March 21, 200620 yr In other intriguing Fox-animated related news, voice actor Billy West has said on his website that Futurama will be returning with 26 new episodes. The series was cancelled in 2003, but recently rumors surfaced that there might be some new straight to DVD movies based on the show in the works. West said that the decision was instead made to bring the series back in its original form, but didn't specify if the show would be returning to Fox or another network. It wouldn't be the first time Fox has resurrected an animated series, having done just that with Family Guy last year. ign link great news...
March 21, 200620 yr Sweet Simpsons, Family Guy, and Futurama all in a row would be awesome..... Im not a big fan of that new show they have or King of the Hill.
March 21, 200620 yr Author yeah, 18 seasons for The Simpsons is crazy....they're hobbling to 20, and there is news of a movie.
March 21, 200620 yr Jason "Slurms McKenzie" Gage will be pleased. The new Simpsons on Sunday night wasn't too bad. I do think the need to be less "hip" in their references, however.
March 21, 200620 yr QUOTE(TheBlackSox8 @ Mar 20, 2006 -> 10:35 PM) yeah, 18 seasons for The Simpsons is crazy....they're hobbling to 20, and there is news of a movie. The SImpsons Movie
March 21, 200620 yr I cannot wait to see the new Futurama shows. That series really grew on me when I started watching it on Adult Swim.
March 21, 200620 yr QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Mar 21, 2006 -> 05:50 PM) I cannot wait to see the new Futurama shows. That series really grew on me when I started watching it on Adult Swim. Yeah they have become really popular since being on Adult Swim which is a big reason why its making a comeback.
March 21, 200620 yr Didn't see this posted. Simpsons to go until 2007... Like a certain battery-powered bunny, The Simpsons keeps going and going and going. Fox has just ordered up two more seasons of the Emmy-winning animated series, guaranteeing that Homer, Bart and the rest of the Springfield gang will keep going through a 19th season in 2008. The 'toon will also mark its 400th episode in May 2007. Not since CBS' Gunsmoke ruled the airwaves has a TV program so successfully etched itself into the pop culture landscape for so long. With Monday's announcement, The Simpsons is getting closer to tying the Western's record 20-year run. The Simpsons, created by cartoonist Matt Groening, holds Guinness World Record titles for longest running 'toon in TV history, longest running comedy on the tube (having surpassed The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which lasted for 15 seasons from 1952 to 1966) and having the most guest stars in a TV series. To put it in perspective, a 10-year-old who tunes into a Simpsons episode today was in diapers when season six wrapped up with the classic "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" cliffhanger. Those born in 1987, when sketchy, prototype Simpsons first appeared as brief segments in between the sketches on Fox's The Tracey Ullman Show, are now ready to collect high school diplomas (that is, if they adhered to Lisa's, not Bart's, study habits). The Simpsons voice cast-- Dan Castellaneta (Homer, Krusty, Grandpa Simpson, Mayor Quimby), Julie Kavner (Marge, Selma, Patty), Nancy Cartwright (Bart, Nelson, Ralph Wiggum), Yeardley Smith (Lisa), Hank Azaria (Moe, Apu, Chief Wiggum) and Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner)--is reportedly signed up for the additional seasons. As Monty Burns would say, that's excellent news considering the group's periodic strike threats to get higher paydays as the show evolved into a $1 billion juggernaut for Fox and its parent, News Corp. Apparently rumors of The Simpsons' demise over the years, including even comments to that effect from Groening himself, have been greatly exaggerated. Meanwhile, a big-screen Simpsons is definitely in the works and will likely debut at the end of the series' run...whenever that happens to be. The good news on Monday wasn't limited to The Simpsons camp. Fox also announced it's firing up the barbecue for an additional season of King of the Hill. Hatched by Beavis and Butt-head mastermind Mike Judge, the latter 'toon debuted in 1997 and has become the second-longest running comedy on television. Hill, which won an Emmy in 1999 for Best Animated Series, is now back on the air after being preempted by Fox's coverage of the NFL playoffs. Its 11th season is slated to kick off in January 2007.
March 22, 200620 yr QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Mar 20, 2006 -> 10:33 PM) Sweet Simpsons, Family Guy, and Futurama all in a row would be awesome..... Im not a big fan of that new show they have or King of the Hill. That is a kickass line up.
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