Why did it never manage to come close to The Simpsons in terms of popularity? Why was everything after Season 4 so terrible?
It never managed to come close to The Simpsons in terms of quality
>>153835057>Why did it never manage to come close to The Simpsons in terms of popularity?Fox intentionally fucked with its schedule to get it cancelled because of how expensive it was to produce>Why was everything after Season 4 so terrible?Everything after season 4 was written years after the show was cancelled and the writing team dynamics invariably shifted even on the occasions when they had the same writers
>>153835076I'd put the original four seasons of Futurama in a pretty comparable ballpark as Seasons 4-9 of the Simpsons even if it's not quite as good
>>153835076Futurama at its peak blew Simpsons out of the water in the joke telling department.
>>153835117>>153835124nah
The characters aren't as endearing as the Simpson family, it's literally that simple.
Wow I'm surprised I always figured the people that watched Futurama preferred it to the Simpsons.
>We now go to scheduled programming, already in progress.
The movies had a handful of funny gags even though they were pretty shit in general and would've been better off not existing. The Comedy Central seasons were awful, maybe not quite Zombie Simpsons-tier but not far off. Haven't even bothered watching the new Hulu season but I've seen people saying it's even worse than the CC seasons.
When Futurama first aired in Australia it was in the late-night TV timeslot for being more adult themed and i wasn't allowed to stay up to watch it.Later we got the internet and torrented it all, brother also bought each season on disc. I dare even say it was superior to the simpsons.
>>153835057The porn was better though
>>153835057Fox was at its absolute worst back then with mismanaging and mistreating shows. This was the same era that they cancelled Family Guy and fumbled Arrested Development. Futurama was constantly moved around the schedule for no reason instead of just airing after The Simpsons like Groening wanted. This kind of idiocy is why streaming took off as hard as it did despite streaming being shit too.
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