Futurama (1999 TV Series)
- cast:
- Katey Sagal , John DiMaggio , Maurice LaMarche , Billy West , Phil LaMarr , Tress MacNeille , David Herman , Lauren Tom
- rating:
- TV-14
- genre:
- Comedy , Adventure , Animation
- production company:
- The Curiosity Company , 20th Television , 20th Television Animation
- creator:
- Matt Groening
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- network:
- FOX , Hulu , Comedy Central
- distributor:
- 20th Television
- number of seasons:
- 10
- showrunner:
- Matt Groening , David X. Cohen
- producer:
- Lewis Morton , J. Stewart Burns , Patric M. Verrone , Jason Grode , Claudia Katz , Brian J. Cowan
- premiere date:
- March 28 1999
- main characters:
- Philip J. Fry , Turanga Leela , Bender Bending Rodriguez , Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth , Amy Wong , Hermes Conrad
- number of episodes:
- 140
Synopsis
Futurama focuses on the life of Philip Fry (Billy West), a 25-year-old pizza delivery boy who accidentally freezes himself on December 31, 1999 and wakes up 1,000 years later with a fresh start at life and a "diverse" new group of friends including Leela (Katey Sagal), a tough but lovely one-eyed alien and Bender, a robot who possesses human characteristics and flaws.
First airing on FOX from 1999-2003, Futurama was brought back in 2007 with four direct-to-DVD movies that subsequently aired as 30-minute episodes on Comedy Central. Based on their success, Comedy Central ordered new seasons of the series which made a triumphant return to television in June 2010. Futurama is only the second series in the history of the medium to go back into production based on the strength of its DVD sales and repeat airings on cable.