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“Futurama” has been renewed for two more new seasons at Hulu, Variety has learned.

The revival of the beloved adult animated series has been picked up for an additional 20 episodes at the streaming service. Hulu had picked the show up for 20 episodes back in February 2022, the first 10 of which were released starting in July. The premiere date for the second batch of 10 from that order has yet to be announced, though it is expected to debut in 2024. The new order will bring the show to Seasons 13 and 14 (or 10 and 11 depending on how you break it down).

Hulu’s revival of the series marks the second time the show has been brought back since it originally launched in 1999. After its initial four-season run on Fox, reruns of the show found new life as part of the Adult Swim lineup on Cartoon Network and on DVD. Four direct-to-video films were then produced, which were later re-edited into a fifth season that aired on Comedy Central starting in 2008. Comedy Central would go on to air two more seasons consisting of 26 episodes each between 2010 and 2013.

The official description for the new season states, “After a brief ten-year hiatus, ‘Futurama’ has crawled triumphantly from the cryogenic tube, its full original cast and satirical spirit intact. The ten all-new episodes of season eleven have something for everyone. New viewers will be able to pick up the series from here, while long-time fans will recognize payoffs to decades-long mysteries – including developments in the epic love story of Fry and Leela, the mysterious contents of Nibbler’s litter box, the secret history of evil Robot Santa, and the whereabouts of Kif and Amy’s tadpoles. Meanwhile there’s a whole new pandemic in town as the crew explores the future of vaccines, bitcoin, cancel culture, and streaming TV.”

The entire main cast of the original series — John DiMaggio, Billy West, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr, and David Herman — returned for the new Hulu episodes. “Futurama” is created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen. Executive producers include Groening, Cohen, Ken Keeler, and Claudia Katz. 20th Television Animation is the studio.

“Futurama” is a key part of Hulu’s recently launched “Animayhem” brand, a hub on Hulu that serves as the home to the streamer’s expansive library of adult animation and anime content.

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[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 129 points 1 year ago

I hope the next season has content and not just pop culture references.

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[-] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 100 points 1 year ago

Honestly last season was not good. It was rehashed and had no life. Maybe if they get longer to script and come up with something clever and fresh.

Bitcoin COVID and just randomness. Was not good

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

There were definitely several painful episodes, but there were a couple good ones too. The final episode in the season was excellent in my opinion.

[-] Vqhm@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

They finally hit a stride right there at the end!

If they had 26 episodes then it would have evened out and there'd be more gems. It can't be easy write, get the episodes thru the board, get the actors to do it well, and still have good content after composing with executives and panels. But if they made more it'd be easier to overlook.

[-] superweeniehutjrs@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

I'm only a few episodes in, but so far it doesn't feel like the same show. I don't want any more of this. Maybe some day I'll finish this season... maybe not.

[-] thelazywriter@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 year ago

I felt the same. Felt like a different show. Dropped it after 2-3 episodes. It’s OK for things to end. I don’t know why they always try to milk series until they are just no good anymore. This idea that they need years and years of seasons just because some fans are asking for it is the wrong way to go about creating good original content.

[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

They gave it a fantastic ending at the end of the last season, and they should have just let it die there.

[-] Moneo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

tbh the futurama fanbase has started to become annoying. Same memes/sad episodes referenced over and over, constantly memeing to bring back the show etc.

The show was good, it ended, find a new hobby.

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[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Watch episode 10 at least. The rest are very skippable.

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Yeah, I was supremely disappointed with the whole season. It was just boring and humorless.

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[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 16 points 1 year ago

That was pretty predictable to be fair. I hate the fact that we can't let shows just die, they have to be milked to death.

[-] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The first few seasons were gold. Now it's Simpson just parroting what's going on in the world.

[-] Majestic@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Felt the same way. The soul was gone, the delivery felt off and stilted. The show just felt different. I kept on thinking to myself “they would have never done that or done it like that in the old show”.

Charm just isn’t there and I really wanted to like it. I even watched every episode twice and while there are some enjoyable moments the tone just is off-key enough it becomes frustrating because it’s close but not the same.

In particular as one example the universe simulation episode and particularly Bender’s actions (in the face of what he and the characters thought they meant would happen to him) just seemed out of character and random, like forced for the sake of delivering the point. As a speculative what-if machine episode it would have worked.

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[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

It felt like they were old scripts. I still thought most of them were pretty good though.

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[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 81 points 1 year ago
[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago
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[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

To shreds, you say?

[-] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago

You lost the last 23 years of your life, but you still have Zoidberg. YOU ALL STILL HAVE ZOIDBERG

[-] user_2345@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

I dont even watch it and Im happy the fans got more time.

[-] Dsklnsadog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 year ago

Oh my god, people here are so over theirself it's so sad.

Enjoy it or stop watching. You don't need to suffer.

I loved old Futurama, and I choose to watch the new episodes because I really like the show. Some more than others, that's it. I'm really grateful they are making more episodes.

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

the only bad episode of futurama i watched was zapp gets cancelled and zoidberg and his movie relativr

[-] I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Nice story, professor. Let's get you back to your room now, okay?

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago
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[-] lordxakio@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

I was getting worried there for a sec, especially after hearing Disney is trying to buy Hulu

[-] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I thought they already acquired it?

[-] lordxakio@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

They own most of it, and want to buy it all and be sole owner. I think fox (maybe?) owns the remainder.

It was Comcast. 3 hours ago Disney purchased the 1/3 stake from Comcast lmfao.

[-] Tenthrow@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I need to look it up, but I think Disney owns the former Fox portion and Comcast or some other cable company owns the remaining part that Disney doesn't control.

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[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

If the quality is as good as the last season, i'd rather keep my money.

[-] KidsTryThisAtHome@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I feel like I'm in the minority when I say I was REALLY bored during this most recent season. The jokes just did not land, they tried too hard and tried to be meta too often. Also a lot of the jokes are making fun of modern things, as opposed to what it used to be, which was an exaggerated take on what the future could be. It also just seemed like a lot of the episodes were most "remember this episode from an earlier season? Well we're doing it again but slightly different!"

I wish John DiMaggio had stuck to his guns.

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[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cool, maybe they can make actually good episodes this time. Its so annoying how hulu shoved its dick into every title screen and gets constant references, it totally ruins the show

[-] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

squeal! New Futurama!

...oh wait they're just gonna dilute the quality even more... fuck

[-] Marin_Rider@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago

it won't change the quality of the previous seasons. and unlike a narrative based show like game of thrones, bad later seasons don't have any impact on the enjoyment of the overall show. just like the simpsons. no amount of terrible seasons now changes the gold that was seasons 2-8 (and debatably up to 12)

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[-] MaxPower@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well I liked the last season and so did my wife. Even though it was certainly not the best season, enough people liked it so much Hulu ordered 2 more seasons. They would not do that if people did not like it. That's what I'm telling the haters.

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[-] randon31415@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

"At Hulu". Then Disney shuts down Hulu, like next year.

[-] Restaldt@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Oh boy how much more can they assassinate Leela's character

She was insufferable for 95% of the latest season

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[-] Odo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The new order will bring the show to Seasons 13 and 14 (or 10 and 11 depending on how you break it down).

I've heard this year's season called either 8 or 11, but never 9 or 12. I wonder how this article was counting them.

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