Futurama Futurama, set in the next millennium, follows the exploits of Fry, a pizza delivery boy who was cryogenically frozen by accident for 1,000 years; Leela, a female cyclops; Bender, an immoral robot, and others as they work for an intergalactic delivery service owned by Fry's great, great, great... nephew, Professor Farnsworth.
Futurama has also spawned a highly successful comic series, Futurama Comics which will be going into its fourth year this January. They have fifteen issues out in stores, with a new one coming out soon. They also have a two-part comic special titled "Futurama/Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis" which is a crossover between Futurama and Matt Groening's other creation, The Simpsons. Both parts are out in bookstores.
Futurama is Matt Groening's second foray into prime time with an animated series, the first one being The Simpsons.
Emmy Awards
2000 - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for episode "A Bi-Clops Built for Two"
2001 - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Rodney for episode "Parasites Lost"
2002 - Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) for episode "Roswell That Ends Well"
Emmy Nominations
1999 - Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) for episode "A Big Piece of Garbage"
2001 - Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) for episode "Amazon Women in the Mood"
2003 - Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) for episode "Jurassic Bark"
2004 - Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less than One Hour) for episode "The Sting"
2004 - Outstanding Music & Lyrics for episode "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings"
Although the show is no longer in production, it can still be seen on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, where it has enjoyed great ratings. Futurama, along with Seth McFarlane's show Family Guy, alternate between the 11:00pm and 11:30pm time slots on weekdays every few months. As of this writing, Futurama is on at 11:00pm every weekday.
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