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Fox Considering a Return of "Family Guy"

Posted by Cliff on from the don't-make-baby-stewie-cry dept.

wo1verin3 writes: "USA Today is reporting that all is not lost and due to exceptionally strong DVD sales Family Guy may return with as many as 35 new episodes! 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."

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  1. Hmmmmm by ziggy_zero · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Maybe they could save us all a little time and release them straight to DVD instead of on TV first....If I remember correctly part of the reason they got cancelled was they gave it a shitty timeslot so nobody watched it.

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  2. Cartoon Network envy by gad_zuki! · · Score: 4, Interesting

    >gave it a shitty timeslot so nobody watched it.

    Which timeslot? I remember being moved at least twice.

    Also, let's toss in Futurama while we're at it.

    All the cartoon network did is take these gems and give them a consistant timeslot and *gasp* did some advertising. Now Rupert Murdoch et al are all scracting their heads at how much money CN is making and why dreck like "King of the Hill" isn't the cash cow it used to be.

    I think you're right, I'd rather just buy the DVD than deal with FoxVision - where the shows you expect to see aren't there! Here, have some football instead.

    Hell, if Cartoon Network had Fox-like money they'd be doing this too and with Futurama.

    (above message from a Tivo owner and I still couldnt record Futurama because of football, for shame Fox)