Check out this press release and sneak preview clip for the upcoming season of Futurama on Comedy Central:

COMEDY CENTRAL’S^® “FUTURAMA” BLASTS BACK ONTO YOUR TELESCREEN

ALL-NEW EPISODES BEGIN THURSDAY, JUNE 23 AT 10:00 P.M.

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Emmy^® Award-Winning Animated Comedy Series Premieres 13 New Episodes

Kicking It Off With Two New Episodes Back-To-Back

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Users Can Visit comedycentral.com To Get “Futurama” Web-Exclusive Content, Including

Episode Previews, Exclusive Interviews And More

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Animated Series “Ugly Americans” Premieres on Thursday, June 30 At 10:30 P.M.

Following “Futurama” For A One-Hour “Thurs-Dimension” Animation Block

NEW YORK, June 6, 2011 – Drunken robots!  Lobster people!  A very old man!  Watch in terror if you dare as Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s brilliantly subversive animated sci-fi comedy, “Futurama,” returns with 13 all-new half-hour episodes beginning on Thursday, June 23 at 10:00 p.m. on COMEDY CENTRAL.  The all-comedy channel is kicking off the “Futurama” season in style with two new episodes airing back-to-back.

Then, beginning on Thursday, June 30, COMEDY CENTRAL’s animated series, “Ugly Americans,” premieres its second season at 10:30 p.m., making Thursday nights a one-hour “Thurs-Dimension” animation block.

“Futurama” focuses on the life of Philip Fry (Billy West), a 25-year-old pizza delivery boy who accidentally freezes himself on December 31, 1999 and wakes up 1,000 years later with a fresh start at life at Planet Express, an intergalactic delivery company.  There he meets love interest Leela (Katey Sagal), a sexy cyclops with anger management issues, and best friend Bender (John DiMaggio), a beer-powered kleptomaniac robot.  The series aired for five seasons on Fox (1999 to 2003) earning Emmy^® nominations each season while winning three times, including “Outstanding Animated Program” in 2002.

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Check out this clip from the season premiere:

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