Its hard to believe that a full 20 years have passed since the show made its auspicious premiere on fox, and that somehow, its barely been six. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at planet express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retrofuturistic. A new futurama episode will air later this week and will feature characters including fry, leela and klaxxon. The original order of twentysix episodes was split. Maybe the rest of the world will be ready to accept futurama this time around. Season 6 was long the last known season of futurama, before the series was announced to have been renewed for a seventh season in march 2011. Theyre definitely still worth watching, if thats what your asking. The seventh and final season of futurama consisted of 26 episodes split equally across two broadcast seasons. Thirteen new episodes will air weekly over the course of the summer. Futurama aired on several television networks time and again and was revived in 2008 as four directtovideo films. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject put new text under old text. A box set containing the episodes of season 7a was released as futurama. Comedy central entered into an agreement with 20th century fox television to syndicate the existing episodes and air the films as 16 new, halfhour episodes, constituting a fifth season. Matt groenings first new show since futurama debuts on.
A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series. The deal to produce new episodes of futurama goes in tandem with comedy centrals acquisition of the 72 previously produced futurama episodes, after cartoon networks current deal ends. Now part of the planet express delivery crew, fry travels to the farthest reaches of the universe with his robot buddy bender and cyclopsian love interest leela, discovering freaky mutants, intergalactic conspiracies and other strange stuff. Jul 30, 2014 futuramas new episodes were largely ignored by the general populace, but strongly supported by the nerdy collective that called for its revival in the first place. The new episode, excellently dubbed radiorama, has the entire cast back reprising their beloved roles in a new 40 minute story written by 3 of futurama s original writers. From there, futurama will air on monday and tuesday nights from. May 05, 2020 a guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series futurama. The real story behind futurama getting canceled youtube. Netflix announced last july that it would be teaming up with matt groening, creator of the simpsons and futurama, for a new animated series called disenchantment. All 140 episodes of futurama are coming to syfy screen rant.
Jun 23, 2006 20th century fox will produce at least new episodes of the animated series futurama, scheduled to air on comedy central in 2008. As conseguence, the shows canon is disrupted by the broadcast order, and more, different regions and networks use different ordering for the episodes the list below features the episodes in original production order, as featured on the. Following a commitment from 20th century fox television to produce four straighttodvd futurama films, comedy central announced in june 2006 that they were resurrecting the show and would air the films as new futurama episodes reconfiguring each film into four episodes after each films dvd release. The numbers after that denote the number of the episode within the production run. The seventh and final series of the animated comedy wraps up the adventures of fry voice of billy west, leela voice of katey sagal, bender voice of john dimaggio, and the entire planet. Futurama is a cult hit now, but the first time around, the second show from the creator. The episode was written by bill odenkirk and directed by ron hughart. Eg, 3acv10 is the 10th futurama episode in production run 3. Now part of the planet express delivery crew, fry travels to the farthest reaches of the universe with his robot buddy bender and cyclopsian love interest leela, discovering freaky mutants, intergalactic conspiracies and other. Futurama makes the most of its second life with biting social satire, kooky scifi scenarios, and a stirringly sweet series finale. Syfy brings futuramas spacebased comedy back to tv space. Syfy is the new home of futurama, and weve got full episodes in hd right here. Negotiations were already being made with the possibility of creating two or three straighttodvd films.
This list follows the season box sets, which feature the episodes in the original. Does anyone know when the new futurama season start. Futurama is coming to syfy, now can it get another season. The plot of this episode revolves around the planet express crews adventures in parallel universes. Apr 07, 2007 you can find new episodes of family guy anyway, not sure about futurama on fox, on sunday nights. Hatched from matt groenings brain, futurama follows pizza guy philip j. The best tv shows and movies to bingewatch on hulu in may 2020 the best scifi tv shows to bingewatch right now netflixs 2020 original movies and tv shows. Reruns of the show still refer to this order when giving episode number. In october 2005, comedy central picked up the cable syndication rights to air futurama s 72 episode run at the start of 2008, following the. Now stay tuned for what is quite possibly futuramas final kick of the can among many this november when fox airs its simpsonsfuturama crossover episode which will certainly fit into the canon of at least one of the two shows. Its about time they put this show back on the air with new episodes i dont even know why they stopped making new episodes in the first place.
Futurama is, undisputedly, one of the best cartoons ever made. The episodes they were cut into do appear, however, as broadcast season 6. Several episodes begin with a cold opening before the opening sequence, although these scenes do not always. For us airdates of foreign shows, click through to the futon critic. Fry, who reawakens in 31st century new new york after a cryonics lab accident. All 140 episodes of futurama will air on syfy starting nov. Floating camera drones appear all throughout futurama in lieu of human camera operators, especially in tvcentric episodes like a head in the.
