# Adult Swim Tricked ME!@! No new Futurama

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-swim-tricked-me-no-new-futurama/357382
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 19, 2006, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-swim-tricked-me-no-new-futurama/357382 "2006-05-19T06:16:08Z")
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### Author: ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2006, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-swim-tricked-me-no-new-futurama/357382/1 "2006-05-19T06:16:08Z")

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At about 1:15 CST Adult Swim ran a little ad saying that new futurama episodes were in production and Fox was reviving the series. But only at the end did they reveal they were lieing. ARG!

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### Author: ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2006, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-swim-tricked-me-no-new-futurama/357382/2 "2006-05-19T06:50:44Z")

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> [@Surbey](#):
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> At about 1:15 CST Adult Swim ran a little ad saying that new futurama episodes were in production and Fox was reviving the series. But only at the end did they reveal they were lieing. ARG!

No, FOX changed it from new episodes to four direct to DVD Futurama movies. Check out the Onion interview with Groening. [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/47771](http://www.avclub.com/content/node/47771)