Well, everyone, it appears that miracles can indeed happen. Allow me to explain: Before the new millineium started, a cartoon was aired called Futurama about a miserable delivery boy living a lousy life in the 20th century who accidentally fell into a cryogenic chamber at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 1999 and was frozen for over 1,000 years, and awoke in a new futuristic world inhabited by humans, aliens, and robots. From then on, the series told about the futuristic adventures of the young man and his new friends as they traveled to strange new worlds and encounted bizarre creatures. Around 2003, the series came to an end, leaving many to wonder what would become of the cartoon characters of the future. Then a miraculous thing happened to it that has only happened to very few classic shows: a renewal! And not just any renewal, the series was revived in the form of four brand-new full-length movies (which actually made up four episodes apiece) straight to DVD. The first of the quartet, Bender's Big Score, was released two years ago (before the turn of the century) and instantly reclaimed it's lost popularity. The second and third movies, The Beast With A Billion Backs and Bender's Game came out in the early and late 2008. The final movie (and perhaps series finale), Into The Wild Green Yonder, hit the shelves early this year. I, of course, have seen all four movies (though I don't currently posses them, but I'm working on that), though I must say, the second and third movies weren't as good as the first and fourth movies. Anyway, I must say, the fourth movie was very entertaining, most importantly, the ending, which was perhaps one of the most climatic movie endings I've ever seen. And thus, the show of the 31st century once again came to an end with a much more intriguing closure, with the two main characters finally getting together and the entire team of protaganists traveling off to parts unknown and into adventures that would be left up to the fans to imagine.....or is it? The sales of the entire collection of DVDs has been so successful that something very rare and wonderous has occurred for the series: a second renewal! That's right! The ever-lovable cartoon of the future is returning yet again, picking up were the cliffhanging Into The Wild Green Yonder left off. This is proof positive that lightning can indeed strike twice! Let Futurama be a sign that the other shows that we long to see return can come back as well. Shows like Danny Phantom, American Dragon: Jake Long, and even Kim Possible! For those of you out there that hope to see such shows renewed only to have that hope diminish each day, look to Futurama which defied the odds and achieved a second helping of what few shows get as a beacon to restore your faith, as proof that there's hope for the shows that you want to come back and as a sign of a bright and shiny future for television!!!