Futurama To Return With New Episodes

POSTED: 11:23 am CDT June 23, 2006
UPDATED: 11:54 am CDT June 23, 2006

Three years after being canceled by FOX, Matt Groening's animated series "Futurama" is returning to television with new episodes.

Comedy Central announced on Friday that is has ordered 13 new episodes, which will begin airing on the cable network in 2008.

The network licensed the 72 FOX episodes from 20th Century Television last year and also obtained the rights to any new episodes that might be produced.

Billy West, Katey Sagal and John DiMaggio have all agreed to return for the new episodes.


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