Is Futurama ever coming back (with new episodes)?

Yes. No. Look for new episodes the Sunday after the Stupor Bowl. Probably be preempted 'til then.

On Fri, 04 Jan 2002 22:08:59 -0500, Doug Warner wrote:

You have made the common mistake of thinking Fox cares.

Tivo giveth and Fox taketh away.

My understanding is that the Tivo box will get a signal from the network / cable company so it will know when to record a postponed show. Is that basically correct?

--Larry

<< My understanding is that the Tivo box will get a signal from the network / cable company so it will know when to record a postponed show. Is that basically correct? >>

Yes. Some televisions pick up these signals and can tell you the network and show you are currently watching (without having to program it).

If that's the case, why do all your American stations need those annoying logos in the corner of the screen all the time?

Actually, I first noticed those logos in the corner when I was living in Germany. I assume its so they can advertise themselves... when you are surfing with the remote you can quickly identify the station. Also, when you record a show or a movie, you can always remember which lovely network was kind enough to air it for you ;-)

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<< Also, when you record a show or a movie, you can always remember which lovely network was kind enough to air it for you ;-) >>

Precisely. I believe Ted Turner was the first to keep it on ALL THE TIME and also the first to ANIMATE HUGE LOGO ADS THAT TAKE UP 0.75 OF THE SCREEN.

In article , "luther" wrote:

Apparently, that does have something to do with it: running the logo onscreen helps prevent anyone taping it, then broadcasting it themselves for profit, i.e. some cable access channel taping a movie from HBO or a similar situation.

That's probably the excuse. I'm sure it's extra advertising.

David Z Houston TX

Yet PAY cable channels like HBO and Cinemax do NOT run logos during movies. This makes it difficult to figure out what network you have during free preview weekend.

Sure they do - just not for the ENTIRE movie. I have often seen them flash their logo at least once or twice during the whole flick.

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<< Sure they do - just not for the ENTIRE movie. I have often seen them flash their logo at least once or twice during the whole flick. >>

Hmm.... I just watched a movie on HBO (it finished nine minutes ago), and I never saw a corner logo.

must be cinemax that does it then..

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<< must be cinemax that does it then.. >>

Ah, you're right. I wish we had Cinemax. HBO sucks.

I don't have either (no movie channels ;-(, but I noticed a station-identifier squeezed in recently at someone else's place..

=v= These days it's easy enough to digitally "tape" something, and replace the logo with something that makes it look kosher. Even before the days of these logos, though, it was illegal to rebroadcast things, and it seems to me that the risk of being caught hasn't changed very much.

=v= The pirated episodes available for download don't even bother to mask or replace the logos, but of course these aren't going to be rebroadcast. <_Jym_>

=v= Probably because not all of us have that kind of TV, or even cable. Some of us stick a wire up and actually suck TV programs out of the sky, for free!

=v= But seriously, I think the idea is that nobody can remember where all 90 cable channels are, so they stick that thing in the corner to help the channel-surfer. Plus, like every other corporation in America, they want to shove their logo in your face until your eyes bleed. <_Jym_>

To speak of the devil, my network's logo covered most of the opening gag. All that was visible was "Hey TiVO..."