Futurama: American Animated Science Fiction Sitcom on Comedy Central

Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for a thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century. The series was envisioned by Groening in the 1990s while working on The Simpsons, later bringing Cohen aboard to develop storylines and characters to pitch the show to Fox.
In the United States, the series aired on Fox from March 28, 1999 to August 10, 2003 before ceasing production. Futurama was then aired in reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim from September 2, 2001 to December 31, 2007, until the network's contract expired. It was revived in 2007 as four straight-to-DVD films; the last of the four was released in early 2009. Comedy Central entered into an agreement with 20th Century Fox Television to syndicate the existing episodes and air the films as 16 new, half-hour episodes.
Comedy Central began airing Futurama on January 2, 2008, with new episodes starting on March 23, 2008. On June 9, 2009, producing studio 20th Century Fox announced that Comedy Central had picked up the show for 26 new half-hour episodes, of which the first half began airing from June 24, 2010. The remaining thirteen episodes are scheduled to air beginning on June 23, 2011. It was officially announced on March 29, 2011 that Futurama has been renewed for a seventh season, consisting of at least 26 episodes.
Throughout its run, Futurama has consistently received high critical acclaim, culminating in a Guinness World Record for "Current Most Critically-Acclaimed Animated Series" in 2010. Futurama has also been nominated for 17 Annie Awards and 8 Emmy Awards, winning seven and three respectively. Futurama has also been nominated twice for a Writers Guild of America Award, winning two for the episodes "Godfellas" and "The Prisoner of Benda", and nominated for a Nebula Award. The show also received an Environmental Media Award for "The Problem With Popplers".
Futurama-related merchandise has also been released, including: a tie-in comic book series and video game, calendars, clothes, and figurines.
Futurama Season 6 Episode 15 (Benderama) airs: Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on Comedy Central. Synopsis of the episode: Bender gains the ability to replicate himself.