When the idea of a sci-fi comedy and some weird characters come together, it creates ‘Futurama‘. Matt Geoning followed up on the success of ‘The Simpsons‘ and other groundbreaking sci-fi projects including ‘Blade Runner‘ and ‘The Jetsons‘ and made ‘Futurama‘, which quickly became the fans’ favorite.
The show has had a roller coaster journey since its start. Characters like Fry, Bender, and Leela took the hearts of people, hence the show has been revived several times with many successful seasons and cancellation threats as well.
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‘Futurama’s Roller-Coster Journey
‘Futurama‘ was first broadcast on Fox in 1999. However, a lack of support from the network over the years and scheduling issues made the animation’s future uncertain despite having a large viewership for it.
Despite ‘Futurama’ being a mega-hit, Fox never believed in the show. The show was inconsistent with its seasons which were out of order. Hence the show aired from 1999-2003 on Fox and then was discontinued.
However, reruns continued to air on Adult Swim and Comedy Central with later reviving for four direct-to-video sequel movies. It later returned via Comedy Central from 2008 until 2013 but was cancelled yet again.
Hulu came to the rescue and ordered two more seasons and the streamer revived the series in 2022. Season 11 premiered on July 24 2023 and Season 12 premiered on July 29, 2024.
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‘Futurama’ star John DiMaggio Shares His Thoughts On The Show Getting “The Short End Of The Stick”
‘Futurama‘ star John DiMaggio talks about the real reason why the show has always gotten the “short end of the stick”. DiMaggio, who voices robot Bender and several other characters, shared during an interview with Newsweek that “I don’t know how many times we’ve been cancelled, I’ve lost count.”
He shared his excitement about the show returning as well. The voice actor said, “We’re very ecstatic about [being back], but we’re also like, you could have just kept on doing the show. It would have been just fine.”
The 55-year-old continued, “It’s like riding a bike. And everybody’s just as good, ya know, the second and third and fourth and fifth time.” The threat of cancellation of the cartoon series is a joke running in serval cartoon seasons’ finales with showrunners also writing the finale episode of each season as a potential finale.
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