FOX | Release Date: January 31, 1999
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
Positive:
22
Mixed:
8
Negative:
9
60
Orlando SentinelHal BoedekerJul 10, 2013
Season 4 Review: Like other animated series, Family Guy revels in sending up popular culture. The Simpsons does it with wit and affection. Family Guy prefers shock value. [1 May 2005]
60
VarietyBrian LowryJul 10, 2013
Season 4 Review: "Family Guy" begins its new life with a slightly more assured mix of satire and non sequiturs while still displaying the kind of hit-miss joke ratio that doesn't quite belong in the major leagues. [28 Apr 2005]
60
Deseret NewsScott D. PierceJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: "Family Guy" is occasionally quite funny -- but only occasionally. And it's often rather crude -- quite often. ... "Family Guy" does have possibilities. But the writing needs to improve -- it's nowhere near as clever as its producers think it is. [29 Jan 1999]
60
USA TodayRobert BiancoJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Even if you find the show odd, awful or freakish, at least it won't bore you. [29 Jan 1999]
60
VarietyRay RichmondJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Both undeniably clever and utterly bizarre --- not always for the better. [28 Jan 1999]
50
Chicago Sun-TimesPhil RosenthalJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: We fear [Family Guy] already may be out of material. [9 Apr 1999]
50
Los Angeles TimesHoward RosenbergJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Oft-funny but problematic. ... {The] humor ranges from inspired to cheap and sophomoric. [29 Jan 1999]
50
Newark Star-LedgerAlan SepinwallJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: "Family Guy" ... consists of almost nothing but pop culture references. ... Now, some of these gags are side-splittingly funny ... but there are way too many of them. [9 Apr 1999]