Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for a thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retrofuturistic 31st-century.
In the United States, the series aired from March 28, 1999 to August 10, 2003 on Fox before ceasing production. Futurama was then aired in reruns on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network, from January 2003 to December 2007, when the network's contract expired. It was revived in 2007 as four straight-to-DVD films; the last of the four was released in early 2009. Comedy Central entered into an agreement with 20th Century Fox Television to syndicate the existing episodes and air the films as 16 new, half-hour episodes.[1][2] Comedy Central began airing Futurama on January 2, 2008, with new episodes starting on March 23, 2008.[3] On June 9, 2009, 20th Century Fox announced that Comedy Central will broadcast 26 new half-hour episodes, which began airing on June 24, 2010.[4]
Since its debut on March 28, 1999, Futurama has broadcast 101 episodes and aired thirteen episodes from its sixth season in 2010. The remaining thirteen episodes will be broadcast in 2011.[5]
Futurama was originally produced as four seasons; Fox broadcast it out of the intended order resulting in five seasons. This list features episode in original production order, as featured on the DVD box sets.
Contents |
Season | Product | Episodes | Originally aired | Home release date | ||||||
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Season premiere | Season finale | Network | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||||
1 | Futurama, Volume 1 | 13 | March 28, 1999 | November 14, 1999 | Fox | March 25, 2003[6] | January 28, 2002 | November 27, 2002 | ||
2 | Futurama, Volume 2 | 19 | November 21, 1999 | December 3, 2000 | August 12, 2003[7] | November 11, 2002 | May 13, 2003 | |||
3 | Futurama, Volume 3 | 22 | January 21, 2001 | December 8, 2002 | March 9, 2004[8] | June 2, 2003 | September 24, 2003 | |||
4 | Futurama, Volume 4 | 18 | February 10, 2002 | August 10, 2003 | October 25, 2005[9] | November 24, 2003 | November 24, 2003 | |||
5 | Futurama: Bender's Big Score | 16 | 4 | March 23, 2008 | Comedy Central | November 27, 2007[10] | March 31, 2008 | March 5, 2008 | ||
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs | 4 | October 19, 2008 | June 24, 2008[11] | June 30, 2008 | August 6, 2008 | |||||
Futurama: Bender's Game | 4 | April 26, 2009 | November 4, 2008[12] | November 3, 2008 | December 10, 2008 | |||||
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder | 4 | August 30, 2009 | February 24, 2009[13] | February 23, 2009 | March 4, 2009 | |||||
6 | Futurama, Volume 5[14] | 13[15] | June 24, 2010 | N/A | December 21, 2010[16] | N/A | N/A |
№ | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
Television order |
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1 | 1 | "Space Pilot 3000" | Rich Moore & Gregg Vanzo | David X. Cohen & Matt Groening | March 28, 1999 | 1ACV01 | S01E01 |
2 | 2 | "The Series Has Landed" | Peter Avanzino | Ken Keeler | April 4, 1999 | 1ACV02 | S01E02 |
3 | 3 | "I, Roommate" | Bret Haaland | Eric Horsted | April 6, 1999 | 1ACV03 | S01E03 |
4 | 4 | "Love's Labours Lost in Space" | Brian Sheesley | Brian Kelley | April 13, 1999 | 1ACV04 | S01E04 |
5 | 5 | "Fear of a Bot Planet" | Peter Avanzino & Carlos Baeza | Heather Lombard & Evan Gore | April 20, 1999 | 1ACV05 | S01E05 |
6 | 6 | "A Fishful of Dollars" | Ron Hughart & Gregg Vanzo | Patric M. Verrone | April 27, 1999 | 1ACV06 | S01E06 |
7 | 7 | "My Three Suns" | Jeffrey Lynch & Kevin O'Brien | J. Stewart Burns | May 4, 1999 | 1ACV07 | S01E07 |
8 | 8 | "A Big Piece of Garbage" | Susie Dietter | Lewis Morton | May 11, 1999 | 1ACV08 | S01E08 |
