So is ‘Family Guy’ just terrible now?

By Zack McGhee | Monday, September 11, 2006, 09:32 AM

Is it just time to accept it? To let go?

“Family Guy” used to be one of the best shows on TV. Its first three seasons (it was canceled once or twice) gave us fifty hilarious episodes. When it came back last year, it was slow to start, but there were some gems in its fourth season. (I’m especially fond of “Brian Goes Back to College…” and “The Fat Guy Strangler”.) But at the end of that season, which wrapped up earlier this year, “Family Guy” deteriorated at a rapid pace. “Untitled Griffin Family History” was undoubtedly the nadir — the first episode I didn’t even finish watching, it was so terrible.

So last night for the fifth season premiere, I hoped for a revival. And we got an OK episode, but hardly the home run I was hoping for.

Is “Family Guy” dead?

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