List of Futurama episodes
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Futurama
is an American
animated
science fiction
sitcom
created by Matt Groening
for the Fox Broadcasting Company
. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City
pizza delivery
boy, Philip J. Fry
, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically
frozen for a thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express delivery company, an interplanetary delivery company in the retrofuturistic
31st-century.
In the United States, the series aired from March 28, 1999 to August 10, 2003 on Fox
before ceasing production. Futurama was then aired in rerun
s on Adult Swim
on Cartoon Network
, from January 2002 to December 2007, when the network's contract expired. It was revived in 2007 as four straight-to-DVD
films; the last of the four 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.
Comedy Central began airing Futurama on January 2, 2008, with new episodes starting on March 23, 2008. On June 9, 2009, 20th Century Fox
announced that Comedy Central will broadcast 26 new half-hour episodes, which began airing on June 24, 2010.
Since its debut on March 28, 1999, Futurama has broadcast 114 episodes. Thirteen episodes from the sixth season
aired in 2010; and thirteen so far in 2011.
The original 72-episode run of Futurama was produced as four seasons; Fox broadcast it out of the intended order, resulting in five aired seasons. This list features the episodes in original production order, as featured on the DVD box sets.
broadcast many episodes of the original four production seasons of Futurama out of order, resulting in five broadcast seasons. This list follows the season box sets, which features the episodes in the original production season order, ignoring order of broadcast.
as sixteen 22-minute episodes and were later released in a 4-disc box set entitled Futurama: The Collected Epics.
. Thirteen of these episodes (known as "Season 6-A",) ending with "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular", were broadcast during 2010 and comprise the seventh broadcast season and fifth DVD/Blu-ray box set. The remaining thirteen episodes, (known as "Season 6-B") began airing on June 23, 2011. These episodes comprise the eighth broadcast season and sixth DVD/Blu-ray box set. Unlike broadcast seasons 6 and 7 (the DVD movies and Season 6-A), broadcast season 8 (Season 6-B) was aired out of production order. The list below is provided in production order.
announced that a seventh season of Futurama will be produced. The new season will consist of 26 episodes, split into two parts consisting of 13 episodes. The first 13 episodes will be known as "Season 7-A" and will air in 2012. The last 13 episodes will be known as "Season 7-B" and will air in 2013.
was released shortly after the airing of the 72nd episode in August 2003. According to David X. Cohen
, the half-hour's worth of cutscene
s in the game were originally written as "the 73rd episode of the original series." These cutscenes were compiled together (along with footage of the video game being played) and released as a bonus feature on the DVD release of The Beast with a Billion Backs. Renamed Futurama: The Lost Adventure, the episode tells of how the Planet Express crew prevented Mom from using Earth to take over the universe. It is rendered with PS2/Xbox
-quality cel-shaded animation
.
Futurama
Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
is an American
Television in the United States
Television is one of the major mass media of the United States. Ninety-nine percent of American households have at least one television and the majority of households have more than one...
animated
Animated cartoon
An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot...
science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
sitcom
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
created by Matt Groening
Matt Groening
Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell as well as two successful television series, The Simpsons and Futurama....
for the Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
pizza delivery
Pizza delivery
Pizza delivery is a service in which a pizzeria delivers a pizza to a customer. Delivery is normally made with an automobile, motor scooter, or bicycle.- Ordering :...
boy, Philip J. Fry
Philip J. Fry
Philip J. Fry, known simply as Fry, is a fictional character, the main protagonist of the animated science fiction sitcom Futurama. He is voiced by Billy West using a version of his own voice as he sounded when he was 25.-Character overview:...
, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically
Cryonics
Cryonics is the low-temperature preservation of humans and animals who can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine, with the hope that healing and resuscitation may be possible in the future. Cryopreservation of people or large animals is not reversible with current technology...
frozen for a thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express delivery company, an interplanetary delivery company in the retrofuturistic
Retro-futurism
Retro-futurism is a trend in the creative arts showing the influence of depictions of the future produced prior to about 1960...
31st-century.
In the United States, the series aired from March 28, 1999 to August 10, 2003 on Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
before ceasing production. Futurama was then aired in rerun
Rerun
A rerun or repeat is a re-airing of an episode of a radio or television broadcast. The invention of the rerun is generally credited to Desi Arnaz. There are two types of reruns—those that occur during a hiatus, and those that occur when a program is syndicated. Reruns can also be, as the...
s on Adult Swim
Adult Swim
Adult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...
on Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
, from January 2002 to December 2007, when the network's contract expired. It was revived in 2007 as four straight-to-DVD
Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
films; the last of the four was released in early 2009. Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
entered into an agreement with 20th Century Fox Television
20th Century Fox Television
20th Century Fox Television is the television production division of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, and a production arm of the Fox Broadcasting Company...
to syndicate the existing episodes and air the films as 16 new, half-hour episodes.
