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QUICK TAKES - June 11, 2009

Associated Press

Comedy Central says it’s bringing the animated comedy “Futurama” back from cancellation for 26 new half-hour episodes.

The satiric sci-fi series, set in “New New York City” in the third millennium, will resume production more than six years after ending its four-season run on the Fox network in 2003. In 2008, those original 72 episodes were supplemented by four extended-length adventures.

Along the way, “Futurama” has found success with DVD sales and in repeat airings on Comedy Central.

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The new episodes, produced as before by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, are expected to air on Comedy Central beginning in mid-2010.

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