Showing posts with label american dad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label american dad. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

FOX Fall Preview

What we're excited for from FOX this fall.

Check out FOX's entire lineup with my recommendations here.

House
Season six begins this fall and Gregory House is not at Princeton Plainsboro. Instead he will start the season at a mental institution. I like anything that takes the plot away from the standard no storyline episode that House brings half of the time. Rumor has it that Chase and Cameron will be back on the team come next year and that only means good things. Since Chase left, I have actually started to like him. I'm sure that will change once he comes back.

The MacFarlane Trio
Family Guy is now in its eighth season, American Dad will begin its fifth, and The Cleveland Show comes to FOX for the first time. Family Guy will continue to take every third week off and throw out a dud of an episode, but there are plenty of unbelievable eps, see Bird Is The Word, to get me excited. American Dad is like Family Guy's little brother, but Roger the Alien is funny enough to keep my attention. I'm not a huge Cleveland fan, but if MacFarlane's at the helm, it shows some promise.

Brothers
This new sitcom starring Michael Strahan is bound to be bad, but when has being a bad show, ever stopped a show from being entertaining (see Full House, Las Vegas, One Tree Hill). Unlike those shows, Brothers may end up being bad in a bad way. But with ex-Giant Michael Strahan and Chubbs Peterson as main characters, I'll tune in for the first few episodes or so.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

The Flintstones Award (2009)

The Flintstones Award for Best Animated Series

Rank. Show- Total Points...(My Rank)
5th. King of the Hill- 0 points

4th. American Dad- 7 points...(2nd)

3rd. The Simpsons- 13 points...(3rd)

Runner-Up

2nd. South Park- 22 points

The Poolie Goes To

1st. Family Guy- 28 points...(1st)
And with no guest spot here I am with some insight...

I don't know what was going on at the turn of the century to cause Fox to cancel Family Guy, but it must have been nuts. Seth MacFarlane created the funniest animated television series since Snagglepuss graced us with his gay lisp of a voice on Saturday mornings. Sure the plot of
every episode is ridiculous, but I'm not watching my animated sitcoms for structure. I'm watching Family Guy for non-stop attempts at the funny.

Season seven saw a lot of that with a pure gem of a second episode. When Peter takes the family to a 50s diner 'Surfin Bird' by The Trashmen comes on the Juke Box and nothing but comedy gold ensues. Nothing this season has been better than when Peter buys the record for himself and plays it over and over again.