Fox Broadcasting Company

The original network home that launched the intergalactic comedy.

Fox Broadcasting Company served as the original television network home for Futurama during its initial production run. As a major American broadcaster, it provided the platform that introduced the characters of Planet Express to audiences worldwide. The series was created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

Quick Facts

Network type: Commercial Broadcasting
Creator partnership: Matt Groening Productions

Lore & Background

Within the history of the show's production, Fox Broadcasting represents the network where the series first aired. The show followed the adventures of Philip J. Fry, a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express in the retro-futuristic 31st century. The series includes a large array of characters, including co-workers, media personalities, business owners, extended relatives, townspeople, aliens, and villains. Many characters were created for one-time gags or background scenes but later gained expanded roles. The main characters include Philip J. Fry (voiced by Billy West), Turanga Leela (voiced by Katey Sagal), Bender Bending Rodríguez (voiced by John DiMaggio), Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth (voiced by Billy West), and Hermes Conrad (voiced by Phil LaMarr).

Reader's Guide

The production journey began when creator Matt Groening and developer David X. Cohen created the series for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is an American animated science fiction sitcom.

Did You Know?

The main protagonist Philip J. Fry is voiced by Billy West, who used an impression of his own voice at age 25.
Turanga Leela, the female lead, is voiced by Katey Sagal and is a one-eyed mutant who first believes herself an alien but is later revealed to be a mutant.
Professor Farnsworth is Fry's great (×30) nephew and great (×31) grandson because of time reef paradox.