As you already know I'm a hardcore Futurama fan.
Anyway, what could Futurama had done to stop it from being cancelled?
Probably nothing.
But Maybe if we went down the Family Guy road our show would not been cancelled?
Will Aliens get angry about Futurama being cancelled?
Make a ton more references or dumb down the humor to the level of Family Guy and get rid of all those sci fi stuff? Screw that!
Perhaps Futurama making a stand in defiance to other adult cartoons show was be
