View Full Version : 26 new television episodes of Futurama, rumors debunked [UPDATE]
Tienshin
03-19-2006, 12:05 AM
According to Billy West:
I'm thisclose to selling my show--''Billy Bastard--Amateur Human Being,''
And the other good news is that they're doing 26 new episodes of
''Futurama'' for TV and we're hammering out the deal now.The original
plan was to have the DVD's first but that's no longer the case.I'm totaly
jammed dude.
Greetings from the year 3000! It still sucks!
Billy
http://billywest.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2011&PN=1
:eek:
Edit: And now hopes come crashing down
Guys,
I'm sorry I gave inaccurate info on the cartoon.I was told on one end that the
TV show was a go but DXC enlightened me (with a hammer) that this was
not the case.I think there is a Futurama project as in DVD's but I appearently
had bad info.But I do live to give good Futurama news to people.So I must've
died or something.
All eyes on the skies,
Billy
http://billywest.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2020&KW=billywest
Captain Harlock
03-19-2006, 12:08 AM
Yarr, you beat me ;).
MasterDartz
03-19-2006, 12:13 AM
Would this air on FOX or Adult Swim?
Tienshin
03-19-2006, 12:16 AM
FOX, though I'm sure AS would try to get the rights similar to the situation with Family Guy.
Youko Recca
03-19-2006, 12:17 AM
Best news I've heard all day.
MasterDartz
03-19-2006, 12:19 AM
Okay, thanks.
I really am getting excited about this. Futurama is the best animated series. I hope Fox gives it a better time slot this time around. NFL killed it before.
djthomp
03-19-2006, 12:29 AM
Woohoo!!
Rabi~en~Rose
03-19-2006, 12:32 AM
hopefully they're better than the last season of Futurama episodes were. I hope AS gets these new seasons but it would be weird if they only got these after time runs out for the old episodes :confused:
vegetable
03-19-2006, 12:34 AM
FOX, though I'm sure AS would try to get the rights similar to the situation with Family Guy.
Doubt it. They're losing it to Comedy Central in 2008.
MasterDartz
03-19-2006, 12:41 AM
Doubt it. They're losing it to Comedy Central in 2008.
Thats a long way off yet. Anyway, as long as I get new episodes, it doesn't really matter to me what station it is on.
Ultra Mike
03-19-2006, 12:49 AM
Thats a long way off yet.
Animation is a very long process though. Since they haven't started working on these new Futurama epiodes yet (and I assume they'll only start in the summer/fall) they won't be finished till at least late 2007, and considering they'd air on FOX first, I doubt that CN would get the eps unless the contract was changed or something.
That is good news about the show. I'm hoping that this allows for a renewal of the show (beyond just one season) , but dosen't drag the quality down like Family Guy.
MasterDartz
03-19-2006, 12:53 AM
I hope they don't ruin this show like they did The Simpsons. It seems to be Matt Groening started lowering quality of The Simpsons right after Futurama was cancelled. Revenge, maybe?
Martianinvader
03-19-2006, 01:07 AM
I hope they don't ruin this show like they did The Simpsons. It seems to be Matt Groening started lowering quality of The Simpsons right after Futurama was cancelled. Revenge, maybe?
More accurately, it's "17-year-old program syndrome." TV shows age in dog years. Nothing can keep its freshness that long, not even The Simpsons.
Futurama, however, has only had seventy-something episodes and four produced seasons. I have faith in the Planet Express Crew--I know they can deliver.
Jedah Dohma
03-19-2006, 02:28 AM
More Futurama sounds good to me. :)
Pepperidge
03-19-2006, 02:46 AM
Ehh, I hope they're produced as movies rather than individual episodes.
KuwabaraTheMan
03-19-2006, 02:50 AM
Please tell me this isn't me being drunk and hallucinating....
This is awesome news. 26 new Futurmas? Hell yeah, baby!
Master Moron
03-19-2006, 02:52 AM
I honestly don't care all that much at this point. I mean, Adult Swim will be losing the rights to Comedy Central in 2008, so it won't help them that much, and to be honest I never really liked Futurama all that much. I always thought it was too mean spirited at times.
djthomp
03-19-2006, 03:48 AM
My earlier woohoo still stands, but something about this issue came to mind. How reliable is Billy's information likely to be? Seems like every few months or so we hear something new from him about this. Has any other source made any statements?
