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| show_name = Futurama
| image = [[Image:Futurama title screen.jpg|250px|An opening title for ''Futurama'']]
| caption = The opening [[Intertitle|title screen]] for ''Futurama''
| genre = [[Situation comedy|Sitcom]]<br/> [[Comic science fiction]]
| format = [[Animated series]]
| creator = [[Matt Groening]]
| developer = Matt Groening<br/>[[David X. Cohen]]
| voices = [[Billy West]]<br/>[[Katey Sagal]]<br/>[[John DiMaggio]]<br/>[[Phil LaMarr]]<br/>[[Lauren Tom]]<br/>[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br/>[[Tress MacNeille]]<br/>[[David Herman]]<br/>[[Frank Welker]]<br>[[Tom Kenny]]
| theme_music_composer =
| composer = Christopher Tyng
| country = {{USA}}
| language = [[English language|English]]
| num_seasons = 5
| num_episodes = 76 <!-- Number of episodes CURRENTLY PRODUCED, see Template:Infobox Television-->
| list_episodes = List of Futurama episodes
| executive_producer = [[Matt Groening]]<br/>[[David X. Cohen]]<br/>[[Ken Keeler]]
| runtime = 22 minutes approx.
| network = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (1999–2003) <br> [[Comedy Central]] (2008–present)
| first_aired = [[March 28]], [[1999]] – [[August 10]], [[2003]] <br> [[March 23]], [[2008]]
| last_aired = present
| tv_com_id = 249
| imdb_id = 0149460
}}
'''''Futurama''''' is an [[Emmy Award]]-winning [[animated television series|animated]] [[United States|American]] [[sitcom]] created by [[Matt Groening]], and developed by Matt Groening and [[David X. Cohen]] for the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox network]]. The series follows the adventures of a former [[New York City]] [[New York-style pizza|pizza]] delivery boy [[Philip J. Fry]] after he is accidentally [[cryonics|frozen]], seconds after the start of a new millennium, on [[January 1]], [[2000]] and is revived one thousand years in the future.

In the United States, the series aired from [[March 28]], [[1999]] to [[August 10]], [[2003]] on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] before ceasing production. ''Futurama'' was then aired on [[Adult Swim]] on [[Cartoon Network]], from January 2003 to December 2007, when the network's contract expired. The series was revived in 2007 as four straight-to-DVD films that will be split into a sixteen-episode fifth season. [[Comedy Central]] has entered into an agreement with [[20th Century Fox Television]] to syndicate the existing episodes and air the films as new episodes in an episodic format.<ref name=RottenTomatoesMattGroenigClarifiesFuture>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1648183/|title="Groening's Bargain to Yield Four Futurama Movies"|publisher=Reuters|date=[[Jan 28]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-01}}</ref><ref name=reuters>{{cite web|author=Wallenstein, Andrew|url=http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/va/20060622/115104459800.html|title="Futurama" gets new life on Comedy Central|publisher=Reuters|date=[[June 22]] [[2006]]|accessdate=2006-10-08}}</ref> Comedy Central began airing Futurama on [[January 2]], [[2008]],<ref name=ComedyCentralTVSchedule>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_schedule/index.jhtml?seriesId=23961&forever=please|title="Comedy Central TV Schedule"|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> and started with new episodes on [[March 23]], [[2008]].

The name "Futurama" comes from a pavilion at the [[1939 New York World's Fair]]. Designed by [[Norman Bel Geddes]], the [[Futurama (New York World's Fair)|Futurama pavilion]] depicted what he imagined the world to look like in 1959.<ref name="Strange Sounds">{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Timothy Dean |title=Strange Sounds: Music, Technology & Culture |origyear=2001 |isbn=0415936845 |pages=104-105}}</ref>

==cats and cat ladies==
{{See also|List of recurring robot characters from Futurama|List of recurring human characters from Futurama|List of recurring alien characters from Futurama}}
''Futurama'' is essentially a workplace [[sitcom]] whose plot typically revolves around the activities and adventures of the employees of the Planet Express delivery company.<ref name="locus">Cook, Lucius ([[April 26]], [[2004]]). [http://www.locusmag.com/2004/Reviews/04Cook_Futurama.html Hey Sexy Mama, Wanna Kill All Humans?: Looking Backwards at Futurama, The Greatest SF Show You've Never Seen]. ''[[Locus Online]]''. Retrieved on [[January 27]], [[2007]].</ref> Episodes invariably feature the central trio of Fry, Leela, and Bender, though storylines centered on the other main characters are common.

;[[Philip J. Fry]] ([[Billy West]]): Philip J. Fry was a pizza delivery boy who was [[cryonics|frozen]] just after midnight on the early morning of New Year's Day, [[January 1]], [[2000]], reawakening on New Year's Eve, 2999. He gets a job at Planet Express, a company owned by his closest living relative, Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, where he works as a cargo delivery boy. He is, through actions which he takes in the episode "[[Roswell That Ends Well]]", his own grandfather.<ref name="locus" />
;[[Turanga Leela]] ([[Katey Sagal]]): Leela is the competent, [[cyclops|one-eyed]] captain of the [[Planet Express Ship]].<ref name="locus" /> Abandoned at birth, she grew up in an [[Orphanage|Orphanarium]] believing herself to be an [[extraterrestrial life|alien]] from an unknown race. She later learns that she is actually a [[List of recurring non-robot characters from Futurama#Sewer mutants|mutant from the sewers]].<ref name="LeelasHomeworld">{{cite episode| episodelink=Leela's Homeworld| title=Leela's Homeworld| series= Futurama| network=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Network]] | airdate=2002-02-17 | season=4 | number=12}}</ref>
;[[Bender (Futurama)|Bender Bending Rodríguez]] ([[John DiMaggio]]): Bender is a [[profanity|foul-mouthed]], [[Alcoholism|alcoholic]], [[cigar]]-[[Tobacco smoking|smoking]], [[kleptomaniac]]al, [[Misanthropy|misanthropic]], [[egocentrism|egocentric]], ill-tempered, [[pessimism|pessimistic]] [[robot]] originally programmed to bend [[girder]]s for [[suicide booth]]s. He is Fry's best friend and [[roommate]].
;[[Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]], a.k.a. The Professor ([[Billy West]]): Born [[April 9]], 2841, Professor Hubert Farnsworth is Fry's distant nephew.<ref name="ACloneofMyOwn">{{cite episode |title=A Clone of My Own |episodelink=A Clone of My Own |series=Futurama |network=Fox Network |airdate=2000-04-09 |season=2 |number=10 |minutes=3}}</ref> Farnsworth founded Planet Express to fund his [[mad scientist]]-esque experiments and inventions. He clones himself to create a successor, [[Cubert Farnsworth]].
;[[Doctor Zoidberg| Dr. John A. Zoidberg]] ([[Billy West]]): Zoidberg is a [[lobster]]-like alien from the planet [[Decapod 10]], and is the [[neurotic]] and [[self-conscious]] staff [[physician]] of Planet Express. Although he claims to be an expert on humans, his knowledge of human anatomy and physiology is woefully inadequate. Zoidberg is basically penniless and held in contempt by virtually all.
;[[Amy Wong]] ([[Lauren Tom]]): Amy is an incredibly rich, spoiled, blunt-speaking and extremely accident-prone long-term [[intern]] at Planet Express. She is an engineering student at Mars University and heiress to the western hemisphere of [[Mars]]. Born on Mars, she is ethnically [[Han Chinese|Chinese]], prone to frequently cursing in [[Cantonese (linguistics)|Cantonese]], and overuses 31st century slang. Her parents are [[List of recurring human characters from Futurama#Leo and Inez Wong|Leo and Inez]]. Although initially portrayed as somewhat [[promiscuous]], she eventually developed a relationship with [[Kif Kroker]].
;[[Hermes Conrad]] ([[Phil LaMarr]]): Hermes is the [[Jamaica]]n accountant of Planet Express. A [[bureaucrat]] and proud of it, he is a stickler for regulation. Hermes is also a former champion in Olympic Limbo, a sport derived from the [[Limbo (dance)|popular dance]] and similar to the track event of [[hurdling]]. He has a wife, [[List of recurring human characters from Futurama#LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]], and a 12-year-old son, [[List of recurring human characters from Futurama#Dwight Conrad|Dwight]].

