Family Guy Might Make A Comeback!
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Fri Nov 21, 2003 @ 12:23am |
 Coolness: 340335 | By Gary Levin, USA TODAY
Family Guy could return with as many as 35 new episodes for January 2005. Fox In a sign of the growing importance of DVD sales to Hollywood, 20th Century Fox is considering a plan to resume production of Family Guy, a sometimes crude animated comedy that the Fox network took off the air more than 18 months ago. As many as 35 new episodes could return in January 2005, marking the first time that a canceled series has been revived based on strong DVD demand and ratings in syndication. Fox Television Entertainment Group chairman Sandy Grushow said a decision is expected soon and called the series a late-blooming phenomenon that may have aired before its time. A DVD set of the show's first 28 episodes released in April has sold nearly 1 million copies, making it this year's top-selling TV show and the No. 4 television title ever, according to Video Store magazine. A second collection, of 22 episodes, has sold 520,000 copies. And the series is Cartoon Network's most popular among adults. Family Guy premiered with a big audience — 22 million viewers — and some controversy after Fox's 1999 Super Bowl telecast. In the pilot episode, Stewie, a talking toddler with a clipped British accent, was openly contemptuous of his loutish dad and bent on killing his sweet-natured mother in a quest for world domination. Creator Seth MacFarlane, then 24, wrote scripts, drew characters, provided voices and infused the show with rapid-fire sight gags, a nod to The Simpsons. But ratings faded, and the show ended with a whimper early last year. The relatively short network run may have helped DVD sales, Video Store's Judith McCourt says. "It really speaks to something that had a following, was cut off network TV, and people said, 'What did I miss?' " DVD and cable viewers have "created kind of a groundswell that could lead to better ratings" on Fox, Grushow says, although new episodes could end up going directly to Cartoon Network. A decision to restart the show suggests a reversal from the old TV business model, in which a network hit predicts a profit windfall in syndication. This time, the promise of DVD and syndication gold could justify a show's return even if low network ratings didn't. But canceled favorites aren't likely to rise from the grave en masse. Family Guy has one major advantage: With no actors and no sets, it can simply be drawn back into existence. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» daFTWin replied on Fri Nov 21, 2003 @ 12:34am |
 Coolness: 277105 | Wow..I never thought a day would come when i could say " neoform, i think yo just mademy day" |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mali replied on Fri Nov 21, 2003 @ 12:48am |
 Coolness: 202785 | Family Guy is the funniest cartoon I have ever watched in my life.. I don't usually laugh out loud at stuff.. but man... it makes me laugh super hardcore |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente replied on Fri Nov 21, 2003 @ 12:57am |
 Coolness: 299995 | super happy hardcore?
as in youre gonna come to lockdown? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Fri Nov 21, 2003 @ 8:05am |
| Coolness: 340335 | no no, she said super hardcore. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Bunnytronix replied on Fri Nov 21, 2003 @ 3:00pm |
 Coolness: 153180 | MMM'what's UP!!!
I stil watch an episode a day. Just so I don't lose that edge. I was getting bored, but I have a new hope now. Another year and we're back on. BRING IT! Favorite episode: the Thin white line. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Purple_Lee replied on Fri Nov 21, 2003 @ 7:59pm |
 Coolness: 239290 | Freaking right!!!!!
Lee |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Mon Nov 24, 2003 @ 10:40am |
 Coolness: 149485 | hurrah! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» julie_eaves replied on Sat Nov 29, 2003 @ 11:43am |
| Coolness: 94945 | It best be coming back.
Best show ever. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Bunnytronix replied on Sat Nov 29, 2003 @ 1:25pm |
| Coolness: 153180 | Or wait no...
not the Thin white line.. FAvorite episode has to be: that one where they get relocated with white trash. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Sat Nov 29, 2003 @ 1:29pm |
| Coolness: 340335 | and chris likes a boy..? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PookStah replied on Tue Dec 2, 2003 @ 7:36pm |
| Coolness: 106585 | yes!! finally, i'll have new episodes to download onto my computer!!!! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Miss_Amanda replied on Tue Dec 2, 2003 @ 8:05pm |
 Coolness: 161215 | I told my boy about this and he almost bust it |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Tue Dec 2, 2003 @ 9:02pm |
 Coolness: 201895 | We can always hope.
I think there might even be a few minorities they still need to offend. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Tue Dec 2, 2003 @ 10:38pm |
| Coolness: 149485 | seriously!!
offending minorities is what comedy is all about |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Wed Dec 3, 2003 @ 12:30am |
| Coolness: 201895 | I don't think they offended Italians yet, or have they ? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente replied on Wed Dec 3, 2003 @ 1:51am |
| Coolness: 299995 | well theres the "something about paulie" episode |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Wed Dec 3, 2003 @ 9:29am |
| Coolness: 149485 | yea... but it didnt offend italians... it made fun of ONE particular really annoting italin mobster |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» G__ replied on Wed Dec 3, 2003 @ 12:58pm |
| Coolness: 142035 | man there is plenty they haven't offended and insulted yet |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Miss_Amanda replied on Wed Dec 3, 2003 @ 8:42pm |
| Coolness: 161215 | they can offend and insult italians as much as they want
bring back the family guy! |
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