It looks like “Futurama” will be coming back to television with its voice talent intact.  Fox has reached a deal with “Futurama” regulars Billy West, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille , John DiMaggio and Maurice LaMarche that will keep the gang at Planet Express cracking wise for at least 26 episodes.  More after the jump…

In news that has sent the interwebs into a frenzy, Forces of Geek and The Hollywood Reporter are saying that Fox has retreated to their usual douchy-selves and will be recasting the voice actors of “Futurama” because Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, and Maurice LaMarche.  It’s kind of surprising since they were all scheduled to appear at the “Futurama” panel at Comic-Con with show producers Matt Groening and David X. Cohen.  Hit the jump for more on this story.

If you spent all of Friday in Hall H, then prepare to spend all day in Ballroom 20 on Saturday because, like it or not, Saturday is essentially TV Day at Comic-Con.  Yes, there’s definitely some stuff going down in Hall H that’s worth your time like “Iron Man 2″, Mike Judge’s “Extract”, and “Zombieland”.  However, all the major TV stuff (with a few exceptions) is going down in Ballroom 20 including “Chuck”, “Futurama”, “Family Guy”, “The Cleveland Show”, “V”, and “Fringe”.

Oh, and for all of you who like stuff that is complete and utter shit, Saturday also features panels for “True Blood”, “Heroes”, and “The Boondock Saints II”.  If there was a panel on punching off your genitals, I would say that would be preferable to any of those.  But it your time and your schedule and I’m sure all those rooms will be packed.  They’ll just be packed with people I hate because they like things I don’t.  That’s how it works.

Hit the jump to check out the full schedule for Saturday where I’ve highlighted events that I think may be popular (even where if I think that popularity is totally undeserved). And if you missed it, click here for Friday and click here for Thursday.

A couple days ago, we broke the story that “Futurama” was coming back to television on Comedy Central.  We got one part of the story wrong: we said they were picked up for 13 episodes and today Variety and Michael Ausiello are saying it’s a 26-episode order and in this instance, I’m certainly happy to be wrong because more “Futurama” is better “Futurama”.  Lead voice actors Billy West (Phillip J. Fry), Katey Sagal (Leela) and John DiMaggio (Bender Bending Rodriguez) have all signed on to return.

This is great news for Futurama fans and hopefully the episode-by-episode format will be more conducive to better writing than the controversial movies which received mixed reactions from fans (although I think that “Bender’s Big Score” is great).

Good news everybody! An inside source has revealed exclusively to Collider that “Futurama” has been given a 13 episode order by Comedy Central. Though still technically a rumor at this point, word is that “Futurama” production offices have already opened and that casting is about to move forward.

This should be a welcome surprise to fans of the show who have already gone through the series’ cancellation and resurrection as direct-to-DVD movies.

Look for official word in the very near future. Though animation has a big lead time, I would guess on some kind of “Futurama” presence at Comic Con next month.

If you’re excited by the news, say it in the comments below!