==Setting==
[[Image:Futurama - The Future.jpg|thumb|Fry's first glimpse of New New York City]]
''Futurama'' is set at the beginning of the 31st century, in a time filled with technological wonders. Various devices and architecture are similar to the [[Populuxe]] design. [[Global warming]], inflexible [[bureaucracy]], and [[substance abuse]] are a few of the subjects given a 31st century exaggeration in a world where the problems have become both more extreme and more common. In a jab at segregation, for example, the show depicts the human prejudice against [[mutation|mutants]] as being so great that the latter have been forced to live underground in the sewers. The characters' home on Earth is the city of New New York, built over the ruins of present-day [[New York City]], referred to as "Old New York".

Numerous technological advances have been made by the 31st century. The ability to keep heads [[isolated brain|alive in jars]] was invented by [[Ron Popeil]] (who has a guest cameo in "[[A Big Piece of Garbage]]"), and has resulted in many political figures and celebrities being active; this became the writers' excuse to feature and poke fun at celebrities in the show. Curiously, several of the preserved heads shown are those of people who were already dead well before the advent of this technology, one the most prominent examples of this anomaly being [[Richard Nixon]], who died in 1994. The Internet, while being fully immersive and encompassing all senses, even featuring its own digital world (similar to [[Tron (film)|''Tron'']] or [[The Matrix series|''The Matrix'']]), is slow and largely consists of [[pornography]], [[pop-up ad]]s, and "filthy" [[chat room]]s, though some of it is edited to include educational material ostensibly for youth. [[Television]] is still a primary form of entertainment. Self-aware robots are a common sight, as well as being the main cause of global warming thanks to their alcohol-powered systems. [[Wheel|The wheel]] is obsolete (no one but Fry even seems to recognize the design)<ref name="MothersDay">{{cite episode | title=Mother's Day | episodelink=Mother's Day (Futurama) | series=Futurama | network=Fox Network | airdate=2000-05-14 | season=2 | number=14}}</ref> having been forgotten and replaced by hovering vehicles and a network of large, clear [[Pneumatic tube|pneumatic transportation tubes]].

''Futurama'''s setting is a backdrop, and the writers are not above committing [[continuity (fiction)#continuity errors|continuity errors]] if they serve to further the gags. For example, while [[Space Pilot 3000|the pilot episode]] implies that the previous Planet Express crew was killed by a space wasp, the later episode "[[The Sting (Futurama)|The Sting]]" is based on the crew being killed by space bees instead.<ref name="Verrone">[[Patric Verrone|Verrone, Patric M]] (2003), DVD commentary for "[[The Sting (Futurama)|The Sting]]", ''Futurama''. Original airdate [[June 1]], [[2003]]. No. 12, Season 4. 20th Century Fox.</ref> The world of tomorrow is used to highlight and lampoon issues of today and to parody the science fiction genre.<ref name="CohenSP3000">{{cite video| people=Cohen, David X |year=2003|title=Futurama season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "Space Pilot 3000"| medium=DVD||publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>

===Society and culture===
Earth is depicted as being multicultural to the extent that there are a wide range of human, robot, and extraterrestrial beings shown in the series who interact with the primary characters. In some ways the future is depicted as being more socially advanced than Fry's, and thus the audience's, reality. The future is often shown, though, to have many of the same types of problems, challenges, mistakes and prejudices of the past. Robots make up the largest "minority" in the series. They are often treated like second-class citizens,<ref name="MothersDay" /> while a few are depicted as wealthy members of the upper-class. Most robots are self-aware and have been granted freedom and free-will. However, at times of crisis, robots may have their free-will removed by having their "patriotism circuits" activated, forcing them to serve humans or to serve in the military in times of war.<ref>{{cite episode | title=When Aliens Attack | episodelink=When Aliens Attack | series=Futurama | network=Fox Network | airdate=1999-11-07 | season=1 | number=12}}</ref> Many robots live in apartments specially constructed for robots, with rooms the size of a typical coat closet and closets the size of typical rooms.<ref name="XMasStory">{{cite episode | title=I, Roommate | episodelink=I, Roommate | series=Futurama | network=Fox Network | airdate=1999-04-06 | season=2 | number=4}}</ref> Sewer mutants are mutated humans who live in the sewers by law. They hold [[urban legend]] status and are regarded as fictional by some members of the public.

Religion is still a prominent part of society, although the dominant religions have evolved. A merger between the [[major religious groups]] of the 20th century has resulted in the First Amalgamated Church,<ref name="Gospel">{{cite book |last=Pinsky |first=Mark |title=The Gospel According to the Simpsons. Bigger and possibly even Better! edition |origyear=2003 |isbn=978-0-664-23265-8 |pages=229-235}}</ref> while [[Voodoo]] is now mainstream. New religions include [[Oprah Winfrey|Oprahism]], [[Robotology]], and the banned religion of [[Trekkie|''Star Trek'' fandom]]. Religious figures in the series include [[List of recurring human characters from Futurama#Father Changstein-El-Gamal|Father Changstein-El-Gamal]], the [[Robot Devil]], [[List of recurring robot characters from Futurama#Reverend Preacherbot|Reverend Preacherbot]] and passing references to [[List of recurring alien characters from Futurama#The Space Pope|The Space Pope]]. While very few episodes focus exclusively on the religious changes in the ''Futurama'' universe they do cover a wide variety of subjects including predestination, prayer, the nature of salvation, and religious conversion.<ref name="Gospel" />

[[Image:Earth Flag.svg|thumb|Earthican flag, "Ol' Freebie"]]
Earth has a [[United States of Earth|unified government]], headed by the President of Earth (from season 2 onwards being [[List of recurring human characters from Futurama|Richard Nixon's head]]). Earth's capital is [[Washington, D.C.]], and the flag of Earth is similar in design to the [[flag of the United States]], with planet Earth displayed in place of the fifty stars.

The ''Democratic Order Of Planets'' (D.O.O.P.) is the fictional organization in the ''Futurama'' universe which has been compared to both the [[United Nations]] and to the [[United Federation of Planets]] of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe.<ref>{{cite episode | title=Love's Labours Lost in Space | episodelink=Love's Labours Lost in Space | series=Futurama | network=Fox Network | airdate=1999-04-13 | season=1 | number=4}}</ref> Numerous other [[galaxy|galaxies]] have been colonized or have made contact by the year 3000. Mars has been [[terraforming|terraformed]] and is home to [[Mars University]].

