Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons,alt.culture.internet,alt.culture.usenet,rec.arts.tv,alt.current-events.net-abuse Subject: New Fox series about the net Found in the latest (April 1) _Variety_. Forwarded without permission: In a surprise move, Fox reports that they are cancelling their Award- winning series _The Simpsons_, effective the end of this month. Replacing it is a new series, _Hackers_. Set in the present, this high-tech true-crime thriller shows us the seamy underside of the Information Superhighway. Fox has spared no expense when it comes to technical accuracy. The techical advisors for the show are Laurence Canter and Martha Siegal, authors of the contraversial _How to Make a Forture on the Information Superhighway_, and victims of real-life hackers who attempted to derail their on-line advertising campaign. The two-hour premier shows the FBI and BATF track down and capture a gang of ruthless child pornographers who are in cahoots with the notorious "PKZ" who developed an ingenious secret code -- unbreakable even by the NSA! -- for them to peddle their evil wares, and with a mysterious message-laundering ring in Finland, which specializes in making Internet transactions totally untracable. It will be broadcast on Sunday evening, April 31, at 8 pm eastern time, 7 central.