The producers said that they were exploring options for the future of the series as we have many more stories to tell, but would gauge fan reaction to the news. Also, the plots were quite simple, and the episodes, especially in season 1, revolved around a delivery they were making. In honor of futuramas 20th anniversary, were taking a look once again at our 25 favorite futurama episodes, including installments from both the fox and comedy central eras. When the rednecks spot the planet express, they begin taunting them again. Syfy is the new home of futurama, and weve got full episodes in hd right here. Despite it being a stressful few weeks for futurama fans, hulu stepped in to save the day, announcing that they would make all episodes of the series available on their service. Sep 09, 2017 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. If the deal means reruns go from comedy central to syfy i am not sure that is great for the show as i think syfy generally has a smaller audience then cc and the best chance futurama has of being revived is if the old episodes do great in syndication. Jan 05, 2008 in 2006 fox was talking about making a 5th season of futurama but im not sure if they are still going to make it. The real story behind futurama getting canceled youtube.
Futuramas cancellation may only be temporary, heres why. Futurama is coming to syfy, now can it get another season. Ratings challenges and cancellations aside, every step of they way, groening and company consistently made futurama that rarest of animated series that could just as easily make you double over in. 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. It turns out, in the future, santa is real, but hes a robot who judges everybody as. But game of tones and this final episode were very well done and felt natural, like some of the firstrun episodes. 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.
This makes the episode the futurama holiday spectacular the midseason finale, despite airing almost twelve weeks after futurama s 100th episode. Simpsons creator matt groening, then, has devised another new animated. Mar 21, 2019 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. 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. Sep 03, 2019 the network simply stopped purchasing new episodes of futurama, and the series went out of production ahead of the fall 2003 broadcast season. The network simply stopped purchasing new episodes of futurama, and the series went out of production ahead of the fall 2003 broadcast season.
In 2006 fox was talking about making a 5th season of futurama but im not sure if they are still going to make it. Eric is now coexecutive producer on the big bang theory and was prompted to write a book on the philosophy of santa after a conversation with a parent of one of his sons friends. Instead of a tv episode, the team are reuniting the original cast of the show to tell a 42minute. While the films were originally released between november 27, 2007 and february 24, 2009, the tv edits began airing on march 23, 2008 and concluded after 16 episodes on august 30, 2009. Original futurama creators and cast return in new podcast. The final episode of the season, reincarnation, aired on september 8, 2011 as a threesegment noncanonical. Six years after its finale, is there a possibility that new episodes of the show might eventually be on the. This list follows the season box sets, which feature the episodes in the original. Now we get to the first, and best, futurama episode, and one of the best episodes they have ever done.
Aug, 2018 its been almost 20 years since the last time groening created a new showfuturama premiered only a couple of. The movies were subsequently chopped up and aired on comedy central as regular episodes. Futurama s fifth season is composed of the tv edits of the four dvd films, split into four episodes each. The two ships race towards one another, and at the last possible moment they turn off, making the planet express the new champions. At that rate, syfy will be showing 30 episodes of futurama a week.
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. Aug 15, 2007 i heard that they were going to start making a new series of futurama ages ago, but have not heard anything since. The first episodes known as season 6a aired during 2010, and the remaining episodes known as season 6b aired during 2011. And while there arent currently plans to produce a new season, this. Well cry no more my puffyeyed compadre, comedy central just signed a deal for 26 new episodes beginning mid2010. Many people have compared the futurama main characters with the main simpsons characters such as bender is futurama s homer. Matt groenings animated series futurama is enjoying a healthy life in.
The simpsons is not exactly what can be considered familyfriendly content, and has been considered in some regions as unsuitable for children, so in that regard, it doesn. Farnsworth is able to repair the time machine and send them back to an ambiguous point earlier on the. His and benders serial numbers gave both robots much amusement, as both their serial codes are expressible as. Futurama had a devoted audience that stuck with the show for over a decade. By sending fry and leela decades into a frozen future, their lifelong relationship can be explored, but at the end of the episode, theyre rescued by a professor ex machina. Fry, who reawakens in 31st century new new york after a cryonics lab accident. After seven seasons, a few cancellations, and multiple visits to parallel universes, the longrunning scifi animated series finally ended its run on. Its been almost 20 years since the last time groening created a new showfuturama premiered only a couple of. The planning for each episode began with a table meeting of writers, who discussed the plot ideas as a group. Cancellation of futurama the infosphere, the futurama wiki. With billy west, katey sagal, john dimaggio, tress macneille. Fry billy west is a pizza delivery boy who is cryogenically frozen on new years day 2000. An animated and futuristic workplace sitcom from the creator of the simpsons, matt groening. Its in foxs best interest for this show to be a success, but theyd.