The heads of the past presidents from [[George Washington]] to [[Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton]] and many famous people and infamous people from our era are placed in jars. These heads are displayed in the National Head Museum. They are fed food in a similar way to fish.

===Linguistics===
[[Image:Alien decoder.png|left|thumb|200px|Alien Language 1 and its equivalent [[Latin alphabet|Latin characters]].]]
There are two alternative alphabets that appear often in the background, usually in the forms of [[graffiti]], advertisements or warning labels. Nearly all messages using alternative scripts translate directly into English. The first alphabet consists of abstract characters and is referred to as Alienese,<ref name="LeelasHomeworld" /> a simple [[substitution cipher]] from the [[Latin alphabet]].<ref name="AlienAlphabet1">{{cite web| url=http://www.omniglot.com/writing/futurama.htm|title=Omniglot|accessdate=2006-06-13}}</ref> The second alphabet<!--Commented out pending citation, we currently have no firm reference that the second alien language is in fact 'Beta Crypt III':, Beta Crypt III<ref name="LeelasHomeworld" />--> uses a more complex [[modulo|modular]] addition code, where the "next letter is given by the summation of all previous letters plus the current letter".<ref name="TheDaytheEarthStoodStupid">{{cite episode| episodelink=The Day the Earth Stood Stupid| title=The Day the Earth Stood Stupid| series= Futurama| minutes=[[Audio Commentary]] 11}}</ref> They often provide additional jokes for fans dedicated enough to decode the messages.<ref name="CohenSP3000" /> Aside from these alphabets, most of the displayed wording on the show uses the Latin alphabet.

Several English expressions have evolved since the present day. For example, the word ''[[Christmas]]'' has been replaced with ''[[Xmas]]'' and the word ''[[wikt:ask|ask]]'' with ''aks'' (pronounced ''axe''). According to David X. Cohen it is a running joke in the series that the [[French language]] is [[extinct language|extinct]] in the ''Futurama'' universe, much like [[Latin]] is in the present.<ref name="SpacePilot3000">{{cite episode |title=Space Pilot 3000 |episodelink=Space Pilot 3000 |series=Futurama |network=Fox Network |airdate=1999-03-28 |season=1 |number=01 |minutes=[[Audio commentary]] 20}}</ref> In the French dubbing of the show, [[German language|German]] is used as the extinct language instead.

==Humor==
[[Image:Logo 30th century fox.jpg|thumb|''Futurama'''s original spoof closing logo for [[20th Century Fox|"30th Century Fox"]].]]
Although the series utilized a wide range of styles of humor, including [[self-deprecation]], [[black comedy]], [[off-color humor]], [[slapstick]], and [[surreal humor]], its primary source of comedy was its [[Satire|satirical]] depiction of everyday life in the future, and its [[parody|parodical]] comparisons to the present.<ref name="locus" /> Matt Groening notes that from the show's conception, his goal was to take what was on the surface a goofy comedy and show that underneath were "legitimate literary science fiction concepts".<ref name="tvsquad">Keller, Joel ([[January 31]], [[2007]]). [http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/31/matt-groening-talks-about-futuramas-comeback/ Matt Groening talks about Futurama's comeback]. [[TV Squad]]. Retrieved [[February 1]], [[2007]].</ref> The series contrasted "[[low culture]]" and "[[high culture]]" comedy; for example, Bender's [[catchphrase]] is the insult "Bite my shiny metal [[arse|ass]]", while his most terrifying nightmare is a vision of a [[Arabic alphabet#Numerals|number]] ''2'', a joke referencing the [[binary numeral system]].<ref name="locus"/>

The series developed a [[Cult television|cult following]] partially due to the large number of [[in-joke]]s, most of which were aimed at "[[nerd]]s".<ref name="locus"/> In [[Audio commentary|commentary]] on the [[DVD]] releases, David X. Cohen points out and sometimes explains his "nerdiest joke[s]".<ref name="ragingnerd">{{cite episode | title=Raging Bender | episodelink=Raging Bender | series=Futurama | network=Fox Network | airdate=2000-02-27 | season=2 | number=8}}</ref> These jokes included [[mathematical joke]]s, such as "[[Loews Cineplex Entertainment|Loew's]] <math>\aleph_0</math>-plex" ([[aleph number|aleph-null]]-plex) movie theater,<ref name="ragingnerd"/> as well as various forms of science humor. For example, Professor Farnsworth complains that judges of a [[Photo finish|quantum finish]] "''changed the outcome by measuring it''", a reference to the [[Observer effect#Use in science|observer effect]] in [[quantum mechanics]].<ref>{{cite episode | title=The Luck of the Fryish | episodelink=The Luck of the Fryish | series=Futurama | network=Fox Network | airdate=2001-03-11 | season=3 | number=4}}</ref> Over its run, the series passed references to [[quantum chromodynamics]] (the appearance of [[Strong interaction|Strong Force]]-brand [[glue]]),<ref>{{cite episode | title=The 30% Iron Chef | episodelink=The 30% Iron Chef | series=Futurama | network=Fox Network | airdate=2002-04-14 | season=3 | number=22}}</ref> [[computer science]] (two large books in a closet labeled [[P = NP problem|''P'' and ''NP'']] respectively),<ref>{{cite episode | title=Put Your Head on My Shoulders | episodelink=Put Your Head on My Shoulders | series=Futurama | network=Fox Network | airdate=2000-02-13 | season=2 | number=7}}</ref> [[electronics]] and [[genetics]] (a mention of Bender's "[[RNA|robo-, or ''R''NA]]").<ref>{{cite episode | title=Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles | episodelink=Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles | series=Futurama | network=Fox Network | airdate=2003-03-30 | season=4 | number=9}}</ref> The show often featured subtle references to classic [[science fiction]], most often ''Star Trek'' - many soundbites are used in the series as [[homage]]<ref name="locus"/> - but also others, such as the reference to the origin of the word ''[[robot]]'' made in the existence of a robot-dominated planet named [[Karel Čapek|Chapek]] 9,<ref>{{cite episode | title=Fear of a Bot Planet | episodelink=Fear of a Bot Planet | series=Futurama | network=Fox Network | airdate=1999-04-20 | season=1 | number=5}}</ref> or the black rectangular monolith labeled "Out of Order" in orbit around Jupiter (a reference to [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s ''[[3001: The Final Odyssey|3001: The Final Odyssey]]'').<ref>{{cite episode | title=Put Your Head On My Shoulders | episodelink=Put Your Head On My Shoulders | series=Futurama | network=Fox Network | airdate=1999-04-20 | season=2 | number=10}}</ref> Bender and Fry sometimes watch a television show called ''The Scary Door'', a humorous [[pastiche]] of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''. Also, the sewer Mutants from New New York worship a nuclear warhead, in reference to the film ''[[Beneath the Planet of the Apes]]''.

