2002

In-Universe

 * A barge filled with New York's garbage starts floating around the oceans of Earth for 50 years, as no country will take it, not even "that filthy one".

Real World Production

 * January 6
 * Episode fifty, Anthology of Interest II, is aired.
 * February 10
 * Episode fifty seven, Love and Rocket, is aired.
 * February 17
 * Episode fifty six, Leela's Homeworld, is aired.
 * March 3
 * Episode forty two, Where the Buggalo Roam, is aired.
 * March 10
 * Episode forty nine, A Pharaoh to Remember, is aired.
 * March 17
 * Episode fifty two, Godfellas, is aired.
 * March 31
 * Episode fifty three, Future Stock, is aired.
 * April 7
 * Episode forty eight, A Leela of Her Own, is aired.
 * '''April 14
 * Episode fifty four, The 30% Iron Chef, is aired.
 * April 21
 * Episode sixty five, Where No Fan has Gone Before, is aired.
 * November 10
 * Episode sixty two, Crimes of the Hot, is aired.
 * November 17
 * Episode sixty one, Jurassic Bark, is aired.
 * December 8
 * Episode forty four, The Route of All Evil, is aired.
 * December 22
 * Episode fifty nine, A Taste of Freedom, is aired.