Futurama Animated Series

• Futurama is an animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

• The show follows the adventures of the professional slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years and revived on December 31, 2999.

• Fry finds work at an interplanetary delivery company, working alongside the one-eyed Leela and robot Bender.

• The series was envisioned by Groening in the mid-1990s while working on The Simpsons; he brought David X. Cohen aboard to develop storylines and characters to pitch the show to Fox.

• Following its initial cancelation by Fox, Futurama began airing reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, which lasted from 2003 to 2007.

• It was revived in 2007 as four direct-to-video films, the last of which was released in early 2009.

• Comedy Central entered into an agreement with 20th Century Fox Television to syndicate the existing episodes and air the films as 16 new, half-hour episodes, constituting a fifth season.

• In June 2009, Comedy Central picked up the show for 26 new half-hour episodes, which began airing in 2010 and 2011.

• The show was renewed for a seventh season, with the first half airing in 2012 and the second in 2013.

• An audio-only episode featuring the original cast members was released in 2017 as an episode of The Nerdist Podcast.

• On February 9, 2022, Hulu revived the series with a 20-episode order set to premiere in 2023.

• Futurama received critical acclaim throughout its run and was nominated for 17 Annie Awards, winning nine, and 12 Emmy Awards, winning six. It was nominated four times for a Writers Guild of America Award, winning for the episodes "Godfellas" and "The Prisoner of Benda". It was nominated for a Nebula Award and received Environmental Media Awards for the episodes "The Problem with Popplers" and "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular".

• Merchandise includes a tie-in comic book series, video games, calendars, clothes and figurines. In 2013, TV Guide ranked Futurama one of the top 60 Greatest TV Cartoons of All Time.

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• Characters[edit]

• Setting[edit]

• Numerous technological advances have been made between the present day and the 31st century.

• Futurama is set in the year 3000

• The technology in the show has progressed since the show's inception

• The show is set in a world where the wheel is obsolete and hover cars are the norm

• Religion is a prominent part of society in the show

• The show has received critical acclaim

• The show has been nominated for several awards

Futurama is set in the year 3000 and features advanced technology. The show is set in a world where the wheel is obsolete and hover cars are the norm. Religion is a prominent part of society in the show. The show has received critical acclaim. The show has been nominated for several awards.

• The show was created by Matt Groening and David Cohen, who served as executive producers and showrunners.

• The show is set in the future and follows the adventures of a group of characters.

• The show is based on a pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

• The show has a long production time and is written by a group of writers.

• The voice of the main character, Fry, was based on the voice of Matt Groening's friend, Charlie Schlatter.

• The voice of Doctor Zoidberg was based on the voice of Lou Jacobi and George Jessel.

• The character of Zapp Brannigan was originally created and intended to be performed by Phil Hartman.

• Hartman insisted on auditioning for the role, and "just nailed it" according to Groening.

• West was given the role of Zapp Brannigan and performed an imitation of Hartman.

• Leela was originally assigned to Nicole Sullivan, but she was not available so Sagal was cast.

• Futurama is an animated sitcom about a futuristic world that is set in the year 3000.

• The show is created by Matt Groening, who also created The Simpsons.

• The show is set in the year 3000, and revolves around the adventures of a group of people in a futuristic world.

• The show is produced by The Curiosity Company and 20th Century Fox Television, and is animated by Rough Draft Studios.

• Rough Draft Studios often uses CGI for fast or complex shots, such as the movement of spaceships, explosions, nebulae, large crowds, and snow scenes.

• The opening sequence is entirely rendered in CGI.

• The CGI is rendered at 24 frames per second, which is faster than traditional hand-drawn animation.