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| − | '''Family Guy''' is an animated television program. It details the life of "the Griffins," a fictitious family who live in Quahog, [[Rhode Island]]. It is very similar to [[The Simpsons]]. | + | '''Family Guy''' is an animated television program with adult themes. It details the life of "the Griffins," a fictitious family who live in Quahog, [[Rhode Island]]. It is very similar to [[The Simpsons]]. |
== Criticism == | == Criticism == | ||
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Due to its explicit content, the Parents' Television Council has named it one of the worst programs on television. <ref>[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/reports/top10bestandworst/main.asp Parents' Television Council]</ref> | Due to its explicit content, the Parents' Television Council has named it one of the worst programs on television. <ref>[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/reports/top10bestandworst/main.asp Parents' Television Council]</ref> | ||
| − | The show also has a pervasive liberal bias. | + | The show also has a pervasive liberal bias. One demonstration of this can be seen in regard to a demeaning treament of [[creationists]].<ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/us/newsletters/0107lead.asp Answers in Genesis]</ref> |
The comedy aspect of Family Guy's writing is often criticized. One two-part [[South Park]] episode called Family Guy's jokes "irrelevant to the plot." The episode also showed Family Guy's writers as [[manatee|manatees]] who would put balls containing random ideas into a machine. | The comedy aspect of Family Guy's writing is often criticized. One two-part [[South Park]] episode called Family Guy's jokes "irrelevant to the plot." The episode also showed Family Guy's writers as [[manatee|manatees]] who would put balls containing random ideas into a machine. | ||
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Revision as of 23:58, December 20, 2007
Family Guy is an animated television program with adult themes. It details the life of "the Griffins," a fictitious family who live in Quahog, Rhode Island. It is very similar to The Simpsons.
Criticism
Due to its explicit content, the Parents' Television Council has named it one of the worst programs on television. [1]
The show also has a pervasive liberal bias. One demonstration of this can be seen in regard to a demeaning treament of creationists.[2]
The comedy aspect of Family Guy's writing is often criticized. One two-part South Park episode called Family Guy's jokes "irrelevant to the plot." The episode also showed Family Guy's writers as manatees who would put balls containing random ideas into a machine.