"Futurama" cancelled by Comedy Central.
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"Futurama" has been cancelled ... again
Comedy Central announced the upcoming second half of Season 7 will be the last. New episodes begin Wednesday, June 19 at 10 p.m. ET and the final of the 13 episode, which will now be the series finale, will air on September 4.
"Futurama" executive producer David X. Cohen said he wasn't shocked by the news. "I felt like we were already in the bonus round on these last couple of seasons, so I can’t say I was devastated by the news,” Cohen told EW. “It was what I had expected two years earlier. At this point I keep a suitcase by my office door so I can be cancelled at a moment’s notice."
"Futurama" originally aired on Fox from 1999-2003. After it was then canceled, reruns of "Futurama" aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. In 2007, the show was revived as four direct-to-video movies. Comedy Central picked up the rights to the movies and then ordered two new seasons of episodes.
“Having the opportunity to bring ‘Futurama’ back for 52 episodes over these last four years has been a thrill for all of us at Comedy Central. The upcoming season promises to be the best final season of ‘Futurama’ yet," Dave Bernath, EVP Program Strategy & Multi Programming at Comedy Central, said in a statement.
"Futurama" could live on again, but not right away. Executive producer Matt Groening said they're exploring some continuation prospects, but there are no serious talks yet. "We’re catching our breath and seeing what the fans have to say," he told EW. "The experience of this show has been so much fun from the very beginning to now -- everybody is so happy to work on this show -- that it’d be a shame if we all went our separate ways ... We would love to continue. We have many more stories to tell. But if we don’t, this is a really great way to go out ... I think these episodes are the best ones we've ever done."
Guest stars for the upcoming final season include Larry Bird, Dan Castellaneta, Sarah Silverman, George Takei, Adam West and Burt Ward.
Click over to EW for more about the "Futurama" cancellation.
The second half of "Futurama" Season 7 begin Wednesday, June 19 at 10 p.m. ET on Comedy Central.
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Sad to see it get the plug pulled again.. one of my favorite cartoons
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? but family guy stay on
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Take it to Adult Swim.
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Kinda saw it coming only show on Comedy Central that's untouchable is South Park!!!
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Never really got into this show tbh.
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Show is legendary. Nothing feels better when an old futurama joke went over your head repeatedly when you were younger just so you can finally get it later in life.
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Law Trafalgar wrote: »Show is legendary. Nothing feels better when an old futurama joke went over your head repeatedly when you were younger just so you can finally get it later in life.
Except when an old Simpsons joke went over your head repeatedly when you were younger just so you can finally get it later in life -
I had never watched any of the newer episodes on Comedy Central, one day I watched a marathon of new eps, man them ? had me weak as hell, Smh this sucks
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futurama is the GOAT show all time on CC. after the chappelle show
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zoid berg needs his own spin off
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The creator wants another network to pick up the show or is at least trying to so hopeful either Adult Swim can get it back or the Sci-fi network can get it.
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Kinda saw it coming only show on Comedy Central that's untouchable is South Park!!!
I don't think I've seen a show on CC that comes on after SP that lasts more than 2 seasons.
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*sniff sniff* What smells like blue?
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Futurama while high is GOAT
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Just move the show to FX they'd pick it up and keep renewing it
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Ehh, never could get into the show.
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not even trying to diss................................ i thought that ? got cancelled years ago... had no idea they still amde new episodes .. thought they were just reruns
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David X. Cohen and Matt Groening laughed at the news. They said they got more great stories to tell. Adult Swim would love to have it back. Netflix or Amazon or Hulu would ? to have it as an original series.
Matt Groening has more money than Jay-Z, he can pay for this outta his own pocket if need be.
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I can see it going back to Adult Swim tho
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I've heard rumours that this may be The Simpsons last season if the voice actors are unwilling to take a pay cut. I would hate to see both these shows get ended in the same year.
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it might be about that time for the Simpsons though.
I haven't watched it regularly in awhile but the few episodes I did see I felt they were kinda stale.
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I just wanna see the simpsons go to some ridiculous number of seasons so that it will forever be remembered as the longest running cartoon sitcom.
I also wanna see Matt Groening do whatever is necessary to get John Schwartzwelder to write episodes again. -
RodrigueZz wrote: »I just wanna see the simpsons go to some ridiculous number of seasons so that it will forever be remembered as the longest running cartoon sitcom.
I also wanna see Matt Groening do whatever is necessary to get John Schwartzwelder to write episodes again.
The Simpons has been on the air for 24 years with 24 seasons, most cartoons only get like 5 seasons at most.
I highly doubt any cartoon will ever pass the Simpons in length -