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Family Guy (season 2)
Season 2
Volume 1 (R1) & season 1 & 2 (R2) DVDs for the 1st season.
No. of episodes21
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseSeptember 23, 1999 (1999-09-23) –
August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01)
Season chronology
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Season 1
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Season 3
List of episodes

The second season of the animated comedy series Family Guy aired on Fox from September 23, 1999 to August 1, 2000, and consisted of 21 episodes. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family—father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and their anthropomorphic dog Brian, all of whom reside in their hometown of Quahog. The show features the voices of series creator Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Lacey Chabert and later Mila Kunis in the roles of the Griffin family. The executive producers for the second production season were David Zuckerman and MacFarlane; the aired season also contained eight episodes which were holdovers from season one.

By the end of the second season, due to low ratings, Fox resorted to canceling Family Guy. However, following a last-minute reprieve, it returned for a third season in 2001. The series was canceled again in 2002; however, high ratings on Adult Swim and high DVD sales renewed Fox's interest in the series. The series returned for a total of 35 new episodes in 2005.

The season received a favorable reception from critics, who called the series "extremely witty and darkly hilarious," and was "unfortunately" canceled.[1] The Volume One DVD box set was released in Region 1 on April 15, 2003 and Region 2 on November 12, 2001. All twenty-one of the season's episodes are included in the volume. The first season's seven episodes were also included in the volume.

Production

In 2002, Family Guy was canceled after three seasons due to low ratings.[2][3] The show was first canceled after the 1999–2000 season, but following a last-minute reprieve, it returned for a third season in 2001.[4] During the third season, Fox announced that the show was canceled for good.[5][6] Fox tried to sell rights for reruns of the show, but it was hard to find networks that were interested; Cartoon Network eventually bought the rights, "[...] basically for free", according to the president of 20th Century Fox Television Production.[7]

When the reruns were shown on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in 2003, Family Guy became Adult Swim's most-watched show with an average 1.9 million viewers an episode.[8] Following Family Guy's high ratings on Adult Swim, the first season was released on DVD in April 2003.[2] Sales of the DVD set reached 2.2 million copies,[9] becoming the best-selling television DVD of 2003[10] and the second highest-selling television DVD ever, behind the first season of Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show.[11] The second season DVD release also sold more than a million copies.[8] The show's popularity in both DVD sales and reruns rekindled Fox's interest in it.[12] They ordered 35 new episodes in 2004, marking the first revival of a television show based on DVD sales.[11][13] Fox president Gail Berman said that it was one of her most difficult decisions to cancel the show, and was therefore happy it would return.[7] The network also began production of a film based on the series.[10]

Mila Kunis does the voice of Meg

Reception

The second season of Family Guy received favorable assessments from critics. Aaron Beierle of DVD Talk said "Often brilliant, extremely witty and darkly hilarious, Family Guy was unfortunately canceled after Fox bumped it around six or seven different time slots. Fans of the show should definitely pick up this terrific sets [sic], while those who haven't seen it should consider giving it a look."[1] Fewer critics responded negatively to the season, including Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly, who graded the series a "D",[14] and named it the worst show of the 1999–2000 television season.[15] Mark Graham noted "MacFarlane's incredibly rocky relationship with both the magazine and its lead television critic, Ken Tucker" in a blog on the New York magazine website.[16] Tucker has also criticized the show for perceived anti-Semitism.[17] L. Brent Bozell III expressed in a column of his written in 1999 that he felt that the episode "Holy Crap" promoted anti-Catholicism.[18]

The Parents Television Council, a watchdog and frequent critic of Family Guy had initially speculated that Family Guy would be "pushing the envelope" before the series' 1999 premiere.[19] In May 2000, in its weekly "E-Alert" email newsletter, the PTC launched a letter-writing campaign to the Fox network to persuade the network to cancel Family Guy following a return from a long hiatus in the show's second season, due to what the PTC claimed were "strong advertiser resistance and low ratings".[20] In addition, Family Guy made the PTC's 2000 "worst prime-time shows for family viewing".[21]

