Word broke several weeks ago that Fox was auditioning new voice actors to replace the original Futurama cast in the upcoming new episodes of the series, putting nerds net-wide on the verge of an outcry of near “Han shot first” proportions. I wasn’t part of the mob, as the entire situation seemed like posturing from the network (or less likely, Billy West holding out for Friends money), because quite literally, Futurama just wouldn’t be a show without the original voice acting cast.

We can all breathe one big, happy, nerdy sigh of relief:

Casting execs were set to begin meeting with replacement thesps this week. But the five stars — John DiMaggio, Billy West, Katey Sagal, Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille — finally sealed pacts late Friday with 20th Century Fox TV to return to the show.

Both the actors and 20th are believed to have found a compromise. Move comes after 20th put out a casting call in July to find replacement voice actors for the show.

In retrospect, while my denial towards imagining a Billy West-free Futuama cast prevented me from ever considering that Fox would actually hire new voice actors to save money, I wouldn’t have been tooooootally surprised if they just brought in Seth MacFarlane to do all the voices in between his American Dad and Cleveland Show recording sessions. I am now going to use the restroom for two hours after pondering that thought.

On the plus side, yayyyy, new Futuramaaaaa…