A new episode of "Futurama" will be on TV Thursday night for the first time since 2003.
Thursday's premiere is the first of 26 new "Futurama" episodes that were ordered by Comedy Central in June 2009.
The cartoon sci-fi comedy was the first post-"Simpsons" project from cartoonist Matt Groening.
"Futurama" originally aired on Fox from 1999-2003, but the network canceled the show after four seasons. Reruns ran on Cartoon Network until 2007, but based on their popularity, Groening got 20th Century Fox Television to produce and distribute four straight-to-DVD "Futurama" movies.
Comedy Central later signed a deal to air "Futurama's" original four seasons and to broadcast the "Futurama" movies in episode form.