25 years after its premiere, the popular animated series is currently airing its 22nd season.
Seth McFarlanethe creator and star of the animated series Family Guy recently told the Los Angeles Times celebrating 25 years since the popular show initially aired: “At this point, I don’t see a good reason to stop.”
“People still love it”, said. “It makes people happy and funds some good causes. “It’s a lot of leftover money that you can donate to the Rainforest Trust and still be able to go out to dinner that night.”
MacFarlane continued: “There was a moment where I thought it was time to wrap up. At this point, we have reached escape velocity. I don’t know if there’s any reason to stop at this point unless people get tired. Unless the numbers show that people are just saying, ‘Hey, we don’t care about Family Guy anymore.’ But that hasn’t happened yet.”
25 years since the premiere of Family Guy
Family Guy premiered in 1999 on Fox, but was initially canceled after just two seasons, and then scored a third season before being nixed for good, or so viewers thought. Thanks to reruns on Cartoon Network and DVD sales, the series was revived and became a huge hit.
The fourth season of Family Guy debuted in 2005 on Fox, where it continued to air every year until its current 22nd season.
MacFarlane voices the characters Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin and Glenn Quagmire; with Seth Green as Chris Griffin and Neil Godman; Alex Borstein voicing Lois Griffin, Tricia Takanawa, Loretta Brown and Barbara Pewterschmidt; and Mila Kunis like Meg Griffin.
In November 2022, when the animated show reached its 400-episode milestone, MacFarlane revealed his favorite episode of all time to The Hollywood Reporter.
“The Agatha Christie Episode [“And Then There Were Fewer” de la novena temporada] is one that comes to mind,” he said at the time. It was definitely fun to do.”
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