9 | 9 | "Hell Is Other Robots" | Rich Moore | Eric Kaplan | May 18, 1999 | 1ACV09 | S01E09 |
10 | 10 | "A Flight to Remember" | Peter Avanzino | Eric Horsted | September 26, 1999 | 1ACV10 | S02E01 |
11 | 11 | "Mars University" | Bret Haaland | J. Stewart Burns | October 3, 1999 | 1ACV11 | S02E02 |
12 | 12 | "When Aliens Attack" | Brian Sheesley | Ken Keeler | November 7, 1999 | 1ACV12 | S02E03 |
13 | 13 | "Fry and the Slurm Factory" | Ron Hughart | Lewis Morton | November 14, 1999 | 1ACV13 | S02E04 |
№ | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
Television order |
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14 | 1 | "I Second That Emotion" | Mark Ervin | Patric M. Verrone | November 21, 1999 | 2ACV01 | S02E05 |
15 | 2 | "Brannigan, Begin Again" | Jeffrey Lynch | Lewis Morton | November 28, 1999 | 2ACV02 | S02E06 |
16 | 3 | "A Head in the Polls" | Bret Haaland | J. Stewart Burns | December 12, 1999 | 2ACV03 | S02E07 |
17 | 4 | "Xmas Story" | Peter Avanzino | David X. Cohen | December 19, 1999 | 2ACV04 | S02E08 |
18 | 5 | "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" | Brian Sheesley | Eric Kaplan | February 6, 2000 | 2ACV05 | S02E09 |
19 | 6 | "The Lesser of Two Evils" | Chris Sauve | Eric Horsted | February 20, 2000 | 2ACV06 | S02E11 |
20 | 7 | "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" | Chris Louden | Ken Keeler | February 13, 2000 | 2ACV07 | S02E10 |
21 | 8 | "Raging Bender" | Ron Hughart | Lewis Morton | February 27, 2000 | 2ACV08 | S02E12 |
22 | 9 | "A Bicyclops Built for Two" | Susan Dietter | Eric Kaplan | March 19, 2000 | 2ACV09 | S02E13 |
23 | 10 | "A Clone of My Own" | Rich Moore | Patric M. Verrone | April 9, 2000 | 2ACV10 | S02E15 |
24 | 11 | "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" | Mark Ervin | Bill Odenkirk | April 2, 2000 | 2ACV11 | S02E14 |
25 | 12 | "The Deep South" | Bret Haaland | J. Stewart Burns | April 16, 2000 | 2ACV12 | S02E16 |
26 | 13 | "Bender Gets Made" | Peter Avanzino | Eric Horsted | April 30, 2000 | 2ACV13 | S02E17 |
27 | 14 | "Mother's Day" | Brian Sheesley | Lewis Morton | May 14, 2000 | 2ACV14 | S02E19 |
28 | 15 | "The Problem with Popplers" | Chris Sauve & Gregg Vanzo | Patric M. Verrone & Darin Henry | May 7, 2000 | 2ACV15 | S02E18 |
29 | 16 | "Anthology of Interest I" | Chris Louden & Rich Moore | Eric Rogers (Terror at 500 Feet) Ken Keeler (Dial L for Leela) David X. Cohen (The Un-Freeze of a Lifetime) |
May 21, 2000 | 2ACV16 | S02E20 |
30 | 17 | "War Is the H-Word" | Ron Hughart | Eric Horsted | November 26, 2000 | 2ACV17 | S03E02 |
31 | 18 | "The Honking" | Susie Dietter | Ken Keeler | November 5, 2000 | 2ACV18 | S03E01 |
32 | 19 | "The Cryonic Woman" | Mark Ervin | J. Stewart Burns | December 3, 2000 | 2ACV19 | S03E03 |
№ | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
Television order |
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33 | 1 | "Amazon Women in the Mood" | Brian Sheesley | Lewis Morton | February 4, 2001 | 3ACV01 | S03E05 |
34 | 2 | "Parasites Lost" | Peter Avanzino | Eric Kaplan | January 21, 2001 | 3ACV02 | S03E04 |
35 | 3 | "A Tale of Two Santas" | Ron Hughart | Bill Odenkirk | December 23, 2001 | 3ACV03 | S04E02 |
36 | 4 | "The Luck of the Fryrish" | Chris Louden | Ron Weiner | March 11, 2001 | 3ACV04 | S03E10 |
37 | 5 | "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" | James Purdum | Dan Vebber | March 4, 2001 | 3ACV05 | S03E09 |
38 | 6 | "Bendless Love" | Swinton O. Scott III | Eric Horsted | February 11, 2001 | 3ACV06 | S03E06 |
39 | 7 | "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" | Mark Ervin | Jeff Westbrook | February 18, 2001 | 3ACV07 | S03E07 |
40 | 8 | "That's Lobstertainment!" | Bret Haaland | Patric M. Verrone | February 25, 2001 | 3ACV08 | S03E08 |
