No, they aren't.
Actually, those three words were going to be my entire post, but my bosses insists my posts be longer than that, so I'll explain why I brought the question up in the first place. Newsarama reports that reruns of the series, about a family who have been mutated by industrial waste from the rich folk who live in the hills above them, has actually been doing quite well in the ratings. The series began on the WB and was later "rescued" by Adult Swim (much like Mission Hill, Baby Blues and Home Movies) which aired reruns of the show starting in 2002. Adult Swim took the show off the schedule but recently brought it back (it's also on TBS). As it turns out, ratings suggest that the teenagers love it, and some speculate it may be because they just didn't have a taste for such a show when they were younger. Does this mean the show might pull a Family Guy and go back into production? Well, that would be nice, but right now that's merely a pipe dream for us fans. Also, and no offense to teenagers, as I used to be one from the ages of 13 to 24, but they tend to be a fickle bunch, and just because they happen to dig the show now doesn't mean they won't lose interest in it, either. Ultimately, I don't see the show coming back, but hey, if the youngins are into this show, I say more power to them.
Thanks to Alex for the tip.















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6-22-2006 @ 2:06PM
Lampbane said...
Uh, dude, the real reason Oblongs didn't do well on WB was that it was directly up against the Simpsons, 8pm on Sunday nights.
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8-06-2006 @ 12:30AM
Alek said...
That sucks! They should bring them back. I had no idea Bob was voiced by Will Ferrel. I just saw my first episode of it last night around 2:45AM. I was wondering if there's a better time than that to watch as I can't stay up that late every night. Especially when school starts again, or I'll be a wreck! If not, I'll have to start taping it. My VCR is so damned complicated!
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