Scythemantis
03-19-2006, 04:02 AM
Comedy Central paid for Futurama per episode, meaning that they bought the rights to every existing season. They would have to make another offer for the new ones.
The Myst
03-19-2006, 05:45 AM
More accurately, it's "17-year-old program syndrome." TV shows age in dog years. Nothing can keep its freshness that long, not even The Simpsons.
Futurama, however, has only had seventy-something episodes and four produced seasons. I have faith in the Planet Express Crew--I know they can deliver.
Actually, I think it was Futurama was the death of The Simpsons but not as revenge. The show started going downhill around when Futurama was just hitting it's stride (2000-2002).
The Myst
03-19-2006, 05:47 AM
That is good news about the show. I'm hoping that this allows for a renewal of the show (beyond just one season) , but dosen't drag the quality down like Family Guy.
Ugh. It's so fashionable to make fun of Family Guy these days. The fact is, it's as good as it ever was, people just don't like it because it's popular now, it's new again, and they overanalyze every little thing the show does just to nitpick.
Futurama is probably the best cartoon to be made so here's hoping it doesn't get pissed up. =[
Ugh. It's so fashionable to make fun of Family Guy these days. The fact is, it's as good as it ever was, people just don't like it because it's popular now, it's new again, and they overanalyze every little thing the show does just to nitpick.That's a hard call to make. However, I don't recall suddenly hating Family Guy when it was still rerunning and suddenly everyone in the world was quoting it. I don't really recall hating the first few new episodes either... I think the new season just genuinely sucks and there's not much else to it.
This makes my day. Awesome news.
Anniemaniac
03-19-2006, 10:52 AM
this is great news about futurama! i always said this show didnt deserve to get cancelled so early on so im happy that its finally coming back :D i jus hope the writin stays top quality and they dont make any weird changes or anything.
Captain Harlock
03-19-2006, 11:00 AM
That's a hard call to make. However, I don't recall suddenly hating Family Guy when it was still rerunning and suddenly everyone in the world was quoting it. I don't really recall hating the first few new episodes either... I think the new season just genuinely sucks and there's not much else to it.
I think it's 'two-show syndrome'. Since Seth has American Dad and Family Guy going on at the same time, American Dad happens to be the superior of the two having the more original comedy while Family Guy falls back on its cutaways and pop culture references that really aren't funny anymore. I think the same could be said for Futurama and The Simpsons. Futurama was a new show with a different brand of humor than the Simpsons, so it seemed that all efforts were put on it while the Simpsons just fell back to a formulatic show.
Zyzzybalubah
03-19-2006, 11:15 AM
Hurray for the fans! :) I'm not sure what to think, Futurama for me is one of those shows where I'm either in the mood to watch it or not in the mood. I'll watch the new episodes (might as well, I've already seen the others.) But yeah, my guess is Comedy Central will probably try to get the rights to those for a higher bid. BTW, since we have all noticed ratings for Futurama were down on AS, they probably won't get much higher once they come to Comedy Central (all they bought were reruns. The episodes people have seen thousands of times.)
Daffy Dork
03-19-2006, 12:36 PM
Am I the only one not jumping up and down with joy?
To me, it seemed like it kept getting rumored and rumored, and now I'm just in a "oh, finally!" mood.
TheMecca
03-19-2006, 12:43 PM
Excuse me, I'm going to go clean myself up now.
Sr.Infierno
03-19-2006, 12:45 PM
Am I the only one not jumping up and down with joy?
To me, it seemed like it kept getting rumored and rumored, and now I'm just in a "oh, finally!" mood.
That's kind of how I felt, I knew it was coming.
I was kind of just hoping they would just do the four movies thing
jlaking
03-19-2006, 01:29 PM
Comedy Central paid for Futurama per episode, meaning that they bought the rights to every existing season. They would have to make another offer for the new ones.
Nope, it means that they can get future episodes as well but they will paid the same amount as previous episodes.
Lord Dalek
03-19-2006, 01:35 PM
Victory!!!!!
Master Moron
03-19-2006, 01:46 PM
Am I the only one not jumping up and down with joy?
To me, it seemed like it kept getting rumored and rumored, and now I'm just in a "oh, finally!" mood.
