Where'd Everybody (Annoyed Grunt)?: A Collaborative TL

Shronkey2021

Banned
May 20, 2001: The last episode of the current season (and the series itself) of The Simpsons, Simpsons Tall Tales, airs on Fox.

"I felt like The Simpsons had gone on long enough. Sure, it had its moments, but I felt like it had jumped the shark way too many times."

- Matt Groening, during an interview on Entertainment Weekly, 2001.
 
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Megafighter3

Megafighter3

Welp, we got a lot of butterflies coming for the Fox channel. Simpsons ending early probably means that Fox will need to put their backing behind another show and we got two options that stand out: Family Guy and Futurama. One is a series that's similar enough to the Simpsons, but fresh enough that they can still get a few seasons out of it. One the other side is Matt Groening's new project that can do a lot of high concept episodes. There's probably others, but those are the front-runners.

Also, there's a good chance that Groening will consider making a finale movie sometime down the line to give the show a proper send-off.
 
MegaToon1234

MegaToon1234

Megafighter3 said:
Welp, we got a lot of butterflies coming for the Fox channel. Simpsons ending early probably means that Fox will need to put their backing behind another show and we got two options that stand out: Family Guy and Futurama. One is a series that's similar enough to the Simpsons, but fresh enough that they can still get a few seasons out of it. One the other side is Matt Groening's new project that can do a lot of high concept episodes. There's probably others, but those are the front-runners.

Also, there's a good chance that Groening will consider making a finale movie sometime down the line to give the show a proper send-off.
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Can’t argue with that.
 

Shronkey2021

Banned
Megafighter3 said:
Welp, we got a lot of butterflies coming for the Fox channel. Simpsons ending early probably means that Fox will need to put their backing behind another show and we got two options that stand out: Family Guy and Futurama. One is a series that's similar enough to the Simpsons, but fresh enough that they can still get a few seasons out of it. One the other side is Matt Groening's new project that can do a lot of high concept episodes. There's probably others, but those are the front-runners.

Also, there's a good chance that Groening will consider making a finale movie sometime down the line to give the show a proper send-off.
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The clear winner is Family Guy.

Considering the last Family Guy episode ajred before the Simpsons' cancellation got 6.15 million viewers while the last season of Futurama that aired before the Simpsons' cancellation was averaged to get 5.17 million viewers an episode, Family Guy might win.
 
MegaToon1234

MegaToon1234

Shronkey2021 said:
The clear winner is Family Guy.

Considering the last Family Guy episode ajred before the Simpsons' cancellation got 6.15 million viewers while the last season of Futurama that aired before the Simpsons' cancellation was averaged to get 5.17 million viewers an episode, Family Guy might win.
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Yeah.
 

Shronkey2021

Banned
July 2001: Family Guy airs on FOX with the same priority The Simpsons got.

Seth MacFarlane sends a one-panel comic to Matt Groening, showing Homer and Peter hugging each other with text at the bottom saying:

Peter: Thanks for being a real Family Guy.
Homer: I'm sure you'll be a great The Simpsons.
 
MegaToon1234

MegaToon1234

Shronkey2021 said:
July 2001: Family Guy airs on FOX with the same priority The Simpsons got.

Seth MacFarlane sends a one-panel comic to Matt Groening, showing Homer and Peter hugging each other with text at the bottom saying:

Peter: Thanks for being a real Family Guy.
Homer: I'm sure you'll be a great The Simpsons.
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Wonderful.
 

DucNguyen0131

Related to Fox, for example:
October 2, 2001: Fox Television Stations closes offer to trade KTVX in Salt Lake City and KMOL-TV in San Antonio to Clear Channel Worldwide for WFTC-TV in Minneapolis/St. Paul.

October 26, 2001: Fox Television Stations traded KBHK-TV in San Francisco and WUTB-TV in Baltimore, as well as the channel allocation and frequency of WJBK-TV in Detroit to Viacom for WDCA-TV in Washington, D.C., KTXH in Houston, WTOG in St. Petersburg and WUPA-TV in Atlanta, as well as the channel allocation and frequency of WWJ-TV in Detroit, as Viacom wanted a strong signal for WWJ-TV (TTL WWJ-TV continued their newscasts, eventually butterflying the WXYZ-produced WKBD newscasts away). In Detroit, WJBK-TV swapped licensees and channel allocations with WWJ-TV, with WWJ-TV going to VHF channel 2, and WJBK-TV going to UHF channel 62.

October 27, 2001: The 2001 World Series played (games six and seven are butterflied).
 

Shronkey2021

Banned
November 2001: After seeing Family Guy's high ratings, the series gets renewed for season 4 (butterflying away the When You Wish upon a Weinstein drama)
 
TheMolluskLingers

TheMolluskLingers

December 2001: Alan Moore's final issue of Supreme, #75, is published by Image Comics, ending his critically-acclaimed 5-year run on the character. Deciding to move on to other ventures, Moore enters negotiations between himself, Matt Groening, and the head of WildStorm to sell his imprint (America's Best Comics) to Groening's Bongo Comics; Groening, having decided to shift his focus for the moment on other ventures outside of animation, hopes to incorporate the ABC imprint into Bongo as a vehicle for more adult and niche comics, similar to the ill-fated Zongo Comics imprint from 1995. Moore, a mutual fan of Groening, agrees to the sale so long as he retains all rights and creative control over his material. Groening accepts, ad the sale is finalized for a undisclosed sum.
 

Shronkey2021

Banned
TheMolluskLingers said:
December 2001: Alan Moore's final issue of Supreme, #75, is published by Image Comics, ending his critically-acclaimed 5-year run on the character. Deciding to move on to other ventures, Moore enters negotiations between himself, Matt Groening, and the head of WildStorm to sell his imprint (America's Best Comics) to Groening's Bongo Comics; Groening, having decided to shift his focus for the moment on other ventures outside of animation, hopes to incorporate the ABC imprint into Bongo as a vehicle for more adult and niche comics, similar to the ill-fated Zongo Comics imprint from 1995. Moore, a mutual fan of Groening, agrees to the sale so long as he retains all rights and creative control over his material. Groening accepts, ad the sale is finalized for a undisclosed sum.
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What happens next?
 
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