41 | 9 | "The Cyber House Rules" | Susie Dietter | Lewis Morton | April 1, 2001 | 3ACV09 | S03E11 |
42 | 10 | "Where the Buggalo Roam" | Pat Shinagawa | J. Stewart Burns | March 3, 2002 | 3ACV10 | S04E06 |
43 | 11 | "Insane in the Mainframe" | Peter Avanzino | Bill Odenkirk | April 8, 2001 | 3ACV11 | S03E12 |
44 | 12 | "The Route of All Evil" | Brian Sheesley | Dan Vebber | December 8, 2002 | 3ACV12 | S05E03 |
45 | 13 | "Bendin' in the Wind" | Ron Hughart | Eric Horsted | April 22, 2001 | 3ACV13 | S03E13 |
46 | 14 | "Time Keeps On Slippin'" | Chris Louden | Ken Keeler | May 6, 2001 | 3ACV14 | S03E14 |
47 | 15 | "I Dated a Robot" | James Purdum | Eric Kaplan | May 13, 2001 | 3ACV15 | S03E15 |
48 | 16 | "A Leela of Her Own" | Swinton O. Scott III | Patric M. Verrone | April 7, 2002 | 3ACV16 | S04E10 |
49 | 17 | "A Pharaoh to Remember" | Mark Ervin | Ron Weiner | March 10, 2002 | 3ACV17 | S04E07 |
50 | 18 | "Anthology of Interest II" | Bret Haaland | Lewis Morton (I, Meatbag) David X. Cohen (Raiders of the Lost Arcade) Jason Gorbett & Scott Kirby (Wizzin') |
January 6, 2002 | 3ACV18 | S04E03 |
51 | 19 | "Roswell That Ends Well" | Rich Moore | J. Stewart Burns | December 9, 2001 | 3ACV19 | S04E01 |
52 | 20 | "Godfellas" | Susie Dietter | Ken Keeler | March 17, 2002 | 3ACV20 | S04E08 |
53 | 21 | "Future Stock" | Brian Sheesley | Aaron Ehasz | March 31, 2002 | 3ACV21 | S04E09 |
54 | 22 | "The 30% Iron Chef" | Ron Hughart | Jeff Westbrook | April 14, 2002 | 3ACV22 | S04E11 |
№ | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
Television order |
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55 | 1 | "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" | Wes Archer | Bill Odenkirk | January 12, 2003 | 4ACV01 | S05E05 |
56 | 2 | "Leela's Homeworld" | Mark Ervin | Kristin Gore | February 17, 2002 | 4ACV02 | S04E05 |
57 | 3 | "Love and Rocket" | Brian Sheesley | Dan Vebber | February 10, 2002 | 4ACV03 | S04E04 |
58 | 4 | "Less Than Hero" | Susie Dietter | Ron Weiner | March 2, 2003 | 4ACV04 | S05E06 |
59 | 5 | "A Taste of Freedom" | James Purdum | Eric Horsted | December 22, 2002 | 4ACV05 | S05E04 |
60 | 6 | "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV" | Ron Hughart | Lewis Morton | August 3, 2003 | 4ACV06 | S05E15 |
61 | 7 | "Jurassic Bark" | Swinton O. Scott III | Eric Kaplan | November 17, 2002 | 4ACV07 | S05E02 |
62 | 8 | "Crimes of the Hot" | Peter Avanzino | Aaron Ehasz | November 10, 2002 | 4ACV08 | S05E01 |
63 | 9 | "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" | Bret Haaland | Jeff Westbrook | March 30, 2003 | 4ACV09 | S05E07 |
64 | 10 | "The Why of Fry" | Wes Archer | David X. Cohen | April 6, 2003 | 4ACV10 | S05E08 |
65 | 11 | "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" | Pat Shinagawa | David A. Goodman | April 21, 2002 | 4ACV11 | S04E12 |
66 | 12 | "The Sting" | Brian Sheesley | Patric M. Verrone | June 1, 2003 | 4ACV12 | S05E09 |
67 | 13 | "Bend Her" | James Purdum | Michael Rowe | July 20, 2003 | 4ACV13 | S05E13 |
68 | 14 | "Obsoletely Fabulous" | Dwayne Carey-Hill | Dan Vebber | July 27, 2003 | 4ACV14 | S05E14 |
69 | 15 | "The Farnsworth Parabox" | Ron Hughart | Bill Odenkirk | June 8, 2003 | 4ACV15 | S05E10 |
70 | 16 | "Three Hundred Big Boys" | Swinton O. Scott III | Eric Kaplan | June 15, 2003 | 4ACV16 | S05E11 |
71 | 17 | "Spanish Fry" | Peter Avanzino | Ron Weiner | July 13, 2003 | 4ACV17 | S05E12 |
72 | 18 | "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" | Bret Haaland | Ken Keeler | August 10, 2003 | 4ACV18 | S05E16 |
The fifth season of Futurama consists of four movies originally released as direct-to-DVD movies. They later aired on Comedy Central as sixteen 22-minute episodes and were later released in a 4-disc box set entitled Futurama: The Collected Epics.
№ | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
Television order |
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73 | 1 | "Bender's Big Score (Part 1)" | Dwayne Carey-Hill | Teleplay by: Ken Keeler Story by: Ken Keeler & David X. Cohen |
March 23, 2008 | 5ACV01 | S06E01 |
74 | 2 | "Bender's Big Score (Part 2)" | Dwayne Carey-Hill | Teleplay by: Ken Keeler Story by: Ken Keeler & David X. Cohen |
March 23, 2008 | 5ACV02 | S06E02 |
75 | 3 | "Bender's Big Score (Part 3)" | Dwayne Carey-Hill | Teleplay by: Ken Keeler Story by: Ken Keeler & David X. Cohen |
March 23, 2008 | 5ACV03 | S06E03 |
76 | 4 | "Bender's Big Score (Part 4)" | Dwayne Carey-Hill | Teleplay by: Ken Keeler Story by: Ken Keeler & David X. Cohen |
March 23, 2008 | 5ACV04 | S06E04 |
77 | 5 | "The Beast with a Billion Backs (Part 1)" | Peter Avanzino | Teleplay by: Eric Kaplan Story by: Eric Kaplan & David X. Cohen |
October 19, 2008 | 5ACV05 | S06E05 |
78 | 6 | "The Beast with a Billion Backs (Part 2)" | Peter Avanzino | Teleplay by: Eric Kaplan Story by: Eric Kaplan & David X. Cohen |
October 19, 2008 | 5ACV06 | S06E06 |
79 | 7 | "The Beast with a Billion Backs (Part 3)" | Peter Avanzino | Teleplay by: Eric Kaplan Story by: Eric Kaplan & David X. Cohen |
October 19, 2008 | 5ACV07 | S06E07 |
80 | 8 | "The Beast with a Billion Backs (Part 4)" | Peter Avanzino | Teleplay by: Eric Kaplan Story by: Eric Kaplan & David X. Cohen |
October 19, 2008 | 5ACV08 | S06E08 |
81 | 9 | "Bender's Game (Part 1)" | Dwayne Carey-Hill | Teleplay by: Eric Horsted Story by: Eric Horsted & David X. Cohen |
April 26, 2009 | 5ACV09 | S06E09 |
82 | 10 | "Bender's Game (Part 2)" | Dwayne Carey-Hill | Teleplay by: Eric Horsted Story by: Eric Horsted & David X. Cohen |
April 26, 2009 | 5ACV10 | S06E10 |
83 | 11 | "Bender's Game (Part 3)" | Dwayne Carey-Hill | Teleplay by: Michael Rowe & Eric Kaplan Story by: Eric Horsted & David X. Cohen |
April 26, 2009 | 5ACV11 | S06E11 |
84 | 12 | "Bender's Game (Part 4)" | Dwayne Carey-Hill | Teleplay by: David X. Cohen & Patric Verrone Story by: Eric Horsted & David X. Cohen |
April 26, 2009 | 5ACV12 | S06E12 |
85 | 13 | "Into the Wild Green Yonder (Part 1)" | Peter Avanzino | Teleplay by: Ken Keeler Story by: Ken Keeler & David X. Cohen |
August 30, 2009 | 5ACV13 | S06E13 |
86 | 14 | "Into the Wild Green Yonder (Part 2)" | Peter Avanzino | Ken Keeler | August 30, 2009 | 5ACV14 | S06E14 |
87 | 15 | "Into the Wild Green Yonder (Part 3)" | Peter Avanzino | Ken Keeler | August 30, 2009 | 5ACV15 | S06E15 |
88 | 16 | "Into the Wild Green Yonder (Part 4)" | Peter Avanzino | Teleplay by: Ken Keeler Story by: Ken Keeler & David X. Cohen |
August 30, 2009 | 5ACV16 | S06E16 |
On June 10, 2009, Fox announced that up to twenty-six new episodes will be produced for Comedy Central.[17] Thirteen of these episodes, ending with "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular", were broadcast during 2010 and comprise the fifth box set.[18] The remaining thirteen episodes will be broadcast in 2011.[19]
№ | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
Television order |
