Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers will not enter the cancellation graveyard just yet.
FOX has renewed the animated series’ for Seasons 18 and 10, respectively, per THR:
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the animated hits Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers were quietly renewed months ago for their 18th and 10th seasons, respectively. (Representatives for Fox and producers 20th Century Fox TV declined comment.)
Episodes of both shows — like The Simpsons — require extensive time to write and animate (work on their current 17th and ninth respective seasons is still underway). The renewal decisions were made months ago to allow both series to continue production — and ahead of the expected close of Fox’s $72 billion asset sale to Disney. Fox’s studio, 20th Century Fox Television, controls Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers and The Simpsons, the latter of which was recently renewed for two additional seasons.
“If you’re an animator, there is no better place to showcase your work than Sunday nights on Fox. This is the network that set the standard for primetime animation. The Simpsons and Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers are the heavyweights of the genre, and we’re intent on finding the next generation of culture defining animated comedies to join them,” Collier told reporters last Wednesday at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour.
For MacFarlane, the news comes as his massive overall deal with 20th TV expires in June, and the writer-actor-producer has already been getting offers from across the streaming and traditional studio landscape, sources say. His live-action Fox dramedy The Orville is currently in the middle of its sophomore season.
GOOD !! These are the shows that put a smile on my face and a laugh in my life