"Fans of "Futurama" are certainly rejoicing as Comedy Central announced it would bring back the series for 13 new episodes. That makes the second Fox animated series to get rebirthed - "Family Guy" being the other.(Fox, finally sensing that people actually like its rejects, saw the light and decided to continue making more "King of the Hill" episodes after shutting down production).
The "Futurama" news is good for Matt Groening, who has always had a special affinity for his forgotten Fox series. And the move gives Comedy Central even more strength. So everybody wins. Even Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim" wins, though it lost out in the negotiations for "Futurama." It wins because, well, it's one of the coolest channels on the planet and has a keen understanding of now to tap a niche audience.
Fox, on the other hand, has completely given up on being the outsider network and no longer has an interest in the word "niche." Instead, the network is hell bent on becoming CBS-lite. So good luck with that."--SFGate.com