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Futurama to make return on US TV

Animated comedy Futurama is to return to US TV screens with 26 new episodes - seven years after it was axed by Fox.
They will air in 2010 on cable network Comedy Central, which shows repeats and previously commissioned four specials.
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So we’re getting more Futurama! This is fantastic news. If you couldn’t tell from how I do this blog it is most probably my favourite TV show. It’s definitely my favourite cartoon. It had been a hope of mine, and I believe the people involved with the show as well that if the DVD films sold well that another series would become a possibility. Which is why I told all my friends to buy copies in the hopes it would help. While the movies did have some absolutely classic parts in, many people didn’t appreciate them as much as regular episodes saying that they felt a bit drawn out. It’s a fair comment, I still found them enjoyable but I can see where they are coming from. It probably is just due to the writers and everyone else being used to doing 20 minute episodes for so many years having to do movie pacing is a whole different thing. Which is why getting more episodes is such great news because we know they can do this format perfectly.
So I would like to thank Comedy Central for bringing back my favourite show, which I look forward to with great anticipation. But also I would like to thank everyone out there in the world that bought copies of the DVD films, and the regular series. Without everyone out there buying and supporting the show there would have been no hope for any more of it. So thank you, many fans.