Editing Futurama (section)

===Ratings===
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| link1             = Futurama (season 1)
| timeslot1         = Sunday 8:30{{nbsp}}pm {{small|(1–2)}} <br /> Tuesday 8:30{{nbsp}}pm {{small|(3–9)}}
| network1          = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| network_length1   = 5
| episodes1         =  13
| start1            = {{Start date|1999|3|28}}
| startrating1      = –
| end1              = {{End date|1999|5|18}}
| endrating1        = –
| season1           = 1998–99
| rank1             = 89
| viewers1          = 8.9<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 29, 2009 |title=Final ratings for the 1998–1999 TV season |url=http://geocities.com/Hollywood/4616/ew0604.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029011819/http://geocities.com/Hollywood/4616/ew0604.html |archive-date=October 29, 2009 |access-date=February 19, 2022}}</ref>

| link2             = Futurama (season 2)
| timeslot2         = Sunday 8:30{{nbsp}}pm {{small|(1–8)}} <br /> Sunday 7:00{{nbsp}}pm {{small|(9–20)}}
| episodes2         = 19
| start2            = {{Start date|1999|9|26}}
| startrating2      = –
| end2              = {{End date|2000|5|21}}
| endrating2        = –
| season2           = 1999–2000
| rank2             = –
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| link3             = Futurama (season 3)
| timeslot3         = Sunday 7:00{{nbsp}}pm
| timeslot_length3  = 3
| episodes3         = 22
| start3            = {{Start date|2000|11|5}}
| startrating3      = –
| end3              = {{End date|2001|5|13}}
| endrating3        = –
| season3           = 2000–01
| rank3             = –
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| link4             = Futurama (season 4)
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| season4           = 2001–02
| episodes4         = 18
| start4            = {{Start date|2001|12|9}}
| startrating4      = –
| end4              = {{End date|2002|4|21}}
| rank4             = 115
| viewers4          = 5.9<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 28, 2002 |title=How did your favorite show rate? |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/2002/2002-05-28-year-end-chart.htm |url-status=live |access-date=August 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222174856/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/2002/2002-05-28-year-end-chart.htm |archive-date=February 22, 2017}}</ref>

| link5             = Futurama (season 5)
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| start5            = {{Start date|2002|11|10}}
| startrating5      = –
| end5              = {{End date|2003|8|10}}
| endrating5        = –
| season5           = 2002–03
| rank5             = –
| viewers5          = –

| link6             = Futurama (season 6)
| timeslot6         = Thursday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm {{small|(1, 3–14, 16–26)}} <br /> Thursday 10:30{{nbsp}}pm {{small|(2, 15)}}
| network6          = [[Comedy Central|Comedy <br /> Central]]
| network_length6   = 2
| episodes6         = 26
| start6            = {{Start date|2010|6|24}}
| startrating6      = 2.92<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gorman |first=Bill |date=June 25, 2010 |title=UPDATED Thursday Cable Ratings: ''Futurama'' Returns Strong; Plus ''Burn Notice'', ''Royal Pains'', ''NBA Draft'' & More |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/25/thursday-cable-ratings-futurama-returns-strong/55378 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627171359/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/25/thursday-cable-ratings-futurama-returns-strong/55378 |archive-date=June 27, 2010 |access-date=June 26, 2010 |website=TV by the Numbers}}</ref>
| end6              = {{End date|2011|9|8}}
| endrating6        = 1.48<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gorman |first=Bill |date=September 9, 2011 |title=Thursday Cable: 'Jersey Shore' Takes A Hit, Still Dominates, 'Burn Notice,' 'Suits,' 'Wilfred,' 'Futurama' Finales & More |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/09/09/thursday-cable-jersey-shore-takes-a-hit-still-dominates-burn-notice-suits-wilfred-futurama-finales-more/103152/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925034719/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/09/09/thursday-cable-jersey-shore-takes-a-hit-still-dominates-burn-notice-suits-wilfred-futurama-finales-more/103152/ |archive-date=September 25, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2011 |website=TV by the Numbers}}</ref>
| season6           = 2010–11
| rank6             = –
| viewers6          = –

| link7             = Futurama (season 7)
| timeslot7         = Wednesday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm {{small|(1, 3–12, 14, 16–26)}} <br /> Wednesday 10:30{{nbsp}}pm {{small|(2, 13, 15)}}
| episodes7         = 26
| start7            = {{Start date|2012|6|20}}
| startrating7      = 1.57<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kondolojy |first=Amanda |date=June 21, 2012 |title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Dallas', + 'Royal Pains', 'Storage Wars', 'Barter Kings', 'Necessary Roughness' & More |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/06/21/wednesday-cable-ratings-dallas-royal-pains-storage-wars-barter-kings-necessary-roughness-more/138893/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624020013/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/06/21/wednesday-cable-ratings-dallas-royal-pains-storage-wars-barter-kings-necessary-roughness-more/138893/ |archive-date=June 24, 2012 |access-date=June 22, 2012 |website=[[TV by the Numbers]]}}</ref>
| end7              = {{End date|2013|9|4}}
| endrating7        = 2.21<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bibel |first=Sara |date=September 5, 2013 |title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Duck Dynasty' Wins Night, 'Modern Dads', 'Futurama', 'Royal Pains', 'The Bridge' & More |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/09/05/wednesday-cable-ratings-duck-dynasty-wins-night-modern-dads-futurama-royal-pains-the-bridge-more/201036/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908003651/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/09/05/wednesday-cable-ratings-duck-dynasty-wins-night-modern-dads-futurama-royal-pains-the-bridge-more/201036/ |archive-date=September 8, 2013 |access-date=September 5, 2013 |publisher=TV by the Numbers}}</ref>
| season7           = 2012–13
| rank7             = –
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''Futurama''{{'}}s 7:00&nbsp;p.m. Sunday time slot caused the show to often be pre-empted by sports and usually have a later-than-average season premiere. It also allowed the writers and animators to get ahead of the broadcast schedule so that episodes intended for one season were not aired until the following season. By the beginning of the fourth broadcast season, all the episodes to be aired that season had already been completed and writers were working at least a year in advance.<ref name="SciFiWeekly2">{{Cite web |date=December 17, 2001 |title=David X. Cohen boards the Planet Express to find meaning in Futurama |url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/interviews/sfw7897.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610080245/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/interviews/sfw7897.html |archive-date=June 10, 2008 |access-date=June 3, 2008 |publisher=Sci Fi Weekly}}</ref>