===Opening sequence===
Much like the [[The Simpsons opening sequence|opening sequence in ''The Simpsons'']] with its [[Chalkboard gag|chalkboard]], [[Sax solo gag|sax solo]] and [[couch gag]]s, ''Futurama'' has a distinctive opening sequence featuring minor gags. As the show begins, the word "Futurama" is displayed across the screen along with a joke disclaimer such as "Painstakingly drawn before a live studio audience", "Presented in Doublevision (Where Drunk)", "Condemned by the Space Pope", "Filmed on location", or "Dancing Space Potatoes? YOU BET!"<ref name="Azrai">{{cite web|title=Farewell to the funny future|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-14221036_ITM|author=Azrai, Ahmad|date=[[2004-10-31]]|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref> After flying through downtown New New York and past various recurring characters, the Planet Express Ship crashes into a large screen showing a short clip from a classic cartoon. These have included clips from ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' shorts, cartoons produced by [[Max Fleischer]], a short section of ''The Simpsons'' from a [[Tracy Ullman]] episode,<ref name="FlikrSlideshow">{{cite web| title='Flickr Slideshow' |url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/nachop/sets/450093/show/ |accessyear=2007}}</ref> and its own opening sequence in ''[[The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]''.

The ''Futurama'' theme song was written by [[Christopher Tyng]], and is based on the song "Psyché Rock" by [[Pierre Henry]].<ref>{{cite web| title=BBC-Music Profiles-Pierre Henry| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artist/w84h/| accessdate = 2007-10-09}}</ref> The theme is played on the [[tubular bell]]s but is occasionally remixed for use in specific episodes including a version by [[The Beastie Boys]] used for the episode "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]" in which they guest starred.<ref name="Azrai" />

==Production==
[[Image:Davidcohenatcomiccon.jpg|thumb|[[David X. Cohen]] with [[Matt Groening]] at the ''Futurama'' panel of [[Comic-Con]] 2007.]]
:''See [[List of Futurama episodes]].''
Matt Groening began thinking of ''Futurama'' in the mid-1990s. In 1997, he enlisted the help of [[David X. Cohen]], then a ''Simpsons'' writer and producer, to assist in developing the show. The two then spent time researching science fiction books, television shows, and films of the past. By the time they pitched the series to Fox in April 1998, Groening and Cohen had composed many characters and story lines. During that first meeting, Fox ordered thirteen episodes. Shortly after, however, Groening and Fox executives argued over whether the network would have any creative input into the show.<ref name="Needham">{{cite news|first=Alex|last=Needham|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000824051707/www.frcr.com/library/the_face1.html|title=Nice Planet...We'll Take It!|date=October 1999|accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref> With ''The Simpsons'' the network has no input.<ref name="Snierson">{{cite news |first=Dan|last=Snierson|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000824042829/www.frcr.com/library/ew_online1.html|title=Space Case|publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=1999-03-26|accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref> Groening explains, "When they tried to give me notes on ''Futurama'', I just said: 'No, we're going to do this just the way we did ''Simpsons''.' And they said, 'Well, we don't do business that way anymore.' And I said, 'Oh, well, that's the only way I do business.'"<ref name="Mr. Showbiz">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000824051817/www.frcr.com/library/mrshowbiz1.html|title=Groening Bites the Hand that Feeds|publisher=Mr. Showbiz|date=1999-04-08|accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref> After negotiations, he got the same independence with ''Futurama''.

===Production process===
It takes six to nine months to make an episode of ''Futurama''.<ref name="Saunders">{{cite news|first=Dusty|last=Saunders|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000824051917/www.frcr.com/library/denver1.html|title=Fox's far-out Futurama looks like a hit|publisher=[[Denver Rocky Mountain News]]|date=1999-03-25|accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref><ref name="SciFiWeekly2" /> This long production time meant many episodes were worked on simultaneously.<ref name="GroeningChat">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000929144303/frcr.com/library/april6_matt_g_chat.html|title=Online Chat with Matt Groening|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|date=1999-04-06|accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref>

Each episode began with the writers discussing the story in a group. Then a single staff writer wrote an outline and then a script. Once the first draft was finished, the writers and executive producers got together with the actors to do a table read.<ref name="Needham" /> After this script reading, the writers rewrote the script as a group before eventually sending it to animation.<ref name="DXC Interview">{{cite web |url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Articles/DavidInterview/DavidXCohenInterview.dhtml|title=David X Cohen interview with GotFuturama.com|accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref> At this point the voice recording was also started and the script is out of the writers' hands.<ref name="SciFiWeekly2" />

The animation in ''Futurama'' was done by [[Rough Draft Studios]], which Groening insisted be used. Rough Draft receives the completed script of an episode and [[storyboard]]s it into over 100 drawings. Then they create a pencil-drawn [[animatic]] with 1000 frames. From there, Rough Draft's sister studio in Korea puts together the 30,000-frame finished episode. The show was also sometimes animated overseas by [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha]].<ref name="Needham" />

===CGI===
[[Image:FuturamaExplosionCGI.jpg|thumb|Computer generated explosion in Futurama.]]
In addition to traditional cartoon drawing, Rough Draft Studios often uses [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] for the fast or complex shots such as during the movement of spaceships, explosions, nebulae, and snow scenes among others. Most of the opening credits are rendered in CGI. The CGI is rendered at 24 [[fps]] (opposed to hand-drawn at 12 fps) and the lack of [[Digital artifact|artifacts]] makes the animation appear very smooth and fluid. CGI characters look slightly different due to spatially "cheating" hand-drawn characters by drawing slightly out of proportion or off-perspective features to emphasize traits of the face or body, improving legibility of an expression. [[PowerAnimator]] is used to draw the comic-like CGI.<ref name="Scott Vanzo">{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/cgi-bin/Futurama/1-000562/|title=Scott Vanzo of Rough Draft Studios e-mail response|accessdate=2001-06-20}}</ref>

===Broadcast===
When it came to deciding when the show would air, Groening and Cohen wanted ''Futurama'' to be shown at 8:30 Sunday nights, following ''The Simpsons''. The network disagreed, opting instead to show two episodes in the Sunday night lineup before moving the show to its regular time slot on Tuesday.<ref name="Radio Times">{{cite news |first=Andrew|last=Duncan|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000824042839/www.frcr.com/library/radio_times1.html|title=Matt Groening Interview with Radio Times|publisher=Radio Times|date=1999-09-24|accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref> Beginning its second broadcast season ''Futurama'' was again placed in the 8:30 Sunday spot,<ref name="Villanueva">{{cite news |first=Annabelle|last=Villanueva|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000929143556/frcr.com/library/cinescape1.html|title=Fall TV Preview: Tricks and Treats|publisher=Cinescape|date=September-October 1999|accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref> but by mid-season the show was moved again. This time ''Futurama'' began airing in the 7:00 p.m. Sunday timeslot, its third position in under a year.<ref name="Winer">{{cite news |first=Adam|last=Winer|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000824051659/www.frcr.com/library/ew_online3.html|title=Futurama Shock|publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=1999-12-09|accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref>

Due to the 7:00 p.m. Sunday timeslot, the show was often pre-empted by sports and usually had a later than average season premiere. It also allowed the writers and animators to get ahead of the broadcast schedule so that episodes intended for one season were not aired until the following season. By the beginning of the fourth broadcast season all the episodes to be aired that season had already been completed and writers were working at least a year in advance.<ref name="SciFiWeekly2">{{cite web |url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/interviews/sfw7897.html |title="David X. Cohen boards the Planet Express to find meaning in Futurama" |publisher=Sci Fi Weekly|date=[[December 17]] [[2001]]|accessdate=2007-06-18 |format= |work= }}</ref>