The farnsworth parabox is the fifteenth episode in the fourth season of the american animated television series futurama. Futurama tv listings, tv schedule and episode guide tv guide. When comedy central began negotiating for the rights to air futurama reruns, fox suggested that there was a possibility of also creating new episodes. Mar 05, 2010 new episodes of the crazy futurama gang are coming in june. The beloved, muchcanceled scifi cartoon created by simpsons auteur matt groening has yet another lease on life, this time in the form of a. Factor in promos and other ads, and this will be the biggest push that futurama has received since new episodes debuted on comedy central in. Futurama is an american adult animated science fiction sitcom created by matt groening that. Mar 05, 2007 matt groening creator and katey sagal voice of leela have both stated that when comedy central obtains the rights to the show in 2008 currently those rights belong to cartoon network, but that will expire at the end of this year, it will air 17 allnew episodes. The show found a middle ground between old and new, falling into some old formulas benders less weepy and more of a jerk pile on the tearjerking while establishing some. Episode listing broadcast order the infosphere, the. While there are many, many things that we hope are in santas metaphorical bag of goodies this holiday season, getting futurama back on the air. He was frozen cryogenically for 1,000 years and found new employment at an.
Season nine is the seventh production season and the ninth and tenth broadcast season of futurama. Volume 7 and another box set containing the episodes of season 7b was released as futurama. The first number tells for which production run the episode was made. Futurama is an american adult animated science fiction sitcom created by matt groening for the fox broadcasting company. Comedy central also chose to air the parts of season 6 and 7 out of order as well. Cartoon network airs reruns of futurama and family guy every night, around 10 pm central time, and then again at 1 am central time. Episode 9, sting leelas biggest spotlight outside the episodes that focus on her mutant heritage, sting is also one of the most surreal futurama episodes, paying off a line from the. The show about the crew of the planet express ship and their wacky space adventures was priceless from the first episode. Nov 01, 2019 either way, we cant help but feel like futurama ended exactly the way it should have back in 20. Futurama is set in new new york at the turn of the 31st century, in a time filled with technological wonders. Welcome to next of ken and in this episode, were counting down 41 moments from futurama that will always be funny. Nearly 20 years after its premiere, futurama still offers the ideal blend of scifi and. Fox to produce new futurama episodes wikinews, the free. And the slovenly, yet goodhearted and sentimental pizza delivery boy.
At that rate, syfy will be showing 30 episodes of futurama a week. It has been 6 years since the last episode and people are still watching and talking about it till this day, i believe another reboot would do very well for futurama. Fox and comedy central often aired futurama in a different order than the production order during the original run. Overall id say, id rate them 79 out of 10, compared to 810 out of 10 of the original fox run. Matt groenings futurama celebrates 20th anniversary variety.
Despite futurama s pilot episode, space pilot 3000, being the most watched pilot episode on fox when it aired, the show had been decreasing slowly in popularity over time, and fox was disappointed in the show, which they had assumed could gain a popularity like their other show, the simpsons, and even within fox, arguments arose regarding. Now part of the planet express delivery crew, fry travels to the farthest reaches of. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the list of futurama episodes article. Futurama is back, with the seventh season of the animated scifi. The halfhour comedy featured the voices of katey sagal and billy west. Comedy central chose to air season 6a in production order, similar to how fox aired season 1. Ken keeler, patric verrone and series cocreator david x cohen. As for futurama s third season, whenever fox decided to actually air the show in a stable and nonpreempted time slot, the shows creators delivered a tremendous set of episodes during the season, as shown in yet another fantastically constructed box set. Just recently i learned that new episodes have been in the works since mid 07.
From there, futurama will air on monday and tuesday nights from 8. May 27, 2019 in 2009, the success of those movies led comedy central to announce new episodes of futurama would finally start airing, which started on june 24, 2010. Futurama, however, is the rare series that i wouldnt mind watching any episode at any time. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, who was accidentally cryogenically frozen in 1999, and awakens in the year 3000, finding much has changed, and, yet, is. First airing on fox from 19992003, futurama was brought back in 2007 with four directtodvd movies that subsequently aired as 30minute episodes on comedy central they are also available. In june 2009, comedy central picked up the show for 26 new halfhour episodes, which began airing in 2010 and 2011.
