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Gh0stMan0nThird t1_ixt0zdr wrote

Reply to comment by kmsae in Seth MacFarlane's 'Ted' Prequel Series Wraps Production by singleguy79

Honestly I think Seth Macfarlane is incredibly funny and talented but he suffers from spreading himself too thin across all his shows, which makes them all come across as mediocre.

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SmashedPumpkin30 t1_ixt1z6m wrote

He doesn't usually. He does a show until bored and leaves them to others. Family Guy for example he hasn't wrote or managed for years. Just does the voices and collects mad cash.

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Djinnwrath t1_ixt67ol wrote

There's also a sharp dropoff in quality after season 10 (his last season of FG)

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cb00sh t1_ixtrk6m wrote

It was a dropoff after season 3

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Djinnwrath t1_ixtsa16 wrote

Whether there was or wasn't doesn't validate or invalidate the point I made.

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xenongamer4351 t1_ixuzmja wrote

Season 1-3 was just peak comedy. 4-10 fell off but was still very funny. After 10 I have no idea how people still watch family guy.

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Loganp812 t1_ixvwmhs wrote

FG went downhill long before Season 10. S10 is just the point where it basically went on life support.

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Djinnwrath t1_ixvxyij wrote

Whether that's true or not is irrelevant to the point I made.

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MrBoliNica t1_ixt7jnr wrote

He still produces family guy doesn’t he? Between that and the voices, it’s not like he has no clue what’s going on with that show lol

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TheSeventhAnimorph t1_ixt95y6 wrote

Not sure how much involvement he actually has as a producer now; TV shows that change to a new showrunner after the original creator has left entirely usually still give the creator a producer credit in basically an honorary sense. (I'm not saying that is necessarily the case there, but it happens fairly often.)

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Pool_Shark t1_ixujid8 wrote

Credits are most of the time negotiated by agents so it’s part of the deal. For family guy he created the show so he will always have his name on the credits and collect a check even if he ditched the voice work and someone else replaced him

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hungry4pie t1_ixwlp2i wrote

American Dad got better when he stopped being involved in the writing

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Loganp812 t1_ixvwi99 wrote

He also suffers from having his head stuck up his own ass.

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