Slate had a good article on this: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/04/22/futurama_canceled_bad_news_everyone.html
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > http://www.vulture.com/2013/04/futurama-canceled-again.html > > Futurama Canceled Again > > By Jesse David Fox > > Entertainment Weekly reports that Comedy Central has decided not to renew > Futurama for any additional episodes. As a result, the second half of > season seven, which is set to premiere on June 19, will be the series' last > thirteen episodes (for now, maybe). Futurama was first canceled by Fox back > in 2003, after a four-season run. After reruns on Adult Swim started doing > well, Comedy Central agreed to air the show's four direct-to-DVD movies as > a fifth season and then eventually pay for two additional seasons. > Considering its often-dicey status, this announcement didn't come as a > surprise to executive producer David X. Cohen: "I felt like we were already > in the bonus round on these last couple of seasons, so I cant say I was > devastated by the news. Creator Matt Groening is not completely losing > hope: "We would love to continue. We have many more stories to tell." At > this rate, by the time Futurama actually ends, it will be the 31st century > and we'll all just be heads in jars. > > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons> > -- Larry C. Lyons web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363082 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
