Family Guy to Return!

Jonbo298 · 03-01-2004, 06:42 PM

Rejoice, Griffin fans, production is about to restart on The Family Guy. Seth MacFarlane, the brains behind the show, tells IGN he's been given the go-ahead and the only question mark left is whether the new material will air initially on Fox or on Cartoon Network.

"Cartoon Network will be involved regardless," he says. "Whether it goes there permanently or winds up on Fox first and then Cartoon Network remains to be seen. So at the very least it will be on Cartoon Network, which is great because at the end of the day that's where we built our biggest fan base. So I'm happy either way."

He's doing what he can to restore as much of the old writing team as possible. However, there are a lot of good writers looking for work in Hollywood thanks to the reality show craze.

In fact, the series lost a few people before season three began, but MacFarlane expects to get back more of the original writers now than he did when season three was in production. The voice over actors won't be too much of a problem since it's animated and the voice recordings can be done around the actor's schedule.

If production begins in April, as he hopes, MacFarlane will present the new material to Fox around December, and it will decide if it picks up the show for 2005 or if it goes directly to Cartoon Network. That may seem like a long time, but MacFarlane says it would take even longer to get something done if he didn't have five leftover scripts from the show. Three are in good shape but two will need some rewrites, he says.
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/495/495464p1.html

I didn't see this until now but I'm extremely happy its coming back. Now all I need is new Futurama episodes and then I'm complete

Vampyr · 03-01-2004, 06:47 PM

Awesome.

I love family guy! I dont get to watch it much anymore, because of school I cant stay up so late to watch it....but this summer, I'll be watching it every night!

Joeiss · 03-01-2004, 06:53 PM

I have all the Family Guys on DVD.. great show.

GameMaster · 03-01-2004, 06:59 PM

I think it should air on Fox right alongside Simpsons and King of the Hill.

Dark Samurai · 03-01-2004, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

I think it should air on Fox right alongside Simpsons and King of the Hill.

As it should be...

Man i love the Family Guy

one of the funniest cartoons ever

Jason1 · 03-01-2004, 08:28 PM

Honestly, who gives a hoot where it aires, ITS BACK BABY! My hopes have been answered! There truly is a god! I both DVD sets, wow what a funny show.

The Germanator · 03-01-2004, 09:00 PM

Old news, but fantastic news nontheless.

Happydude · 03-01-2004, 09:16 PM

sweet

thatmariolover · 03-01-2004, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by The Germanator

Old news, but fantastic news nontheless.

Old rumors. New news. This is official. It never has been officially confirmed before.

And I hear there's going to be a new Family Guy movie by the end of this year (anybody else know about it?). I'm so glad Family Guy is back. I've felt so empty.

Hero2 · 03-01-2004, 11:46 PM

Now we only need new episodes of Futrama and have cartoon network air Futurama, Family Guy, and the Simpsons back to back after 1:00 am(damn work).

The Germanator · 03-01-2004, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Hero2

Now we only need new episodes of Futrama and have cartoon network air Futurama, Family Guy, and the Simpsons back to back after 1:00 am(damn work).

And show MST3K at a reasonable time, not 10 AM on a saturday, stupid Sci-fi network.

/off topic, but passionate about his TV watching, even though he doesn't have tv here.

Blackmane · 03-02-2004, 03:10 AM

This is great news because Family Guy is one of my favorite shows to watch.