'Futurama' central for Comedy net.(Comedy Central Inc.)(Brief Article)

From: Daily Variety | Date: October 28, 2005| Author: Dempsey, John | Copyright information

Comedy Central has engineered the biggest series rerun buy in its 14-year history, laying out $400,000 a half hour for exclusive cable-TV rights to Twentieth TV'S animated comedy "Futurama."

"Futurama," whose reruns are scoring solid numbers on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim after a five-year primetime stint on the Fox Network (1999-2003), arrives at Comedy Central with 72 episodes in January 2008 for a five-year license term. The show's Adult Swim contract expires in Dece...

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