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No New Series of Futurama
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Hemos
on Mon Mar 20, 2006 09:44 AM
from the too-bad-so-sad dept.
from the too-bad-so-sad dept.
Nikoth writes "It seems that Billy West got it wrong when he announced that there are 26 new episodes of Futurama on the way, and instead there will only be the 4 movies as planned. "
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Interviews: Ask Futurama Star Billy West About...? 199 comments
In case you haven't heard, Futurama is coming back — in like 2008, so don't go channel-flipping in hope quite yet. This is the first interview Billy West (who voices Fry, Prof. Farnsworth, Zapp Brannigan, Zoidberg, and other Futurama characters) has done since the announcement. Realize, too, that Billy has also been the voices of Ren and Stimpy and hundreds of other animated characters over the years, and old-school Howard Stern fans will remember that part of his career, too. Ask Billy about anything you like; we'll send him 10 top-moderated questions (and maybe he'll answer a few extra ones of his choice, too). We expect to post his answers Wednesday, the day after Freedom Day's 21st Century predecessor, the 4th of July (which, sadly, is not known for nude hot tub parties). Meanwhile, to tide you over, here's a little MP3 voice montage Billy did in his home studio just for Slashdot.
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Oops (Score:4, Funny)
- Andrew
Stop screwing with shows (Score:2)
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What's it going to take to get them to listen to the fans again?
Re:Stop screwing with shows (Score:5, Insightful)
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Advertising revenue. When you're dealing with the people who watch nerdy niche programming, you're dealing with an uncommonly tech-savvy crowd that owns TiVos, refuses to watch commercials and never pays for anything anyway. You've got a fan base of freeloading music and software and movie pirates. Just look at the ads that run during reruns of Star Trek. It's all penis enlargement and debt relief. It's pretty obvious that this isn't a crowd that has much disposable income to squeeze out of it.
There's a lot of demand for the 18-35 male population, because it spends a lot of money. But our niche, for whatever reason, is VERY undesirable. The above reasons are probably why.
Note: I am not suggesting that everything in the first paragraph is TRUE, and certainly not of every single person who watches Futurama. But look at the commercials that run on Spike and during Next Gen rebroadcasts... it's obvious what their advertisers think of us, and they hate us. Hence, you can run Battlestar Galactica at 10:00pm on a Friday and get record numbers of us to tune in - they know we're not doing anything else on Friday night from 10-11 pm.
Anyway ... there's some assumptions being made about their demographics and those assumptions fuel the types of advertisers they get and thus their revenue off broadcasting. I think some of those assumptions can be borne out, as uncomfortable as that may make some of you.
I'll make my own series! (Score:5, Funny)
A Farnsworth Paradox (Score:5, Funny)
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Come on guys (Score:2)
Well, bite my shiny metal ass! (Score:5, Insightful)
*howls in anguish* (Score:2)
(Last Journal: Thursday January 11 2007, @06:30PM)
"You win again, Gravity!"
Well... (Score:5, Insightful)
The return of Famly Guy was a sign, we can vote with our wallets here we don't need to stand for being told what we like anymore.
Or is there... (Score:3, Interesting)
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Early adopters (Score:5, Funny)
Here comes the quotes! (Score:5, Funny)
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CmdrTaco: Hey, I heard that Futurama is back
Hemos: No. we just thought you would enjoy that for a moment.
Anyway, that was the best nanosecond of my life
Life... (Score:2, Funny)
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So sad... (Score:2)
GRRR!!! (Score:3)
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Oblig. Futurama (Score:5, Funny)
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er...
