Family Guy is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and its ending is still nowhere in sight. Its creator Seth MacFarlane recently discussed the show’s potential ending, and said he doesn’t see a good reason to pull the plug because people still love it.
MacFarlane recently set down with the Los Angeles Times to discuss the 25th anniversary of Family Guy and addressed the show’s incredible longevity. He admitted there were times he felt it was time to wrap it up, but he no longer feels this way because this animated series makes people happy and funds some good causes.
“At this point, we’ve reached escape velocity. I don’t know that there’s any reason to stop at this point unless people get sick of it. Unless the numbers show that people just are, ‘Eh, we don’t care about Family Guy anymore.’ But that hasn’t happened yet,” explained MacFarlane.
Family Guy has been running for 22 seasons and it’s one of the defining animated series of the 21st century, but it was off to a rocky start. It ran for two seasons on Fox before it was canceled, but they eventually gave it a last-minute pick-up before axing it again. Re-runs helped this series gain a cult following, and Fox decided to pick it up again for Season 4 in 2005, and they’ve given us a new season every year ever since.
