Futurama Season 12 Episode 3 Meta Title Card Joke Underscores Hulu’s Risky Decision for the Revival’s Future

FuturamaThe ever-changing title is one of the show’s trademarks, but one of the latest gags to appear under the sitcom’s name goes a bit too far. After the series was brought back by a different studio for the second time after its cancellation, the Hulu era is currently in full swing Swing after both Fox and Comedy Central were canceled Futurama during the turbulent history of the show. With the Futurama The cast has been reassembled and the sci-fi sitcom is getting another chance to right the wrongs of the past, but the question remains whether a second revival was a good idea.

The title card is Futurama‘s self-created opportunity to throw another joke into the mix before the episode has officially begun. While it can sometimes be a passing reference to the events of the upcoming story, it often has nothing to do with it. Alternatively, it has been known to serve as a meta-commentary on the state of the show at that point. The latter is the case for Futurama Season 12, Episode 3, “The Temp,” and it feels very much like a self-aware joke about his recent history.

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Futurama’s joke “Product is sold by weight, not quality” is a reference to the show’s risky multi-season extension

The title card gag in “The Temp” is reminiscent FuturamaThe latest revival from the purgatory of cancellations – whether intentional or not is another question. Given the show’s perfect ending on Comedy Central, the news that Hulu Futurama It was quite a shock to be back. You also have to remember that The Comedy Central era was only received lukewarmlyThe finale saves it in the end. Nevertheless, Hulu did not play it safe and brought Futurama back with a multi-season contract.

The quality of the show has undeniably declined since Futuramaheyday, and this decline was also noticeable in the Comedy Central era. So, It is surprising that Hulu has ordered a two-season remakeand then ordered two more seasons after a lackluster first season. So, with Futurama Season 12 is currently airing and seasons 13 and 14 are in the pipeline. It feels very much like it is “Sold by weight, not quality”

Improvements in Futurama Season 12 make Hulu’s decision to renew more hopeful

Futurama’s future with Hulu looks promising

Futurama Season 11 continued the same mediocre streak that was so present before the second cancellation. Thankfully, the show has shown significant improvement since then. Futurama the gripping ending of season 11. Futurama Season 12 was much funnier than the first season of Huluand it did a much better job of balancing its sophisticated storylines with the show’s signature sense of humor. Hopefully Futurama will continue to get better and justify Hulu’s multi-tiered renewals.

Futurama

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Futurama follows the adventures of Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy from 1999 who is cryogenically frozen for 1,000 years. When Fry awakens in the year 3000, he befriends a cyclops named Leela and a mischievous robot named Bender. The three find employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery service. Their work takes them to all corners of the universe, exploring space and the future as imagined by Matt Groening and the creators of The Simpsons.

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Katey Sagal, Billy West, Lauren Tom, Maurice LaMarche, David Herman, Tress MacNeille, John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr

Release date

28 March 1999

Seasons

11

Showrunner

Matt Groening