# Family guy is really jumping the shark in the 16th season

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 9, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-is-really-jumping-the-shark-in-the-16th-season/801154 "2017-11-09T22:44:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-is-really-jumping-the-shark-in-the-16th-season/801154/1 "2017-11-09T22:44:04Z")

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I know its a polarizing show, and a lot of people don’t like it . But I still enjoy it.

However this 16th season with all the weird episode plots and multi episodes is really pushing it. The ‘three directors’ episode last week was probably the worst episode they’ve ever done. The ‘emmy winning episode’ also was pretty bad.

Maybe MacFarland is trying to crash the show so he can focus on other projects.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-is-really-jumping-the-shark-in-the-16th-season/801154/2 "2017-11-10T00:24:43Z")

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> [@Wesley\_Clark](#):
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> Maybe MacFarland is trying to crash the show so he can focus on other projects.

Other than doing the voices, I thought he had nothing to do with the show’s creative process anymore.

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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-is-really-jumping-the-shark-in-the-16th-season/801154/3 "2017-11-10T11:19:17Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> Other than doing the voices, I thought he had nothing to do with the show’s creative process anymore.

Doing the voices would be a tremendous hassle if he were indeed sick of the show.

I don’t think MacFarland is trying to kill the show though. Most TV series lose their punch after awhile.

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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-is-really-jumping-the-shark-in-the-16th-season/801154/4 "2017-11-10T11:28:05Z")

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> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#):
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> I don’t think MacFarland is trying to kill the show though. Most TV series lose their punch after awhile.

Before anyone jumps in, of course that should be MacFarlane.

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-is-really-jumping-the-shark-in-the-16th-season/801154/5 "2017-11-10T15:57:16Z")

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I thought the season premiere was hilarious.

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-is-really-jumping-the-shark-in-the-16th-season/801154/6 "2017-11-10T16:39:36Z")

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Didn’t think the directors episode was anything special, but the Emmy’s show was downright hilarious.