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Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company and later revived by Comedy Central, and then Hulu. The series follows Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1,000 years and revived on December 31, 2999.
Futurama began its first season in 1999, with the pilot's story beginning on December 31, 1999, just before the big decision at 20th Century Fox had to be made. The decision of course, was to drop the century altogether and call the company simply "Fox".
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Original Run
The original run of Futurama began on March 28th 1999 with Space Pilot 3000. The show ran for four seasons, before FOX decided to drop the show. The final episode of the original run was released December 12th, 2004, with The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings. In the episode, Leela says "I want to see how it ends." making this the last thing spoken in the original series.
DVD Movie Comeback
On April 26, 2006, Groening stated that numerous people, including Cohen and many writers and actors were returning to make 4 DVD Movies. These started with Bender's Big Score and ended with Into the Wild Green Yonder. They were released on TV as four part episodes. In Bender's Big Score, Hermes declared that the executives who dropped the company's contract have since been fired and ground into a fine pink powder. The DVD are classed as Season Five. The DVDs proved to be successful, so Comed...
Revival on Comedy Central
Once the last DVD movie ended, season six later would have been announced to air on the Comedy Central channel. Season 6A started on June 24th, 2010 and continued throughout the summer with its Christmas special being its latest episode. Season 6B returned in 2011. In 2012, Select ABC and other local channels acquired the rights to broadcast Futurama on Monday mornings. But after the episode The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings it skips ahead to Rebirth, and Comedy Central renewed the show f...
Philip J. Fry I: During his early life, he took a job as a delivery boy for Pannuci's Pizza and was frozen in a cryogenic lab for a thousand years. Upon revival, he found himself as a delivery boy...Bender Bending Rodríguez: A bumbling and foul-mouthed robot who was born in Mexico and found his life to have been created for nothing more than bending girders for suicide booths. The drunk, smoki...Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth: A scientist who once worked at Mom's Friendly Robot Company. He founded Planet Express and took his crew(s) on deliveries that were highly dangerous. He was also an...[Template fetch failed for https://community.fandom.com/wiki/Template:FooterAnimatedSitcoms?action=render: HTTP 404]
Jul 30, 2023 · Futurama's sixth season started on Comedy Central on 24 June, 2010 with the airing of "Rebirth" and "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela". It is divided into two broadcast seasons: the first, which ended in November with "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular", and the second, which is set to begin on 23 June, 2011 with the airing of "Neutopia" and "Benderama ...
Jul 2, 2023 · "Futurama" got its start on Fox, where its first four seasons ran consecutively. Viewers should proceed through those spates of episodes before watching the four direct-to-DVD movies in order,...
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The first season of Futurama began airing on March 28, 1999 and concluded on November 14, 1999, after 13 episodes. The original 72-episode run of Futurama was produced as four seasons; Fox broadcast the episodes out of the intended order, resulting in five aired seasons. [1]
