Tag: Family Guy

  • When To Watch the ‘Ted’ Prequel Series on Peacock

    When To Watch the ‘Ted’ Prequel Series on Peacock

    For years, Seth MacFarlane has entertained TV audiences across the country with his animated TV sitcoms about dysfunctional families like the Griffins in Family Guy and the Smiths in American Dad! Now he is back with another show based on his two previous movies, Ted and Ted 2, which followed John Bennett, a 20-something Boston…

  • The 10 Worst Episodes of ‘Family Guy,’ According to IMDb

    The 10 Worst Episodes of ‘Family Guy,’ According to IMDb

    It’s amazing to think that Family Guy started way back in the 1990s… admittedly, the final year of the ’90s, given the first season debuted in 1999, but it still counts. Those early years of the show were somewhat shaky, given the show was canceled twice – once after the end of its second season,…

  • ‘Family Guy’ Season 22 – Release Date, Trailer, and What to Expect

    ‘Family Guy’ Season 22 – Release Date, Trailer, and What to Expect

    The long-awaited new season of fan-favorite adult animated sitcom Family Guy arrives in just a few days! That’s right, the Griffins are headed back to the small screen with even more cutaway gags and witty banter. The latest season will be the 22nd one on the books – which is impressive, to say the least.…

  • This Animation Studio Has Been Unsung Long Enough

    This Animation Studio Has Been Unsung Long Enough

    Animation has struggled, and still struggles, to gain respect in the Western film and television industry. Most people think that all you can do with animation is children’s movies, or that said children’s movies have to talk down to their audience. Others think that the only way you can do adult animation is with crude…

  • How Family Guy Paved The Way For Futurama’s Many Revivals

    How Family Guy Paved The Way For Futurama’s Many Revivals

    Matt Groening’s and David X. Cohen’s animated sci-fi comedy series “Futurama” debuted on March 28, 1999. Only a few months earlier, on January 31, Seth McFarlane’s animated sitcom “Family Guy” also premiered. They were both primetime animated sitcoms on the same network, and both were part of a wave of “Simpsons”-adjacent shows that tangled the…

  • What Happened to Seth MacFarlane’s ‘The Flintstones’ Reboot?

    What Happened to Seth MacFarlane’s ‘The Flintstones’ Reboot?

    In the early 2010s, Seth MacFarlane was considered to be one of the most important cultural critics of his generation. With Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, and American Dad! running simultaneously, MacFarlane essentially had a monopoly on the most popular adult animated shows, and he was set to both host the Academy Awards and direct…

  • We Never Would’ve Had ‘Family Guy’ if It Weren’t for These Animated Shorts

    We Never Would’ve Had ‘Family Guy’ if It Weren’t for These Animated Shorts

    Seth MacFarlane’s series, Family Guy, is one of the longest-running animated programs in TV history, but if it weren’t for his two Larry shorts then we never would have had the Griffin family in the first place! Now what are the Larry shorts, you ask? In short, these shorts are essentially just proto-Family Guy —…

  • The Correct Viewing Order Of Family Guy’s Star Wars Episodes

    The Correct Viewing Order Of Family Guy’s Star Wars Episodes

    “Family Guy” has been on the air for nearly 25 years (with a couple of brief breaks in the early days) with 400 episodes — and counting — to its name. The show has become such a staple of television at this point that it’s hard to picture pop culture without it. In all of…

  • The One ‘Family Guy’ Episode You’ll Never See On Network TV

    The One ‘Family Guy’ Episode You’ll Never See On Network TV

    Family Guy has been notorious for its uncouth and controversial sense of humor since its conception. Creator, Seth McFarlane — who recently made news by donating one million dollars to the Entertainment Community Fund in support of the SAG/WGA strike — garnered success for his madcap, satirical cartoon by pushing boundaries for comedy and (much…

  • ‘Futurama’ & ‘Solar Opposites’ Come to Life at Hulu’s Animayhem Sdcc Booth

    ‘Futurama’ & ‘Solar Opposites’ Come to Life at Hulu’s Animayhem Sdcc Booth

    Hulu’s Animayhem is welcoming visitors to the second dimension at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. After launching the new hub earlier this month as a place for all things adult animation and anime, the streamer brought the many keystone shows in its animation lineup to the convention in style with a massive array of photo-ops…