Futurama Returning with New Episodes to Comedy Central

Okay, so all of you rumor-mongers already rumor-mongered the hell out of this, but now it's official. After being frozen in suspended animation for the past few years (well, except for the feature length DVDs, but run with my metaphor please), Futurama returns with all new episodes set to air on Comedy Central!

Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's brilliantly subversive animated sci-fi comedy "Futurama" will return to production on 26 new half-hour episodes more than six years after the series aired its last original episode.  The move comes on the heels of the series' blockbuster performance on DVD and on COMEDY CENTRAL…

"We are excited to continue our relationship with Matt, David and 20th Century Fox TV and to be able to offer COMEDY CENTRAL viewers the first opportunity to see new episodes of 'Futurama,'" said Bernath.  "As evidenced by the strong performance of the extended length epics, there remains a deep and passionate fan base for this intelligent and very funny show that matches perfectly with our audience.  It's fantastic that we can add brand-new installments of Leela, Fry and Bender's adventures to our existing library."

Quipped Matt Groening, "We're thrilled 'Futurama' is coming back.  We now have only 25,766 episodes to make before we catch up with Bender and Fry in the year 3000."  Added David X. Cohen, "We're excited and amazed that the show is coming back, perhaps due to some sort of mysterious time loop.  We look forward to working with COMEDY CENTRAL and 20th Television to make this the best iteration of the loop yet!"

We did it! USA! USA! USA! Now, let's get together, sign internet petitions, and finally bring My So Called Life back, okay?

In the meantime, you can watch lots of videos on the official Futurama site.