Good news, everyone! One of animation’s all-time classics is back, for a fourth go-around.
Since it premiered on Fox in 1999, “Futurama” has established itself as “The Simpsons'” scrappier, too often overlooked, but just as lovable little sibling. The sci-fi cartoon set in the year 2999 comes from the same creator — Matt Groening, who developed the series with David X. Cohen — but never came close to becoming the cultural titan that was and is “The Simpsons.”
Instead, the brainless drones that ran the network canceled “Futurama” in 2003 after four seasons, dooming the acclaimed and Emmy-winning series to a relatively short lifespan. An odd thing happened though; the Planet Express crew kept finding themselves back on our screens. From 2007 to 2009, the show came back as four direct-to-dvd films, reuniting fans with time-displaced Fry, cyclops captain Leela (Katey Segal), and selfish robot Bender (John Dimaggio). Following the films, Comedy Central acquired the series and ordered two new seasons.
Since it premiered on Fox in 1999, “Futurama” has established itself as “The Simpsons'” scrappier, too often overlooked, but just as lovable little sibling. The sci-fi cartoon set in the year 2999 comes from the same creator — Matt Groening, who developed the series with David X. Cohen — but never came close to becoming the cultural titan that was and is “The Simpsons.”
Instead, the brainless drones that ran the network canceled “Futurama” in 2003 after four seasons, dooming the acclaimed and Emmy-winning series to a relatively short lifespan. An odd thing happened though; the Planet Express crew kept finding themselves back on our screens. From 2007 to 2009, the show came back as four direct-to-dvd films, reuniting fans with time-displaced Fry, cyclops captain Leela (Katey Segal), and selfish robot Bender (John Dimaggio). Following the films, Comedy Central acquired the series and ordered two new seasons.
- 8/23/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
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