Futurama is an animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening, and developed by Groening and David Cohen for the Fox network. The series follows the adventures of a former New York pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, after he is cryogenically frozen seconds after the start of the year 2000, and thawed out on New Year's Eve 2999. Futurama is essentially a workplace sitcom whose plot revolves around the Planet Express delivery company and its employees.