10 TV Shows With No Redeemable Characters
2. Family Guy
Blending the button-pushing adult content of South Park and the nuclear family satire of The Simpsons, Seth MacFarlane’s animated sitcom overcame a rocky start to become a genuine sensation. Key to its success is its flexibility - any one of his characters can do and be anything from episode to episode.
What’s consistent, though, is the nasty streak that runs throughout Quahog. MacFarlane delights in the edginess of his writing, and has filled his fictional New England town with paedophiles, sex offenders, violent anthropomorphised chickens, and everything in between.
The central family is no better, comprising belligerent drunks, master manipulators, dangerously needy teens, an aggressively pretentious and foul mouthed dog, and a worryingly sexual baby with designs on taking over the world and/or killing his mother.
To that end, Family Guy isn’t for everyone - it often lacks The Simpsons’ warmth and South Park’s ability to juggle storylines cohesively - but if you like your comedy detached, freewheeling, and often downright mean, it’s the show for you.