Fox announced its fall lineup today, and Futurama is officially, finally, history.
I hate Fox.
According to some reckonings, there are at least 6 completed episodes which still have not aired, some of which are from the first few seasons.
Fox actually cancelled production of the show some time ago, and because they have a habit of only showing a minimum number of episodes each year, they have been sliding by on the backlog.
Since then, according to gotfuturama.com, the following things have happened:
– FOX keeps pre-empting Futurama, ending season 4 after no more than 12 episodes.
– Futurama’s Roswell that Ends well is nominated for the Emmy and wins it, too.
– Season 2 DVDs are released in Europe – a huge success.
– The Animation Writing Award goes to Futurama producer/writer Patric Verrone.
– Futurama McSeason 5 starts and only gets to show 8 episodes in the traditional season time.
– Futurama gets two Annie nominations and wins one for director Rich Moore.
– Cartoon Network starts airing Futurama late the evening – with huge success for the station.
– Futurama Executive Producer gets a Writers Guild of America Award nomination and beats KotH and 3 Simpsons episodes to it.
– Season 1 is dispatched on DVD in the USA – and about everyone gives it great reviews (scifi.com as the latest).