With dan castellaneta, julie kavner, nancy cartwright, yeardley smith. Oct 03, 2017 first airing on fox from 19992003, futurama was brought back in 2007 with four directtodvd movies that subsequently aired as 30minute episodes on comedy central they are also available. Fry billy west, who is accidentally frozen and then awakens in the year 2999. In the episode the lesser of two evils, fry, leela, and bender visit pastorama, a theme park that is ostensibly supposed to accurately recreate late 20thearly 21st century new york. If you cant come up with one good idea for an episode, the thinking on. Top 10 best futurama episodes of all time by phantomstrider. New episodes of the crazy futurama gang are coming in june. Either way, we cant help but feel like futurama ended exactly the way it should have back in 20. The original 72 episode run of futurama was produced as four seasons. Thats due in large part to the fact that comedy centrals brass did something fox couldnt be. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out on new. In march 2011, it was announced that futurama had been renewed for a seventh season, consisting of at least 26 episodes, scheduled to air in 2012 and 20. Fox broadcast the episodes out of the intended order, resulting in five aired seasons.
Fox broadcasting company broadcast many episodes of the original four production seasons of futurama out of order though the first season was aired completely in order, resulting in five broadcast seasons. Sep 06, 2014 so there you go the best ten episodes of futuramas resurgence, courtesy of me, the listmaker. Comedy central together with 20th century fox television reached to an agreement to syndicate the existing episodes and air the movie as 16 new, halfhour episodes, including a fifth season. The acv part has no real meaning but is uniquely assigned to futurama by fox. And while there arent currently plans to produce a new season, this may. With billy west, john dimaggio, katey sagal, tress macneille. The cast and creators of futurama are returning for a brand new podcast episode, along with a new mobile game to unlock sneak peeks from. The show began with new years eve 1999, when disillusioned pizza. Nov 21, 2019 believe it or not, futurama kind of called this one. I felt that futurama was taken off air in its prime. The series follows the adventures of a late20thcentury new york city pizza delivery boy, philip j.
Cancellation of futurama the infosphere, the futurama wiki. The series aired on fox for the first four seasons before being cancelled in 2003. Sharply satiric animation about a man from 1999 who thaws out on the eve of the 31st century. Following a commitment from 20th century fox television to produce four straighttodvd futurama films, comedy central announced on june 23, 2006 that they were resurrecting the show and would air the films as new futurama episodes reconfiguring each film into four episodes after each films dvd release. These are the episodes of futurama, here listed in broadcast order fox and comedy central often aired futurama in a different order than the production order during the original run. Deadline reports the cast and creators have reunited for a new episode of the cancelled fox tv show. Matt groenings animated series futurama is enjoying a healthy life in.
A new futurama episode is set to air later this week instead of a tv episode, the team are reuniting the original cast of the show to tell a 42minute tale in the form of a radio drama. After 14 years and seven seasons of missions, the planet express crew is about to make its final delivery again with the news that matt groenings futurama ends sept. Comedy central have officially labelled this season as season 7a while season ten will be called season 7b. Aug 17, 2018 the movies did well enough to convince comedy central to order brand new futurama episodes, and the series was formally revived in 2010, airing 52 new installments before it was cancelled once again. The movies did well enough to convince comedy central to order brand new futurama episodes, and the series was formally revived in 2010, airing 52 new. Futuramas cancellation may only be temporary, heres why. In october 2005, comedy central picked up the cable syndication rights to air futurama s 72 episode run at the start of 2008, following the expiration of cartoon networks contract.
A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series futurama. I know there are a few hardcore fans like myself on ehmac who couldnt be happier about this. Created by matt groening, the animated sitcom followed. It first aired on the fox network in the united states on june 8, 2003. Zoidberg and zapp brannigan on the animated series futurama, which recently began airing new episodes on comedy central after a. The greatest cartoon is set to air new episodes on the comedy network in 2008. The american animated science fiction sitcom futurama, created by matt groening for the fox. Joe pera goes to dave wojceks bachelor party with you. Fox to produce new futurama episodes wikinews, the. Fans shouldnt exactly hold their breath in anticipation, since comedy central will not be airing either the old or any of the new episodes until 2008. They were so efficient and industrious, in fact, that they produced too many episodes of futurama than fox could air.
Cast and creators of cancelled tv show return for a. I could easily watch reruns of this show forever, and have been watching them on adult swim for the past few years. The simpsons meet the planet express crew, who have come to springfield in the present to stop them from destroying the future. Futurama follows a pizza delivery boy, from the late 20th century, who wakes up after being frozen for 1,000 years. Futurama, an animation from the simpsons creator matt groening. The beloved, muchcanceled scifi cartoon created by simpsons auteur matt groening has yet. The films do not appear on this list as they were not broadcast.
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