Futurama has been picked up for a sixth season of 26 episodes for Comedy Central

I'm not saying I wouldn't want more Futurama, but the movies didn't work well with me, and for the most part I found them really disappointing. So if this is true, I hope the writers can step up their game and get back into what we've come to expect writing/story wise from it's original airing days.
 
I don't really want to pass judgment this early but I just don't know.

Personally, I think Futurama needs to sail off into the sunset before it goes the way of the Simpsons or (as some would argue) Family Guy.
 
Huh, 26 episodes. Should be interesting to see. Even if they don't live up to the old episodes, I'm sure they'll be a couple jokes that will make me laugh out loud.

Interesting thing about the article is that FOX has the option to air the episodes on their network. They could do what NBC is doing with Law & Order: Criminal Intent: air the episodes after they air on the cable network.
 
If I was drinking coffee, I'd be doing a spit take right now. I'm actually not drinking coffee, but I just did one anyway.

Eww. *wipes monitor*

I'm very grateful for this. Into the Wild Green Yonder, while decent, was hardly worthy of a series finale. I'd actually prefer "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" instead.

For a while there, I was thinking it really was the end, and that would have stunk. Or worse; they'd get picked up but only for more DTVs. But they're normal episodes! Good! Let's get back into that magical groove, Cohen!
 
To me, the most significant thing about the news is this:

Storyline-wise, the new episodes will pick up where the most recent DVD special, "Yonder," took off -- with the main characters fleeing death and flying into the unknown.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i388dc3328f74c5ee953fdf2f59564bb2

So, does that mean that the

"I love you" business will be referred to in any way in the new show?
The reason I'm interested is that the Futurama gang plays games with the Fry-Leela thing, and I wonder if they're going to have the guts to follow up on that rather last-minute revelation? :p

Moderator Note: "Spoiler Space" would be an awesome name for a prog-rock band, but for actually keeping from spoiling people, spoiler tags work better.
 
I certainly hope they follow up on that, because I don't think I'm up for 26 more episodes of Fry trying to figure out how to get Leela to love him. Put them together or don't put them together.
 
If it's better than the DTVs, I'd be happy.

But seriously, though. How many revival episodes of a show that got uncancelled came out good? The answer is not many.
 
A lot of the post-revival Family Guy episodes are pretty good (the post-WRITER'S STRIKE ones are a tad shakier, but still have their moments). I have a little bit of confidence in the new Futurama episodes.
 
Futurama is based on cliches people had about the future in the year 1999... I don't know, but Futurama doesn't have the potential to be a running success with it's format unlike FG which sells to the modern audiences.

It should've stayed as DTV's
 
Is this final, concrete proof that the people at FOX are completely clueless?

Personally, this makes two great days in a row. Yesterday it was hearing that The Secret of Kells will be getting a US release, today, it's hearing that my all-time favourite TV show is coming back.

Miracles do happen I guess.
 
I share the feelings of mostly everyone. If it's like the DTV movies, I'll be dubious. If it's like the quality of the show, I'll be happy and will happily watch the show. If it's a mixture of both, we'll see. But all I hope is that some of the original writers, like J. Stewart Burns and Bill Odenkirk, come back (most of them are on The Simpsons, shouldn't be hard), because it would be beneficial of the revived show if you ask me. Also, like DarthGonzo said, let's just hope the show won't last another 10 seasons. I don't think I want that.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm happy, but I'm not sure if the quality will shine again for so long. As you can read, I was also one of the few people not QUITE happy with the DTV movies (plot padding/problems that kinda reminded me of modern day Simpsons plot padding, for one thing). But then again, I enjoy being wrong, so we'll see.
 
I must be the only one in the world who loved the movies.

This is great news as Futurama lends itself much better to the half hour format, and with people like Ken Keeler writing, I have no doubt the new episodes will be good.

Though, I remember a lot of people complaining about season 4 when it aired, too. So who knows?
 
This is true. When Family Guy came back, it debuted with one very good episode. The next two were really godawful, which sent people into a deep hatred for the show for some reason. Aside from a few speedbumps, after "Blind Ambition" the show really picked up for at least half a year. "PTV" is an episode that would fit right in with the original 50, and despite the tackiness of it, "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story" is actually very funny. Only after the success got to MacFarlane's head in 2006 did the show truly start to stink.

But we're not here to talk about Family Guy, but Futurama. And I wouldn't be so quick to use the DTVs as a barometer on the upcoming episodes. Those serious pacing and plot issues will be all gone when we get back to a 22-episode format.

Well, hopefully...
 
Personally, I think that Futurama COULD work in movie form, but the problem with the DTVs is that they had to serve two masters: form a feature-length plot, but be easy to split up into "episodes" for television.

Even then, I didn't think they were all that bad: the only one that was really terrible was the last one. Hopefully the return to the series' traditional episodic format will also mean a return to form writing-wise.
 
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