Do you think it’s possible they could have exaggerated the length of time the negotiations took a bit and the question of will they or won’t they be back so that there would be more interest when they did announce it? It made more buzz than it would have if they just said they ordered another season last year.

No, I don’t think so. I don’t believe Fox have any interest in delaying season 11 for a year. If they could have aired it this year, they would have. They could have had the benefit of the Revival buzz and good ratings. The more they waited, the more the buzz faltered and the audience (fans aside) disengaged and forgot it was even a thing. They have everything to recreate again, and remind everyone it’s still a thing and it’s happening again now.