Futurama was canceled at Fox because the network spent years — essentially from before the show even hit television sets — walking it down the road to the chopping block. Fox and Groening butted heads over Futurama from the very beginning. During an interview with Mother Jones , Groening was asked about working in Hollywood i. He had some not-so-great things to say: "You can't believe what babies people are. It's really like being in junior high school. It's in Fox's best interest for this show to be a success, but they'd rather mess with the show and have them fail, than allow creators independence and let them succeed They don't like The Simpsons at Fox.
When Futurama was originally coming down the pike, Groening wanted Futurama to air at PM on Sundays, directly after The Simpsons and ahead of The X-Files in order to give the show the best chance to find a large audience. This seemed like a no-brainer — but Fox disagreed, for whatever reason, choosing instead to show only two episodes of Futurama in the Sunday night lineup before moving the series to a "possibly deadly" Tuesday night time slot.
By the time the second season of Futurama came around, Fox moved the show back to the PM Sunday spot in which the first two episodes aired. Then, in a move that alienated audiences further, Fox shifted the show again in the middle of the season — this time bumping it up to PM on Sunday. Following the 31st century misadventures of 20th-century delivery boy Philip J. Fry, Futurama premiered in as Matt Groening's follow-up to The Simpsons , working within the same half-hour animated comedy format, but with the potential for more outlandish concepts by virtue of its being set in the distant future.
In the years since the show's creation, Futurama has developed a devoted cult following and made instantly-recognizable icons of characters like Fry, Leela, Bender, and Dr. A number of gags have even taken on a second life as ubiquitous memes. Primarily a comedy show, Futurama is just as often admired for its science fictional aspects, largely due to the influence of its highly-educated writers' room. Ken Keeler famously proved a mathematical theorem in writing his solution to the body-swapping problem of the episode "The Prisoner of Benda.
Despite its reputation, Futurama was only ever canceled two times, although twice that many finales have been prepared. Throughout the show's first four seasons, Fox was reportedly very unsupportive, constantly shuffling its time slot and delaying the airing of episodes.
Groening was very outspoken about Fox's mistreatment of his show. In an interview with Mother Jones , he talked about his frustrations with the people in Hollywood, calling them "babies" and "bullies. Though Fox didn't champion Futurama or Groening, the animator got to prove them wrong when Comedy Central picked the show back up in With the support of its new network, Futurama eventually reached cult-status and a total of seven seasons. The series was also nominated for a plethora of awards over the years, many of which it won, including 12 Emmys.
Though it was clearly successful, all good things must come to an end , and Comedy Central canceled it in However, it's possible Futurama could return, as producers said they still have "many more stories to tell.
By Annaliese Yip Published Mar 14,
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