Futurama is coming to an end… Again. EW.com has revealed that Comedy Central is not renewing the series and that the episodes airing this summer on June 19 – the second half of Season 7 -- will be the final ones, with the finale airing on September 4th.
Futurama of course had has a long, strange ride. It began on FOX in 1999 and was cancelled in 2003. It then returned as four straight-to-DVD movies, which also were edited into episodes shown on Comedy Central. And then Comedy Central ordered brand new episodes, which began airing in 2010.
Given the fact that they felt the show was over when FOX cancelled it and once again when they completed the DVD movies, co-creator David X. Cohen said Comedy Central's decision wasn't a shock, particularly since they were surprised when the cable channel ordered 26 additional episodes two years ago after the first 26 they ordered. He tells EW, "I felt like we were already in the bonus round on these last couple of seasons, so I can't say I was devastated by the news. It was what I had expected two years earlier. At this point I keep a suitcase by my office door so I can be cancelled at a moment's notice."
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