Fox Broadcasting Company

Lore & Background

Within the history of the show's production, Fox Broadcasting represents the network where the series first aired. The show followed the adventures of Philip J. Fry, a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express in the retro-futuristic 31st century. The series includes a large array of characters, including co-workers, media personalities, business owners, extended relatives, townspeople, aliens, and villains. Many characters were created for one-time gags or background scenes but later gained expanded roles. The main characters include Philip J. Fry (voiced by Billy West), Turanga Leela (voiced by Katey Sagal), Bender Bending Rodríguez (voiced by John DiMaggio), Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth (voiced by Billy West), and Hermes Conrad (voiced by Phil LaMarr). The source does not cover specific scheduling disputes, cancellation details, or the network's relationship with the creative team beyond stating that the series was created and developed for Fox.

In Their Own Story

Fry sat in the Planet Express breakroom, tuning into a holographic archive from the twenty-first century. Static crackled before resolving into a familiar logo. 'They said we were cancelled,' Bender muttered, polishing his droid arm with a rag. 'But look at us now.' On the screen, the old logo faded into the New New York skyline, a ghost of a corporate giant that once held their fate in its hands.

Reader's Guide

The production journey began when creator Matt Groening and developer David X. Cohen created the series for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is an American animated science fiction sitcom. The source does not provide information about early seasons benefiting from airing alongside other cartoons, scheduling conflicts, ratings, cancellation after the third season, DVD sales, syndication, or revivals on other platforms. The source only states that the series was created for Fox and follows the adventures of Fry, Leela, Bender, and the Planet Express crew.

Did You Know?

• Futurama was created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company.
• The series is an American animated science fiction sitcom.
• The main protagonist Philip J. Fry is voiced by Billy West, who used an impression of his own voice at age 25.
• Turanga Leela, the female lead, is voiced by Katey Sagal and is a one-eyed mutant who first believes herself an alien but is later revealed to be a mutant.
• Professor Farnsworth is Fry's great (×30) nephew and great (×31) grandson because of time reef paradox.