When ''Futurama'' debuted in the Fox Sunday night lineup at 8:30&nbsp;p.m. between ''The Simpsons'' and ''[[The X-Files]]'' on March 28, 1999, it managed 19&nbsp;million viewers, tying for 11th overall in that week's [[Nielsen ratings]].<ref name="Bauder">{{Cite news |last=Bauder |first=David |date=April 1, 1999 |title=New animated show 'Futurama' may be a score for Fox |publisher=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB82C9405B7CAA1&p_field_direct-0=document_id |url-status=live |access-date=June 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609012934/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB82C9405B7CAA1&p_field_direct-0=document_id |archive-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref> The following week, airing at the same time, ''Futurama'' drew 14.2&nbsp;million viewers. The third episode, the first airing on Tuesday, drew 8.85&nbsp;million viewers.<ref name="DailyTV">{{Cite web |date=April 1999 |title=Groening's Gripe |url=http://www.frcr.com/library/dailytv1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000824051808/http://www.frcr.com/library/dailytv1.html |archive-date=August 24, 2000 |access-date=June 3, 2008}}</ref> Though its ratings were well below ''The Simpsons'', the first season of ''Futurama'' rated higher than competing animated series: ''[[King of the Hill]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[Dilbert (TV series)|Dilbert]]'', ''[[South Park]]'', and ''[[The PJs]]''.<ref name="Sterngold">{{Cite news |last=Sterngold |first=James |date=July 22, 1999 |title=Futurama: Bringing an Alien and a Robot to TV Life |work=The New York Times |url=http://www.frcr.com/library/new_york_times1.html |access-date=June 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000824051735/http://www.frcr.com/library/new_york_times1.html |archive-date=August 24, 2000}}</ref>

When ''Futurama'' was effectively canceled in 2003, it had averaged 6.4&nbsp;million viewers for the first half of its fourth broadcast season.<ref name="MLMag">{{Cite web |date=February 14, 2002 |title=Fox puts 'Futurama' order on hold |url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2002/feb02/feb11/4_thurs/news7thursday.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216141740/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2002/feb02/feb11/4_thurs/news7thursday.html |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |access-date=June 3, 2008}}</ref>

In late 2002, [[Cartoon Network]] acquired exclusive cable syndication rights to ''Futurama'' for a reported $10 million (equivalent to ${{inflation|US-GDP|10|2002|r=0|fmt=c}} million in {{inflation/year|US-GDP}}).{{Inflation/fn|US-GDP}}<ref name="APArchiveCN">{{Cite news |date=September 11, 2002 |title=Cartoon Network to Air 'Futurama' |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-11097857.html |url-status=dead |access-date=April 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523181616/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-11097857.html |archive-date=May 23, 2013}}</ref> In January 2003,<ref name="APArchiveCN" /> the network began airing ''Futurama'' episodes as the centerpiece to the expansion of their [[Adult Swim]] cartoon block. In October 2005, Comedy Central picked up the cable syndication rights to air ''Futurama''{{'}}s 72-episode run at the start of 2008, following the expiration of Cartoon Network's contract.<ref name="variety">{{Cite news |last=Dempsey, John |date=October 27, 2005 |title="Futurama" in Comedy Central's future via big deal |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2005/digital/markets-festivals/animation-central-1117931802/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 27, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011195632/http://variety.com/article/VR1117931802.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |archive-date=October 11, 2007}}</ref> A Comedy Central teaser trailer announced the return of ''Futurama'' March 23, 2008,<ref name="FoxStopProduction">{{Cite web |date=January 19, 2001 |title=Silver screen Simpsons, Futurama facing finish? |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/02021902.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030419181300/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/02021902.shtml |archive-date=April 19, 2003 |access-date=June 3, 2008 |website=BBC News}}</ref> which was ''Bender's Big Score'' divided into four episodes followed by the other three movies.

On June 24, 2010, the season 6 premiere, "[[Rebirth (Futurama)|Rebirth]]", drew 2.92 million viewers in the 10:00&nbsp;p.m. time slot on Comedy Central.<ref name="Gorman">{{Cite web |last=Gorman |first=Bill |date=June 25, 2010 |title=UPDATED Thursday Cable Ratings: Futurama Returns Strong; Plus Burn Notice, Royal Pains, NBA Draft & More |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/25/thursday-cable-ratings-futurama-returns-strong/55378 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627171359/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/25/thursday-cable-ratings-futurama-returns-strong/55378 |archive-date=June 27, 2010 |access-date=June 26, 2010}}</ref> The second episode of the sixth season, "[[In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela]]", aired at 10:30&nbsp;p.m., immediately following the season premiere. "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" drew 2.78 million viewers.<ref name="Gorman" /> This was the series' premiere on the network, with original episodes—the fifth season had previously aired on the network, but it had originally been released in the form of the four direct-to-video films.