Comedy Central is an American television station owned by Paramount Global that launched on April 1, 1991. In 2005, the channel signed a deal to air Futurama in syndication beginning in 2008, when Adult Swim's rights expired.[1] The channel first aired the four straight-to-DVD Futurama movies from 2008 to 2009, and later ordered 26 episodes for the 2010-2011 season.[2]
New episodes would debut on the channel until 2013, as reruns remain on the channel as of 2024. Comedy Central was notably the first network to air every episode with a TV-14 rating, this maybe due to the fact that the series has drawn a larger demographic targeting teens and adults. Comedy Central would also share the broadcast rights with sister network MTV2, but it ended after an unsuccessful syndicated run.
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- ↑ Dempsey, John (10-27-2005) Futurama in Comedy's future via big deal. Variety. Published October 27, 2005. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ↑ Schneider, Michael (6-9-2009) Futurama returns with new episodes- Comedy Central sets sights on mid-2010. Variety. Published June 9, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2022.