# Confirmed: Family Guy coming back!!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [March 3, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374 "2004-03-03T20:09:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/1 "2004-03-03T20:09:02Z")
Good news, floppy! I’ve decided not to KILL you!
[Family Guy coming back](http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,13622,00.html)
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> MacFarlane told [IGN.com](http://IGN.com) that he plans to begin production on new installments in April, but is unsure about whether the episodes will first air on Fox, which originally broadcast the series from 1999-2002, or the Cartoon Network, which has aired the show in repeats since April 2003.
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### Author:  [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/2 "2004-03-03T20:16:11Z")
Sweet.
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### Author:  [@Ramanujan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ramanujan)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/3 "2004-03-03T20:20:18Z")
wrd.
is this the first show to make a comeback after going off the air due to the popularity of its syndication?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/4 "2004-03-03T20:22:58Z")
Here’s to hoping it stays on Cartoon Network.
Fox doesn’t _deserve_ first-run episodes of Family Guy. Not after the way they killed it the last time around.
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### Author:  [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/5 "2004-03-03T20:57:13Z")
> [@Johnny Bravo](#):
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> Here’s to hoping it stays on Cartoon Network.
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> Fox doesn’t _deserve_ first-run episodes of Family Guy. Not after the way they killed it the last time around.
Exactly right, FOX entirely f#%@ed over this series. I could never even figure out when it was on, they moved it around weekly it seemed.
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/6 "2004-03-03T21:02:15Z")
Alright! New _Family Guy_ TV episodes, the _Firefly_ movie has been greenlit, now we just need someone to bring back _Futurama_, and the evil of the Fox network will have been almost completely undone!
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/7 "2004-03-03T21:13:49Z")
> [@Ramanujan](#):
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> wrd.
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> is this the first show to make a comeback after going off the air due to the popularity of its syndication?
That and its DVD sales. (About 2 million units so far, according to Seth.)
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### Author:  [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/8 "2004-03-03T21:17:34Z")
That lame crapfest gets resurrected while **Futurama** remains history?!?
:mad: ☹ :mad: ☹ :mad:
There is no god…
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### Author:  [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/9 "2004-03-03T21:29:20Z")
> [@Hail Ants](#):
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> That lame crapfest gets resurrected while **Futurama** remains history?!?
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> :mad: ☹ :mad: ☹ :mad:
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> There is no god…
No, there is. He just has taste.
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/10 "2004-03-03T21:50:02Z")
> [@Duderdude2](#):
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> No, there is. He just has taste.
Do not dis Futurama.
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/11 "2004-03-03T21:54:28Z")
Similarly, let’s not dis **Family Guy** in a thread meant to be a celebration of it’s return, 'kay? It’s called “threadcrapping,” and it just pisses people off.
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### Author:  [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/12 "2004-03-03T22:02:33Z")
> [@Hail Ants](#):
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> That lame crapfest gets resurrected while **Futurama** remains history?!?
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> :mad: ☹ :mad: ☹ :mad:
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> There is no god…
68 minutes. Nice work! :rolleyes:
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/13 "2004-03-03T22:07:16Z")
> [@Johnny Bravo](#):
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> Here’s to hoping it stays on Cartoon Network.
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> Fox doesn’t _deserve_ first-run episodes of Family Guy. Not after the way they killed it the last time around.
This simply is not true. FOX was very supportive of “Family Guy.” They gave it a sweet time slot to start with and marketed it very heavily. They stuck with it for three seasons even though it was absolutely tanking in the ratings - it started out OK, but it got worse with every passing week; by the beginning of Season 2 it was tanking badly. The desperate timeslot shifts began as a response to the show’s atrocious ratings, and even for a show being moved around it was doing horribly. By Season 3 the ratings were in “girls club” territory. You may recall they gave “girls club” two episodes before taking it out back and shooting it.
The show simply wasn’t drawing any viewers when it was on FOX and it’s a credit to them they even gave it a third season. Seth McFarlane himself has said FOX was very supportive. And frankly, here we are with the show gaining huge popularity AFTER its cancellation, and they’re willing to pay for more episodes, so what’s to complain about? I’m shocked they’re willing to admit they need it back.
Incidentally, yes, - this would be the first American prime time show to ever be completely cancelled and later restarted.
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/14 "2004-03-03T22:08:29Z")
This thread is freakin’ sweet…
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### Author:  [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/15 "2004-03-03T22:21:03Z")
> [@RickJay](#):
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> The show simply wasn’t drawing any viewers when it was on FOX and it’s a credit to them they even gave it a third season. Seth McFarlane himself has said FOX was very supportive. And frankly, here we are with the show gaining huge popularity AFTER its cancellation, and they’re willing to pay for more episodes, so what’s to complain about? I’m shocked they’re willing to admit they need it back.
This is just rumor, but I heard from an insider that Rupert didn’t like the show, and that was why they killed it.
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> Incidentally, yes, - this would be the first American prime time show to ever be completely cancelled and later restarted.
Well Star Trek, sort of. They went straight to movies rather than resurrect the original series on TV, and went with a new cast for the Next Generation show, but still, it’s sort of the same principle.
P.S. - Just to piss everyone off;), I’m continuing the highjack to say that Futurama was always mediocre at best. For that matter, Family Guy had its dull moments, too, but was still worth it for the occasional outrageous knee-slapper.
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### Author:  [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/16 "2004-03-03T23:16:33Z")
> [@Hail Ants](#):
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> That lame crapfest gets resurrected while **Futurama** remains history?!? There is no god…
When God’s doing things right, people think He isn’t doing anything at all.
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### Author:  [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/17 "2004-03-03T23:49:26Z")
> [@RickJay](#):
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> This simply is not true. FOX was very supportive of “Family Guy.” They gave it a sweet time slot to start with and marketed it very heavily. They stuck with it for three seasons even though it was absolutely tanking in the ratings - it started out OK, but it got worse with every passing week; by the beginning of Season 2 it was tanking badly. The desperate timeslot shifts began as a response to the show’s atrocious ratings, and even for a show being moved around it was doing horribly. By Season 3 the ratings were in “girls club” territory. You may recall they gave “girls club” two episodes before taking it out back and shooting it.
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> The show simply wasn’t drawing any viewers when it was on FOX and it’s a credit to them they even gave it a third season. Seth McFarlane himself has said FOX was very supportive. And frankly, here we are with the show gaining huge popularity AFTER its cancellation, and they’re willing to pay for more episodes, so what’s to complain about? I’m shocked they’re willing to admit they need it back.
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> Incidentally, yes, - this would be the first American prime time show to ever be completely cancelled and later restarted.
Well, there’s also the fact that an episode of Family Guy costs over $1 million to make (with the flashbacks, animation re-use is minimum) and Cartoon Network more than likely doesn’t have that kind of budget.
Woo hoo!! Family Guy is coming back!! (_Peter Griffin laugh_…“I said coming”)
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### Author:  [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/18 "2004-03-03T23:54:43Z")
> [@Hail Ants](#):
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> That lame crapfest gets resurrected while **Futurama** remains history?!?
Prophecy, surely.
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### Author:  [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/19 "2004-03-04T00:47:00Z")
I say, the re-“animation” of the series is almost as delectable as a dead Lois.
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### Author:  [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/20 "2004-03-04T01:34:51Z")
[quagmire]All right![/quagmire]
Although I do think Futurama’s a better show.
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