I Think I've Figured Out the Futurama Right's Issue...

Excruciator69 wrote:

Firefly had a constant timeslot...it still couldn't get the ratings. Futurama had one and it still couldn't keep any of the audience from The Simpsons. There is a point where you can't continue to blame the network and just take it like it is: people just didn't like the show when it was on. It wasn't until it was off the air that it found an audience.

Futurama was all over the place. You never knew when it would be on. And it didn't get and keep the slot after Simpsons. Can we deal with fact? Groening wanted it right after Simpsons but FOX disagreed with that.


From Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama

Groening and Cohen wanted Futurama to be shown at 8:30 pm on Sunday, following The Simpsons. The Fox network disagreed, opting instead to show two episodes in the Sunday night lineup before moving the show to a regular time slot on Tuesday. Beginning with its second broadcast season Futurama was again placed in the 8:30 Sunday spot, but by mid-season the show was moved again, this time to 7:00 pm on Sunday, its third position in under a year.

Even by the fourth season Futurama was still being aired erratically. Due to being regularly pre-empted by sporting events, it became difficult to predict when new episodes would air. This erratic schedule resulted in Fox not airing several episodes that had been produced for seasons three and four, instead holding them over for a fifth broadcast season. According to Groening, Fox executives were not supporters of the show. Although Futurama was never officially canceled, midway through the production of the fourth season, Fox decided to stop buying episodes of Futurama, letting it go out of production before the fall 2003 lineup.