===Ratings===
When ''Futurama'' debuted in the Fox Sunday night line-up at 8:30 p.m. between ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[The X-Files]]'' on [[March 28]], [[1999]], it managed 19 million viewers, tying for 11th overall in that week's [[Nielsen Ratings]].<ref name="Bauder">{{cite news |first=David|last=Bauder|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_19990401/ai_n10507292|title=New animated show `Futurama' may be a score for Fox|publisher=[[The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|date=1999-04-01|accessdate=2007-03-17}}</ref> The following week, airing at the same time, ''Futurama'' drew 14.2 million viewers. The show was then moved to Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. ''Futurama'''s first episode airing on Tuesday drew 8.85 million viewers.<ref name="DailyTV">{{cite web |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000824051808/www.frcr.com/library/dailytv1.html|title=Groening's Gripe|date=April 1999|accessdate=2007-03-17}}</ref> Though its ratings were well below ''The Simpsons'', the first season of ''Futurama'' rated higher than competing animated series: ''[[King of the Hill]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[Dilbert (TV series)|Dilbert]]'', ''[[South Park]]'' and ''[[The PJs]]''.<ref name="Sterngold">{{cite news |first=James|last=Sterngold|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000824051735/www.frcr.com/library/new_york_times1.html|title=Futurama: Bringing an Alien and a Robot to TV Life|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=1999-07-22|accessdate=2007-03-17}}</ref>

When ''Futurama'' was effectively cancelled in 2003, it had averaged 6.4 million viewers for the first half of its fourth broadcast season.<ref name="MLMag">{{cite web|url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2002/feb02/feb11/4_thurs/news7thursday.html|title= Fox puts 'Futurama' order on hold|date=2002-02-14|accessdate=2007-03-17}}</ref>

===Cancellation===
By the fourth season, ''Futurama'' was being aired erratically.<ref name="FoxDropEpisodes">{{cite web| url = http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=11499| title = UPDATE UPDATED!! FUTURAMA Thing of the Past?? Or What??| work = [[Ain't It Cool News]]| date = [[February 12]], [[2002]]| accessdate=2006-06-14}}</ref> In the last episode of Season 4, it was parodied in the opening sequence with a picture of Fry, Leela, and Bender, captioned "See You On Some Other Channel." Its time slot was regularly pre-empted by sports events, making it difficult to predict when new episodes would air. Fox also had not aired several episodes that had been produced for seasons three and four. Although ''Futurama'' was never officially canceled, midway through the production of the fourth season, Fox decided to let it go out of production and told the writers and animators to look for new jobs.

Fox's decision to stop buying episodes of ''Futurama'' led Rough Draft Studios, the animation producers, to fire its animators.<ref name="FoxStopBuy">{{cite web| url = http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271%7C73838%7C1%7C,00.html| title = Fox Says 'No' to 'Futurama'| work = Zap2it| date = [[February 12]], [[2002]] | accessdate=2006-06-14}}</ref> ''Futurama'' was not included in Fox's fall 2003 lineup.<ref name="FuturamaCancelled">{{cite web| url = http://www.gotfuturama.com/Futurama/News/1053009995,66450,/| title = Remeber Me after my Death!| work = Can't Get Enough Futurama| date = [[May 15]], [[2003]]| accessdate=2006-06-12}}{{sic}}</ref>

In [[January 2003]], [[Cartoon Network]] began airing ''Futurama'' episodes as the centerpiece to the expansion of their [[Adult Swim]] cartoon block.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.turnerinfo.com/programinfoitem.aspx?P=CARTOON&CID01=f1f70fce-1735-493e-bdeb-7f2755eb5c8c&CID02=f1f70fce-1735-493e-bdeb-7f2755eb5c8c| title = Adult Swim| work = [[Cartoon Network]] Pressroom| date = | accessdate=2007-05-19}}</ref> In October 2005, [[Comedy Central]] picked up the exclusive cable syndication rights to air ''Futurama''{{'}}s 72-episode run at the start of 2008, following the expiration of Cartoon Network's contract. It was cited as the largest and most expensive acquisition in the network's history. It is currently airing every night, followed by [[South Park]].<ref name=variety>{{cite web|author=Dempsey, John |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117931802?categoryid=14&cs=1| title="Futurama" in Comedy Central's future via big deal|publisher=Variety|date=[[October 27]] [[2005]]|accessdate=2005-10-27}}</ref> A recent Comedy Central teaser trailer announced the return of Futurama March 23, 2008,
<ref name="FoxStopProduction">{{cite web| url = http://web.archive.org/web/20030419181300/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/02021902.shtml| title = Silver screen Simpsons, Futurama facing finish?| work = [[BBC News]]| date = [[January 19]], [[2002]]| accessdate = 2006-06-14}}</ref> which will be [[Bender's Big Score]] divided into four episodes followed by the other three movies.

On the UK networks, ''Futurama'' is aired on [[Sky One]] - Weekdays at 4:30pm and 6:00pm and on weekends from 11:00am - 2:00pm

===Future and DVD movies===
When Comedy Central began negotiating for the rights to air ''Futurama'' reruns, Fox suggested that there was a possibility of also creating new episodes. Negotiations were already being made with the possibility of creating two or three [[straight-to-DVD]] films. When Comedy Central committed to sixteen new episodes, it was decided that four films would be produced.<ref name="Katz">{{cite interview |last=Katz |first=Claudia |subjectlink= Claudia Katz |interviewer= Evan Jacobs|title=EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Claudia Katz on Futurama the Movie: Bender's Big Score |url=http://www.movieweb.com/dvd/news/03/23203.php |date= [[2007-11-16]] |accessdate=2007-11-29}}</ref> On [[April 26]], [[2006]], Groening noted in an interview that co-creator David X. Cohen and numerous writers from the original series would be returning to work on the movies.<ref name="DVDMovieAnnounced">{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/47771/1|title=Matt Groening|accessdate=2006-06-14}}</ref> All the original voice actors still take part in the series. In February 2007, Groening explained the format of the new stories: "[The crew is] writing them as movies and then we're going to chop them up, reconfigure them, write new material and try to make them work as separate episodes."<ref>{{cite web | last=Staff Writer | date=[[February 26]], [[2007]] | title=Rhymes with Raining | work=Crave Online | url=http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04647510/rhymes_with_raining.html | accessdate=2007-03-25}}</ref>

The first movie, ''[[Futurama: Bender's Big Score]]'', is written by [[Ken Keeler]] and Cohen, and includes return appearances by the [[Nibblonians]], Seymour, Barbados Slim, [[List of recurring robot characters from Futurama#Robot Santa|Robot Santa]], [[Godfellas|the "God" space entity]], [[List of recurring human characters from Futurama#Al Gore|Al Gore]], and [[Zapp Brannigan]].<ref name="AIC-BendersBigScore">{{cite web|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=24076|title=Ain't It Cool News: "Ben Sinister Has Read The New FUTURAMA 'Movie'!!"|accessdate=2006-09-18}}</ref> It was animated in widescreen and was released on standard DVD on [[November 27]], [[2007]], with a [[Blu ray|Blu-ray disc]] release to follow.<ref name="TVBlogger">{{cite web
|url=http://www.tvblogger.org/2007/07/comic-con-futurama-is-clear.html
|title=Comic-Con: The 'Futurama' is Clear'
|publisher=tvblogger.org
|accessdate=2007-07-29}}</ref>
''Futurama: Bender's Big Score'' was the first DVD release for which 20th Century Fox implemented measures intended to reduce the total carbon footprint of the production, manufacturing and distribution processes. Where it was not possible to completely eliminate carbon output [[carbon offsets]] were used. They refer to the changed processes as "[[carbon neutral]]".<ref name="2Snaps">{{cite web|url=http://www.2snaps.tv/9812689| title=“Futurama” Feature Length Movie DVD Specs| date=[[2007-11-14]]| accessdate=2007-11-19}}</ref>

