Family Guy
Summary
It ’s well - known at this point thatFamily Guywas briefly invalidate in 2002 , but the normally asked question is : why was Family Guy set off ? After first air in January 1999,Family Guyhas been a mainstay of FOX ’s line - up and adult animation for over twenty old age . With the show ’s raunchiness , satirical and experimental humor , and penchant for pop civilisation references , the show was quick to vibrate with fans and critic alike . While opinions on the quality of the more late time of year may vary , that still holds unfeigned decades after it premiered . There are now over 409 installment of Family Guy , which is a huge accomplishment that only a small number of TV series have ever reached .
Family Guy Was Canceled Due To Low Ratings
The reasonFamily Guywas strike down is quite simple : the show was getting too low ratings . While time of year 1 realize beneficial rating on its Sunday nighttime timeslot , time of year 2 see it moved to Thursday Nox where it was force to compete withFrasier , and then later on impress to Tuesday nights where it competed with ABC’sWho want to Be a Millionaire?Both cases sawFamily Guyconstantly losing in ratings , moderate to FOX briefly cancelingFamily Guyafter season 2 before bringing it back for a third time of year .
unluckily , Family Guy ’s evaluation problem did n’t meliorate in the slightest with time of year 3 . time of year 3 sawFamily Guyreturn to a Thursday Nox timeslot where it again lost ratings due to heavy competition , this clip thanks to bothSurvivorandFriends . FOX would repeatedly scuffle season 3 ’s timeslots in the Bob Hope of finding something that would work out , but there was never any melioration , and the process ironically made the evaluation shine even hard . Family Guywas then scrub on the face of it for good in 2002 , with the last episode of time of year 3 remaining unaired for over a year .
Why Family Guy Returned For Season 4 (& Beyond)
Family Guyseason 4 premiered on May 1 , 2005 , to an telling 11.85 million viewers ( viaThe New York Times ) , and the show has remain a consistent achiever ever since . Seth MacFarlane and David Zuckerman’sFamily Guyhas run into syndication across a battalion of channels and streaming services , is continually renewed for more seasons every twelvemonth , and it ’s either been nominated for or advance multiple honor in the years since its arriver , include several Annie Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards . Ironically enough , it tookFamily Guygetting canceled for it to become the massive winner it is today .
How Family Guy Being Canceled Helped American Dad
Family Guygetting scratch played a boastful part in the show ’s eventual winner , but it also played a bad part in the development of Seth MacFarlane ’s second show , American Dad!WhenFamily Guyestablished itself as a furor hit , FOX wanted MacFarlane to create another show to take advantage onFamily Guy ’s achiever , which resulted in the innovation ofAmerican Dad!(viaIGN ) . Of of course , that terminate up being undermined byFamily Guy ’s renewal , with season 4 even premiering just three month after FOX’sAmerican Dad ! ’s premiere , but it does n’t commute the fact that the initial cancelation ofFamily Guywas responsible forAmerican Dad ! ’s cosmos .
class Guy’ssituation helped shapeAmerican Dad ! ’s specific style too . WhenFamily Guywas renewed , Seth MacFarlane chose to focalize onFamily Guyand leftAmerican Dad ! ’s development to co - Lord Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman ( viaAV Club ) . That allowedAmerican Dad!to develop a unique style that did n’t involveFamily Guy - style cutaway model gags . American Dad!focused less on setting up jokesand more on the dynamic between the reference and the surrealistic nature of the story . Thanks to that , Seth MacFarlane’sAmerican Dad!established its own identity and developed its own following . That could n’t have happened withoutFamily Guygetting canceled and finally renew .
Family Guy’s Success After Cancelation Is Historic
WhenFamily Guywas canceled , it had extremely low ratings , but when the show render , it became one of the most popular series on TV . There are 21 season ofFamily Guy , and the show has been renewed for time of year 22 and 23 . No other series has become so successful after being canceled . Futuramahas been canceled and renew a few times , includingFuturamaseason 8 on Hulua decade after the season 7 finale , which is a feat in itself . However , Futuramanever became anywhere near as popular asFamily Guyfollowing any one of its renewals .
Other cult hit comedy series likeArrested DevelopmentandCommunitywere impart back after being cancel too , but they also did n’t occur reachFamily Guylevels of popularity , and they took a drop in caliber . WhileCommunitymight be beat a moving picture , none of those serial go anywhere near as long asFamily Guy . Other scrub shows such asBrooklyn Nine - Nine , The Expanse , and Lucifer , were all prosperous enough to get renew , but the success ofFamily Guyfollowing its cancelation will likely never be rivaled .
