Season 6

Season 6 is the upcoming season of Futurama and the first season of the second run. With 26 episodes, season 6 is so far the largest season, beating season 3 during the original run, which had 22 episodes.

Broadcast wise, season 6 is going to be the seventh broadcast season, though, while things have yet to be confirmed, it may seem likely for such a big season to be split up into two broadcast seasons.

Production
Immediately after Bender's Game was announced, members of the media and fans starting discussing the possibility of Futurama returning as a TV show. With the release of Into the Wild Green Yonder the speculation became intense. On 7 June, 2009, Collider.com posted a rumour about a new TV season. Two days later, Comedy Central officially announced its return.

Content
Plot speculation is currently high, as only a small amount of information has come out of the production company. Story lines involving addictions to iPhones and Twitter, as well as a "shocking sexual relationship" are among the rumoured story lines for the upcoming season. David X. Cohen has stated that season 6 will focus greatly on every day life in the future, and be more focused on characters. In response to the rumour that Matt Groening was thinking of rebooting the series, a la J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, Cohen denies it, calling it speculation.

At the San Diego Comic-Con, 2009, certain plot points were revealed for episodes of the coming season. Such as the "shocking relationship" being between Bender and Amy in a parody of the California regarding gay marriage, and the Twitter plot involving Mom taking over the future's version of it. Other plots included Fry and Professor Farnsworth finding a time machine that only goes forward, Zapp and Leela stranded on a planet alone, how Zoidberg met Professor Farnsworth, the origins of Scruffy and a new Anthology of Interest episode. Regarding the ending of Into the Wild Green Yonder, Matt Groening talked about ignoring it all together, while David X. Cohen wanted to address the conflicts, but warned viewers might to "turn away" for a "literal rebirth" of the show.

Recasting ploy


On 17 July, 20th Century Fox Television announced that the main cast of Futurama would go on recasting, opening for new actors to audition. 20th Century Fox Television cited that salary negociations had collapsed with the voice actors, who, according to several reports wanted 75,000 dollars per episode in salary, however this number remains unconfirmed by 20th Century Fox Television or the voice actors' reps. However, others firmly believe that 20th Century Fox Television is doing a negotiation ploy to get the voice actors to cut their salary demands, and cited cases where 20th Century Fox Television had done the same thing for The Simpsons in the past, and they still have the same voice actors.

Despite anticipation for news on the San Diego Comic-Con, 2009, Futurama panel, Matt Groening and David X. Cohen revealed nothing on the situation with the voice actors, only that they were hoping for the best. The voice actors were, as expected, not present at the panel, effectively putting an end to the debates on whether it was a hoax to stir up more talks about the show.