According to [[Rich Moore]] the titles of the other three movies are ''[[Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs|The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'', ''[[Futurama: Bender's Game|Bender's Game]]'', and ''[[Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder|Into the Wild Green Yonder]]''.<ref>{{cite web | first=Alex | last=Vo | date=[[2007-07-30]] | accessdate=2008-01-05 | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/futurama_monster_robot_maniac_fun_collection/news/1657186/1.php | title=Comic-Con Premieres New Futurama Footage; Plus, We Interview Futurama's Rich Moore. | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref>

==References to Futurama in popular culture==
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''Futurama'' is referenced numerous times in Groening's first series ''The Simpsons''. [[Squeaky Voiced Teen]] is once seen attempting suicide, jumping off a cliff screaming "Why did they cancel ''Futurama''?".<ref>{{cite episode | title=Fraudcast News | episodelink=Fraudcast News | series=[[The Simpsons]]| network=Fox Network | airdate=2004-05-23 | season=15 | number=22}}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{cite web| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407E1D9123FF930A15756C0A9629C8B63| title= TELEVISION: THE EPISODE; The Season Finale That Isn't a Season Finale| author=Robert Levine| date=[[2004-05-23]]| accessdate=2007-09-18}}</ref> Bender has also had numerous cameos,<ref>{{cite episode | title=Missionary: Impossible | episodelink=Missionary: Impossible | series=The Simpsons | network=Fox Network | airdate=2000-02-20 | season=11 | number=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode | title=Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade | episodelink=Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade | series=The Simpsons | network=Fox Network | airdate=2002-11-17 | season=14 | number=4}}</ref> the most notable in [[Future-Drama|an episode named in reference to ''Futurama'']].<ref>{{cite episode | title=Future-Drama | episodelink=Future-Drama | series=The Simpsons | network=Fox Network | airdate=2005-04-17 | season=16 | number=15}}</ref> Fry has also appeared in ''The Simpsons'', during a [[couch gag]].<ref>{{cite episode | title=HOMЯ | episodelink=HOMR | series=The Simpsons | network=Fox Network | airdate=2001-01-07 | season=12 | number=9}}</ref> In addition, when [[Matt Groening]] appeared on the episode of ''The Simpsons'' entitled "[[My Big Fat Geek Wedding]]," he was identified as the creator of ''Futurama'', as ''The Simpsons'' does not exist as a television program in its own continuity. Also in the Simpsons episode ''That 90's Show'' Homer says to Bart and Lisa ''A struggling Matt Groening created Futurama''.

In ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'', [[Al Gore]] uses a scene from the episode "[[Crimes of the Hot]]" during his initial explanation of [[global warming]].<ref name="ireland">{{cite web|url=http://www.ireland.com/theticket/articles/2006/0915/1158001563481.html |title=YOU GO, GORE |publisher=The Irish Times |date=[[September 15]] [[2006]] |accessdate=2007-06-24 }}</ref> The ''Futurama'' cast and crew also made an animated promo titled "A Terrifying Message From Al Gore", featuring Gore and Bender. Al Gore is a recurring guest star in ''Futurama'', his daughter [[Kristin Gore|Kristin Gore Cusack]] being a regular writer and story editor, and he has said that ''Futurama'' is his favorite show. The promo is included on the DVD release of ''[[Futurama: Bender's Big Score]]''.<ref name="UGO">{{cite web | url = http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=18018&sectionId=25| title = Futurama : Bender's Big Score Review| last = Tarnoff | first = Brooke | accessdate = 2007-11-16 }}</ref>

In an episode of ''[[The PJs]]'', Fry's face can be seen on a [[milk carton]] as a missing person, referencing Fry's disappearance after being frozen. This was an act of reciprocation for an advertisement of ''The PJs'' etched into a manhole cover in the ''Futurama'' episode "[[I Second That Emotion (Futurama)|I Second That Emotion]]".<ref name="ISecondThatEmotion">{{cite episode| episodelink=I Second That Emotion (Futurama)| title=I Second That Emotion| series= Futurama| network=Fox Network| minutes=[[Audio Commentary]] 13}} "They reciprocated, actually, by putting Fry on the side of a milk carton in ''The PJs'' as a lost person."</ref>

The [[Fry and the Slurm Factory|Slurm]] logo, a popular beverage in ''Futurama'', can be seen on a vending machine being thrown by the [[Young Avengers]]' [[Hulkling]].<ref>''Young Avengers Special'' #1</ref>

The Planet Express Ship appears in the [[Dark Horse Comics]] miniseries ''Outer Orbit'', and the theme from ''Futurama'' was heard in the background of a scene on the moon in ''[[The Adventures of Pluto Nash]]''. Also, in [[Alan Moore]]'s "[[Top 10 (comic book)|Top Ten]]" (issue 11), a discolored Fry, Leela, and Bender can be seen in the background of one of the frames.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://ratmmjess.tripod.com/topten11.html| title=Notes to Top Ten #11| author=Nevins, Jess| date=2001-10-29| access date=2007-07-12}}</ref>

A droid with the name "Probulator" appears in the [[Lucas Arts]]/[[Sony Online Entertainment]] online game ''[[Star Wars: Galaxies]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://swg.allakhazam.com/db/bestiary.html?swgbeast=5227| title=Probulator| author=Allakhazam, Star Wars: Galaxies| date=2006-06-13| access date=2008-03-02}}</ref>

In the ''[[Family Guy]]'' ''Star Wars'' special ''[[Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest]]'', Bender can be seen in the background drinking in the [[Mos Eisley]] Canteena.<ref>''Family Guy Present Blue Harvest''</ref>

In an episode of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' entitled "Bible Fruit" the characters of [[Frylock]], [[Meatwad]] and [[Master Shake]] have a discussion about watching Futurama. <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25c39218cb70d50118cc9528240003| title=ATHF| author=Aqua Teen Hunger Force| date=2008-03-21| access date=2008-03-24}}</ref>

"Turangalîla-Symphonie" is the name of a composition by musician Olivier Messaien, written in 1946-1948. Leela's given name is Turanga Leela.

