11 Awesome Netflix TV Shows (That Aren't Available In The UK)

By Phil Archbold /

9. Family Guy

Is there a more re-watchable show than Seth MacFarlane€™s Family Guy? Friends, perhaps, but if it's a real belly laugh rather than a warm fuzzy one you are after, then the animated sit-com wins every time. Netflix US is pretty up to date with its Family Guy, with the first 12 seasons available to American viewers, yet UK customers don€™t even get the Cleveland Show to make do with. While MacFarlane€™s show is now considered a classic sit-com (among animated and live-action shows alike) with Primetime Emmys and Annie Awards to its name, it wasn€™t plain sailing for the Griffins when they first appeared on America€™s screens. In fact, the show was cancelled by Fox in 2002 with one episode of season 3 left unaired. Luckily, Adult Swim picked up the show, and ratings of their re-runs combined with shockingly high DVD sales lead to Fox eating some humble pie and renewing. The show is now into its fourteenth season and going strong, though Fox weren€™t the only ones who could have stopped Family Guy in its tracks €“ creator MacFarlane was very nearly aboard American Airlines Flight 11 flying from Boston on the morning of September 11, 2001. Suffering from a hangover after returning to the Rhode Island School of Design for a speech, MacFarlane missed the flight and watched the breaking news in horror as his hijacked plane was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing everyone on board.