Corona | Coming Attractions

The news first emerged Sunday afternoon from the Collider website that Futurama would be coming back as a series. The site broke the news that production offices had opened and that Comedy Central had placed an order for 13 episodes, with the possibility of more if there's an audience.

Variety then followed up with its own report three days later. While they didn't acknowledge Collider with originally breaking the story, V added that the Futurama pick-up was for 26 episodes and not 13 and got a quote from series co-creator Matt Groening. "It's sweet, and basically everybody who has worked on the show wants to come back," Groening told the magazine. "I choose to believe it's more than the economic situation. People had a good time working on this show."

While the new Futurama's budget is slightly less than what it was when it aired on Fox, there's more good news than bad. In addition to getting new episodes there's also the possibility that Fox could choose to air the new episodes on their network after being broadcast on Comedy Central. 72 episodes of the show already air on the cable channel along with the four made-for-TV/DVD Futurama movies. All of the show's cast members will be back to reprise their characters' voices on the new episodes.