I'm not jumping up and down with joy either. There was a time when I wanted Futurama to come back, back when it would have helped Adult Swim. But, now Comedy Central is getting the rights, and it's not like they're going to do anything useful with the show. And if Adult Swim somehow does manage to get the rights to these new episodes then they'll probably just end up repeating these 26 episodes on weekdays over and over again, and does anyone really want to see that?
TheShredder565
03-19-2006, 01:58 PM
That's great to hear....Glad to see it may finally be coming back. Lets hope they do some reality show bashing jokes :)
Not to get off topic, but a question. Speaking of Billy West, does anyone know what really happened between him and John K at Ren and Stimpy? Every time I see a note by him,or an interview, he seems like a nice guy...and wonder what happend..
Where's True Hollywood s tory when you need them? :)
Martianinvader
03-19-2006, 04:25 PM
First Family Guy. Then Kim Possible. Now Futurama. What's with the streak of late? You know....networks being so....NICE?
I have to wonder just how far it will go....
http://www.platypuscomix.net/onlyme/couch1.jpg
"Hello, Jay? It's ABC. We've decided to finally renew your contract. You're due on the set at 5 am."
RskimB
03-19-2006, 04:57 PM
yippee!
The Landstander
03-19-2006, 05:11 PM
To me, it seemed like it kept getting rumored and rumored, and now I'm just in a "oh, finally!" mood.Yeah. This is pretty rockin', but between a hundred "Futurama coming back?"/"Futurama is probably coming back"/"I heard Futurama is coming back" threads it's lost the surprise punch it would've had.
Still, great news.
KuwabaraTheMan
03-19-2006, 05:16 PM
First Family Guy. Then Kim Possible. Now Futurama. What's with the streak of late? You know....networks being so....NICE?
I have to wonder just how far it will go....
Come on Evolution, JCA, Megas, Teen Titans, and JLU!
Futurama's return may have been rumored a lot, but plenty of people said it would never happen, and at this point it seemed like we were just getting the DTVs.
A whole new season is rockin' news for me.
RedNinja84
03-19-2006, 06:16 PM
Awsome, can't wait for more strange tales of intrest!
Jazman
03-19-2006, 09:13 PM
Not to seem like I'm raining on the parade here, but I'm not jumping or screaming or doing ANYTHING untill a press release from FOX. It seems like a a new rumor every 6 weeks or so, and not for nothing, but I'm getting a case of "Rumor" fatigue. Awesome if true, but I'm not getting my hopes up yet.
Case in point with Family Guy, rumors and all, but when FOX released it, Seth himself said it, and Variety, E, Entertainment weekly reported it, then I believed it.
Tienshin
03-19-2006, 09:21 PM
Damn it. :mad:
Guys,
I'm sorry I gave inaccurate info on the cartoon.I was told on one end that the
TV show was a go but DXC enlightened me (with a hammer) that this was
not the case.I think there is a Futurama project as in DVD's but I appearently
had bad info.But I do live to give good Futurama news to people.So I must've
died or something.
All eyes on the skies,
Billy
http://billywest.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2020&KW=billywest
Jazman
03-19-2006, 09:22 PM
I was just about to post that. Another rumor down the toilet.
No more relying on Billy West for something FOX should be announcing anyway.
Daffy Dork
03-19-2006, 09:23 PM
Still indifferent to it. Guess we can stuff this thread into the evergrowing 'rumor' box. :shrug:
Tienshin
03-19-2006, 09:24 PM
I was just about to post that. Another rumor down the toilet.
No more relying on Billy West for something FOX should be announcing anyway.
Yeah, what a tease that was. Dissappointing news to say the least.
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Funniest *******ed **** ever.
Seriously, God Damn is a swear?
Rabi~en~Rose
03-19-2006, 10:10 PM
april fools? :(
Youko Recca
03-19-2006, 10:19 PM
Kidding me. Damnit man, somebody better take that and run with it later on.
Zubby
03-19-2006, 10:22 PM
Speaking of Billy West, has anyone heard any word, outside of his forums, or quoting his forums as the source, about the dvd's?
It's sounding like he's the into 'shoot mouth off first, gather facts later' method of spreading 'news'.
It's bad enough about the episodes, it's only been one day. I've been excited about the dvd's for weeks, however, and will be royaly pissed if it turns out to be untrue.
