Comedy Central just confirmed what Katey Sagal told us last month: “Futurama” is going back into production.
The channel just ordered 26 new episodes that will be spread over 2012 and 2013. These 26 do not count the already ordered 13 episodes that begin airing this June.
Confusingly, nobody seems quite sure if a Comedy Central season of the series constitutes 13 or 26 episodes. (I’m guessing 13. “South Park’s” seasons typically constitute 14 episodes per year; seven in the spring and seven in the fall.) If this summer’s batch is season seven, then perhaps Comedy Central just ordered seasons eight and nine. The DVDs for last summer’s batch of episodes are labeled “Volume 5.”
Find all of Entertainment Weekly’s story on the matter here.
