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I think the article gets it wrong at the end. Family Guy got resurrected because Cartoon Network's Adult Swim played the old episodes almost every night. This
by umjames 18y ago
I think the article gets it wrong at the end. Family Guy got resurrected because Cartoon Network's Adult Swim played the old episodes almost every night. This got a lot more of Family Guy's would-be target audience interested in the show. It was that interest that woke Fox up to bring back Family Guy.
The same thing is happening now to Futurama. The formula appears to be to put shows on networks during time slots where their target audience already is and where it doesn't have to compete with unrelated content. Who knew?
- jrockway 18y agoThe formula appears to be to put shows on networks during time slots where their target audience already is and where it doesn't have to compete with unrelated content. Who knew? The other half of the formula is to put random crap on at times when people feel like watching TV. I think most people watch TV because it's there, and flip around until something looks interesting. If you actually had to seek out a specific program, I don't think new ones would have much chance of becoming mainstream. (Of course the geek community would find the good shows, because we tend to read reviews and make our own decisions instead of being told what to like. But most people just watch whatever the networks tell them to watch.)