Show Info

Genre(s): Animation, Comedy

Created By: Seth MacFarlane

Summary

Starring Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis, and Seth Green

This set contains all 13 episodes of Season 4 (i.e., the first post-cancellation season) of the Fox animated series.

Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com

What The Critics Said

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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this show is 6.5 (out of 10) based on 97 User Votes

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Eli j gave it a1:
In the first two seasons the jokes were so funny that i almost didn't know what was happening to the tv because my mind was so completely blown. this season and every season after are down right horrible. I mean absolutely horrible. I laugh, no i chuckle maybe twice every episode. As in the old episodes i would break out in hysterical laughter almost every joke. awful down right awful.

David L gave it a6:
First of all, the artwork and its animation is awful - reducing cost and time for the showmakers and exploiting the inattention to detai that so many viewers have. So many straight lines and simple colours; if you watch carefully it's easy to notice how many of the nonfocal points on the screen remain motionless. One of the reasons Simpsons was so good was its attention to artistic detail, and the amount of sight gags. This show has no pathos; nobody within the show even has real emotions, or cares for another character. But this is hardly a failing - Family Guy is always the stream of unrelated jokes it's meant to be, and the random satire and references were, from about season 2-4, funny both when subtle and when ridiculously not. But from about 4/5 onwards, it's become tired ('Here's my summary of every Vince Vaughn Movie . . .') and undisguised, which sometimes makes it funnier but usually not. And, unlike the Simpsons, Family Guy seems to hate eveything but itself (and Start Wars and Kiss): all the references are disparaging. Though a good number of the racist/ablist/homophobic jokes are geniunely hilarious in their irony, and their playing off steroytypes and people's reactions to those sterotypes - and the alarming propensity for people to be offended, largely 'on behalf' of others - calling Family Guy 'racist' or 'needlessly offensive'. Such accusations only say things about the accusors' stupidity. Family Guy really shouldn't have referred to The Simpsons as 'not funny anymore', when the SImpsons was hilarious (and everything else) for about 12 years, and still is pretty funny. Family Guy was funny for two, and has never really had anything else to fall back on.

[Anonymous] gave it a2:
I liked season two and three. Those had actually clever jokes and in season three and up, the jokes were just becoming absolutely terrible.

Joshua Z gave it a10:
The type of humor is awesome. I don't get why people don't like this show.. guess they're just party poopers.

[Anonymous] gave it a3:
The season where it fell off the cliff... should never have been brought back from cancellation.

John W gave it a0:
Absolutely unfunny show. No redeeming qualities to be found here.

Jody M gave it a9:
Reginald, the example you used to express your disgust only clarified the fact that you don't get the humour. Laura Bush has a high social standing, and the writers weren't repeating this phrase because they are stupid, but rather to emphasize to everyone - "sure, she was First Lady and all that... but she still killed a guy." Which is quite funny.

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