Futurama is an American science fiction adult animated sitcom created by Matt Groening that aired on Fox from March 28, 1999, to August 10, 2003, and on Comedy Central from March 23, 2008, to September 4, 2013. The series follows the adventures of slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years and is revived in the 31st century. 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 cancellation by Fox, Futurama began airing reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, which lasted from 2003 to 2007. It was revived that year as four direct-to-video films, the last of which was released in early 2009.
| Genre | Animated sitcom, Science fiction, Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Matt Groening |
| Developed by | Matt Groening, David X. Cohen |
| Voices of | Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Tom, David Herman, Frank Welker |
| Opening theme | "Theme from Futurama" |
| Composer(s) | Christopher Tyng |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 140 |
| Executive producer(s) | Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Ken Keeler |
| Producer(s) | Lewis Morton, J. Stewart Burns, Patric M. Verrone, Jason Grode, Claudia Katz, Brian J. Cowan |
| Editor(s) | Paul D. Calder, Danik Thomas, Chris Vallance |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Rough Draft Studios, The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox Television |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Original network | Fox (1999–2003), Comedy Central (2008–2013) |
| Picture format | 480i (4:3) (1999–2003), 1080i (16:9) (2008–2013) |
| Audio format | Dolby Surround (1999–2008), Dolby Digital 5.1 (2008–2013) |
| Netflix ID | 70153380 |
About Futurama
A pizza guy is frozen in 1999 and is thawed out a thousand years later and engages in sci-fi adventures. The show was created by Matt Groening.
Achievement of Futurama
The series ran for seven seasons and aired a total of 140 episodes. The show originally ran from 1999 to 2003 and was later revived in from 2010 to 2013.
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