A repeat of The Simpsons led into a relatively even showing from Fox's animation block. The Cleveland Show was down a tenth a 1.5 rating among adults 18-49, with Simpsons down to a 2.1. Bob's Burgers and Family Guy also slipped a tenth of a point, for a respective 1.8 and 2.7, while American Dad returned with a 15 percent jump for a 2.3 in the demo. Fox nabbed a 1.9 adults rating for the night and 4.1 million viewers. ...
The fact that AD came back with a roar bodes well for another season's pickup. Or maybe it's true that Seth is less interested in the show than previously, doesn't want to do Mr. Smith's voice anymore, and that a new Fox exec is pushing to get the series off the air so that another cartoon can replace it.
I bop over to the studio later this week, so maybe I'll find out what's going on. Hopefully the staff of American Dad is no longer on pins and needles wondering if employment will be ongoing.
Had lunch with a former Family Guy staffer who said: "The problem with the business now is that everyone's scrambling to keep work going. Nobody's relaxed. It's not like it was in the nineties when everyone was making more money and not worried about their next job."
The only consistency in the cartoon biz is change.
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Funny how it is at all. I suppose we can hope for one day these shows would be gone for good.
jester:The title of the article sounds nasty.
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