The list is obvious and superficial, but it reminded me of something I had totally forgotten. According to that article, Family Guy was cancelled after three seasons. There were no episodes from 2002-2004, and it seemed to be dead, but in the face of entreaties from an ardent fan base, ABC gave it a second chance, and it’s now in season 23.
Has any other show ever come back from the dead for a 20-season run? I’m not a huge fan. I never make any effort to watch that show, although I enjoy it when I stumble on it, and the crazy cutaways can be hilarious. But irrespective of the show’s merits and originality, or lack thereof, that’s an amazing story!
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Sidebar – when I was a kid, I found the Kirwood Derby to be hilarious, especially since Durward Kirby seemed like a piece of driftwood who occasionally drifted onto our TV screen for no apparent reason. Some old-time TV sidekicks, like Harry von Zell, could be funny when they played into their own lack of importance and became the butt of the star’s jokes, but Durward never seemed to be in on the joke. I think he thought he was talented.
And in comparison to Garry Moore, I suppose he kinda was. I never could figure out the appeal of either of them.
By the way, do today’s kids still like Rocky and Bullwinkle? Do they even know about them?
Not exactly the same, but the original Star Trek series was 3 years, then nothing for 4 years, then cartoons for a couple of years, then nothing for five years, then the first movie in 1979, and then on TV since 1987 (mostly syndication) in one form or another.
The short description of Futurama on that list doesn’t do justice to the tumultuous run its had. The first four seasons (72 eps) aired from 1999 – 2003 on Fox. Following its initial cancellation by Fox, Futurama aired as reruns on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim from 2003 to 2007.
The show was revived on Comedy Central in 2007 as four direct-to-video films, the last of which was released in early 2009. Comedy Central entered into an agreement with 20th Century Fox to syndicate the existing episodes and air the films as 16 new, half-hour episodes, constituting a fifth production season, and the fifth and sixth seasons to be broadcast (in 2008 and 2009).
In June 2009, Comedy Central picked up the show for 26 new half-hour episodes, which aired in 2010 and 2011, constituting the sixth production season, and the seventh (in 2010) and eighth (in 2011) broadcast seasons. The show was renewed for a seventh production season, with the first half airing in 2012 as the ninth broadcast season, and the second half airing in 2013 as the tenth broadcast season. The show was then canceled for a second time.
An audio-only episode featuring the original cast members was released in 2017 as an episode of The Nerdist Podcast. Then, in Feb 2022, Hulu revived the series with a 20-episode order, which premiered on July 24, 2023. In Nov 2023, the show was renewed by Hulu for two more broadcast seasons, which will air through 2026.
So, during a 27-year span, that’ll be 11 production seasons, 14 broadcast seasons, 4 networks, and 2 cancellations (so far).
Not including Arcane seems like a gross oversight. It is fantastic. Also, the only animated shows with more Annie awards are The Simsons and frickin’ Micky Mouse which both ran for 1,000 years.
As somebody else noted in this thread, you could probably come up with 50 entries in this category that are as good or better than Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, and people would still find omissions. Personally, I’m shocked that Archer is not mentioned.
To be fair, they didn’t claim those ten were the best ten. They are kinda-sorta the best-known ten.
The Venture Bros is the greatest TV show ever made.
This list is silly.
This is correct.
What a worthless list this is, if only for its brevity. Even a list of fifty would leaving people griping about omissions.
I guess Fritz the Cat was technically a movie, not a show, but wow was it graphic.
Well, if you go toward movies then you also got Heavy Metal, Wizards, Watership Down. Watership Down traumatized me as a child.
We have just introduced our 18-year-old son and his girlfriend to Family Guy. Never can tell what this generation will attach to but they both love it despite its very outdated references. I recall watching the initial run and it was some of the best scripting ever done. Mike Judge really showed, and went on to further demonstrate, he was way more than just Beavis and Butthead. Speaking of those two, search YouTube for an interview with Judge describing the origin of Boomhaur’s voice.
Family Guy = Seth MacFarlane
Mike Judge = Beavis & Butthead, King of the Hill
CRAP! I meant King of the Hill LOL!
Most of that list is all-ages, not shows for adults. South Park and Family Guy are the only ones aimed at adults (and the latter started off as all-ages).