Sep 09, 2017 futurama aired on fox from 1999 to 2003, and was revived in 2007 as four directtovideo films that later appeared on comedy central as 16 new, halfhour episodes. Ranking every futurama episode chris morgan medium. 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. Of course, just having the stars say that they re interested in returning is far from having a network exec officially ordering another season of futurama, but id like to think that crossover. When the series returns with original episodes in 2010, it will be seven years after the shows last original episode aired on. Mar 28, 2019 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. While there are many, many things that we hope are in santas metaphorical bag of goodies this holiday season, getting futurama back on the. Futurama is a cult hit now, but the first time around, the second show from. From there, futurama will air on monday and tuesday nights from 8. Jun 05, 2017 now we get to the first, and best, futurama episode, and one of the best episodes they have ever done. And the slovenly, yet goodhearted and sentimental pizza delivery boy. List of futurama episodes on april 22, 20, comedy central announced that they will not be renewing futurama for any more seasons, making 7b the final season of the series.
While i love futurama and am always eager for new content, i feel like it would be a mistake to try to continue the series. Ken keeler, patric verrone and series cocreator david x cohen. The simpsons, which has aired an astonishing 600plus episodes on fox. Comedy central announced in april 20 that they would not be renewing futurama, and aired the final episode on 4 september, 20. Does anybody know if this was true, or give me a link to a website where i might find out. Matt groenings new show is basically futurama in the past. Why is futurama the only cartoon series that makes me cry. Futurama creator says the show may return but in an entirely different form. 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. New episodes of the crazy futurama gang are coming in june. As vast and hilarious as the universe itself, behold the utterly complete collection of futurama, the gravitydefying, emmy awardwinning animated series from the simpsons creator matt groening. Comedy central also chose to air the parts of season 6 and 7 out of order as well. If they are making a 5th season it will probrably be released in 2009. The last season received a rating of 92%, and an 8.
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. And while there arent currently plans to produce a new season, this may be the best hope that the show has for another revival. All of the people involved in making the show have remained vocal about their. These episodes really shone brighter than the rest, enough to weigh in with the classic episodes of the shows past and ring the bell. And then theres the season four finale the devils hands are idle. Sunday timeslot caused the show to often be preempted by sports and usually have a later than average season premiere. However, here and now i promise a different avenue of exciting futurama news later this summer, no kidding. Numerous references have been made to the show throughout the run in the simpsons as well as futurama making references to the simpsons. 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. Matt groenings futurama celebrates 20th anniversary variety. I heard that they were going to start making a new series of futurama ages ago, but have not heard anything since. The 10 futurama comics that should be episodes in season six. Futurama has produced 127 episodes alone and its seventh season. A good run for something that was only supposed to be 9.
Six years later, comedy central picked up futurama. Mar 27, 2019 well look no further than the new book from friend of the site eric kaplan, writer of jurassic bark, parasites lost and other great futurama episodes. Fry billy west, who is accidentally frozen and then awakens in the year 2999. Here youll find all 124 outrageous episodes, plus 4 featurelength epic adventures and enough dvd extras to last you until the next millennium. Syfy has picked up the rights to broadcast all 140 episodes of futurama. The current final episode of the series, meanwhile, used timetravel to eat its cake and then have it, too. There are no new tv episodes or movies in the pipeline at the. After their success, comedy central bought the rights to futurama and started making new episodes, which everyone is really happy about. The show began with new years eve 1999, when disillusioned pizza. 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. Hatched from matt groenings brain, futurama follows pizza guy philip j. Today, netflix will premiered the 10episode first season of disenchantment, the new. A new futurama episode is set to air later this week. Shows like the simpsons and futurama had to fit into a traditional network television schedule for premiering new episodes every fall, but netflix doesnt hold its series to as strict of a.
Some were more hamhanded than others one of the reasons i didnt watch the final season till last week was that the previous comedy central seasons had too many episodes where i felt they were trying too hard to be super deep. Check air times for your favorite shows, including the daily show with trevor noah, the president show, the jim jefferies show, south park, broad city, hood adjacent with james davis, tosh. Futurama aired on fox from 1999 to 2003, and was revived in 2007 as four directtovideo films that later appeared on comedy central as 16 new, halfhour episodes. There are no new tv episodes or movies in the pipeline at the moment, he said. Mar 05, 2010 new episodes of the crazy futurama gang are coming in june. The professors body swapping experiment produces a result he didnt have in mind. So you can listen to it while youre working in your dead end job, sat on the toilet, even while making love. Are the new futurama episodes as good as the old ones. Nearly 20 years after its premiere, futurama still offers the ideal. Well look no further than the new book from friend of the site eric kaplan, writer of jurassic bark, parasites lost and other great futurama episodes.
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