Futurama is coming back with new episodes???

[Fox Mulder]

http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/01/05/more-rumors-about-the-return-of-futurama/

Last month, Joel reported on an article in Australia's Sydney Morning Herald which suggested that Futurama may be making a return to television. This morning, America's own Variety magazine is reporting similar news. Although FOX refuses to confirm the report, Variety says that strong DVD sales and high ratings for Futurama reruns have led FOX executives to reconsider their 2003 cancellation of the animated program. Variety says that creator Matt Groening and writer David X. Cohen are in negotiations with FOX to revive Futurama for television. In that article last month, Groening and Cohen both said that they hoped to be in a similar situation to Family Guy, which was cancelled by FOX but then brought back to life when DVD sales reached the fourth-highest ever for a television show. Futurama had five seasons and three emmys.

If this is true, that'd be really sweet! It's one of my favorites! Speaking of, I need to go catch it on adult swim right now! :D

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. Futurama and Family Guy are two of my favorite adult swim shows .

Along with The Boondocks .

[Richard Steele]

2. I've been waiting for this since they brought back 'Family guy' !

I hope it's true.

[Mojambo]

3. Whaaaa?

A Sunday night Family Guy/Futurama double feature would go down SMOOOOOTH.

[REP]

4. From slashdot:

Posted by Zonk on Thursday January 05, @12:12PM
from the take-that-you-stupid-corn dept.

KingDaveRa writes "Futurama could follow in the footsteps of Family Guy and re-enter production more than two years after it was axed. The animated series, brainchild of Simpsons creator Matt Groening, ended after four produced seasons amid lackluster ratings and broken scheduling on broadcast network Fox." From the Reuters article: "Reps for 20th Century Fox have declined to comment on the news, but Variety says initial negotiations have begun. If revived, it's unclear exactly which network would air the new episodes. While Fox housed the original series, the show found new life once reruns began showing on the Cartoon Network. Comedy Central subsequently snapped up the off-air rights and will exclusively air the repeats beginning in 2008.

[Beetwasher]

13. Yeah, The ONLY Reason The Show Didn't Have Good Ratings Was Because of FOX

They scheduled it in a shitty time slot after football so it was routinely cancelled because the games ran long. They did this because they WANTED it to fail because Groening was able to keep so much control of the show and it's proceeds. He got a great deal on the show because of the success of the Simpson's and Fox HATED the deal, so they WANTED to cancel it and they did their best to bury it in the worst time slot.

[fishwax]

5. Sweet!

here's hoping ... i loved that show :D

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Sweet zombie Jesus, that's good news!

Such a great show.

[Mutley]

7. YAY!!!!

:bounce:

[dpbrown]

8. I LOVE FUTURAMA!!!

And now it's on the f*cking Comedy Channel where I can't see it.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

9. please oh please oh please let this be true!

:party:

[Beetwasher]

10. Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please

Please let this be true. I miss that show. The reruns on Adult Swim are great, but they're still reruns.

[Pithlet]

11. Oh, I hope so!

I loved that show, and was sad when it was canceled.

[SteppingRazor]

12. I dunno... It ended on such a good note.

Why bring it back?