# Good News, Everyone...Futurama is Returning! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [February 10, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194 "2022-02-10T04:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/1 "2022-02-10T04:19:03Z")
> **[‘Futurama’ Revival Ordered at Hulu With Multiple Original Cast Members Returning](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/futurama-revival-hulu-1235176203/)** > > Good news, everyone! “Futurama” is being revived at Hulu. Variety has learned that the streaming service has ordered 20 new episodes of the adult animated sci-fi comedy series. The revi… Finally, 10 years after its last episode, Hulu will be producing 20 new episodes of Futurama. I’ve been hoping this would happen for quite some time. Unfortunately, John DiMaggio (Bender) may not return. It seems as though they’re still negotiating with him, but are prepared to recast the role if necessary. That would not be good news, everyone. (But I’ll still watch, of course.) A quick note about the article I liked to above…There’s an awesome correction at the end: “Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Leela as an alien. She is in fact a sewer mutant. The error has been corrected.” I’m glad they cleared THAT up! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/2 "2022-02-10T08:05:42Z")
This is good news. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/3 "2022-02-10T11:09:38Z")
I have no strong feelings about this, one way or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/4 "2022-02-10T11:19:11Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > I have no strong feelings about this, one way or the other All I know is my gut says maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/5 "2022-02-10T12:47:02Z")
Were you guys just born with hearts full of neutrality? Holy crap, this has to be the 3rd or 4th resurrection of Futurama, not that I’m complaining. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/6 "2022-02-10T13:48:43Z")
My 16 year old will be glad to hear this-- he loves that show. Or he used to, at least; he may have moved on in his likes by now. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/7 "2022-02-10T14:05:31Z")
Love the show, but it definitely hit diminishing returns over its various reincarnations. I’ll be interested to see who’s in the writing room. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/8 "2022-02-10T15:38:29Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > Love the show, but it definitely hit diminishing returns over its various reincarnations Yeah. I never got into the Comedy Central episodes and Groening-property Disenchantment was a big dud for me. So I’ll check this out but I’m not going to get my hopes up that it’ll reclaim the Fox-era highs. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/9 "2022-02-10T17:47:30Z")
Yeah, I headed over to the Hulu folks and gave them the Stare. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/10 "2022-02-10T18:02:02Z")
I think Seth Rogan could pull off Bender. He’s probably too expensive though. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/11 "2022-02-10T18:22:23Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I think Seth Rogan could pull off Bender. Sure, if you get him sober enough. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/12 "2022-02-10T21:17:31Z")
This might be the thing that finally pushes me into signing up for Hulu. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/13 "2022-02-10T21:20:00Z")
You can always sign up for 2-3 months and then discontinue again. Lately I subscribe to Netflix only about half the time. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/14 "2022-02-11T03:44:48Z")
I’m walking on sunshine. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/15 "2022-02-11T13:53:19Z")
This is gonna be fun on the bun. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/16 "2022-02-11T13:55:39Z")
# I’m Back, Baby! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K9q70zCJYBc/hqdefault.jpg "FUTURAMA - Bender - I'm Back, Baby") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9q70zCJYBc) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/17 "2022-02-11T14:18:47Z")
> [@RobotDevilDog](#): > > Unfortunately, John DiMaggio (Bender) may not return. It seems as though they’re still negotiating with him, but are prepared to recast the role if necessary. Any revival is doomed\*\* without him. I hope he and Hulu are able to come to terms. \*\* [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/R1Nd6LU4ImQ/hqdefault.jpg "Bender(s) Doomed") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Nd6LU4ImQ) ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/18 "2022-02-11T19:06:20Z")
Jam a bastard in it, you crap! Oops, sorry, that just slipped out. Cautiously looking forward to it. The last two iterations had their moments, but the original writers had left and I mostly wasn’t thrilled. ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/19 "2022-03-02T01:02:45Z")
UPDATE: John DiMaggio has finally signed on for the reboot. So the entire original cast is back, baby! ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194/20 "2022-03-02T02:18:47Z")
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