't try harder to get the newer episodes of the Simpsons, especially when you consider what rubbish shows and productions they do waste their money on. I do think though that it's a great shame Futurama wasn't on BBC, and preferably at a sensible time. I think it would have an even bigger following here in the UK then. I agree, though, it's great to have all the episodes on DVD, at least then you can watch them, when you want and you get the audio commentaries, no stupid adds and no morons talking over the end titles!

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Ah yes Futurama on tonight, I just saw it in the TV guide. 1:10-2:00 though 

Would I be correct in saying that this is "Mc"Season 4 being shown?

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I think BBC didn't try to get newer episodes of the Simpsons, becasue they have the sense to realise that the new episodes ARE SHIT!
Well at least it's on a friday night, if it was in the middle of the week it would be worse! Last time they had Futurama on C4 that I remember it was on at 7 in the morning, which was good because I could watch it before I got out of bed, but then I can do that now with the DVD's. Oh well.

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Originally posted by Bushmeister:
 Would I be correct in saying that this is "Mc"Season 4 being shown?

Yes, 'Roswell' will start it 

Anyway, I really don't care, because I've got all the DVD's already. I would care if it was on at a time when it could grab potential new fans, but at that stupid time it won't be doing anything...

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Excellent Otis, just the episode I need to show a friend who doubts the greatness of Futurama! 

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Originally posted by Otis P Jivefunk:
...but at that stupid time it won't be doing anything...

...except cater to insomniacs   

It'll give them something to do at least.

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I heard that Channel 4 paid an awful lot of money for the rights to show The Simpsons, and that the reason they recently ended Brookside was to create a slot for the show when they get the rights to it. Would be great if they start using the Futurama license well and show a Matt Groening double bill. I know Futurama would do better if it was next to a Simpsons episode.

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Good idea there Kazzahdrane! I would certainly love an hour of Matt myself and I think that the poularity of The Simpsons (be it Scully crap or not) would ensure more people watching Futurama.

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looking at teletext the two episodes are Roswell that ends well and a tale of two santas however it also states the latter to be the last in the series ??? 

channel 4 really has treated futurama badly - began at a 630 timeslot and was cut then moved to the back from the pub slot on friday nights - i think the last "run" was interupted by BIG Brother IV - still its a good line up if your awake, south park, KOTH and futurama, all you need now is family guy

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Originally posted by ghoulishmoose:
 ...except cater to insomniacs   

It'll give them something to do at least.

Suits me; With all the coffee inside me and all the worrying I tend to do I doubt I'll have any trouble staying awake.

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Originally posted by superfryguy:
I don't know why BBC didn't try harder to get the newer episodes of the Simpsons, especially when you consider what rubbish shows and productions they do waste their money on.

Just think how many problems past and future would've been solved if the BBC had not made that Iraq war documentary and spent the money on keeping the rights to the Simpsons...

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Yay, Futurama is on! This is a rare moment for UK terrestrial television.

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Make that English and Scottish terrestrial television.  Wales gets S4C, which means no Futurama.  Not that I care.  Oh yes... DVDs... don't care...

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Pah I only seem to have seasons 1 and 4 DVDs now, I must wait a tad longer before I can so easily ignore the TV schedules 

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NOW they're showing season 4?  It's a bit late (and I don't mean the timeslot, although it's not much better)

Anyone who likes Futurama will have bought the boxset already.

It should be on at teatime though.  Loads of people watch the Simpsons on BBC2, probably more than people watch it on Sky

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McSeason 4 is now being showed on C4, however the second in their double bill (A Tale Of Two Santas) said last in series (season).

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Originally posted by PCC Fred:
Make that English and Scottish terrestrial television.  Wales gets S4C, which means no Futurama.  Not that I care.  Oh yes... DVDs... don't care...

I assume you bought a dubbed in to Welsh version of the DVD 

It is good that C4 is showing Futurama again, although given the time slot I suspect they are only doing so because they've already paid for it 

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Originally posted by hopie4ever:
looking at teletext the two episodes are Roswell that ends well and a tale of two santas however it also states the latter to be the last in the series ???   
 

teletext??? they don't know their arse from their elbow.

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Originally posted by PCC Fred:
 Just think how many problems past and future would've been solved if the BBC had not made that Iraq war documentary and spent the money on keeping the rights to the Simpsons...

Ahmen to that! I couldn't agree more!

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Originally posted by zapperdan:
 
teletext??? they don't know their arse from their elbow.

Actually, our TV-guide said that too (about last is series). However it's listed next Friday at 1:40 AM, it's AOI II

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I don't know why BBC didn't try harder to get the newer episodes of the Simpsons, especially when you consider what rubbish shows and productions they do waste their money on.

They did, and were hugely outbid by C4. Since Sky One get to show new episodes first, that's put a high price on those episodes for terrestrial. BBC 2 had that monopoly for a while but because the Simpsons is BBC2's highest rated show (even just the repeats!) C4 wanted it badly (more viewers=more advertising revenue). I think they are paying about a million pounds per episode because they were fighting so hard for it. To be honest, that money could be better spent on other programmes which, regardless of whether the new Simpsons is crap or not, are better for the BBC. Relying on popular American imports doesn't do much good for our own TV industry, especially when we are spending that much money on them.

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Originally posted by Tweek:
I assume you bought a dubbed in to Welsh version of the DVD   

Makes perfect sense, seeing as English is my first language. 

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I live in hong kong at the moment, originaly from the U.K, theirs this channel called Star World and it doesn't change series ever on the Simpsons, it just plays the same series over and over again every year . It rarely has futurama on, and when it is - they play season 1. Thank god i have the DVD's.   

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Originally posted by Lurrr:
 BBC 2 had that monopoly for a while but because the Simpsons is BBC2's highest rated show (even just the repeats!) C4 wanted it badly (more viewers=more advertising revenue). I think they are paying about a million pounds per episode because they were fighting so hard for it.

That's incredible, and a little disturbing, especially when you consider that, popular opinion has it, each 'Futurama' episode cost $1 million US.

Channel 4 could have paid to have a new series of 'Futurama' produced for less money than they paid for 'Simpsons'.

"Oh those fools, those foolish fools!"

Okay, they didn't do that because they know 'Simpsons' is a guaranteed ratings winner, but if only they had given 'Futurama' some decent promotion, and a good and consistent time slot, it would have been different I bet.

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Originally posted by superfryguy:

Channel 4 could have paid to have a new series of 'Futurama' produced for less money than they paid for 'Simpsons'.

"Oh those fools, those foolish fools!"

Ah, what's the worst that could happen?   

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Okay, they didn't do that because they know 'Simpsons' is a guaranteed ratings winner, but if only they had given 'Futurama' some decent promotion, and a good and consistent time slot, it would have been different I bet.

Maybe, but would C4 have even cared?

[Leonard Nimoy]The answer, is no.[/Leonard Nimoy]

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 Like i said on another thread, they will probably move the Simspons to C5 in a couple of months after the early morning slots.