Is Family Guy Still Funny?
Add comment November 5th, 2007
At the height of the Seth MacFarlane hit’s peak, it seems like a blasphemous question. But even though the answer is a resounding “Yes”, the question still needs to be asked. As of 100 episodes, the Kool-Aid Man crashing through the wall never gets old, but sometimes pop cultures homage for the stake of pop culture homage does become long in the tooth. Make no mistake, Family Guy is still the hilarious breakneck comedy fans have embraced season after season, but only at its most random is Family Guy ever as electrifying and side-splitting. Family Guy concludes the second part of its 100th episode 8:00 PM on Sunday.
A spin-off to Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice has Kate Walsh leading an ensemble cast of actors pulled from dumped ABC series, including Taye Diggs (Daylight) and Tim Daly (The Nine). The show works surprisingly well through well-cast character interaction, with the warm California colors highlight the spin-off’s contrast to its parent series. The show is admittedly better suited tackling the vibrant romances of its lead characters than taking on the ethics of modern medicine, but this isn’t actually a bad direction for the show. Still, the conflict between these two themes might very well decide the show’s fate. Private Practice airs on ABC Wednesdays at 8:00. 
