‘Bob’s Burgers’ and ‘Family Guy’ Both Renewed For 2 More Seasons
FOX has handed out two season renewals to both ‘Bob’s Burgers‘ and ‘Family Guy‘ the US network has announced, carrying both series through 2023.
The renewal of both shows shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, given both are multi-Emmy-winning series… Plus animation is one of the few areas of tv which is easier to keep producing when the world is in the middle of a global pandemic!
“Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers are key pillars of our network’s success. By taking the genre to new heights and driving pop culture in meaningful ways, they’ve laid the foundation for making Animation Domination one of the most powerful program blocks in all of television,” commented Michael Thorn, President, Entertainment, for FOX Entertainment. “Both of these two-season renewals affirm once again our commitment to animation and empower us to continue in our build as the leader in the space with distinct and fresh new comedies. We’d like to thank Seth, Loren and their entire teams, not to mention our partners at 20th Television, and we’re excited to continue these great shows with them.”
‘Bob’s Burgers’ follows Bob (H. Jon Benjamin) and his ever-quirky family who together run the restaurant Bob’s Burgers. Including its 2020 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Animated Program, the series has been nominated for the past seven consecutive years and won twice, in 2014 and 2017. The series also was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award and an Annie Award this year. Bento Box Entertainment serves as the animation studio on the series. The renewal takes ‘Bob’s Burgers’ up to Season 13.
‘Family Guy’ continues to entertain its die-hard fan base with razor-sharp humour, spot-on parodies, spectacular animation and orchestra-backed original music. Since its debut in 1999, the series has reached cult status among fans, and its breakout star, a talking baby, has become one of the greatest TV characters of all time. The series has racked up numerous awards, including an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, only the second animated series in television history to be honoured with such a distinction. Most recently, series creator and lead voice actor Seth MacFarlane (voices of “Peter Griffin,” “Stewie Griffin,” “Brian Griffin” and “Quagmire”) won the 2019 Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Cast member Alex Borstein (voice of “Lois Griffin”) won the 2018 Emmy Award in the category. MacFarlane also was nominated that year. He won the 2017 and 2016 Emmy Award in the category and was nominated from 2013 to 2015. ‘Family Guy’ is due to hit it’s 350th episodes during the upcoming 19th Season, with the renewal taking the show up to Season 21.
‘Bob’s Burgers’ is created and exec-produced by Loren Bouchard and Jim Dauterive. Nora Smith, Dan Fybel, Rich Rinaldi, Greg Thompson and Jon Schroeder also serve as executive producers. Bouchard and Smith are showrunners for the upcoming season. Bento Box Entertainment produces the animation. ‘Family Guy’ is created and exec-produced by Seth MacFarlane. Rich Appel and Alec Sulkin serve as executive producers and showrunners, while Steve Callaghan, Tom Devanney, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann and Patrick Meighan are executive producers.
‘Bob’s Burgers’ and ‘Family Guy’ air on FOX in the USA. In the UK, ‘Bob’s Burgers’ airs on Comedy Central, whilst ‘Family Guy’ premieres on ITV2 before later running on FOX UK.
