# Fox News threatened to sue 'The Simpsons' over their Fox News Parody

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 26, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-threatened-to-sue-the-simpsons-over-their-fox-news-parody/209696 "2003-10-26T19:15:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![mallocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mallocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallocks)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-threatened-to-sue-the-simpsons-over-their-fox-news-parody/209696/21 "2003-10-27T08:55:46Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Derleth \*  
> \*\*If Groening and Crew leave FOX and go someplace sane, imagine what they could do. Especially since FOX most likely owns enough of _The Simpsons_ to prevent them from just re-establishing the series. Groening wasn’t a one-idea guy. He’s created very funny, very watchable shows FOX later crushed under their own monstrous ignorance (_Futurama_ and _Family Guy_).
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> I think it could be a good thing if Groening was forced out of FOX. \*\*

Groening created _Family Guy_? Since when?

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**Author:** ![mallocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mallocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallocks)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-threatened-to-sue-the-simpsons-over-their-fox-news-parody/209696/22 "2003-10-27T08:57:04Z")

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bah, guess you got there a bit before me **Snooooopy**.

But no, Seth MacFarlane created _Family Guy_.

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