# Confirmed: Family Guy coming back!! **URL:** \ **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:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/41 "2004-03-06T10:36:52Z")
> [@](#): > > I was thinking the same thing. Though to totally undo the evil, we may need to forever eliminate the last few seaons of Simpsons… :rolleyes: Yes, that evil FOX… keeping a funny and very popular show on the air… those bastards! :mad: There probably aren’t a lot of episodes left on CN that I haven’t already seen (although I guess I’ll never see the original Road to Rhode Island, dammit dammit dammit), so this is welcome news. I loved Futurama and felt bad that I missed so many episodes of it. I’m glad I don’t have to choose, although if I did, I guess I’d have to leave this thread and say “I’m gonna go build my own theme park, with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the park! And forget the blackjack!” ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/42 "2004-03-11T01:53:32Z")
> [@Pashnish Ewing](#): > > This brings up an interesting question. In these troubling post-SuperBoob, Stern-censoring, _Big Bush Is Watching_ times, will Seth be forced to tone down the show? Man, that would suck, but it wouldn’t surprise me. > > Pash (fan of both FG and Futurama) I can’t find the link for the article on [The Family Guy Archives](http://www.familyguyfiles.com/main.php), but in it, Seth said that, “TV’s a lot different now than when we were on before, you can say, ‘friggin’ now.” Seth’s also going to be doing _another_ animated show for Fox called, [_American Dad_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397306/). Supposed to be an updated _All in the Family_ type program. You know, considering that the **reruns** of _Family Guy_ and _Futurama_ are clobbering both Leno and Letterman in the ratings, if the folks at Fox were clever, they could finally get that late night programming that they’ve always wanted. Since the shows are expensive and take a long time to produce, Fox would be stuck with one night a week, but they could make the most of it. Since there’s no Adult Swim on CN on Fridays, slap new episodes of _Family Guy_ and _Futurama_ in that timeslot on Fridays on Fox, follow it up with reruns of _Firefly_, _The Tick_ (preferably rotating between the live action episodes and the animated series) and call it, “Fox’s Far Out Friday.” This enables Fox to grab a toehold in the late night segment, and the new episodes of the shows won’t be competing with the reruns on CN. Once things got rolling, Fox could fill the slots on the other week nights with repeats of cancelled Fox shows that have a cult following, or perhaps finally come up with some kind of original programming that works in that slot. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/43 "2004-03-11T04:28:08Z")
You guys do understand that you’re not marrying these shows? You’re allowed to like more than one. Personally I thought both _Family Guy_ and _Futurama_ were great and I’ll be happy of either or both comes back. Plus _Duckman_. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/44 "2004-03-11T04:34:54Z")
I love Family Guy, Futurama, _and_ Duckman! Not so much with the later season Simpsons, though. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/45 "2004-03-11T05:49:21Z")
Another devotee of Duckman! Sweet Jesus! I’ve been TiVoing the episodes I missed in its original run. My god, what a horribly unlikable, but insanely funny, character. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/46 "2004-03-11T15:08:03Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I loved Futurama and felt bad that I missed so many episodes of it. I’m glad I don’t have to choose, although if I did, I guess I’d have to leave this thread and say “I’m gonna go build my own theme park, with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the park! And forget the blackjack!” I always thought Bender was saying, “I’m gonna build my own theme park! With **flapjacks!** And hookers! In fact, forget the park!” It’s funnier my way, frankly. 😃 Is Bender saying blackjack, or flapjacks? ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/47 "2004-03-11T15:51:38Z")