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89 | 1 | "Rebirth" | Frank Marino | Teleplay by: David X. Cohen Story by: David X. Cohen & Matt Groening |
June 24, 2010 | 6ACV01 | S07E01 |
90 | 2 | "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" | Dwayne Carey-Hill | Teleplay by: Carolyn Premish Story by: Carolyn Premish & Matt Groening |
June 24, 2010 | 6ACV02 | S07E02 |
91 | 3 | "Attack of the Killer App" | Stephen Sandoval | Patric M. Verrone | July 1, 2010 | 6ACV03 | S07E03 |
92 | 4 | "Proposition Infinity" | Crystal Chesney-Thompson | Michael Rowe | July 8, 2010 | 6ACV04 | S07E04 |
93 | 5 | "The Duh-Vinci Code" | Raymie Muzquiz | Maiya Williams | July 15, 2010 | 6ACV05 | S07E05 |
94 | 6 | "Lethal Inspection" | Ray Claffey | Eric Horsted | July 22, 2010 | 6ACV06 | S07E06 |
95 | 7 | "The Late Philip J. Fry" | Peter Avanzino | Lewis Morton | July 29, 2010 | 6ACV07 | S07E07 |
96 | 8 | "That Darn Katz!" | Frank Marino | Josh Weinstein | August 5, 2010 | 6ACV08 | S07E08 |
97 | 9 | "A Clockwork Origin" | Dwayne Carey-Hill | Dan Vebber | August 12, 2010 | 6ACV09 | S07E09 |
98 | 10 | "The Prisoner of Benda" | Stephen Sandoval | Ken Keeler | August 19, 2010 | 6ACV10 | S07E10 |
99 | 11 | "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" | Crystal Chesney-Thompson | Patric M. Verrone | August 26, 2010 | 6ACV11 | S07E11 |
100 | 12 | "The Mutants Are Revolting" | Raymie Muzquiz | Eric Horsted | September 2, 2010 | 6ACV12 | S07E12 |
101 | 13 | "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" | Ray Claffey | Michael Rowe | November 21, 2010 | 6ACV13 | S07E13 |
№ | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Production code |
Television order |
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102 | 14 | "The Silence of the Clamps"[20] | Ray Claffey | Eric Rogers | 6ACV14 | S08E01 |
103 | 15 | "Möbius Dick"[21] | Dan Vebber[22] | 6ACV15 | S08E02 | |
104 | 16 | "Law and Oracle"[23] | Josh Weinstein | 6ACV16 | S08E03 | |
105 | 17 | "Benderama"[24] | Aaron Ehasz | 6ACV17 | S08E04 | |
106 | 18 | "The Tip of the Zoidberg" | 6ACV18 | S08E05 | ||
107 | 19 | "Ghost in the Machines"[25] | 6ACV19 | S08E06 | ||
108 | 20 | "Neutopia"[26] | 6ACV20 | S08E07 | ||
109 | 21 | "Yo Leela Leela"[27] | 6ACV21 | S08E08 | ||
110 | 22 | "Fry am the Egg Man"[28] | 6ACV22 | S08E09 | ||
111 | 23 | "All the Presidents' Heads"[29] | 6ACV23 | S08E10 | ||
112 | 24 | "Cold Warriors"[30] | Dan Vebber[31] | 6ACV24 | S08E11 | |
113 | 25 | "Overclockwise" | Ken Keeler[32] | 6ACV25 | S08E12 | |
114 | 26 | "Futurama Reincarnation"[22] | 6ACV26 | S08E13 |
The Futurama video game was released the same month as the airing of the 72nd episode in August 2003. It contains a half hour of cut scenes that were meant to serve as "the 73rd episode of the original series," according to David X. Cohen. The scenes tell of how the Planet Express crew prevent Mom from using Earth to take over the universe.[33] Renamed Futurama: The Lost Adventure, the episode appeared as a bonus on the DVD release of The Beast with a Billion Backs.
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