Family Guy

[johnsmatrix]

I was just remembering how the Family guy show was cancelled after a short run.... I couldn't figure out why fox would can it... I know I loved it but how many of you actually watched it.. I cant believe there are not even reruns. Could it be the adult humor?? Look at the Simpsons and how much humor is directed to adults now.

[unicornstastelikechicken]

It was too good and cutting edge for network TV. They have reruns of it on the cartoon network and it does very well in its time slot.

[MoonMan]

Family Guy was a great show. It not only provided great entertainment, but also pushed the bounds for American prime time tv.

I'm glad Cartoon Network has the balls to play that, and Futurerama.

[Krell]

Family Guy was a great show. It not only provided great entertainment, but also pushed the bounds for American prime time tv.

I'm glad Cartoon Network has the balls to play that, and Futurerama.


Ironic that a childrens cartoon network is the one pushing the boundries of adult humor.



" mommy, why does Stewie look like a bajina . . ? "



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[Cunning Linguist]

Family Guy is returning in 2005, fox has remade there contract after the DVD sales skyrockeded.

[unicornstastelikechicken]

Really? I had heard something about a possible movie but didn't know it was comming back to fox.

[RobinSena]

Family Guy is returning in 2005, fox has remade there contract after the DVD sales skyrockeded.
Yeah, there's supposed to be 35 new episodes by January of 2005, and much of the old writers have retured, and all of the voice actors have also returned. January is probably an optimistic estimate, but either way it's good to see that Gail Berman has noted the success of the DVD's and will bring the show to the airwaves again. There's also talk of a possible family guy movie, but Seth McFarlane (creator of Family Guy) said it would have to be on hold while he produces more Family Guy episodes, and also a show called American Dad that he is working on extensively, which is a sort of derrivative of Family Guy (Family Guy meets All in the Family, as Seth says, so it will be politically oriented).
www.Familyguyfiles.com and www.planet-familyguy.com have a lot of info.

Note: The episodes might not be on Fox though. Fox has commisioned new epsiodes, but they only have an option of whether they want to air the new episodes. The other choice they have is to sell the righs to air the new episodes to Cartoon Network. So the episodes are being produced without knowing exactly where they will end up.

[cjules13]

.... I couldn't figure out why fox would can it... I heard they got too many complaints for its crass content at 7pm CST. Something like that would fly on Comedy Central, but not prime-time network TV.

It might be tamed a little for the new season... we'll see.

[RobinSena]

I heard they got too many complaints for its crass content at 7pm CST. Something like that would fly on Comedy Central, but not prime-time network TV.

It might be tamed a little for the new season... we'll see.
In an interview Seth stated the most likely reason for the cancellation of Family Guy was that Fox was too confident that the show would succeed on any night. The show originally had a very nice time slot, 8:30 Sunday, after the Simpsons, which guaranteed good ratings. They gave the time slot to Malcolm in the Middle, to give that show a chance, and moved Family Guy to a different time, assuming that the show could pull down good ratings anywhere in the week. They were wrong, and continued to bounce the show around to different times to the point where people couldn't even find the show.
The fact that the show was very crude played a factor too, as is evidenced by the unaired(at least on Fox) episode When You Wish Upon A Weinstein. The headmaster at Seth McFarlane's high school even tried to keep the show down by convincing certain companies not to support the show by not advertising during it.

[mcovey]

A few weeks ago I watched it on cartoon network, and have been wathing nightly.

[ducttapeBigSexy]

Family Guy is seriously the greatest show ever - I own both DVD packs, and I watch them all the time!

Seriously, if you've never watched it, check it out now - Cartoon Network, Monday - Thursday at 10:30 pm (central time, that is). Or just buy the DVDs - they're worth it.

[moneoa]

Family guy only had a small cult following loosing viewers to other prime time shows. The DVD sales sold like acid at a grateful dead concert so they realised that the market was a bit bigger then they had thought. That lead up to a movie deal in progress and the possible return of the series to fox

[unicornstastelikechicken]

The DVD sales sold like acid at a grateful dead concert

LOL..thats better then "selling like hotcakes"

[YWD67]

Now if they would do the same for Futurama.

[unicornstastelikechicken]

Yeah futurama got shafted.

[baghdad_steve15]

Family Guy: The Movie (http://imdb.com/title/tt0385690/)

"Based on the popular series, the movie follows the disfunctional Griffin family, in which the young domation-bent baby, Stewie, discovers he is a homosexual. "

Can't wait for it, or stewie, to come out. I will be the first to watch it.