==Awards==
{| style="width: 100%"
! style="text-align: left" | <big>'''Wins'''</big><ref name="FuturamaAwards">{{cite web|url=http://gist.imdb.com/title/tt0149460/awards|title=Awards for "Futurama" (1999)|accessdate=2006-06-12}}</ref>
! style="text-align: left" colspan="2" | <big>'''Nominations'''</big><ref name="FuturamaAwards"/>
|-
| style="vertical-align: top; width: 33%; font-size: x-small" | <span style="font-size: small">'''[[Annie Awards]]:'''</span>
* Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television Production
** 2000 &mdash; ''Brian Sheesley'' for episode "[[Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?]]"
* Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production
** 2001 &mdash; ''[[John Di Maggio]]'' as [[Bender (Futurama)|Bender]] for episode "[[Bendless Love]]"
* Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production
** 2001 &mdash; ''Ron Weiner'' for episode "[[Luck of the Fryrish]]"<ref>[http://www.annieawards.com/29thannieawardwinners.htm 29th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners]</ref>
* Outstanding Directing in an Animated Television Production
** 2003 &mdash; ''Rich Moore'' for episode "[[Roswell That Ends Well]]"

<span style="font-size: small">'''[[Emmy Awards]]:'''</span>
* Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation
** 2000 &mdash; ''Bari Kumar'' (color stylist) for episode "[[A Bicyclops Built for Two]]"
** 2001 &mdash; ''Rodney Clouden'' ([[storyboard artist]]) for episode "[[Parasites Lost]]"
* Outstanding Animated Program
** 2002 &mdash; "Roswell That Ends Well"

<span style="font-size: small">'''[[Environmental Media Awards]]:'''</span>
* Comedy &mdash; TV Episodic
** 2000 &mdash; "[[The Problem with Popplers]]"

<span style="font-size: small">'''[[Writers Guild of America Award]]:'''</span>
* Animation
** 2003 &mdash; ''[[Ken Keeler]]'' for episode "[[Godfellas]]".

| style="vertical-align: top; width: 34%; font-size: x-small" | <span style="font-size: small">'''[[Annie Awards]]:'''</span>
* Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Program
** 1999 &mdash; Futurama. ''The Curiosity Company'' in association with ''20th Century Fox Television''
* Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production
** 1999 &mdash; ''[[Ken Keeler]]'' for episode "[[The Series Has Landed]]"
* Outstanding Achievement in a Primetime or Late Night Animated Television Program
** 2000 &mdash; Futurama. ''The Curiosity Company'' in association with ''20th Century Fox Television''
* Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television Production
** 2000 &mdash; ''[[Susie Dietter]]'' for episode "[[A Bicyclops Built for Two]]".
* Outstanding Achievement in a Primetime or Late Night Animated Television Production
** 2001 &mdash; Futurama. ''The Curiosity Company'' in association with ''20th Century Fox Television''
* Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production
** 2003 &mdash; Futurama. ''The Curiosity Company'' in association with ''20th Century Fox Television''
* Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Production
** 2004 &mdash; ''[[Ken Keeler]]'' for episode "[[The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings]]"
* Outstanding Writing in an Animated Television Production
** 2004 &mdash; ''Patric Verrone'' for episode "[[The Sting (Futurama)|The Sting]]".

| style="vertical-align: top; width: 33%; font-size: x-small" | <span style="font-size: small">'''[[Emmy Awards]]:'''</span>
* Outstanding Animated Program
** 1999 &mdash; "[[A Big Piece of Garbage]]"
** 2001 &mdash; "[[Amazon Women in the Mood]]"
** 2003 &mdash; "[[Jurassic Bark]]"
** 2004 &mdash; "[[The Sting (Futurama)|The Sting]]"
* Outstanding Music and Lyrics
** 2004 &mdash; The song "I Want My Hands Back" for episode "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings"

<span style="font-size: small">'''[[Nebula Award]]:'''</span>
* Best Script
** 2004 &mdash; ''[[David A. Goodman]]'' for episode "[[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]"

<span style="font-size: small">'''Writers Guild of America Award:'''</span>
* Animation
** 2004 &mdash; ''Patric Verrone'' for episode "The Sting"
|}

==DVD releases==
===Full season releases===
[[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] released all 4 seasons of ''Futurama'' on DVD in order:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2" | DVD Name !! rowspan="2" | Ep # !! colspan="3" | Release dates !! rowspan="2" | Additional Features
|-
! [[DVD region code|Region 1]]!! [[DVD region code|Region 2]] !! [[DVD region code|Region 4]]
|-
|align="center"| [[List of Futurama episodes#Season 1: 1999|Volume&nbsp;1]] ||align="center" |13 ||[[March 25]] [[2003]] || [[January 28]] [[2002]] || [[November 27]] [[2002]] ||This three disc boxset includes the 13 episodes from production season 1. Bonus features include commentary on every episode, Animatics for "Space Pilot 3000", Deleted scenes, Script/storyboard for "Space Pilot 3000", Featurette, Interactive still gallery (stills & video) and easter eggs.
|-
|align="center"| [[List of Futurama episodes#Season 2: 1999-2000|Volume&nbsp;2]] ||align="center" |19 || [[August 12]] [[2003]] || [[November 11]] [[2002]] || [[May 13]] [[2003]] || This four disc boxset includes the 19 episodes from production season 2. Bonus features include commentary on every episode, deleted scenes, easter eggs, still gallery/concept art, alien alphabet.
|-
|align="center"| [[List of Futurama episodes#Season 3: 2001-2002|Volume&nbsp;3]] ||align="center" |22|| [[March 9]] [[2004]] || [[June 2]] [[2003]]|| [[September 24]] [[2003]] || This four disc boxset includes the 22 episodes from production season 3. Bonus features include commentary on every episode, deleted scenes, animatics, still gallery/character art, 3D models from rough draft sequences, easter eggs.
|-
|align="center"| [[List of Futurama episodes#Season 4: 2002-2003|Volume&nbsp;4]] ||align="center" |18|| [[August 24]] [[2004]] || [[November 24]] [[2003]]|| [[November 24]] [[2003]] || This four disc boxset includes the 18 episodes from production season 4. Bonus features include commentary on every episode, deleted scenes from 16 episodes, storyboard, character art and "How To Draw" galleries, animatics, 3-D Models, pencil tests, easter eggs.
|}
:'''''Note:''''' ''The box sets in Region 2 and 4 are marketed as "Season" rather than "Volume".''
:'''''Note:''''' ''Each of the box sets represent one of the four production seasons of the series. However, Fox spread out the series over 5 television seasons, often airing the series out of production order. Of note: after the production of Futurama was originally canceled, Fox aired the 16 previously unaired episodes, all from production seasons three and four, as a "season 5", running sporadically between November 2002 and August 2003. The box sets restore the episodes to production order.''

===Other DVDs===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2" | DVD Name !! rowspan="2" | Ep # !! colspan="3" | Release dates !! rowspan="2" | Additional Features
|-
! Region 1 !! Region 2 !! Region 4
|-
|align="center" |Futurama:<br> The<br> Complete<br> Collection ||align="center" |72||[[March 22]] [[2005]] ||[[October 25]] [[2004]] ||[[November 22]] [[2005]] ||A fifteen disc collection containing the first four seasons of Futurama. All bonus features from the first four box sets are included. The Region 4 version of the collection is significantly smaller than the others.
|-
|align="center" |Monster<br> Robot<br> Maniac<br> Fun<br> Collection ||align="center" |4||[[August 23]] [[2005]] || [[May 30]] [[2005]] || [[August 22]] [[2005]] || Contains four episodes, one from each previously released season: "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]", "[[Anthology of Interest I]]", "[[Roswell That Ends Well]]" and [[The Sting (Futurama)|"The Sting"]]. New bonus features include an animatic for "Hell Is Other Robots" with commentary, special introductions and an [[Easter Egg (Virtual)|easter egg]].
|}

