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Family Guy's Stewie to Host Talk Show
blake3737 writes "Stewie, of Family Guy Fame, will be joining the ranks animated talk show hosts, such as Space Ghost (Tad Ghostal). He will be hosting an internet talk show. " Somewhere Brak is crying.
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And it's basically been cancelled by Fox after three seasons. Like Futurama they really didn't give it much of a shot:
Cancelling episodes in season 2
Cutting back to 13 episodes in season 3 and yanking it from sweeps
ABC and Showtime have both made overtures of interest, so naturally Fox hasn't said "it's cancelled". I wish they would; it's obvious they can't market the show worth a damn.
But how would you? It's smart, funny, and many of the jokes require knowledge of current events. And it's on Fox. What's going to lead in to it, Meet Your New Mommy? Reality Makeover Tour?
Anyone who was a Simpsons fan when it was a good show abandoned it a long time ago so it couldn't even hold viewers in a Sunday 8:30 timeslot.
To paraphrase David Cross: A show that wins critical acclaim and multiple awards that can't keep viewers. Perhaps the problem isn't the show, but the people in marketing who don't know how to sell it.
It was much nicer the way I put it.
Basically Fox needs to drop it so Showtime or ABC can pick it up and give it the chance it should have.
It's funny; any hard core Seinfeld fanatic I know picked up on Arrested Dev immediately and have loved it from the get-go. Fox never understood that.
You better watch out, there may be dogs about . .