DVD release

The first and second seasons were released under the title Family Guy Volume One; this standard four-disc DVD box set debuted in Region 1 on April 15, 2003,[22] three months before the premiere of the third season. Distributed by 20th Century Fox Television, it included several DVD extras such as episode commentaries, behind-the-scenes footage, and online promo spots.[22][23][24] The same episodes, without the special features, were released in Region 2 on November 12, 2001 and in Region 4 on October 20, 2003.[25][26]

Episodes

See also: List of Family Guy episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
81"Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater"Jeff MyersChris SheridanSeptember 23, 1999 (1999-09-23)1ACX08
92"Holy Crap"Neil AffleckDanny SmithSeptember 30, 1999 (1999-09-30)1ACX11
103"Da Boom"Bob JaquesNeil Goldman & Garrett DonovanDecember 26, 1999 (1999-12-26)2ACX06
114"Brian in Love"Jack DyerGary JanettiMarch 7, 2000 (2000-03-07)2ACX01
125"Love Thy Trophy"Jack DyerMike Barker & Matt WeitzmanMarch 14, 2000 (2000-03-14)1ACX13
136"Death Is a Bitch"Michael Dante DiMartinoRicky BlittMarch 21, 2000 (2000-03-21)1ACX14
147"The King Is Dead"Monte YoungCraig HoffmanMarch 28, 2000 (2000-03-28)1ACX15
158"I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar"Monte YoungChris SheridanMarch 28, 2000 (2000-03-28)2ACX02
169"If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'"Swinton Scott IIIChris SheridanApril 4, 2000 (2000-04-04)1ACX12
1710"Running Mates"John HolmquistGarrett Donovan & Neil GoldmanApril 11, 2000 (2000-04-11)1ACX09
1811"A Picture Is Worth a 1,000 Bucks"Gavin DellCraig HoffmanApril 18, 2000 (2000-04-18)2ACX07
1912"Fifteen Minutes of Shame"Scott WoodSteve CallaghanApril 25, 2000 (2000-04-25)2ACX08
2013"Road to Rhode Island"Dan PovenmireGary JanettiMay 30, 2000 (2000-05-30)2ACX12
2114"Let's Go to the Hop"Glen HillMike Barker & Matt WeitzmanJune 6, 2000 (2000-06-06)2ACX04
2215"Dammit Janet"Bert RingMike Barker & Matt WeitzmanJune 13, 2000 (2000-06-13)2ACX09
2316"There's Something About Paulie"Monte YoungRicky BlittJune 27, 2000 (2000-06-27)1ACX10
2417"He's Too Sexy for His Fat"Glen HillChris SheridanJune 27, 2000 (2000-06-27)2ACX10
2518"E. Peterbus Unum"Rob RenzettiNeil Goldman & Garrett DonovanJuly 12, 2000 (2000-07-12)2ACX13
2619"The Story on Page One"Gavin DellCraig HoffmanJuly 18, 2000 (2000-07-18)2ACX14
2720"Wasted Talent"Bert RingStory by: Dave Collard & Ken Goin
Teleplay by: Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman		July 25, 2000 (2000-07-25)2ACX15
2821"Fore, Father"Scott WoodBobby BowmanAugust 1, 2000 (2000-08-01)2ACX16

