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   Also, Fox did those special short episodes on Hulu like Fortnite. Maybe   
   that is where the resources went.   
      
   Matt Garvey  wrote:   
   > (...not 37ABF08)   
      
   > Is it season finale time already? APPARENTLY! Is Fox ordering too many   
   > animated shows without anywhere to put them? YES! And with this weird   
   > half year split, and more shows (including the return of one Fox dropped   
   > over a decade ago and then TBS dropped), I guess this is where we are.   
   > More thoughts below.   
      
   > How was the episode? Fine, a little weird for Kirk but OK as satire. The   
   > very specific format of the title must mean something but it's eluding   
   > me. Another new co-EP credit for the new production season in Tim Long.   
   > I was enjoying the subtle joke that the "CNBC" ticker was abbreviations   
   > for all types of crackers until Kirk went and noticed it himself   
   > somehow. And if I did the math right this was actually about 10 seconds   
   > above the nominal episode length for these days. At least something's   
   > not falling short...   
      
   > Yeah, I guess it's back to schedule ranting. This is the season finale.   
   > In mid-February. Fifteenth episode of the season. Some real BS. Does Fox   
   > even like the show at this point? If not, why did it renew it for FOUR   
   > more seasons? And are these going to be 22-episode production runs?   
   > Because although the strike a few years ago really threw off the   
   > numbers, you'd think it would be building BACK, instead of treading   
   > water briefly and then falling further behind. We began this (air)   
   > season with an 11-episode (HALF SEASON) holdover count, up from the 7   
   > that's been typical for the last few decades. Tonight, the 37th air   
   > season contains 7 season 36 episodes and 8 season 37 episodes (with 4   
   > more season 36 episodes yet to materialize - one assumes they're   
   > destined for streaming-only nonsense like the last tail end but if so   
   > WHEN?), so by my math that leaves 4+14=18 holdovers, almost a full   
   > season of its own. After this long, is The Simpsons going to get lapped   
   > like Family Guy, American Dad!, and Bob's Burgers (though not,   
   > technically, King of the Hill)?? Just after its production codes finally   
   > started looking intuitive, too! Oh yeah, let's have 38ABF01 kick off   
   > season 39, that makes sense. Maybe the next few production seasons will   
   > be dialed back significantly and the air seasons will catch up. Or Fox   
   > could just go back to airing 26 or 27 episodes a year as it did once   
   > upon a time.   
   > And as I mentioned before this early finale (and other extremely sparse   
   > episode scheduling in the last month) means that even though 1/18, 2/1,   
   > and 4/12 are the only three REALLY NORMAL dates that have never seen   
   > episodes premiere on Fox and they're all Sundays this year, they all get   
   > passed up AGAIN. Great.   
   > Till next time!   
      
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