Matt Groening: Netflix's support for Disenchantment is night and day compared to Fox's treatment of Futurama

The Hollywood Reporter

"Netflix couldn't have been more supportive," says Groening of his first new TV series in two decades. "They basically said yes after a very quick pitch and have been completely supportive thereon — and that is unusual in the history of TV. There is usually a lot more worry and second-guessing as time goes on." His experience with Fox was completely different. Groening says of Fox's treatment of Futurama: "They so much didn't like it, they scheduled the show for 7 p.m. on Sunday nights and then made the slogan of the network: 'The fun begins at 8 p.m.' So, I wasn't able to just read between the lines, I was able to read the line."