Fox announced today that it picked up The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Bob’s Burgers for two more seasons. That will bring their totals to 36, 23, and 15 seasons, respectively.
“With this trio of renewals, we celebrate excellence in animation on FOX, our wonderful, long-time partnership with 20th Television and the brilliant creators and incredible voices behind these forever favorites,” said Michael Thorn, President, Scripted Programming for FOX Entertainment. “Three-plus decades of The Simpsons, more than two decades of Family Guy and over a decade of Bob’s Burgers proves the enduring power of the animation genre on our network and the infinite fan affinity for these outrageously funny comedy classics.”
The Simpsons’ renewal means it broke its own record of the longest-running scripted show. At this rate, the show will outlive its voice actors.
The three animated series join The Great North and Krapopolis in the 2023-2024 lineup.
Seth MacFarlane ended 2022 by losing his cat Helix, and he is starting 2023 off with a new kitty named Arthur.
MacFarlane rescued his son from Heaven on Earth’s Perry Place over the weekend. The comedic genius helped to fund Perry’s Place over ten years in honor of his mother, a huge cat lover, who passed away.
Heaven on Earth is a no-kill rescue, and Perry’s Place has cage-free rooms for the adoptable cats to live freely until they find their furever home! It is the best rescue in Los Angeles. Heck, maybe California! I can keep going, but they are the only rescue I ever adopted a cat from in my nine lives. I cannot begin to tell you what an enjoyable, stress-free experience it was. Several people in my Buy Nothing group also got their kitties from there, and we all praise them and tell all wannabe catrents to go there to adopt.
I am forever grateful to the MacFarlane family and Heaven on Earth for giving me my nut. I hope Arthur makes MacFarlane as happy as my cat has made me.
And hopefully, Arthur will be loving it with his new dad and brother, Hank! But then again, how could Arthur not be purring all the time? He has the purrfect dad and drinking buddy for a brother.
Seth, I am just putting this out there, my girl is single and ready to mingle with your boys!
Deadline is reporting that Paramount is looking to revive Naked Gun with Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin’s son. While Liam Neeson sounds like Leslie Nielson, he is not the same type of actor. Nielsen was able to go from drama to comedy so effortlessly; Neeson isn’t that brilliant.
He is a great action star, but he is not a straight comedian. But then again, I never thought that Robert De Niro would be, but he is. However, I don’t believe Neeson could ever do it.
Plus, do we need another Naked Gun? The three movies were comedy gold, and even Seth McFarlane, who is producing the film, is only bronze worthy. And I love MacFarlane.
Do you know what Family Guy has been missing these last 20 seasons? They have been missing car farts! But they will make their debut this year, and I can’t wait to smell of the jokes that the show’s writers give us. Now that the series is old enough to drink…legally.
Family Guy returns on Fox with all new episodes starting on September 25th.
The Orville has pulled off some excellent guest stars like Ted Danson, Liam Neeson, and Charlize Theron. However, on this week’s episode streaming now on Hulu, they had their most famous and unexpected cameo to date.
Who was it? Dolly Parton! I seriously couldn’t believe that Seth MacFarlane pulled that off, and no one knew about it until her scene came on that I actually thought it was fake. At first, I assumed she was a hologram (like her character). But it was really her in the flesh or projection.
“What an honor to be on @TheOrville with @SethMacFarlane and @RenaOwen. I might be as old as yesterday, but with all this new technology they make me look as new as tomorrow,” the beloved singer wrote. “I really hope the fans enjoy it as much as I enjoyed being a part of it.”
So my hat is off to MacFarlane for landing such a legend and keeping her appearance a secret until it was out.
When it comes to why Dolly Parton is in the future and what song she sings, I am not going to tell you. I am just going to tell you to watch this season to find out because what a powerful season it has been thus far.
And what makes it even better is the musical score that intensifies every scene they use it in. I never heard music better than they use it on the show.
