So Futurama will be given a second chance at TV life because, out of the kindness of their hearts, Comedy Central has ordered 13 new episodes.
I've seen a fair share of Futurama episodes and I've never been a huge fan of the show, but I am a fan of Family Guy. Seems kinda funny when you think about how similar this story is when compared to how Family Guy got back on the air.
I became a bigger fan of Family Guy after the show was cancelled by FOX. I pretty much watched every episode ten times over when they were released on DVD. The combination of episodes airing on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and the fact that the DVDs were selling like gangbusters made FOX realize that they had made a huge mistake. So they probably fired the guy who canned the show in the first place and hit up Seth MacFarlane to let him know his baby was back on network TV.
These days, you'd have to have characteristics similar to Tommy the Pinball Wizard to NOT realize how firmly FOX's fat cat lips are placed on MacFarlane's tush. Not only do they continue to play episodes of the painfully unfunny American Dad, FOX is letting MacFarlane create a show solely based around the Family Guy character Cleveland.
I'm all for execs admitting that they're wrong, but this is just getting ridiculous. The above poster doesn't seem so far fetched anymore.
--AB
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