See also

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References

General
  • Callaghan, Steve (2005). Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide, Seasons 1–3. Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-06-083305-X.
Specific
  1. ^ a b Beierle, Aaron (March 21, 2003). "Family Guy — Vol. 1". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Morrow, Terry (August 13, 2004). "Resurrected 'Family Guy' is drawing a growing audience". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
  3. ^ Erickson, Chris (May 2, 2005). "Family Guy hits air waves again". The Heights. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
  4. ^ Wheat, Alynda (September 12, 2008). "Fall TV Preview: 'Family Guy'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
  5. ^ "Family Guy has finally been officially cancelled by Fox". TKtv. May 16, 2002. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
  6. ^ McKinley, Jesse (May 2, 2005). "Canceled and Resurrected, on the Air and Onstage". New York Times. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
  7. ^ a b Gordon, Devin (April 4, 2005). "Family Reunion". Newsweek. p. 50.
  8. ^ a b Levin, Gary (March 24, 2004). "'Family Guy' un-canceled, thanks to DVD sales success". USA Today. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
  9. ^ Poniewozik, James; McDowell, Jeanne (April 19, 2004). "It's Not TV. It's TV on DVD". Time. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
  10. ^ a b Kipnis, Jill (February 7, 2004). "Successful "Guy"". Billboard. p. 44. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
  11. ^ a b Goodale, Gloria (April 22, 2005). "Cult fans bring 'The Family Guy' back to TV". The Christian Science Monitor. p. 12. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
  12. ^ Louie, Rebecca (April 28, 2005). "The 'Family' can't be killed. Fox thought it was out, but we pulled it back on. The 'Guy' who wouldn't die". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 3, 2009.[dead link]
  13. ^ Levin, Gary (November 18, 2003). "'Family Guy' may return". USA Today. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
  14. ^ Tucker, Ken (April 9, 1999). "Family Guy". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
  15. ^ Tucker, Ken (December 21, 2001). "Television". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 22, 2007."Here is a worthy successor to Arli$ as The Awful Show They Just Keep Putting on the Air, a phenomenon as inexplicable as where Larry King gets all his suspenders. As long as they keep bringing back Family Guy, a hunk of ugly animation, I'll keep using it to line the bottom of this barrel."
  16. ^ Graham, Mark (December 4, 2008). "Seth MacFarlane Named 'Smartest Person on TV,' Ken Tucker Promptly Keels Over". New York. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
  17. ^ Tucker, Ken (December 24, 1999). "The Worst: TV". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 22, 2007."Racist, antisemitic, and AIDS jokes; shoddy animation; stolen ideas: the cartoon as vile swill."
  18. ^ Bozell, L. Brent III (October 6, 1999). "Again, Faith Flogged in Prime Time". Media Research Center. Retrieved September 8, 2007."...if a TV series contains a blast at religion that virtually no one knew was coming, it not only reaches millions, catching them by surprise, but also goes essentially unanswered. In the first two weeks of the new television season, that happened twice, on NBC's drama The West Wing and Fox's animated cartoon comedy Family Guy...[details of premiere episode of The West Wing]...Eight nights later came Family Guy. The villain, a sour, absurdly rigid Catholic, retires from a lumber mill and moves in with his son Peter and Peter’s family. The older man deems Peter 'a failure as a worker and as a father,' his daughter-in-law a "Protestant whore," and his granddaughter "a harlot" because she lets a boy walk her home from school. Especially tasteless is an exchange that begins right after his older grandson Chris exits the bathroom. The grandfather says, 'I know what you’re doing in there, and it’s a sin. If you ever do it again, you’ll burn in hell.' [Details of confrontation]" (episode cited: "Holy Crap")
  19. ^ Bozell, L. Brent III (January 19, 1999). "WB: The Very Model of a Modern Network?". MediaResearch.org. Creators Syndicate. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ Parents Television Council E-Alert. Vol. 4, No. 26. May 5, 2000. "In the two months since the show returned, creator Seth MacFarlane has aggressively sought to push the content envelope. Worse, Fox has permitted him to do so. Although Family Guy airs during the family hour, when children are likely to be watching, recent episodes have included animated nudity, vulgar references to genitalia, and references to pornography and masturbation." (Cited episode "Fifteen Minutes of Shame" as example)
  21. ^ "Top 10 Best & Worst Family Shows on Network Television, 1999–2000 TV Season". ParentsTV.org. Parents Television Council. Archived from the original on December 12, 2006. Retrieved December 12, 2006. ...unbelievably foul... {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ a b "Family Guy – Volume 1". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved September 4, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  23. ^ Conrad, Jeremy (March 20, 2003). "Family Guy - Volume 1: DVD Review". IGN. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
  24. ^ "Family Guy – Vol. 1 (Seasons 1 & 2) DVD". Fox Shop. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
  25. ^ "Family Guy  Season 1 DVD". dvdorchard. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
  26. ^ "Family Guy – Season 1". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved November 3, 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

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