Fox’s long-running hit Family Guy gave fans what they wanted (and expected) for Christmas with the resurrection of Brian and as expected the ratings are up.
First we predicted Brian wasn’t going to stay dead. Then we told you Family Guy’s pooch was, indeed, coming back this week. Now Fox’s long-running hit gave fans what they wanted (and expected) for Christmas the resurrection of Brian. Creator Seth MacFarlane then took to Twitter to seemingly chide fans for taking the narrative of his animated show semi-seriously (“I mean, you didnt really think wed kill off Brian, did you?”)
At any rate, the canines return coincided with the shows ratings rising 11 percent: Sundays Family Guy had 6. 3 million viewers and a 3. 0 rating among adults 18-49, beating everything last night except football and The Simpsons (which had an NFL overrun lead-in). Tough to say the ratings were because of the doggy comeback, however, since the rest of Foxs animated lineup also climbed this week, and moreso than Family Guy.
Over on ABC, the Once Upon a Time winter finale continued the shows ratings slump, down 14 percent from last week, yet tantalizingly announced the addition of The Wicked Witch of the West for midseason. CBS early Survivor finale ratings are mucked up by sports overruns and are subject to change, though this looks pretty low for a Survivor finale and such schedule shifts typically only suggest the numbers could go even lower.