Why is comedy central cancelling futurama

Comedy Central has decided not to renew the animated science fiction comedy, which the network resurrected after Fox cancelled it in Cohen said in a statement accompanying Comedy Central's announcement. Cohen had been a writer and producer for The Simpsons when Groening brought him aboard for the lengthy process of creating, and then running, Futurama. Work started in , three years before the show made its debut. Comedy Central eventually decided to see what was on the other side, following the films with a full sixth season.

Again, the future of the partnership was uncertain, so the season 6 finale, "Overclockwise," was written as a potential series finale, its last moments giving an ambiguous but hopeful look into the future of Fry and Leela's relationship.

The series was ultimately renewed for a seventh season, but this would be its last before Comedy Central dealt Futurama its second proper cancellation, making "Meanwhile" the current holder of the "series finale" title. And a worthy holder it is, combining some of the show's best elements by using a deceptively simple time travel puzzle to give Fry and Leela a long, happy life together before bringing the story back around to the beginning.

The Simpsons is still producing new episodes and Matt Groening's new project, Disenchantment , will be returning for a second season on Netflix. While their histories have been very different, neither has faced the constant uncertainty that plagued Futurama.

After thriving in reruns on Adult Swim, Futurama was relaunched in with four-direct-to-DVD movies that Comedy Central ran in half-hour increments as a episode fifth season in Comedy Central subsequently ordered a sixth season of 26 episodes, which aired in , and a seventh season of 26 episodes, the first half of which debuted in The news did not come as a shock to executive producer David X.

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