Hulu’s Best Sci-Fi Series Locks In Return Date — With a Schedule Shake-Up
Hulu’s fan-favorite sci-fi series returns later this summer with a locked premiere date—and a bold shake-up to how new episodes roll out. It’s shaping up to be a banner season for animation fans on the streamer.
Good news, everyone: Futurama is back this summer, and Hulu is tweaking how you watch it.
The quick version
- Futurama Season 14 premieres Sunday, August 3 on Hulu, with new episodes rolling out weekly (not a binge drop like last time).
- Hulu is stacking its summer with animated revivals: King of the Hill lands in July, then Futurama follows in August.
- Showrunner David X. Cohen teased a Zoidberg romance episode he calls one of the series' most beautiful.
- The Season 14 finale is built to double as a potential series ender and will explore Fry's childhood.
- Hulu added Seasons 13 and 14 after the first two revival seasons performed well; anything beyond 14 is still unannounced, though the cast is game for more.
- Hulu announced the date via Collider; Cohen and Billy West shared teases in separate chats with ComicBook.
Release plan: a small but notable switch
Hulu says Futurama returns for Season 14 on August 3, but there is a programming tweak: instead of dropping the whole batch at once like Season 13 (and like Hulu is doing with its King of the Hill revival), this run will go weekly. Translation: more Futurama in your life across late summer instead of a one-weekend binge and instant regret.
What are we getting this season?
Plot specifics are still locked up, but producer David X. Cohen told ComicBook last year that the team has a major Zoidberg episode on deck. His words, not mine:
"We have, I think, one of the most beautiful episodes in the history of the series coming next ... that involves a Zoidberg romance. I'm not going to say too much more, but I think it'll be a fan pleaser, very moving episode."
If you have a soft spot for Zoidberg (and honestly, who doesn't), that sounds like a flex.
The finale: prepping another possible goodbye
Because Futurama has ended and un-ended more times than most shows get renewed, Cohen also said they approached the Season 14 closer as a just-in-case finale. He told ComicBook it gets tougher each time; early finales leaned on Fry and Leela's future, but now the goal is to keep that bittersweet feel and land with real emotion without slamming the door shut. One concrete tease: the finale digs into Fry's childhood, an area the show has used to hit some surprisingly heavy notes before.
Will there be a Season 15?
Hulu ordered Seasons 13 and 14 after the first two revival seasons did the job, but beyond that, nothing is official. Voice legend Billy West told ComicBook the cast is hopeful for another pickup and he would be back in a heartbeat; if not, he joked he might just go travel the world. Same, honestly.
Bottom line: August 3, weekly drops, Zoidberg gets a spotlight, and the finale is built to make you feel things. See you in the 31st century.