'Futurama Season 5' is the last season that aired on FOX. Yet again, it started late into the year on November 10th 2002 -- this time mostly because FOX only had 16 episodes left to air. All the episodes were originally produced for either season 3 or 4. The premiere episode 'Crimes of the Hot' featured ex-vice president Al Gore voicing himself on his crusade to fight global warming. As Futurama was dropped from the February and May sweeps the last 8 episodes were aired during the summer postseason time."