Bring back The Oblongs too dammit! I loved that cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/48 "2004-03-11T16:03:46Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > I can’t find the link for the article on [The Family Guy Archives](http://www.familyguyfiles.com/main.php), but in it, Seth said that, “TV’s a lot different now than when we were on before, you can say, ‘friggin’ now.” Seth’s also going to be doing _another_ animated show for Fox called, [_American Dad_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397306/). Supposed to be an updated _All in the Family_ type program. > > You know, considering that the **reruns** of _Family Guy_ and _Futurama_ are clobbering both Leno and Letterman in the ratings, if the folks at Fox were clever, they could finally get that late night programming that they’ve always wanted. Since the shows are expensive and take a long time to produce, Fox would be stuck with one night a week, but they could make the most of it. > > Since there’s no Adult Swim on CN on Fridays, slap new episodes of _Family Guy_ and _Futurama_ in that timeslot on Fridays on Fox, follow it up with reruns of _Firefly_, _The Tick_ (preferably rotating between the live action episodes and the animated series) and call it, “Fox’s Far Out Friday.” This enables Fox to grab a toehold in the late night segment, and the new episodes of the shows won’t be competing with the reruns on CN. Once things got rolling, Fox could fill the slots on the other week nights with repeats of cancelled Fox shows that have a cult following, or perhaps finally come up with some kind of original programming that works in that slot. That’s just brilliant. Why the hell aren’t you in charge of my cable programming? Oh and I agree with many of the other posters here, both shows have their great moments. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/49 "2004-03-11T22:53:56Z")
> [@Stuffy](#): > > That’s just brilliant. Why the hell aren’t you in charge of my cable programming? I’m not sleazy enough to work in Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/50 "2004-03-12T03:02:00Z")
Please on FOX! Please on FOX! Please on FOX! Please on FOX! i don’t have cable…☹ The first year pretty much sucked, but after that it was better, imho, than stale old Homer. Way better than Futurerama. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cheapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8e7dd6/32.png) [@El\_Cheapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cheapo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/51 "2004-03-12T03:32:52Z")
> [@blowero](#): > > This is just rumor, but I heard from an insider that Rupert didn’t like the show, and that was why they killed it. Rupert Murdoch or Stewie’s teddy bear? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/52 "2004-03-12T03:55:30Z")
In the return of _Family Guy_ I am well pleased. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/53 "2004-03-12T23:02:34Z")
I heard part of an interview with Patrick Warburton (“Putty” on Seinfeld, “Joe” on _Family Guy_ and the live action _Tick_) this morning. He didn’t mention anything about _Family Guy_ returning, but he explained why Fox killed _The Tick_. They hated the show because they didn’t own it (nor did they own _Futurama_), so since “reality” shows cost almost nothing to make and the networks made bundles off the shows, they put _The Tick_ up against Survivor so that it would die. (Warburton said that Fox **deliberately** killed _The Tick_, so I’d say that he was a bit bitter over the whole thing.) ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/54 "2004-03-13T02:52:31Z")
> [@](#): > > ``` > I'm glad to see FG's resurrection, and I'd be happy to see Futurama back as well. They're both funny in their own ways--FG is visceral, Futurama is more cerebral, but they're both great. > > ``` Woah, hold the phone. Futurama’s comming back? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/55 "2004-03-13T03:58:54Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > Woah, hold the phone. > > Futurama’s comming back? That’s a “maybe.” Fox is eyeing the possibility according to Groening, but I’m willing to bet that the success of _Family Guy_ (and if Groening agrees to do more _Simpsons_ episodes) will be the determining factor. ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/56 "2004-03-14T15:36:12Z")
> [@Nvme77](#): > > I say, don Jaime, can you hear me back there? Hello, can you hear me back there in the condom aisle since you clearly cannot see this is not a referendum thread. > > Half the posters? REALLY, _half_ the posters voiced disapproval? What High School statistics class did you flunk? Now, Stewie…what did mommy tell you about playing with those nasty trolls? Here, play with your Speak’N’Spell. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374/57 "2004-03-14T15:51:56Z")
Forced to choose between FG and Futurama I’d go with FG, but would be happy to see them both continue on in good health. And I certainly wouldn’t sneeze at more Duckman either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-family-guy-coming-back/232374.md?page=2)