5 Reasons Why Family Guy Should Be Cancelled

familyguy Much like the Adam Carolla-voiced Grim Reaper character, Family Guy has been dicing with death down the years. In 2000, at the end of its second season, the Fox network announced the adult animation had been cancelled, but subsequently handed it a last minute reprieve and ordered an additional 13 new episodes. However, two years later, the show was canned for real when Fox officially announced it would be going off the air, and for three years, that would be the last we'd see of Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy. That was, until 2005, when positive DVD sales and syndicated ratings caught the network's attention and persuaded them to renew it, handing yet another chance to Peter Griffin and co. For the most part, the decision to breathe life back into Family Guy appears to have been a good decision on the face of it - nominated for thirteen Emmy Awards, with four wins, the show has and continues to be a hit with fans. But, having been running for almost a decade since its initial cancellation, is it time to call it quits for real? Has the show lost its edge and - most importantly - its humour, and does MacFarlane even care anymore? Here, we answer some of those questions and run through 5 Reasons Why Family Guy Should Be Cancelled...
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