FOX to produce new 'Futurama' episodes
{{date|June 23, 2006}}
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[[w:20th Century Fox|20th Century Fox]] will produce at least 13 new episodes of the animated series [[w:Futurama|Futurama]], scheduled to air on [[w:Comedy Central|Comedy Central]] in 2008.  Futurama, an animation from [[w:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]] creator [[w:Matt Groening|Matt Groening]], was canceled by FOX in 2003.

Comedy Central has recently acquired the rights to the back catalogue of 72 Futurama episodes and any eventual new episodes.

"We are thrilled that Matt Groening and 20th Century Fox Television have decided to produce new episodes of 'Futurama' and that Comedy Central will be the first to air them," announces Comedy Central  senior vice president for programming David Bernath.

Voice actors [[w:Billy West|Billy West]] ([[w:Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[w:Professor Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]), [[w:Katey Sagal|Katey Sagal]] ([[w:Leela (Futurama)|Leela]]) and [[w:John DiMaggio|John DiMaggio]] ([[w:Bender (Futurama)|Bender]]) are all contracted to return.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=televisionNews&storyID=2006-06-23T033638Z_01_N22173912_RTRIDST_0_TELEVISION-FUTURAMA-DC.XML|title="Futurama" gets new life on Comedy Central|author=Andrew Wallenstein|pub=Reuters|date=June 22, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/back_to_the_futurama_entertainment_don_kaplan.htm|title=Back to the 'Futurama'|author=Don Kaplan|pub=New York Post|date=June 22, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/cgi-bin/Comments.cgi?action=show&NewsID=1151042327,45185&Page=1#ctop|title=Reuters: 13 New Episodes for CC|author=|pub=Can't get enough Futurama|date=June 23, 2006}}

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20th Century Fox will produce at least 13 new episodes of the animated series Futurama, scheduled to air on Comedy Central in 2008.  Futurama, an animation from The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, was canceled by FOX in 2003.

Comedy Central has recently acquired the rights to the back catalogue of 72 Futurama episodes and any eventual new episodes.

"We are thrilled that Matt Groening and 20th Century Fox Television have decided to produce new episodes of 'Futurama' and that Comedy Central will be the first to air them," announces Comedy Central  senior vice president for programming David Bernath.

Voice actors Billy West (Fry, Professor Farnsworth), Katey Sagal (Leela) and John DiMaggio (Bender) are all contracted to return.
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