===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2" | DVD Name !! colspan="3" | Release dates !! rowspan="2" | Additional Features
|-
! [[Region 1]] !! [[Region 2]] !! [[Region 4]]
|-
|align="center" |[[Futurama: Bender's Big Score|Bender's<br> Big&nbsp;Score]] || [[November 27]] [[2007]] || [[April 7]] [[2008]] || [[March 5]], [[2008]] || Bonus features include complete commentary, full-length episode of ''Everybody Loves Hypno-Toad'', Futurama math lecture, and promo for ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'' starring Bender and Al Gore.<ref>[http://www.foxstore.com/detail?item=3324 Futurama: Bender's Big Score]. ''FoxStore.com''. Retrieved on [[August 6]] [[2007]].</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs|The Beast with a Billion Backs]]|| [[June 24]] [[2008]] || [[June 30]][[2008]] || [[TBA]], [[2008]] || Bonus features include complete commentary, animatic, deleted scenes, storyboards, blooper reel, record sessions, 3D models with audio description, Celebrity featurette: David Cross, Bender or Cast reads credits, new character design sketches. <ref>[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Futurama-Beast-With-A-Billion-Backs/9081 Futurama DVD news: Retail information for Futurama - The Beast with a Billion Backs | TVShowsOnDVD.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|}

== International broadcasters ==
The Series aired on the [[Seven Network]] in [[Australia]] when the show first began, but was left off-air for a few years until 2006, when it was picked up by [[Network Ten]] which still airs repeats of the series occasionally to this day. The series is also shown most days on subscription based channel [[FOX8]]. In the [[United Kingdom]], repeats are occasionally broadcast on the digital channels [[Sky One]], [[Sky Two]] and [[Sky Three]] on weekends.
In [[Israel]] the series aired in [[Bip]], channel in [[HOT]] cable TV. In [[Argentina]] the show is re-run by the cable channel Fox, during primetime Monday through Friday.

==''Futurama'' in other media==
===Comic books===
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First started in [[November 2000]], ''Futurama Comics'' is a comic book series published by [[Bongo Comics]] based in the ''Futurama'' universe.<ref name="comics">{{cite web| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=CSGB&d_place=CSGB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F34B832C954DA1A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Groening lanches 'Futurama Comics' |date=[[2000-11-19]] |access date=[[2007-07-16]]}}</ref> While originally published only in the US, a UK, German and Australian version of the series is also available.<ref>Press release ([[2002-09-25]]) [http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Articles/titan.shtml Do you want Fry with that?] ''Titan Publishing''. Retrieved from gotfuturama on [[2007-03-04]]</ref> Other than a different running order and presentation, the stories are the same in all versions.

Much like the TV series, each comic (bar the US episode #20, see below) has a caption at the top of the cover. For example: "Made In The USA! (Printed in Canada)". Some of the UK and Australian comics have different captions on the top of their comics (for example, the Australian version of #20 says "A 21st Century Comic Book" across the cover, while the US version does not have a caption on that issue). All series contain a letters page, artwork from readers and previews of other Bongo Comics coming up.

The ''Futurama'' comics may not be [[canon (fiction)|canonical]] ''per se'', and while they do draw from the ''Futurama'' universe, the events portrayed within them do not necessarily have any effect upon the continuity of the show.

===Toys, games and figurines===
While relatively uncommon, several action and tin figurines of various characters and items from the show have been made and are being sold by various hobby/online stores. When the show was initially licensed plans were made with [[Rocket USA]] to produce wind-up, walking tin figurines of both Bender and Nibbler with packaging artwork done by the original artists for the series.<ref name="PushingTin">{{cite web| url=http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/toyfair_tinworks_000229.html| title=Pushing Tin: Space Toys With Golden-Age Style| author=Janulewicz, Tom| date=[[2000-02-29]]| access date=[[2007-07-16]]}}</ref> The Bender toys included a cigar and bottle of "Olde Fortran Malt Liquor" and featured moving eyes, antenna and a functioning compartment door; it received an "A" rating from [[Sci Fi Weekly]].<ref name="ToyReview">{{cite web| url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/cool/sfw6707.html| title=Bender: Matt Groening's Futurama inspires a nostalgia for the inventive toys of future past| author=Huxter, Sean| date=[[2001-03-05]]| access date=[[2007-07-16]]}}</ref> A can of Slurm cola actually contains a deck of cards featuring the Planet Express crew as the face cards. A two deck pack of cards was also released.

I-Men released two packs of 2.5 inch high figures: Fry and [[Calculon]]; Zoidberg and [[List_of_recurring_alien_characters_from_Futurama#Morbo|Morbo]]; Professor Farnsworth and [[List_of_recurring_robot_characters_from_Futurama#URL|URL]]; [[List_of_recurring_robot_characters_from_Futurama#The Robot Devil|Robot Devil]] and Bender; Leela and [[List_of_recurring_robot_characters_from_Futurama#Roberto|Roberto]]. Each figure comes with a corresponding collectable coin that can also double as a figure stand.

The collectible releases include a set of bendable action figures, including Lieutenant [[Kif Kroker]], Turanga Leela, and Bender. There have also been a few figures released by Moore Action Collectibles, including Fry, Turanga Leela, Bender, and the Planet Express Ship. In late 2006, Rocket USA brought out a limited edition 'super' heavyweight die cast Bender. Another special edition Bender figure was released at the [[Comic-Con International|San Diego Comic Con]] (SDCC) in 2006; the figure was called "Glorious Golden Bender".

[[Toynami]] is currently producing new ''Futurama'' figures.<ref name="Toynami Figurines">{{cite web|url=http://www.action-figure.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=19970|title=Futurama SDCC Exclusive and Toy news|accessdate=2006-09-05}}</ref> The first series of the Toynami figures is separated into 3 waves; wave one, released in September 2007, featured Fry and Zoidberg, while wave two, released January 2008, consisted of Leela and Zapp. The third wave will include Bender and Kif and currently has no release date. Each figure comes with build-a-figure pieces to assemble the Robot Devil.

===Video game===
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On [[September 15]] [[2000]], ''Unique Development Studios'' acquired the license to develop a Futurama video game for the consoles and handheld systems. [[Fox Interactive]] signed on to publish the game.<ref name="VideoGame1">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/2628824.html?q=Futurama|title=Futurama Finds a Developer|accessdate=2006-07-25}}</ref> [[Sierra Entertainment]] later became the game's publisher, and it was released on [[August 14]], [[2003]].<ref name="VideoGame2">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6025618.html?q=Futurama|title=Sierra to bring Futurama game to the US|accessdate=2006-07-25}}</ref> Versions are available for the [[PlayStation 2|PS2]] and [[Xbox]], both of which use [[cel-shaded animation|cel-shading]] technology, however, the game was subsequently canceled on the [[Nintendo GameCube]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] in North America and Europe.<ref name="VideoGame3">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/data/583447.html|title=Futurama Info &mdash; Futurama Information &mdash; Futurama Release Date|accessdate=2006-07-25}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[The Simpsons]]
* [[The Jetsons]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{imdb title|id=0149460|title=Futurama}}
* [[Infosphere:|The Infosphere]] &mdash; a ''Futurama'' wiki.
* [http://futurama.wikia.com/wiki/Futurama ''Futurama Wiki''] &mdash; a ''Futurama'' wiki.
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/nachop/sets/450093/show/ ''Futurama'' opening gags] at Flickr

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