Family Guy

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 31, 1999
Season #: 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 23
  3. Negative: 7 out of 23
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Critic Reviews

  1. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    Jul 10, 2013
    30
    Family Guy aims to be outrageous, but the frantic farce veers to the tiresome and mean-spirited. [11 Apr 1999]
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  2. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    Jul 10, 2013
    30
    Family Guy's asinine asides are thuddingly predictable, inserted roughly into the thread of the cartoon sitcom narrative as a kind of cry for attention, in complete contrast to the organic satire that runs through The Simpsons. [28 Jan 1999]
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  3. Houston Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ann Hodges
    Jul 10, 2013
    25
    The Family Guy is worse than dumb; it's not funny. [30 Jan 1999]
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  5. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Jun 12, 2013
    25
    Family Guy ... is The Simpsons as conceived by a singularly sophomoric mind that lacks any reference point beyond other TV shows.
  6. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: M.S. Mason
    Jul 10, 2013
    20
    Nasty without being particularly amusing, cynical without being perceptive, and ugly as sin. [29 Jan 1999]
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  7. San Diego Union-Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert P. Laurence
    Jul 10, 2013
    10
    A mean, miserable, nasty-minded excuse for a comedy. [29 Jan 1999]
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  8. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    Jul 10, 2013
    0
    Utterly excremental. ... May the room in which "Family Guy" is drawn be sacked, emptied, disinfected and burned to a cinder. Anything to keep them from making any more episodes of this smug and amateurish tripe. [30 Jan 1999]
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Awards & Rankings

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#16 Best TV Season of 1999
1
#1 Most Discussed TV Season of 1999
4
#4 Most Shared TV Season of 1999

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User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 406 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 309 out of 406
  2. Mixed: 39 out of 406
  3. Negative: 58 out of 406
  1. spazzinmekon
    Nov 17, 2010
    10
    Honestly, this has to be one of the easiest reviews ever. The show is hilarious almost every single episode. The newer episodes I like more ofHonestly, this has to be one of the easiest reviews ever. The show is hilarious almost every single episode. The newer episodes I like more of course since the drawing and coloring of the characters and scenes has gotten better, but i still watch season 1 up till the present episodes. Love the show.… Full Review »
  2. Rob274
    Aug 18, 2010
    5
    This show is funny, but after awhile it kinda gets over the line with racist jokes and stupid jokes and other things. Dont get me wrong theThis show is funny, but after awhile it kinda gets over the line with racist jokes and stupid jokes and other things. Dont get me wrong the show is funny, but just stupid funny. I like the show, but when Family Guy: Blue Harvest came out..OMG, halarious!!! But when Something, Something, Something Darkside came out: Zzzzzzz.. So boring and stupid! Not even funny. In ending this review: The show is funny, but their funny is dying slowly..… Full Review »
  3. Cazatuz
    Sep 2, 2010
    8
    Its a pretty good Show, It makes me smile. I could watch the re-runs all day long lol. It does lose a couple points because Its not reallyIts a pretty good Show, It makes me smile. I could watch the re-runs all day long lol. It does lose a couple points because Its not really that funny, its really all inside humor, Id laugh out load at it every once in a while but its very rare but the comedy is still very Rich. The Comedy is very Hit & Miss to the point that when I do laugh it kinda shocks me. This kind of comedy is really fitting with America's overall taste in humor. I do love how Outrageous, Stupid & Slightly unpredictable, & clever it is. The relationships with the Great Characters are really what make the show Spontaneous & worth the watch, not necessarily the jokes itself. This show is full of life, 8 stars.… Full Review »
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