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- 1999
- TV-PG
- FOX
- 1999
- TV-PG
- FOX
Summary Futurama follows the comic exploits of Fry, a pizza delivery boy, who was accidentally cryogenically frozen in 1999, and awakens in the year 3000, finding much has changed, and, yet, is seemingly familiar. Together with an assortment of alien, robot, and human friends, he works for an intergalactic delivery service, Planet Express, run b...
Created By: Matt Groening
- 1999
- TV-PG
- FOX
- 1999
- TV-PG
- FOX
Futurama
14 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Mar 28, 1999
72
8.6
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Summary Futurama follows the comic exploits of Fry, a pizza delivery boy, who was accidentally cryogenically frozen in 1999, and awakens in the year 3000, finding much has changed, and, yet, is seemingly familiar. Together with an assortment of alien, robot, and human friends, he works for an intergalactic delivery service, Planet Express, run b...
Created By: Matt Groening
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14 Seasons
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 56 Critic Reviews
72
77% Positive
43 Reviews
43 Reviews
21% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 56 Critic Reviews
72
77% Positive
43 Reviews
43 Reviews
21% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
"Futurama," like "The Simpsons," is a multi-layered, full-family treat: silly and goofy-looking enough to hook the kids, and subtle and sarcastic enough to charm their parents. [26 Mar 1999]
This looks like another clever, irreverent, cutting-edge animated comedy from creator Matt Groening.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 1,021 User Ratings
8.6
91% Positive
930 Ratings
930 Ratings
4% Mixed
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
5% Negative
51 Ratings
51 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 1,021 User Ratings
8.6
91% Positive
930 Ratings
930 Ratings
4% Mixed
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
5% Negative
51 Ratings
51 Ratings
Now that is not to say the Simpsons is bad or anything, I really like it, but it has jumped the shark for a few years now. Futurama is everything I love an animated series to be, funny, original and witty. I seriously don't know where to begin praising the show. Well for one thing the animation is amazing. The characters are really well drawn, the backgrounds are audacious and the visual effects are eye-popping. And the music is brilliant, it is cleverly composed with some funky songs featuring such as "Conga" and "Sunshine of Your Love" and the theme tune is definitely memorable. The writing is outstanding, the comedy works brilliantly and the more touching and subtle parts work just as well. The episode ideas springing from a brilliant concept are really original and fun, and the pacing is great. And the characters with the help of a truly talented voice cast are really unique and endearing, especially Fry, Bender and Zoidberg, and Leela is a feisty and headstrong character that I related to immediately. Overall, a truly wonderful show, with all the fun and originality that are lacking in the later episodes of the Simpsons. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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Futurama is still firing on all creative thrusters, especially in the second of two back-to-back episodes.
Visually, the world of "Futurama" is much richer than that of the Simpsons. ... But the writing, from the conception of the characters forward, lacks the bite of its predecessor. [26 Mar 1999]
[The] new episodes are no great shakes, but they do find Futurama humming along.
At this point in its unlikely lifespan, Futurama's blend of sci-fi parody, satirical digs at modern culture, and classic sitcom tropes is rarely hilarious but usually amusing. It's comfort food, as reliably satisfying as a bowl of Bachelor Chow washed down with a swig of Slurm.
The show lacks the vision of The Simpsons, the snappy rhythm and the kind of far-reaching humor that keep it dizzyingly smart even after a decade on the air.
Easily the worst show by Matt Groening. Nothing adds up to anything, there is no real plot, jokes are boring. Maybe it better when it came out, but when I watched it for the first time in 2022, I could not believe this was what everyone was always recommending. I think I laughed out loud once during the whole series.
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Production Company:
- The Curiosity Company
- 20th Television Animation
- Fox Television Animation
- Teletoon
- The ULULU Company
Initial Release Date: Mar 28, 1999
Number of seasons: 14 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
Awards
Behind the Voice Actors Awards
• 9 Wins & 21 Nominations
Annie Awards
• 6 Wins & 20 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 6 Wins & 14 Nominations
