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Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company and later revived by Comedy Central, and then Hulu.The series follows Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1,000 years and revived on December 31, 2999.
Matthew Abram Groening (/ ˈ ɡ r eɪ n ɪ ŋ / GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator.He is best known as the creator of the television series The Simpsons (1989–present), Futurama (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2023–present), [1] and Disenchantment (2018–2023), and the comic strip Life in Hell (1977–2012).
A view of the many secondary and tertiary characters in Futurama, as seen in Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder. This article lists the many characters of Futurama, an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company.
The American animated science fiction sitcom Futurama, created and developed by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company, originally aired from March 28, 1999, to August 10, 2003 before being effectively cancelled.
Futurama: Animated sitcom Science fiction Satire: March 28, 1999: 9 seasons, 160 episodes: 22 min: Renewed [3] Credited as "The Curiosity Company"; co-production with 20th Television (seasons 1–7) and 20th Television Animation (seasons 8–present) Disenchantment: Fantasy Adventure Satire: August 17, 2018: 5 parts, 50 episodes: 19–36 min ...
David X. Cohen and Matt Groening at the Futurama panel of Comic-Con 2009.. Matt Groening initially conceived of Futurama in the mid-1990s. In 1996, he enlisted David X. Cohen, then a Simpsons writer and producer, to assist in developing the series; [4] the two then spent time researching science fiction books, television shows, and films of the past.
Although Billy West stated in an interview that the name "Philip" was given to Fry by Matt Groening as a homage to the late Phil Hartman, for whom the role of Zapp Brannigan was created, [4] Groening said during the 2013 Futurama panel at San Diego Comic-Con that Fry was in fact named after Groening's father, Homer Philip Groening, [5] who was ...
Bender Bending Rodríguez (designated in-universe as Bending Unit 22, unit number 1,729, serial number 2716057 [1]) is one of the main characters in the animated television series Futurama. He was conceived by the series' creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, and is voiced by John DiMaggio.