Tag: Matt Groening
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Why Futurama Never Feels Pressure To Compete With The Simpsons
“Futurama” is a fantastic series, but it’s destined to rank second place in creator Matt Groening’s legacy. How could it not when the man has “The Simpsons” on his resume?”The Simpsons” is a genuine American cultural institution — everyone knows who the titular family is — and while plenty complain “The Simpsons” has declined over…
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Futurama’s Three Greatest Guest Stars, According To The Series’ Co-Creator
Because “Futurama” is set 1,000 years in the future, show creators David X. Cohen and Matt Groening had to invent a sci-fi conceit that would provide an organic reason to include celebrity cameos. Thanks to a special fluid, human heads can be kept alive in jars more or less indefinitely. In the very first episode,…
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When Can You Watch ‘The Simpsons’ Season 35 on TV and Streaming?
One of the true pioneers in television animation, The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening (Futurama), has been on the air for over 30 years, including 750 episodes and 34 seasons, with the 35th now set to premiere. Winning an eye-watering total of 35 Primetime Emmys, the show has accumulated a worldwide fan base thanks to…
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Futurama’s Pilot Put Dick Clark In A Confusing Situation
The first episode of David X. Cohen’s and Matt Groening’s animated sci-fi sitcom “Futurama,” called “Space Pilot 3000,” saw the directionless twentysomething Fry (Billy West) wandering into a cryogenics lab, delivering a pizza just minutes before midnight. No one is there. He checks the order slip and sees that the pizza was ordered by “I.C.…
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A Futurama Movie Could Be In The Cards At Hulu
The constant cancelations and resurrections of “Futurama” have taught its makers to be nimble. The initial run of “Futurama” lasted four seasons from March 1999 until August 2003. At the time, it seemed like that was the end of things, but it would prove to be a mere five-year hiatus. “Futurama” returned in 2008 in the…
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Futurama’s Hulu Revival Made A Small But Crucial Change To The Show
When Matt Groening’s and David X. Cohen’s “Futurama” debuted in 1999, it aired on Fox and fit neatly into the traditional network TV 30-minute time slot. Most half-hour TV shows were typically only about 22 minutes of actual programming, allowing for two extended commercial breaks roughly at the 10-minute mark and the 20-minute mark. Because…
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How Family Guy Paved The Way For Futurama’s Many Revivals
Matt Groening’s and David X. Cohen’s animated sci-fi comedy series “Futurama” debuted on March 28, 1999. Only a few months earlier, on January 31, Seth McFarlane’s animated sitcom “Family Guy” also premiered. They were both primetime animated sitcoms on the same network, and both were part of a wave of “Simpsons”-adjacent shows that tangled the…
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‘Disenchantment’ Deserves Just As Much Love As ‘The Simpsons’ & ‘Futurama’
We should all be thankful that we live in a world where Matt Groening is creating art, giving us one fantastic series after another in shows like The Simpsons, Futurama, and Disenchantment. Wait… what do you mean you’ve never watched Disenchantment? You know, Groening’s latest animated series that takes place in medieval times, has the…
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We’d Never Have ‘The Simpsons’ if It Weren’t for This Comic Strip
Everyone knows that The Simpsons is what made Matt Groening one of the most iconic names in animation history, but he actually got his start writing a weekly comic strip titled Life in Hell. This comic ran from 1977 to 2012 and, for decades, was the purest way to tap into Groening’s biting, satirical sense…
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What ‘The Simpsons’ Could Learn From ‘Futurama’s Countless Revivals
Matt Groening’s groundbreaking animated series The Simpsons is one of the greatest of all time, running for decades on end with loads of the same creative talent still working on the show behind the scenes. But his other show, Futurama, has one thing over its vibrant and Earthly counterpart. Futurama has had the opportunity to…