Good news everyone (Score:5, Funny)
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Foresight can be difficult... (Score:1)
Ob. Tinny Tim (Score:5, Funny)
It's for the best I guess because... (Score:3, Funny)
dolphins (Score:2, Funny)
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so long and thanks for all the fish
Aw Crap (Score:1)
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Mozilla Futurama (Score:2, Funny)
-> Mozilla Futurama
-> SpreadFuturama.com
-> Fundraising (i would pay)
-> Mozilla Futurama NY Times ad
-> FuturamaFlicks.com
FanFlicks? (Score:3, Interesting)
ah.clem
If anyone needs me... (Score:5, Funny)
I bought a tv!!! (Score:1)
Shit I had to sell my computer.
how interesting (Score:5, Funny)
Futurama? I think not... (Score:2)
So it was... (Score:1)
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Sweet Zombie Jesus! (Score:2, Funny)
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News, everyone! (Score:2)
Lrrr is outraged...yet again (Score:1)
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Why isn't there the same support for Invader Zim? That's what I'd like to know.
Wow (Score:2)
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Hopes up (Score:2, Funny)
So Sad (Score:3, Insightful)
(Last Journal: Monday February 27 2006, @09:54PM)
I've seen every episode multiple times, own the DVDs, and I'll still sit down and watch it if it's on when I wander past the television. How the hell King of the Hill remains on television while Futurama can't catch a break is beyond me.
Don't worry (Score:2)
Really want Futurama back? (Score:1)
But what about... (Score:1)
Unfortunately.... (Score:1)
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If a sponsor wants to advertise in a particular show, then the more money they spend, the more desirable the timeslot they will get. Coroborating evidence for this is the recent (within the last 5 years) influx of "this show brought to you by.." advertisements before and after many shows.
This suggests that, rather than lobbying the producers, it would be more beneficial to lobby the shows (or alternatively try and market the show to additional) sponsors.
Mind you, perhaps I'm just imagining things.. (Obligatory quote:) They say madness runs in our family. Some people even call me crazy! And why? Because I dared to dream
Six weeks ago (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Fill Me In (Score:2, Funny)
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from BillyWest.com: I do live to give good Futurama news to people.So I must've died or something.
Isn't it obvious? He has a brain slug!
Re:Fill Me In (Score:3, Interesting)
(Last Journal: Thursday September 29 2005, @06:19PM)
I think the buzz was there, but they just didn't pick it up. At least fans get the movies, though.
Anyway, I was pretty clear about it when I read the previous report about Futurama that it was speculation and hearsay. Fortunately, some of us know how to take a source into context and realize that this is a quasi-news site, not a courtroom. Speculation and hearsay, presented as such, is and should be welcome... so long as it's newsworthy to someone.
Re:Fill Me In (Score:5, Funny)
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A courtroom-style format would be a breath of fresh air.
Moderators: Objection! Poster is a troll!
Meta-mods: I'll allow it.
Re:Fill Me In (Score:1)
I think the parent should be modded "flame bait", but I'll give a better answer than it deserves anyway.
If you loved the show and listened to the DVD commentaries, it's obvious that everyone connected with the show loved working on it. It's also obvious that any negotiations for resuming work on the show were done at the management level and did not involve the voice talent, so I think it's certainly possible that he may have gotten some incorrect info passed down the chain of command or maybe he's a little overzealous or both.
Re:Fill Me In (Score:2)
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Fortunately, it's just a TV show, so rumors aren't a big deal. I mean, at least this time there weren't a bunch of coal miners' families who were devastated when told their loved ones were actually dead, when the rumor a half hour previous was that they were alive.
Re:Fill Me In (Score:2, Insightful)
And yet I read this morning on Yahoo News that Fox is renewing the dreck that is "King of the Hill" [yahoo.com] for an 11th season, and that "King of the Hill" has been a subject of frequent pre-emptions for Fox's NFL football coverage, the network has enough fresh episodes for the rest of this season.
WTF?? That was exactly the reason "Futurama" was cancelled in the first place, because Fox claimed it was getting low ratings. Of course it was getting low ratings, it was always pre-empted by football! Mike Judge must be blowing Rupert Murdock to keep that garbage on the air!
Re:Fill Me In (Score:1)
Re:Fill Me In (Score:2)
-Eric
AW, COME ON, MODERATORS.... (Score:2)
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