Family Guy Was Almost Cancelled By The Family Of One of Its Stars

While Family Guy fans are used to worrying over the show’s renewal over its long television run, a recent interview reveals the curious circumstances behind at least one of these attempts to get the show off the air for good.

Family Guyis a household name, and has garnered this notoriety for a whole litany of reasons, ranging from enjoyable television to controversial content over a broadcast lifespan of 25 years and counting.Fronted by talented vocal talent and voice actor Seth McFarlane, the show is a longrunning favorite with a lot of longstanding traditions, one of which Family Guy only broke recently after 19 years at the beginning of a new season. The show has always walked a razor’s edge by way of its edgy content and has come close to the brink of destruction on more than one occasion, making every season potentially its last from a fan perspective.

While Family Guy got a 2-season renewal alongside other shows at the start of 2023, the series still has a lot of detractors, including two very surprising longtime haters. In an interview with People, Family Guy star Patrick Warburton, who provides the voice of prominent supporting character Joe Swanson, revealed that his parents not only dislike his involvement with the show as a whole but also that his mother has gone so far as to take part in efforts to get the show banned, despite Warburton providing financial support for the family via his role on the show. This animosity towards the show isn’t new but has grown in recent times, with Warburton admitting that his parents "-hate the show even more today than they did twenty-five years ago." His mother seems to have taken a special interest in getting the show off the air as a member of the American Television Council, even trying to get Warburton himself on board.

She tried to get me to sign the petition [to cancel the show]. I said, 'Mom, if you don't think I'm going to talk about this publicly, this is the greatest irony. You're laundering money; you're