'Futurama' To Be Resurrected on Comedy Central

June 10, 2009

Bender and Fry fans rejoice! Futurama is in your future!

Comedy Central has annouced that the network has ordered 26 new (!) episodes of Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's intergalactic cartoon for the 2009-2010 season, 6 years after the show went off air.

Bring to mind another certain cartoon comedy reborn in the face of fan demand? Not surprising, since Comedy Central's parent 20th Century Fox TV are also the people who brought back Family Guy.



FOX Fall Schedule: 'Dollhouse' Renewed, 'So You Think You Can Dance' Season 6

May 18, 2009

Today FOX officially announced its schedule for the 2009-2010 TV season, and some of the changes are huge.  Aside from the great news that Dollhouse will be coming back for a second season, the other big story is that So You Think You Can Dance, which premieres its fifth season this Thursday, will air in the Fall as well for an immediate sixth season.

The So You Think You Can Dance move is unusual, but helps to balance out the schedule since FOX has American Idol in the Spring.  It also gives FOX the chance to do direct competition with Dancing with the Stars, a show that in recent seasons has taken several professional from former SYTYCD contestants.

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FOX Animation Season Finale Previews

May 17, 2009

Cartoons on FOX are coming to an end, sort of.  It's going to be one exciting season finale Sunday for three of the network's acclaimed animated series.  The comedy begins at 8pm with The Simpsons, (then King of the Hill sneaks in with its series finale), followed by Family Guy and finally American Dad.

Tonight's episode of The Simpsons is titled "Coming to Homerica," an obvious parody of the 1988 Eddie Murphy film.  Though the series is nearing the end of its 20th season, we won't be surprised if it would return for another run.

Family Guy: More Stewie!

January 8, 2009

Perhaps it is safe to say that Stewie Griffin is easily one of the trickiest, most fascinating characters on Family Guy.  The one-year-old with the snotty British accent and the perpetual scowl (Simon Cowell, anyone?) has been a personal favorite of mine because his sense of humor, for the most part, had been a lot more, well, cultivated, than the rest of the Quahog residents who, more often than not, just rely on insufferable pop culture references, attempts at political satire, if not blatant toilet humor.

Take, for instance, the time when Stewie appeared on an MTV Video Music Awards.  After reading some lines from 50 Cent's “Wanksta,” he looked into the camera, addressed the rapper, and said, "Well, good luck finding the subject and predicate of that run-on sentence!  And what the bloody hell does it mean, "we don't go nowhere without toast"?

TV's Most Unique Families

January 8, 2009

BuddyTV's running a special feature on all of the wonderfully unique families on TV. Within the feature, there's a chance to win a flat-screen TV as well as a couple of Showtime prize packages with DVD sets for Dexter season 2, Penn & Teller: BS! season 5, Californication season 1, The L Word season 5, and The Tudors season 1.

TV families always seem to be more interesting than our own. In fact, they're never normal. At one point or another, we'll all wished to be a part of some imaginary clan. Something deep inside draws us to the craziness, the tenderness or the drama. So we salute all these unique TV families.

FOX-Produced Shows Get Budget Cuts: 'Dollhouse,' '24' Hit

December 18, 2008

All of a sudden, the bad economy comes knocking on our doors, and nobody—not most of us, at least—can't help but give in and start tightening some belts.  Television producers are also feeling the pinch, and as ratings and advertising revenues slide, the inevitable's got to happen: budget cuts.

20th Century Fox Television is the latest to order cuts in all production budgets, as tough economic times beckon.  This affects all of the shows produced by the banner, from established shows such as 24 and Family Guy, to newer shows such as ABC's Life on Mars, and even to shows that have yet to air, like Dollhouse.

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