"Dave Hill" wrote in message news:41f6f36d$[email]...
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FOX has a history of giving their shows the finger when football is on. Animated or non-animated programs simply can't bring in the ratings and money that football does, so FOX doesn't give a shit about what happens to the programs that follow. See Futurama for a good example.
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all of it; they were forgiving of Groening for The Simpsons because it's basically the very foundation of their network (Groening basically owns everything to do with The Simpsons), but not for Futurama.
But they own enough to (a) have stuck it in several crappy timeslots, (b) deny it a regular syndication deal in favor of King of the Hill (which is why it's on Cartoon Network) and (c) keep it cancelled. :(
Sean Walsh wrote:
Series with 72 episodes don't get regular syndication deals.
"Rockboy" wrote in message news:Q1XJd.182333$6l.23617@pd7tw2no...
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Wha? I thought the syndication deal level was in the 65-67 episodes area somewhere...
In article , "Sean Walsh" wrote:
King of the Hill has been syndicated in the Cleveland area for a couple years now. Malcolm in the Middle just started this year. Typically they wait for at least four seasons to be complete (which is roughly 75-80, 65-67 is an incomplete fourth season) before syndication deals are offered but with the number of television channels today they are creating new deals. If a good enough offer is made for any show, regardless of when it was cancelled, will get a syndication deal. That's why on We you have shows like Ned & Stacy, the Naked Truth and Two Guys and a Girl showing regularly. None of the shows lasted very long but for an "upstart" station they need filler shows that help with the brand.
Lord Hatred wrote:
Actually, in Canada, the studios test syndication shows a year earlier than in the U.S. Both 'Seinfeld' and 'Friends' aired on Citytv Toronto a year before national U.S. syndication. 'King Of The Hill' also aired a year earlier on CFMT Toronto.
Much like McDonald's toasted deli sandwiches have been marketed in Canada before the U.S. London, Ontario, Canada was one of the first cities in the world to have Chicken McNuggets.
Just a little trivia. :-)
In article , Taylor Pratt wrote:
Canada: America's little test market. I think that should become the national slogan. ::)
In article , Rockboy ([email]) dropped a +5 bundle of words...
Malcom's on in syndication here.
Starshine Moonbeam wrote:
It also hit 107 episodes at the end of last season. I was talking about why Futurama wasn't syndicated.
In article , Rockboy wrote:
Futurama *IS* syndicated. That's why Cartoon Network has it and why TBS shows (showed?) it once a week.
Lord Hatred wrote:
I think he means why isn't it syndicated to local (as opposed to national cable) stations, the way "King of the Hill" is.
My guess: they assumed early on that the show would be cancelled quickly, so they released Season 1 on DVD in the USA (a year after Europe, but still, they released it), and kept releasing DVDs as each season became available, and felt that between the DVD releases and the lack of ratings when the eps aired on Fox, nationwide local syndication wouldn't be particularly profitable.
(True, "Malcolm in the Middle" had its first season on DVD not too long after it went into syndication, but notice that, over two years later, the second season has not been released - and probably won't be until the syndication contracts run out years from now.)
-- Don
Don Del Grande wrote:
Actually, the main holdup with MITM is the licensing of music. I hope they get that straightened out, and that right soon, because I'd really like to get my hands on the later seasons. (I also hope they actually get to retain the original music; I think some shows like MPFC and WKRP had to change here and there for their video releases.)
Plus, unless I missed something, the first season DVD came out in late 2002, when the show was only 3 years old; the syndication deal I'm familiar with started on 9/13/04.
(Is there any reason rec.sports.wrestling is interested in all this?)
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 22:34:21 -0500, Matt Garvey wrote:
I thought I read somewhere that the second season was finally coming out in May?
Can anybody confirm that?
Dave
People actually watch Malcolm In The Middle?
"Kumar/w Harold" <I Forgot My Cell Phone But We've Gone Too Far> wrote in message news:[email]...
Have to when football sucks so much.
Thats why the Simpsons is on @ 7pm, cause football is always over by then. Futurama died because it was on @ 6 and it never aired because football always pre-empted it. Very lame.