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 the adventures of slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1,000 years and revived on December 31, 2999. Fry finds work at the interplanetary delivery company Planet Express, working alongside one-eyed mutant Leela and robot Bender. The series was envisioned by Groening in the mid-1990s while working on The Simpsons; he brought David X. Cohen aboard to develop storylines and characters to pitch the show to Fox.
David X. Cohen and Matt Groening at the Futurama panel of Comic-Con 2009
Computer-generated explosion from the episode "The Sting"
Image: Billy West Photo Op Animate! Columbus 2023
Image: Katey Sagal Comic Con 2011
An animated sitcom is a subgenre of the sitcom that is animated instead of live-action and is generally made or created for adult audiences in most cases. The Simpsons, SpongeBob SquarePants, South Park, and Family Guy are four of the longest-running animated sitcoms.
Photo of Bill Hanna (right) and Joseph Barbera (left) in 1965; Hanna and Barbera were the co-creators of The Flintstones.
The Simpsons cast and crew at a stamp unveiling in Los Angeles, California, in May 2009
Dan Harmon, one of the creators of Rick and Morty, in July 2016
Street-art of Luci, a character from Disenchantment, seen at Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne in November 2018
