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Family Guy (1999)
The current savior of FOX Sunday
This show was canceled 3 times only to come back after each time after huge fan support.
If that doesn't describe a cult hit, I don't know WHAT does.
Anyway, if you're at this page on IMDb, chances are you already know what this show is about. The first season was hilarious right from the first episode, something that didn't happen with The Simpsons' first year since it was cheaply made and written, only saved from visual images and minor jokes here and there, great that the other Simpsons seasons were much improved, but moving on...
The characters are great, Peter's idiocy is a big highlight of the show and Brian's sarcasm steals the show. Stewie and Chris are great too, as they have their great lines and story lines. Lois and Meg are funny as well.
The second season is hands down the best season of this show and might just remain to be. Any episode from that year are good reasons to watch this. The third season was also hilarious with the episode about the South.
The fourth year? It's alright but the jokes feel forced and too direct and sight gags are officially removed. It still jumps hoops over the current years of The Simpsons, but the episodes are getting weak, especially recently with the gay marriage episode, the "Peter gets shipwrecked" episode, and without a doubt, the episode where Peter and Lois gets high and start folk singing. I hope the upcoming fifth year is better as this is still the best show on FOX Sunday with it's spin off, American Dad, only second.
There were so many evening cartoons that were thrown off the air quickly due to bad network treatment, but to be honest, some of those shows deserved it, but Family Guy is the only one of them that could stay alive after being left for dead so long and for so many times. People could call it a ripoff of The Simpsons and The Critic all they want, but it's original in it's own ways. Funnier, too.
American Dad! (2005)
A great thing for the lame 9:30pm slot
This show is funny, but it's different from Family Guy. It's more straightforward and political, and it didn't really get hilarious until the second half of the season, when the show became more of a weird sitcom-mocking show than an trying-to-be-offensive show with shocking DID THEY JUST DARE DO IT THAT?! story lines.
Stan, Klaus, Roger, and Steve are all reasons to watch on their own as they throw in memorable lines but when they include additional people, their conversations with them are almost always laugh out loud.
Hayley was funny but got in the way and became annoying, she always seems to be there just to complain, a bad way of representing the opinions that go against Stan's conservative beliefs.
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000)
Hilarious late-night cartoon
Great theme song, funny characters, bizarre situations, lovable co-stars, worthy of repeated viewings...
In short, everything a sitcom wants but currently can't present due to blandness.
This is probably the best show with a short length. 3 cartoon food puppets hang out and escape villains after abandoning their detective jobs from lack of funds. It may just sound like a Saturday Morning kiddie show, but it's not. In fact, the Season 4 episodes are so odd and violent, they only air at midnight. For this reason, people may loathe and avoid this cartoon like the plague, but they are missing out. Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Number One In The Hood, G!
The Brak Show (2000)
Brak's alright but he was better off as a guest
This show is a LITTLE overrated in my opinion. The fact that it's not on Adult Swim anymore makes people think it's underrated, but people love this show so much, especially a reviewer at DVD Verdict.com, it's overrated. First of all, the scripts aren't that funny and are filled with corny jokes, sad since these characters all have potential and could be really hilarious including Brak's Dad. Also, the songs' randomness isn't as excited as it was on Cartoon Planet BEST CARTOON NETWORK SHOW EVER IMO.
Let me be fair, there are some episodes of this comedy that are funny, such as "War Next Door" where Zorak finds his singing voice, "Hippo" where Brak lost his doll, "Time Machine" that was hilarious start to finish, and "The Eye", that was fun in its weirdness.