Futurama season 8

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File:Futurama Season 8.jpeg
Promotional poster
No. of episodes 10
Release
Original network Hulu
Original release July 24, 2023 (2023-07-24) – present
List of Futurama episodes

The eighth season of Futurama is set to consist of 20 episodes split equally across two released parts. It premiered on Hulu in the United States on July 24, 2023. Although the seventh season was intended as the final season, having concluded in September 2013, Hulu greenlit the eighth season in February 2022. All of the main voice cast returned, including John DiMaggio after he spent a month in negotiations to sign a new deal with Disney.

This season has alternatively been titled the eighth season (production),[1] and the eleventh and twelfth seasons (broadcast).[2][3] This list follows the previous season box sets, which feature the episodes in the original, intended production season order, ignoring the order of broadcast.

Cast and characters

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Main article: List of Futurama characters

Regular

Recurring

Special guest stars

Episodes

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See also: List of Futurama episodes
No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title [4] Directed by Written by [5] Original release date [6] Prod.
code
Part 1 [7]
141 1 "The Impossible Stream" Peter Avanzino Patric M. Verrone July 24, 2023 (2023-07-24) 8ACV01
142 2 "Children of a Lesser Bog" Edmund Fong Eric Horsted July 31, 2023 (2023-07-31) 8ACV02
143 3 "How the West Was 1010001"[lower-alpha 1] James Kim Nona di Spargement August 7, 2023 (2023-08-07) 8ACV03
144 4 "Parasites Regained" Corey Barnes Maiya Williams August 14, 2023 (2023-08-14) 8ACV04
145 5 "Related to Items You've Viewed" Andrew Han David A. Goodman August 21, 2023 (2023-08-21) 8ACV05
146 6 "I Know What You Did Next Xmas" Crystal Chesney-Thompson Ariel Ladensohn August 28, 2023 (2023-08-28) 8ACV06
147 7 "Rage Against the Vaccine" Edmund Fong Cody Ziglar September 4, 2023 (2023-09-04) 8ACV07
148 8 "Zapp Gets Canceled" James Kim Shirin Najafi September 11, 2023 (2023-09-11) 8ACV08
149 9 "The Prince and the Product" Corey Barnes Ari Kaplan & Eric Kaplan September 18, 2023 (2023-09-18) 8ACV09
150 10 "All the Way Down" Ira Sherak David X. Cohen September 25, 2023 (2023-09-25) 8ACV10
Part 2 [7]
151 11 "The One Amigo" TBA Eric Horsted July 29, 2024 (2024-07-29) TBA
152 12 "Quids Game" TBA Cody Ziglar TBA TBA
153 13 "The Temp" TBA David A. Goodman TBA TBA
154 14 "Beauty and the Bug" TBA Patric M. Verrone TBA TBA
155 15 "One Is Silicon and the Other Gold" TBA Maiya Williams TBA TBA
156 16 "Attack of the Clothes" TBA Ariel Ladensohn TBA TBA
157 17 "Planet Espresso" TBA Bill Odenkirk TBA TBA
158 18 "Cuteness Overlord" TBA Kristin Gore TBA TBA
159 19 "The Futurama Mystery Liberry" TBA David X. Cohen and Jeanette Lim and Patric M. Verrone TBA TBA
160 20 "Otherwise" TBA Nona di Spargement TBA TBA

Production

Development

In February 2022, Hulu revived the series with a 20-episode order expected to premiere in 2023.[9] In August 2022, the titles of the first 10 episodes were announced by Hulu,[10] and by November 2022, the production team was aiming to complete the episodes by the end of the year.[11]

Casting

At the time of the announcement, the majority of the main voice cast was set to return, while John DiMaggio was still in negotiations.[9] DiMaggio stated that he had not accepted the role in mid-February 2022 as he believed the entire cast of Futurama should be paid more. He stated, "Bender is part of my soul and nothing about this is meant to be disrespectful to the fans or my Futurama family. It's about self-respect. And honestly, [it's about] being tired of an industry that's become far too corporate and takes advantage of artists' time and talent... I wish I could give you every detail so you would understand, but it's not my place."[12] In March, DiMaggio officially rejoined the series after working out a new deal, calling the prior events "Bendergate".[13] He later revealed that he did not get a raise, "but what I did get was a lot of respect". Had he not returned, Bender would have been voiced by a different guest star in each episode.[14]

Similar to other animation recastings after the murder of George Floyd, several non-white characters originally voiced by white actors have been recast. Amy Wong's father, Leo Wong, was originally voiced by West, and reporter Scoop Chang, who was originally voiced by Maurice LaMarche, are both now being voiced by Feodor Chin. Both Officer URL and Barbados Slim, two other characters that DiMaggio had voiced previously, are now voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.

Rapper Coolio, who provided his voice for Kwanzaa-Bot in three previous episodes, died on September 28, 2022. Two days after his death, it was confirmed that Coolio had recorded another episode as Kwanzaa-Bot before his death.[15] When the series was released, this episode was revealed as the sixth episode "I Know What You Did Next Xmas", which was dedicated in his memory.

Release

In February 2023, a release window was set sometime around the mid-2023 season.[16] On May 18, 2023, Hulu announced that the season would premiere on July 24, 2023.[17] Hulu's sister streaming service, Disney+ announced, via a press release, that it would also stream the new season of Futurama internationally as a Star Original.[18] Disney+ later announced that the season would premiere new episodes around the world simultaneously with Hulu in the United States.[19]

Reception

Audience viewership

Parrot Analytics, which looks at consumer engagement in consumer research, streaming, downloads, and on social media, reported that Futurama had the second most in-demand United States series premiere in the second quarter of 2023. It had 50.2 times the average demand of all other series in the U.S. during the week of June 24–30, 2023.[20]

According to Whip Media's viewership tracking app TV Time, Futurama was the fifth-most streamed original series across all platforms in the U.S. during the week of July 30, 2023,[21] and during the week of August 6,[22] the fourth during the week of August 13,[23] the third during the week of August 20,[24] and the fourth during the week of August 27,[25] and during the week of September 3.[26]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 86% of 29 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Shut up and take our money!"[27] [28] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave the season a score of 67 out of 100 based on 13 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[29]

Notes

  1. ↑ "1010001" is binary for "81".[8]

References

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