Comedy Central, after its four feature-length toes in the water, has commissioned a full series of Matt Groening’s beleaguered sci-fi Simpsons sibling Futurama.
The series, detailing the adventures of pizza delivery boy Fry after he’s catapulted into the 31st century, originally ran on the Fox Network, but was cancelled in 2003. Ratings for Comedy Central’s re-runs, alongside strong DVD sales, have been enough to convince them into producing 26 new episodes.
The cable network performed a similar rescue operation on Family Guy, which was cancelled by Fox twice (in 2000 and 2002) and resurrected by CC in 2005.
Writer David X. Cohen says that all the original voice cast are likely to return, and that after the epic scope of the recent DVD films, the series will probably return to more straightforward comedy.
New Zoidberg! New Bender! We can hardly contain ourselves.
