Summary
- Popular adult animated comedy Family Guy is changing nights after 19 years, moving from Sundays to Wednesdays starting March 6, 2024.
- The show's move to Wednesday nights is not a cause for concern for fans, as Family Guy has already been renewed for Season 23 and new episodes are guaranteed until 2025.
- In addition to the TV series, Family Guy fans can look forward to a movie, merchandise, and appearances in video games like Fortnite and Warped Kart Racers.
Popular adult animated comedy Family Guy will be breaking a 19-year tradition when it moves from Sunday nights to Wednesday nights beginning March 6, 2024. Created by Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy first aired all the way back in 1999, but was canceled multiple times. Family Guy reruns on Adult Swim and the show's impressive DVD sales numbers saw Fox bring it back for Season 4 in 2005, and the show has remained on the air ever since.
In its original run, Family Guy was part of Fox's Thursday lineup. After it was brought back from cancelation, Family Guy started airing on Sunday nights alongside other hit Fox animated shows. Family Guy has remained a part of Fox's Sunday lineup since the show's revival in 2005, but it will be moving nights for the first time in 19 years when Season 22 resumes on Wednesday, March 6.
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Fox has confirmed that Family Guy is moving from Sundays to Wednesdays starting March 6. The new show Grimsburg, starring Mad Men and Fargo actor Jon Hamm in the lead role, will be taking over Family Guy's former time slot. Grimsburg has already been renewed for a second season, indicating that Fox is looking to present it as one of its premiere animated series moving forward. While some may take this as a bad sign for Family Guy, it's likely that the show will do just fine on Wednesday nights.
When is Family Guy Changing Nights?
- Family Guy is moving to Wednesdays starting March 6, 2024
Family Guy is one of the world's most popular cartoon franchises, and in fact, it has already been renewed for Season 23. This means that new Family Guy episodes are guaranteed until 2025 at least, so fans don't have to worry about the show going off the air anytime soon. There's also a Family Guy movie on the way, though details on that particular project remain scarce at the time of this writing.
Beyond the TV series and movie, fans can expect new Family Guy merchandise and other products to continue being released on a regular basis as well. As far as video games go, leaks have revealed that Family Guy's Peter Griffin is coming to the Fortnite battle royale game, and Family Guy characters also appear in the Warped Kart Racers game that's playable on Apple Arcade.
Family Guy isn't the only long-running animated series to break a big streak. SpongeBob SquarePants recently broke a 24-year streak by airing an episode without SpongeBob in it.