New character to be introduced http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/918512-family-guy-to-introduce-new-canine-character-vinnie
So, is this a joke then?
As the article mentions, McFarlane’s been suggesting for a while that Family Guy’s been going too long. Given his obsessions with pop culture references and extending bad jokes too long, forcing a hackneyed late addition character…sounds about right.
Poochie died on the way back to his home planet
Always recycle… TO THE EXTREME!
Never believe anything Seth MacFarlane says. Ever.
The show already died once. Did Fox bring it back without his approval?
Twice, IIRC.
“They drove a dump truck full of money up to my house! I’ m not made of stone!” - Krusty the Klown, Kamp Krusty.
It didn’t die; it was cancelled because Fox executives didn’t like it. They changed their tune when they saw how fast the Family Guy DVDs sold out. Seth MacFarlane was only too happy to put it back into production.
McFarlane is a douchebag. A talented douchebag, but a douchebag nonetheless. Not believing anything that comes out of his mouth is some good, sound advice.
He’s as hot as he’s ever going to get due to Family Guy and American Dad. I honestly don’t know anybody who even watches Cleveland, much less could be said to be a fan of the show. McFarlane has more money than God at this point, I’d say, so don’t feel bad for him when I say that he is beginning his fade back into obscurity.
He’s about to host the Oscars.
Twice? I didn’t realize that. What was the other one?
I’m kind of a fan of the show, but really only because I think it’s awesome that Seth managed to get Arianna Huffington to voice a character.
FOX executives liked it just fine, which is why it got on in the first place. It was cancelled because its ratings cratered, largely because it was up against stiff competition.
Its popularity then rose when it started reruns on Adult Swim, became a cult hit, and then FOX decided to give it another shot in an easier time slot, which worked.
The show says as much during their first movie, the Stewie one. They said something like, “yeah, they put us up against Survivor. What’d they expect to happen?”
When Ted McGinley joins the cast, it’s over.
didn’t fox keep screwing with the timeslot though, making it difficult to achieve good ratings? i remember when it first started airing and it always seemed to come on at different times each week, or not at all. i thought there was talk that fox was doing that on purpose so as to have an excuse to cancel it, though i could be misremembering.
as to the OP’s question, i’m cool with them sticking around. i still get some solid laughs from it, and some of the newer episodes are pretty good- i really enjoyed “back to the pilot” (which i think was last season).
Fox does that to every show. I guess they want to test the survival of the fittest theory with their shows.
I think DVD sales were definitely a factor too. I know in my (limited) experience the Family Guy DVDs were word of mouth successes and v. popular after the show had finished its initial airing.
Just popping in to rustle your Jimmies; I love the Cleveland Show. In fact it was my favorite one of the three, for its first 2 seasons (I don’t like American Dad). It’s kinda going sour recently for me, though; I wish they’d stop bringing on Kanye West and people like that. They fuck with the show’s timeslot so much that it seems like it doesn’t even exist on Fox anymore.