After being canceled after four seasons on FOX, then jumping from Cartoon Network to Comedy Central in reruns, then getting four new direct to DVD movies, Futurama has received yet another new lease on life, Variety reports. 20th Century Fox TV is producing 26 new episodes of the series for Comedy Central with an option to license their first run on a broadcast network. Comedy Central programming senior VP David Bernath said “It’s a deal we’re all happy with. It’s a bigger win for us promotionally if we wind up going first… but if we wind up in second position, then the economics work out for us as well… One of the things that excited us even at the time when we bought the initial 72 [original] episodes was the possibility of new production and new episodes”.