Mar 05, 2010 its almost time to go back to the future. 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. The movies did well enough to convince comedy central to order brandnew futurama episodes, and the series was formally revived in 2010, airing 52. Reruns of the show still refer to this order when giving episode number.
For the second time, futurama has drawn to a close. Comedy central also chose to air the parts of season 6 and 7 out of order as well. Earlier this year, however, comedy central announced that it. Mar 05, 2009 the new installments are currently airing as a new season on comedy central. A box set containing the episodes of season 7a was released as futurama.
Full episodes on comedy central comedy central official site. Back in april this year, comedy central announced it had no plans to renew the thenincoming second half of season seven meaning the shows. Syfy brings futuramas spacebased comedy back to tv space. Comedy central announced the cancellation of the show in april 20. Comedy central to revive futurama for a string of allnew episodes. Comedy central and twentieth century fox television had signed a multiyear deal to acquire all 72 existing episodes of futurama with an option to exhibit any new episodes that might be produced in the future. Jun 26, 2006 comedy central and twentieth century fox television had signed a multiyear deal to acquire all 72 existing episodes of futurama with an option to exhibit any new episodes that might be produced in the future. The episodes they were cut into do appear, however, as broadcast season 6.
On the cusp of the new millennium, fry accidentally stumbles into a. The new installments are currently airing as a new season on comedy central. Futurama episode guide comedy central official site. After finding new popularity in syndication on adult swim, futurama was resurrected in 2007 in the form of four directtodvd movies that were cut into 30minute episodes to air on comedy central. Jul 07, 2018 episodes tuesdays, fridays, and saturdays on syfy. Comedy central acquires new episodes of futurama animation.
The futurama looks bright as comedy central revives toon. Comedy central and twentieth century fox television have announced today the pickup of 26 new episodes seasons 7a and 7b of. Tvweek reports that 20th century fox television and comedy central have officially confirmed a deal for 26 new episodes of futurama, due to the strong ratings of its reruns and featurelen. With the complete series now bundled in a big, expansive box set, we took the chance to talk to cohen about mixing science fiction and comedy. The first thing comedy central did was break up the 4 films into separate episodes to be aired on tv. Actors billy west, katey sagal and john dimaggio will all. Actors billy west, katey sagal and john dimaggio will all be back for the new episodes. Ranking all the futurama episodes best to worst imdb. The films do not appear on this list as they were not broadcast. After a successful run of straighttovideo movies, futurama is revived by comedy central for a sixth season. Futurama has 140 episodes in total for you to enjoy.
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. With billy west, john dimaggio, katey sagal, tress macneille. There are no new tv episodes or movies in the pipeline at the moment, he said. One quick note, there are, technically, 140 episodes of futurama. When it was announced that comedy central would be acquiring futurama in 2005 and producing new episodes, i was over the moon which probably has a slightly different connotation when talking about a show where they routinely travel to the moon, but whatever. 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. Back in april this year, comedy central announced it had no plans to renew the thenincoming. And if were being honest, this is probably the best chance that well see in a while to get more seasons. The scifi comedy, cocreated by the simpsons matt groegning and david x cohen, first aired in 1999 and has since produced seven acclaimed. He was frozen cryogenically for 1,000 years and found new. The 4 films are not considered a part of any production run. Full episodes of comedy central shows online, including the daily show, inside amy schumer, south park, broad city and comedy central classics like chappelles show and strangers with candy.
Apr 22, 20 comedy central has decided not to renew futurama, which means that the 31stcenturyset animated comedy will end its 140episode run on sept. Futuramas cancellation may only be temporary, heres why. Hatched from matt groenings brain, futurama follows pizza guy philip j. However, here and now i promise a different avenue of exciting futurama news later this summer, no kidding. Ranking every futurama episode chris morgan medium. Created in 1999 by the simpsons matt groening, the series follows the. Comedy central has decided not to renew futurama, which means that the 31stcenturyset animated comedy will end its 140episode run on sept. For fans of matt groenings animated scifi farce futurama.
Futurama is coming to syfy, now can it get another season. Comedy central has ordered 26 more episodes of recently resurrected futurama, according to deadline. The tv series futurama will air in its entirety on the syfy channel, starting nov. At that rate, syfy will be showing 30 episodes of futurama a week. The future is looking bright for fry, leela and bender. Mar 01, 2019 matt groenings animated series futurama is enjoying a healthy life in syndication. From there, futurama will air on monday and tuesday nights from 8. Mar 28, 2011 the first installment of new episodes will premiere in the summer of 2012, with the additional new episodes to air the following summer of 20 on comedy central. Earlier this year, however, comedy central announced that it would not be renewing. Comedy central acquired futurama in mid2009, after adult swims rights ran out. Jun 23, 2006 though fox cancelled futurama in 2003 after five seasons and 72 episodes, comedy central has now ordered at least new episodes of the offbeat matt groening series.