Comedy Central began airing Futurama on January 2, 2008, with new episodes starting on March 23, 2008. On June 9, 2009, 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
announced that Comedy Central will broadcast 26 new half-hour episodes, which began airing on June 24, 2010.
Since its debut on March 28, 1999, Futurama has broadcast 114 episodes. Thirteen episodes from the sixth season
Futurama (season 6)
Futurama sixth production season originally aired on Comedy Central from June 24, 2010 to September 8, 2011 and consisted of 26 episodes. The season marks the change of networks from Fox to Comedy Central.David X...
aired in 2010; and thirteen so far in 2011.
The original 72-episode run of Futurama was produced as four seasons; Fox broadcast it out of the intended order, resulting in five aired seasons. This list features the episodes in original production order, as featured on the DVD box sets.
Series overview
| Season | Home release | Episodes | Originally aired | Home release date | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere Season premiere In North America, a season premiere is the first episode of a new season of a given television show. It often airs in September or October, after several months of reruns.-Evaluating the changes:... |
Season finale Season finale A season finale is the final episode of a season of a television program... |
Network | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | ||||||
Episode list
Fox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
broadcast many episodes of the original four production seasons of Futurama out of order, resulting in five broadcast seasons. This list follows the season box sets, which features the episodes in the original production season order, ignoring order of broadcast.
Season 5 (2008–2009)
The fifth season of Futurama consists of four movies originally released as direct-to-DVD movies. They later aired on Comedy CentralComedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
as sixteen 22-minute episodes and were later released in a 4-disc box set entitled Futurama: The Collected Epics.
Season 6 (2010–2011)
On June 10, 2009, Fox announced that up to twenty-six new episodes will be produced for Comedy CentralComedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
. Thirteen of these episodes (known as "Season 6-A",) ending with "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular", were broadcast during 2010 and comprise the seventh broadcast season and fifth DVD/Blu-ray box set. The remaining thirteen episodes, (known as "Season 6-B") began airing on June 23, 2011. These episodes comprise the eighth broadcast season and sixth DVD/Blu-ray box set. Unlike broadcast seasons 6 and 7 (the DVD movies and Season 6-A), broadcast season 8 (Season 6-B) was aired out of production order. The list below is provided in production order.
Season 7 (2012–2013)
On March 28, 2011, Comedy CentralComedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
announced that a seventh season of Futurama will be produced. The new season will consist of 26 episodes, split into two parts consisting of 13 episodes. The first 13 episodes will be known as "Season 7-A" and will air in 2012. The last 13 episodes will be known as "Season 7-B" and will air in 2013.
Futurama: The Lost Adventure
The Futurama video gameFuturama (video game)
Futurama is a 3D platform game based on the science fiction cartoon series Futurama. Versions are available for the PS2 and Xbox, both of which use cel-shading technology. Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance games were planned for release, though they were cancelled due to a belief that their...
was released shortly after the airing of the 72nd episode in August 2003. According to David X. Cohen
David X. Cohen
David Samuel Cohen , primarily known as David X. Cohen, is an American television writer. He has written for The Simpsons and he is the head writer and executive producer of Futurama.-Early life:...
, the half-hour's worth of cutscene
Cutscene
A cutscene is a sequence in a video game over which the player has no or only limited control, breaking up the gameplay and used to advance the plot, strengthen the main character's development, introduces enemy characters, and provide background information, atmosphere, dialogue, and clues...
s in the game were originally written as "the 73rd episode of the original series." These cutscenes were compiled together (along with footage of the video game being played) and released as a bonus feature on the DVD release of The Beast with a Billion Backs. Renamed Futurama: The Lost Adventure, the episode tells of how the Planet Express crew prevented Mom from using Earth to take over the universe. It is rendered with PS2/Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
-quality cel-shaded animation
Cel-shaded animation
Cel-shaded animation is a type of non-photorealistic rendering designed to make computer graphics appear to be hand-drawn. Cel-shading is often used to mimic the style of a comic book or cartoon. It is a somewhat recent addition to computer graphics, most commonly turning up in video games...
.
External links
- List of Futurama episodes by production order at The Infosphere
- List of Futurama episodes by broadcast order at The Infosphere