Futurama (season 6)

Futurama
Season 6
DVD cover for Volume Five featuring Bender (left) and Volume Six featuring Leela
No. of episodes26
Release
Original networkComedy Central
Original releaseJune 24, 2010 (2010-06-24) –
September 8, 2011 (2011-09-08)
Season chronology
List of episodes

The sixth season of Futurama originally aired on Comedy Central from June 24, 2010, to September 8, 2011, and consisted of 26 episodes. The season marks the change of networks from Fox to Comedy Central.[1]

The first 13 episodes (known as Season 6-A[2]) aired during 2010, and the remaining 13 episodes (known as Season 6-B[2]) aired during 2011.[3] This makes the episode "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" the mid-season finale, despite airing almost twelve weeks after Futurama's 100th episode.[4] The final episode of the season, "Reincarnation", aired on September 8, 2011 as a three-segment non-canonical special after the official season finale.[5]

The first 13 episodes of the season have been released on a box set called Futurama: Volume 5, on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. It was released in the United States and Canada, on December 21, 2010, and on UK DVD on boxing day 2011.[6] The remaining 13 episodes are available on a box set called Futurama: Volume 6, which was released in the United States and Canada on December 20, 2011.[7] Both volumes have all episodes ordered in production order as was the case with Volumes 1–4.

  1. ^ ""FUTURAMA" RETURNS TO PRODUCTION WITH AN INITIAL ORDER OF 26 NEW EPISODES TO PREMIERE MID 2010". Archived from the original on June 5, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "COMEDY CENTRAL® RENEWS "FUTURAMA" FOR 26 NEW EPISODES". March 29, 2011. Archived from the original on April 5, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  3. ^ Fritz, Steve. "Back To The FUTURAMA W/ Co-Creator David X. Cohen". Archived from the original on October 18, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
  4. ^ "TV: Back to the 'Futurama'". Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
  5. ^ "'Futurama' Producer David X. Cohen Talks Holiday Special". September 19, 2010. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
  6. ^ "Futurama Volume 5 Blu-Ray announced". October 8, 2010. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  7. ^ Chiarella, Chris (June 30, 2011). "Rio, Glee S2, Modern Family, Simpsons, Futurama and More Coming to Blu-ray from Fox". Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2011.