Comedy central resurrects futurama hollywood reporter. Cohen already are working on stories for the new batch of episodes of the scifi cartoon, slated to premiere on comedy central in mid2010. And if youve already seen futurama well, youre in for a goddamn treat. Thats right meatbags after years of dreaming of the return of the. And the slovenly, yet goodhearted and sentimental pizza delivery boy. New episodes of the crazy futurama gang are coming in june. The show was axed and remade, moving to comedy central and. The seeds of the animated scifi comedy futuramawhich returns for its. Comedy central orders 26 new episodes of futurama film. Matt groenings futurama celebrates 20th anniversary variety. A new futurama episode is set to air later this week. Billy west, katey sagal, john dimaggio, tress macneille.
While there are many, many things that we hope are in santas metaphorical bag of goodies this holiday season, getting futurama back on the. Fry billy west, who is accidentally frozen and then awakens in the year 2999. When comedy central began negotiating for the rights to air futurama reruns, fox suggested that there was a possibility of also creating new episodes. This list follows the season box sets, which feature the episodes in the original, intended production season order, ignoring the order of. However, that includes the four movies being broken up into four episodes apiece. Following the four films considered the fifth season of the show, comedy central has broadcast a sixth season of twentysix episodes, split over 2010 and 2011. Comedy centralr renews futurama for 26 new episodes. This list includes episodes from both the original and revived runs of the show, as well as the featurelength episodes. Futurama premiere season 6 episode 1 on comedy central. Episode listing broadcast order the infosphere, the.
With futuramas wheels back in motion, 20th tv has the right to shop the new episodes to broadcast networks, with comedy central retaining secondwindow dibs. While i love futurama and am always eager for new content, i feel like it would be a mist. Jun 09, 2009 futurama creators matt groening and david x. The american animated science fiction sitcom futurama, created by matt groening for the fox. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in. Fry, who reawakens in 31st century new new york after a cryonics lab accident. Fox broadcasting company broadcast many episodes of the original four production seasons of futurama out of order, resulting in five broadcast seasons. But, because of the popularity of the show in syndication and on dvd, the characters.
Matt groenings animated series futurama is enjoying a healthy life in syndication. 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. Fry agrees to travel one minute into the future in farnsworths new time machine right before a big date with leela, but they. Empty there s good news in the future, a thousand years in the future. Petition for new spaceage adventures futurama was cancelled after four seasons on the fox network. 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 2010. Today, were hearing from a variety of sources that futurama is not only back, but that comedy central has ordered 26 new episodes. At this point, there was still no guarantee of a series revival. Sep 17, 20 for the second time, futurama has drawn to a close. The planet express crew gets into all new adventures with fry building a robot leela. Futurama watch and stream online, cast, trailer, movie. The resumption of new futurama episodes on comedy central once more demonstrates the power of a truly dedicated fan base. In honor of futurama s 20th anniversary, were taking a look once again at our 25 favorite futurama episodes, including installments from both the fox and comedy central eras. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twentysomething friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they.
There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twentysomething friends soon discover that a. The episodes are scheduled to begin airing in mid2010. While im no authority on this aspect of the show, i do say with a certain level of confidence that no, there will not be an 11th season. Futurama still stands as one of the best animated series of all time, and even though it saw a slight decline in quality when it was brought back on comedy central years after fox canceled it, it still produced some great episodes, filled with hilarious character moments, creative story beats, and emotional endings. It aired for four seasons on fox, before moving to comedy central after a. In june 2009, comedy central picked up the show for 26 new halfhour episodes, which began airing in 2010 and. Volume 7 and another box set containing the episodes of season 7b was released as futurama. 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.
Each episode of futurama takes at least a year to make. Futurama cocreator says the show will return but in what form. Negotiations were already underway with the possibility of creating two or three straighttodvd films. The episodes are said to be scheduled to air in the same episode chunks that the current. Six years after its finale, is there a possibility that new episodes of the. Comedy central began airing futurama reruns in january 2008 and broadcast the first film on march 23, 2008.
Worlds of tomorrow, the new mobile game from tinyco, takes. Comedy central confirms 26 new futurama episodes slashdot. There are no new tv episodes or movies in the pipeline at the moment however, here and now i promise a different avenue of exciting futurama news later this summer, no kidding. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out on new years eve 2999.
Jun 20, 2012 the seeds of the animated scifi comedy futuramawhich returns for its. His excitement at his new life was tempered by finding out everyone in the future has a. Jun 05, 2017 one quick note, there are, technically, 140 episodes of futurama. Seven years after its last original episode aired on fox, the sixth season premiere of futurama last june led comedy central to its best thursday prime ever among young men. I was a huge fan of the show, which i saw as a masterpiece of animation. Syfy is the new home of futurama, and weve got full episodes in hd right here. The first installment of new episodes will premiere in the summer of 2012, with the additional new episodes to air the following summer of 20 on comedy central. Dec 20, 20 with the complete series now bundled in a big, expansive box set, we took the chance to talk to cohen about mixing science fiction and comedy, the pitfalls of being canceled, and futurama s legacy. My personal ranking of the futurama episodes from best to worst. Fry agrees to travel one minute into the future in farnsworths new time machine right before a big date with leela, but they wind up going far into the future with no way to go back in time.
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