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.What do you think? Would you like Futurama to return to weekly television? And then there's always that rumor about a Futurama movie...

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