Fox/Sky/Cartoon Network

Question: If Cartoon Network will be showing Futurama in the US, will it be carrying it in the UK where Sky currently (well... not right now actually) usually show it.

Almost certainly not, since Sky One show Futurama....

On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Tom Hawley wrote:

Question 2: If Cartoon Network will be showing Futurama in the US, will it be crippled like the Simpsons were in syndication to cram more commercials in?

Glad I have all my eps,

Chris

No. This is cable syndication, not broadcast TV syndication, so no cuts are required because no extra advertisements are added. It's like how The Critic is syndicated on Comedy Central but is still uncut. In fact, CN only shows ONE ad break during a show as opposed to FOX's three.

• CMiB

Chris Hartmann wrote in message news:...

Question 3: What about censorship of the episodes? For those who are unaware Cartoon Network just pulled Bitter Film's Oscar Nominated short "Rejected" for using the phrase "Sweet Jesus" in writing. Its been a battle between their censors and their programming department. After much delay when the airing was finally a go, it got pulled even after a huge advertising blitz for it.

It makes me wonder if the phrase "Sweet Zombie Jesus" is gonna get past the network censors.

Larry.

To be fair, "Rejected" is *quite* offensive all throughout. (And very funny.)

[email] (Larry Viezel) wrote:

I doubt it. Futurama was in prime time (alledgedly) so it isn't that offensive to begin with, and being in the Adult Swim block makes it more unlikely.

"It's the 21st century, but where are the flying cars. "There are no flying cars. "They promised us flying cars." Avery Brooks, IBM commercial

Well if anything, CN would mute it out like they've done for The Oblongs. But CN's pretty ok with it. They wouldn't edit to, say, the proportions that SkyOne has.

• CMiB

I didn't get the original post, but I think I need an explanation. What lines from Futurama/Oblongs are we talking about CN muting out?

DJ Maniak

Put on ya leather pants/and do the isolation dance/like some stupid-ass Goth kid that didn't stand a chance against me

The Four Horsemen: Kicking the shit out of people with baseball bats and tire irons in parking lots since 1985.