• snownyte@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’ll take today’s Simpsons over today’s Family Guy. Family Guy today is just being used as someone’s soapbox through shitty gags that are thought up in under a minute.

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        I read simmering a while ago that McFarlane wanted to stop the show years ago because it had run its course but the studio threw a ton of money at him to keep going so he did.

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          1 year ago

          Of course money would talk.

          Though any other Family Guy fan would say that it ran it’s course shortly after the third season. That’s 19 years ago.

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          That’s true only true if there’s not a show people would watch instead. At this point they’re hoping these shows act as anchors for their streaming service. I just suspect they over invested in “what do millennials use as sleep aids” will come crashing down

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            what do millennials use as sleep aids

            I got hit by a “are you still there?” after 15 minutes of Futurama last night and they were almost right. They’re on to us