# The Family Guy cartoon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 2, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609 "2003-08-02T22:27:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bliebet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@bliebet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bliebet)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/1 "2003-08-02T22:27:29Z")
i have recently started watching the Family Guy on Cartoon Network. does anyone know why it left Fox network? i have heard rumors that it was too politically incorrect. anyone know? does anyone know if they are still making new episodes? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/2 "2003-08-02T22:32:18Z")
It was cancelled because FOX is run by a group of incredibly stupid people who wouldn’t a quality show if it jumped up their butts and ate its way through their chest. No more new shows will be made (by FOX, at least). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/3 "2003-08-02T22:37:46Z")
:smack: That should read “…wouldn’t know a quality show…” ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/4 "2003-08-02T22:46:17Z")
Mr. Blue Sky - If it weren’t for Fox, Family Guy wouldn’t have aired at all. You should be thanking them. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/5 "2003-08-02T22:55:22Z")
It ran for four seasons, hardly a bad run. Its creator, Seth MacFarlane, has moved on to other projects, so don’t expect a comeback. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/6 "2003-08-02T22:58:24Z")
I hear it’s beating Leno and Letterman in the timeslot (for some age bracket I don’t remember, but I think I belong to). I hope that fact is making some FOX executive suffer. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/7 "2003-08-02T23:08:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duderdude2 \* > \*\*Mr. Blue Sky - If it weren’t for Fox, Family Guy wouldn’t have aired at all. You should be thanking them. \*\* Yeah, but they moved it around and pre-empted it on a regular basis. They abused _Futurama_ in much the same way. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/8 "2003-08-02T23:14:14Z")
Fox is notorious for making good shows, then jerking around their time slots until nobody knows when they come on, then cancelling the show. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/9 "2003-08-02T23:35:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*Fox is notorious for making good shows, then jerking around their time slots until nobody knows when they come on, then cancelling the show. \*\* The little network that could has become the little show killer that did. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/10 "2003-08-03T00:15:26Z")
There is one new episode left because Fox refused to air it. “When you wish upon a Weinstein” is going to be played sooner or later, but I can’t see when. You would think that any Network would only be interested in the audience share a show grabs. In fact it seems like common sense, but it’s not so, especially when they have little to no creative control over a show. That’s probably the number one thing they want, control. Big egos get involved. Feuds get started. And sometimes the suits decide they don’t like a show, or they don’t like animation or maybe they just don’t believe the numbers and so they go about actively destroying certain shows. By moving around the time slot. Placing in a spot which guarantees frequent pre-emption. Having a very weak promotion campaign. Hmm [Seth](http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/429/429628p6.html) blames FOX’s overconfidence. Family Guy did beat Leno and Letterman. I got this [link](http://www.turnerinfo.com/newsitem.aspx?P=CARTOON&CID01=786e5ec9-014b-4246-92ea-d0c83df48eeb) from Toonzone. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/11 "2003-08-03T00:23:13Z")
> [@](#): > > _from Seth’s interview_ > MACFARLANE: Most likely what would happen, I think, would be that if Family Guy were to return, my guess it would be in the form of – because these DVDs have done so well – it would be in the form of a direct-to-video feature property. And perhaps a series of them. That, to me, would be the most likely reincarnation of the show. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/12 "2003-08-03T02:05:32Z")
“You really turned my brown eye blue with that one…” - Stewie ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/13 "2003-08-03T04:34:16Z")
I prefer the DVDs. They’re legal, for one. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/14 "2003-08-03T05:04:27Z")
> [@](#): > > It ran for four seasons, hardly a bad run. True, although how much of that time did it spend “cancelled” or on hiatus? ---
**Author:** ![Mearl\_Dox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Mearl\_Dox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mearl_Dox)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/15 "2003-08-03T05:12:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*I prefer the DVDs. They’re legal, for one. \*\* ??? Huh? Who suggested something illegal? ---
**Author:** ![Teelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Teelo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teelo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/16 "2003-08-03T05:44:49Z")
Did a mod delete my post? It had to do with file sharing… If so, could I have an explanation please? If not, I guess It didnt get through or something. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/17 "2003-08-03T06:04:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mearlchan \* > \*\*??? Huh? Who suggested something illegal? \*\* Someone posted a mention that Family Guy eps were on one of those Services That Shall Not Be Named. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/18 "2003-08-03T06:28:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Teelo \* > \*\*Did a mod delete my post? It had to do with file sharing… > If so, could I have an explanation please? > If not, I guess It didnt get through or something. \*\* The mods here do not approve of discussions of filesharing of copyrighted material. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/19 "2003-08-03T06:51:49Z")
Episodes of TV shows? Available on P2P file sharing networks? Say it ain’t so! :eek: > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Fern Forest_ > **There is one new episode left because Fox refused to air it. “When you wish upon a Weinstein” is going to be played sooner or later, but I can’t see when.** Has Cartoon Network said they’re going to air it? It seems awfully… controversial, even for a basic cable channel. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/20 "2003-08-03T07:16:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr2001 \* > \*\*Episodes of TV shows? Available on P2P file sharing networks? Say it ain’t so! :eek: > Has Cartoon Network said they’re going to air it? It seems awfully… controversial, even for a basic cable channel. \*\* It’s not that bad, IMHO. I’ve seen stuff on the networks that was far more inflamatory than this. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609.md?page=2)