The Real Story Behind Futurama Getting Canceled

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Futurama is a cult hit now, but the first time around, the second show from the creator of The Simpsons was never given a real shot to shine.

Matt Groening became a true force in television animation after creating The Simpsons, which has aired an astonishing 600-plus episodes on Fox since premiering 30 years ago in 1989. In the late 90's, with The Simpsons having become a cultural phenomenon, Fox began to express interest in a new show from Groening. He came back to Fox with the show that would eventually become Futurama.

It should have been a surefire hit. Instead, though, Groening says that Fox seemingly never really wanted Futurama to succeed, and even sabotaged their own show rather than let Groening have another hit.

During an interview with Mother Jones, Groening had some not-so-great things to say about working with Fox execs in Hollywood.

"You can't believe what babies people are. It's really like being in junior high school."

Groening even said that Fox executives weren't fans of The Simpsons either, revealing,

"You can't expect people to behave in their own best interest. It's in Fox's best interest for this show to be a success, but they'd rather mess with the show and have them fail, than allow creators independence and let them succeed…They don't like The Simpsons at Fox."

So how did this affect Futurama? The network moved the show around from time slot to time slot, then let it die a quiet death in 2003 before it was eventually revived by Comedy Central a few years later.

But the network seemed to be working against the show even before it debuted. When Futurama was originally coming down the pike, Groening wanted Futurama to air at 8:30 PM on Sundays, directly after The Simpsons and ahead of The X-Files in order to give the show the best chance to find a large audience. Keep watching the video to see the real story behind Futurama getting canceled!

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