[IHATEJIMMYPAGE]

Family Guy is the funniest show ever, if you like family guy...check out Clone High...it only aired a few epi's on MTV, but the whole first and only season aired in Canada *cough*p2p*cough* , and it's really freakin hi-larious

[IHATEJIMMYPAGE]

the movie isn't coming out, even though it's posted on imdb...because the show got renewed, they're not doing the movie as well

[ASUmusicMAN]

I heard the new season is going to debut in the time slot after the superbowl in late jan. 2005

[johnsmatrix]

I heard they got too many complaints for its crass content at 7pm CST. Something like that would fly on Comedy Central, but not prime-time network TV.

It might be tamed a little for the new season... we'll see.

Funny, I thought crass content was what fox is all about.....Look at shows like the OC that center around sex like a nude soap opera...I look foward to a 2005 revival.....

[Wolfie]

Good show and I'm glad it coming back. That is of course if they can get past the prudes running the FCC nowadays.

[moneoa]

No, actually fox is well known for canning thier good shows in favour for thier crap shows.
Futurama almost bit the dust early on and still got the cut even though it was still running pretty good 2 years back I think (maybe only a year) *shrug* the only show that they didnt do that to was the simpsons. *gets on knees and venerates the simpsons*

[Kyle06]

Yea Family Guy is great

[endersgame21]

Yea personally I like Futurama better then Family Guy but I watch them both on Adult Swim.

[baghdad_steve15]

Fox is really getting a habit of Cancelling great shows early and not allowing the fanbase to grow. Most recently they canceled Wonderfalls and before that Firefly, Undeclared, and many others. This says alot about the TV Industry who are looking for the quick bucks in Reality T.V., which sucks most of the time.

[Miniver]

family guy and futurama are great shows. definately near the top of my list. BS_15 i wish they would bring firefly back. Never happen though.

[Dswissmiss]

family who?

[johnsmatrix]

family who?


Figures :hi

[MoonMan]

I'm not sure if others feel the same way but I'd gladly lose the Simpsons for Futurama.

I don't even like the Simpsons anymore. It just doesn't have the same humor it once did, and feels like it has been replaced with the theme from Full House.

[Mels_Smileys45]

I love the Simpsons, huge fan, But I Loved Futurama too! Fox gave it a crap time slot. It was on way too early and alot of people didnt even see it till in was on the cartoon network. I think Fox will regret not giving Futurama a chance in a better time slot. From what Ive heard most people at fox hated the show. Side Note, futurama was Going to be debute after the Superbowl but got bumped in favor of Family Guy, which i watched and loved!

[cjules13]

I'm not sure if others feel the same way but I'd gladly lose the Simpsons for Futurama.

I don't even like the Simpsons anymore. It just doesn't have the same humor it once did, and feels like it has been replaced with the theme from Full House.
I fell off watching the Simpsons for awhile, but then I took to watching again this season. I was lmao inside of 5 minutes and I now watch again. I think they're still coming up with new ideas and I hope they become the longest running sitcom ever...

[unicornstastelikechicken]

family guy and futurama are great shows. definately near the top of my list. BS_15 i wish they would bring firefly back. Never happen though.

At least Firefly is being released on DVD, and there is going to be a movie made if I remember reading correctly.

[shawners]

They got so many people buying the DVD series of family guy that they will bring it back.. Its the first one of its kind to have a DVD come out and sale so many that the series will be aired back on. Not sure when, maybe theirs a website to go to.

[johnsmatrix]

They got so many people buying the DVD series of family guy that they will bring it back.. Its the first one of its kind to have a DVD come out and sale so many that the series will be aired back on. Not sure when, maybe theirs a website to go to.




I wonder how long it will last when it comes back in 2005 :shoot

[shawners]

lol i dont kow.. usually shows like this they dont give a chance.. or they keep moving it around to different times.. where its hard for people to follow.. Its like seinfeld came out, it wasnt popular for at least a couple years later.. it kept having the same slot and built a following..

[moneoa]

I wonder how long it will last when it comes back in 2005 :shoot
I think it will have a healthy life in its ressurection. This show apparently broke quite a bit of ground becuse its the first cancelled show in T.V to be put into production again due to stellar DVD sales and high sydicated ratings. Family Guy is one of Cartoon networks
healthy ratings beast, in the top three.

[YWD67]

I love the Simpsons, huge fan, But I Loved Futurama too! Fox gave it a crap time slot. It was on way too early and alot of people didnt even see it till in was on the cartoon network. I think Fox will regret not giving Futurama a chance in a better time slot. From what Ive heard most people at fox hated the show. Side Note, futurama was Going to be debute after the Superbowl but got bumped in favor of Family Guy, which i watched and loved!

What made it realy bad was that its time slot fell in the last half of Fox Football during the NFL football season. When the late Sunday game was over Fox went to the Simpsons which was on slightly after the late sunday game. Futurama never realy had a stable time slot. It had the humor of the early Simpsons and built on it. To put it as the great Bender would "Fox can kiss my shiney metal ass."