# The Premier of Futurama was pre-empted! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 6, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884 "2000-11-06T02:08:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/1 "2000-11-06T02:08:57Z")
For football! FUCKING FOOTBALL! :mad: WHY DO THESE BASTARDS PUT _FUTURAMA_ IN THE ONLY TIME SLOT WHERE IT IS GUARENTEED TO FAIL??? WHY WHY WHY WHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHY? :eek: It’s a great show. A fun show. But Fox seems to be deliberatly sabotaging their own show! :rolleyes: How can I get through to these bastards? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/2 "2000-11-06T02:15:50Z")
I hate Fox. Why cant futurama move to cartoon network or comedy central. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/3 "2000-11-06T02:17:45Z")
Gee, _Futurama_ doesn’t start here for a while yet… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![McKenna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@McKenna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McKenna)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/4 "2000-11-06T02:43:15Z")
Oh dear oh dear oh dear. This is _exactly_ what those fuckers did to MARRIED…WITH CHILDREN towards the end. Except when they \*\* cut into it already in progress. \*\* And the show had only made Fox a gazillion dollars and put it on the freakin’ map. Be afraid. Be very afraid. They have now chosen which show is expendable when the football runs over. I think they’re convinced that if the X-Files starts one minute late, the universe will collapse on itself. Geez, Katey Sagal simply CANNOT get a break these days…first MWC and TUCKER get canned, now this. And the Simpsons premiere had another lame-o cartoony ending. The fact that it is a cartoon is no excuse. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/5 "2000-11-06T02:44:14Z")
I saw it, Atlanta. And the \*Simpsons/i], and _Malcolm in the Middle_. ---
**Author:** ![McKenna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@McKenna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McKenna)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/6 "2000-11-06T02:46:26Z")
Well, it was also pre-empted in Boston. And Bosda’s in Tennessee. What a pain. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/7 "2000-11-06T05:49:03Z")
Wasn’t pre-empted here. Don’t worry, you didn’t miss much. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/8 "2000-11-06T20:43:45Z")
Nor here (bay area, California), either. However, the show had a “scary” premise, so I’m guessing it was originally intended to be shown last weekend, before Halloween. Did they kick it back a WHOLE WEEK? However, I agree, pepperlandgirl, it was not one of their better efforts. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/9 "2000-11-06T20:57:42Z")
After forcing myself to watch the Redskins debacle to the end (Cardinals avg. starting field position = 49 yard line. WTF?), I only get the last five minutes of Futurama. Add a middling Simpsons episode and you’ve got yourself a depressing Sunday night. I know TV execs are scared of another “Heidi” incident, but cutting away from this game would’ve been a good call. ---
**Author:** ![jmullaney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@jmullaney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmullaney)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/10 "2000-11-06T21:11:04Z")
Heidi? Do we really need football on 4 different channels at the same time. Please, pick a game and run with it. People who can afford to gamble and make the game interesting in the first place should be able to get cable too. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/11 "2000-11-06T22:01:25Z")
Football on four different stations? I don’t know where you are living, but where I’m at, there are never more than two games on at a time. Let’s see: CBS-Early Game Fox-Late Game ESPN-Evening Game ABC-Monday Night True, that’s four stations, but you can clearly see, they are not all playing football at once. Am I missing something? ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/12 "2000-11-06T22:32:56Z")
Pep - I live in an area served by both Baltimore and DC stations. I think jmullaney might too. I get 3-5 games every Sunday, not counting the ESPN night game. I love living in Columbia. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pit\_Meister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Pit\_Meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pit_Meister)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/13 "2000-11-06T22:50:24Z")
Futurama’s season started last night, but it had the look of a repeat. The old “Let’s make Bender a Vampire” gag. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/14 "2000-11-06T22:55:02Z")
Two things were pretty fucking funny though. Evil windshield wipers from KnightRider. Ed Begly Jr’s electric motor. The most evil motor ever created. ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/15 "2000-11-06T22:55:33Z")
Bad Simson’s episode? It was the funniest for quite a while. Futurama was only so-so, but The Simpsons rocked. “Go away badger, we’ve got bigger problems.” Makinging it into a class warfare issue. “Get them while they are dancing.” Hah. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/16 "2000-11-06T22:58:10Z")
Call us a cab You have feet ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/17 "2000-11-06T23:04:06Z")
Oh ok Falc. Thanx. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/18 "2000-11-06T23:16:06Z")
I would like to announce that I encourage any network to pre-empt any Seattle Seahawk game as long as it isn’t Lawrence Welk or something. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/19 "2000-11-06T23:22:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by McKenna \* > \*\*Oh dear oh dear oh dear. > > Geez, Katey Sagal simply CANNOT get a break these days…first MWC and TUCKER get canned, now this. \*\* At least MWC ran for 262 episodes. That’s 6 more than M_A_S\*H! ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-premier-of-futurama-was-pre-empted/39884/20 "2000-11-07T00:24:31Z")
[nitpick] I think you mean the premiere of Futurama, not the Premier (unless Futurama is an independent nation with diplomats who can be pre-emted.) 😃 [/nitpick] Zev Steinhardt