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spectra
19th February 2002, 20:59
FOX didn't order a 5th season:

David X. Cohen, producer of Futurama, gave an interview on cinescape
http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Television&action=page&obj_id=32888&type_id=270286&cat_id=270355&sub_id=0
(it's featured as no1 story right now and mentions us). Here is a bit of what he has to tell:

"Obviously, they are letting us go out of production which means we're going to lose all of our writers and probably all of our animators. In the event which is probably a long shot, but by no means zero chance that they do decide they do want more episodes down the line. A whole new team would have to be put together, which is a big task."
Our words exactly.
Cohen, who developed FUTURAMA with SIMPSONS genius Matt Groening, acknowledged the dire situation.
"It?s not good news. It doesn?t bode well," he conceded. "It?s the old ?on hiatus? thing. Once you?re in that fabled hiatus you don?t come out of it."
And furthermore:
"So write those letters," Cohen asked. "Gail Berman, president of Fox Network. And Sandy Grushow, chairman of Fox Entertainment group. Physical letters are considered more effective than emails."

So if you want to help sign this petition
www.petitiononline.com/futufu/petition.html
and get more infos on how to write physical letter here:
www.gotfuturama.com/cancelled/chapter1.shtm

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wmansir
20th February 2002, 01:01
Futurama would stand half a chance if they didn't screw around with it's schedule. First of all it's not at it's regular 7PM Sunday spot for 5 months out of the year because of football. And second they're not matching it with The Simpsons. If they would put it back directly after or even before The Simpsons it would do much better in the ratings. It's too bad Malcolm in the Middle is such a 'hit'. (and I don't like that show.)

I hope they renew the show, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Fox's parent company, News Corp, reported their earnings a few days ago and they were way down, mostly due to declining ad revenue based the Fox networks low ratings. Not a good enviroment to give a struggling show another chance, especially one that's had several seasons to build an audience.

Bugs Bunny
21st February 2002, 11:37
Uhh.. what's Futurami..

HAH!

SAVE THE WHALES! NUKE THE NARCS!