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• Futurama is a cartoon by Simpsons creator Matt Groening about a 20th century man who is cryogenically frozen until the year 2999. After being canceled by FOX, 4 DVD movies were released and split into episodes and aired on Comedy Central starting in January 2008.

  20th Century Fox announced that they are in the production of a brand new season to be released in mid 2010 on Comedy Central.http://www.comedycentral.com/press/press_releases/2009/061009_futurama_returns.jhtml

• Fast Facts

  1. Networks: FOX, Comedy Central
  2. Created by: Matt Groening
  3. No. of episodes: 76
  4. Seasons: 5
  5. When to watch: TV Listings
  6. First aired: March 28, 1999

• Main Characters

  1. Philip J. Fry (Billy West): A pizza delivery boy frozen just after midnight on January 1, 2000 only to reawaken on New Year's Eve, 2999. He gets a job at Planet Express, a delivery company founded by his distant nephew Professor Farnsworth.
  2. Turanga Leela: (Katey Sagal): The competent, one-eyed captain of the Planet Express Ship.
  3. Bender: (John DiMaggio): A foul-mouthed, alcoholic, cigar-smoking, thieving, misanthropic, egocentric, ill-tempered, pessimistic robot.
  4. Professor Farnsworth: (Billy West): Fry's distant nephew who founded Planet Express to fund his mad scientist-type experiments and inventions.
  5. Doctor Zoidberg (Billy West): A neurotic and self-conscious lobster-like alien from the planet Decapod 10, who acts as the staff physician for the Planet Express crew.
  6. Amy Wong (Lauren Tom): An incredibly rich, spoiled and accident-prone long-term intern at Planet Express.
  7. Hermes Conrad: (Phil LaMarr): The Jamaican accountant of Planet Express.

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