These are the real reasons why Futurama on Fox was cancelled.
futurama It has become a cult series after many years of absence. Hulu has rescued the work of Matt Groening that was once canceled against all odds. He orphaned many fans who enjoyed the futuristic adventures of Fry and Bender. There are still many viewers who do not understand why futurama was canceled, since over the years Fox has not been transparent with the decision they made. Today we tell you all that is known that Futurama ended up in the graveyard, but not forgotten.
First of all, it would be necessary to put in background. Futurama was a series Created by Matt Groening in 1999 and consists of 7 seasons of 140 episodes in total. At that time The Simpsons were living their sweetest moment, so Futurama was a breath of fresh air for Groening’s followers. The success was total, telling the story of a young Pizza delivery who is trapped in a cryogenic capsule by accident and wakes up a thousand years later, in 2999. It was canceled in August 2003, but the series will return in 2023 with 20 new episodes.
Why was Futurama cancelled?
This Fry scene in Futurama became a meme
Futurama fans deserved an explanation of the fox, the main responsible for its cancellation. It is true that from the fourth season audience levels dropped from the series. Fox already had the perfect excuse to cancel the groening program, but that is not entirely correct. At that time there was an emerging series that was gaining more and more popularity. Family Guy It was the most absurd and beastly animated sitcom that had been made so far.
Matt Groening explained on several occasions that Fox did not invest anything to promote Futurama. He also stopped buying new episodes, while airing the old ones over and over again. According to Groening, the Fox opted for Family Guy and slowly let Futurama die with the fourth season. Later, Comedy Central bought the television rights to resurrect this series and aired 3 more seasons quite successfully until it was permanently canceled in 2013.
On this occasion, the Futurama creator He was satisfied with the trajectory of the series on Comedy Central because he was able to give it the ending that deserved. Starting in 2023, Futurama will find a new home on the Hulu platform to follow the story with new episodes and who knows if the last ones. The reasons for its first cancellation were never clear, but I’m sure Futurama fans will enjoy the return of the series like the day of its premiere.