Futurama season 11: next episode, trailer, everything we know about the animated revival

Promo image for Futurama season 11 on Hulu
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There's nothing like an old favorite show coming back for more. Hulu ordered 20 episodes of Futurama, to be split into two seasons, and the first batch of new episodes will be dropping this summer. 

The new season of the sci-fi animated series is officially being labeled as the show's eleventh season, though by some accounting it can also be considered the eighth season. We're going with season 11. 

Futurama initially debuted on Fox in 1999, running for four seasons before leaving the network and heading to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Reruns of the show captured a whole new fan base, leading to the idea for a revival. Season 5 was actually four direct-to-video movies that were repackaged as episodes and released in 2008 as a new season that aired on Comedy Central. After being very well received, Comedy Central ordered two more seasons of 26 episodes each, which ran through 2013.

Here's everything we know about Futurama season 11.

Next episode of Futurama season 11 

The next new episode of Futurama season 11airs September 25 on Hulu. Episodes will be released weekly with a total of 10 episodes in the new season. 

The episode title is "All the Way Down" and here's the episode description: "The crew investigates whether the universe is a simulation."

There is no word yet on a release date in the UK but we will pass that along when more information is available. 

Futurama season 11 episodes

Futurama season 11 episode 1: "The Impossible Stream"
"Fry risks permanent insanity when he attempts to binge-watch every TV show ever made."

Futurama season 11 episode 2: "Children of a Lesser Bog"
"Amy and Kif's children emerge from an alien swamp."

Futurama season 11 episode 3: "How the West was 1010001"
"Bender and the crew go west to join the bitcoin mining rush."

Futurama season 11 episode 4: "Parasites Regained"
"After Nibbler falls ill, the crew shrinks down for a dangerous mission into a desert world contained within his litter box."

Futurama season 11 episode 5: "Related to Items You've Viewed"
"Bender uncovers the mysteries of the Momazon corporation."

Futurama season 11 episode 6: "I Know What You Did Next Xmas"
"Bender and Zoidberg travel through time to attack Robot Santa."

Futurama season 11 episode 7: "Rage Against the Vaccine"
"A pandemic ravages future Earth."

Futurama season 11 episode 8: "Zapp Gets Cancelled"
"When Zapp Brannigan is cancelled for crude behavior, Leela takes over as captain of the Nimbus on a critical mission."

Futurama season 11 episode 9: "The Prince and the Product"
"Leela falls in love with the Prince of Space; the crew members are reborn as toys and have to deal with living in a smaller world."

Futurama season 11 plot

Here's the official synopsis of Futurama season 11 from Hulu: 

"After a brief ten-year hiatus, Futurama has crawled triumphantly from the cryogenic tube, its full original cast and satirical spirit intact. The ten all-new episodes of New viewers will be able to pick up the series from here, while long-time fans will recognize payoffs to decades-long mysteries – including developments in the epic love story of Fry and Leela, the mysterious contents of Nibbler’s litter box, the secret history of evil Robot Santa, and the whereabouts of Kif and Amy’s tadpoles. Meanwhile there’s a whole new pandemic in town as the crew explores the future of vaccines, bitcoin, cancel culture, and streaming TV."

Futurama season 11 cast

Despite a decade-long gap between seasons, the entire original cast is back for season 11. 

The series was created by Matt Groening of The Simpsons fame and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen.

  • Billy West (The Ren & Stimpy Show) as Philip J. Fry
  • Katey Sagal (Married...with Children) as Leela
  • John DiMaggio (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) as Bender
  • Lauren Tom (The Joy Luck Club) as Amy Wong
  • Phil LaMarr (Pulp Fiction) as Hermes Conrad
  • David Herman (Office Space) as Roberto
  • Maurice LaMarche (Frozen) as Morbo
  • Tress MacNeille (Animaniacs) as Linda

Futurama season 11 trailer

Hulu released the first trailer for Futurama season 11 and you can watch it right here:

And you can watch the first teaser for the series below:

How to watch Futurama season 11

Futurama season 11 will air on Hulu in the US. If you need to subscribe to Hulu you can choose between a standalone Hulu monthly plan, or you can choose the Hulu Plus Live TV package or the Disney Plus Bundle, depending on your needs. 

Sarabeth Pollock
Editorial Content Producer

 

Sarabeth joined the What to Watch team in May 2022. An avid TV and movie fan, her perennial favorites are The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, true crime documentaries on Netflix and anything from Passionflix. You’ve Got Mail, Ocean's Eleven and Signs are movies that she can watch all day long. She's also a huge baseball fan, and hockey is a new favorite.  

When she's not working, Sarabeth hosts the My Nights Are Booked Podcast and a blog dedicated to books and interviews with authors and actors. She also published her first novel, Once Upon an Interview, in 2022.