There’s pretty much zero chance NBC swooped in and saved the day at the last minute because of Twitter outcry. Negotiations for this scenario have probably been going on since before the Fox cancellation was announced. Twitter posts =/= network $$$, only Nielsen eyeballs that drive ad sales and/or lucrative…

I don’t want to sound like an apologist or anything like that, but let’s be honest here: Simpsons makes fun of just about everything.