Master Moron
03-19-2006, 11:37 PM
I'm actually kind of happy that the rumor was debunked. I mean, maybe now we can finally let Futurama die. I mean, I wanted new Futurama a year ago, but now I just want it to die...or rather let it stay dead. I mean, maybe a DTV would be okay, but I don't see any point in reviving the series at this point. While it used to get ratings on the same level as Family Guy, those times are no longer. And it's DVD sales were never on the same level as Family Guy. I just don't think it would be popular enough to revive. I say just let it stay dead already.
I'm actually kind of happy that the rumor was debunked. I mean, maybe now we can finally let Futurama die.
Wow really? The guy who said twice he wish the show wouldn't be renewed is kind of happy that it was debunked? My eyes must be deceiving me!
Pepperidge
03-19-2006, 11:49 PM
That's OK. A new season would've been serious overkill.
Master Moron
03-19-2006, 11:51 PM
Wow really? The guy who said twice he wish the show wouldn't be renewed is kind of happy that it was debunked? My eyes must be deceiving me!
Wow, people are actually counting my posts now? I feel like Matt Wilson.
Wow, people are actually counting my posts now? I feel like Matt Wilson.Wow people using sarcasm on the internet... wow I feel like Master Moron.
Tienshin
03-20-2006, 12:01 AM
And the race is on to see who can out sarcasm the other.
Delthayre
03-20-2006, 12:05 AM
Could an impartial judge please declare a winner soon, otherwise somebody might make an ass of himself.
As for me, I'm dissapointed, but not terribly suprised. A new television season seemed like a rather dramatic commitment that I would've expected to hear some more initial buzzing and humming about prior to any definitive announcement. I do regard it as a pity, however, I would've liked to see another season tried. I admit rather reserved enthusiasm since Family Guy's revival has dissapointed me so badly, but I generally do not consider one unfortunate venture to have soured the idea outright. Besides, Futurama had more to continue on in terms of character and story than Family Guy.
In any case, the direct-to-DVD movies are still coming and in the case that they sell well, maybe the idea of further seasons could regain its legs. I admit some pessimism on that point, however, since Futurama wasn't the DVD success that Family Guy was.
KuwabaraTheMan
03-20-2006, 12:11 AM
Speaking of Billy West, has anyone heard any word, outside of his forums, or quoting his forums as the source, about the dvd's?
It's sounding like he's the into 'shoot mouth off first, gather facts later' method of spreading 'news'.
It's bad enough about the episodes, it's only been one day. I've been excited about the dvd's for weeks, however, and will be royaly pissed if it turns out to be untrue.
I'm pretty sure the DVDs were reported in TV Guide initially, those are definitely coming.
It sucks we aren't getting a new season, but if these sell well, that could be the next step.
DAMMIT.
Most frustating bit of news. EVER.
Artimus Gigan
03-20-2006, 09:54 AM
After much thought I have decided that the following image appropriately expresses my internet angrage
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/00pie/us7.jpg
Anniemaniac
03-20-2006, 04:12 PM
argh, well this jus ruined my day. :mad: :(
Lord Dalek
03-20-2006, 09:42 PM
=(
Captain Harlock
03-21-2006, 09:38 AM
I'm not putting any faith in the new comments. Billy West was probably telling the truth the first time, but he wasn't supposed to say anything. His new comments are just damage control.
Pepperidge
03-21-2006, 02:18 PM
Guys, do you seriously think that a promise of 4 full-length DTV movies isn't enough? Actually continuing the series just opens of the possibility of it going down the toilet rather than ending on the strong note that it did.
Anniemaniac
03-21-2006, 03:34 PM
Guys, do you seriously think that a promise of 4 full-length DTV movies isn't enough? Actually continuing the series just opens of the possibility of it going down the toilet rather than ending on the strong note that it did.
thats very true, 4 DTV movies is more than we could have hoped for, and if futurama did return as a series, it could possibly start to decline in quality.. but still... i would of liked to see futurama return as a show again because i still say it was too early for it to be cancelled and the team probably had a lot of unused ideas for the show, an i woulda liked ta have seen em :(
kashpoing
03-22-2006, 11:04 AM
Yeah I'm really happy about the DTVs and would prefer the show stayed as it is having said that I would like to say that I love futurama and need to start buying boxsets.
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