haywood jablomy wrote:
>MikeMWiredset@live.com wrote:
>
>> * Matt is amazed that none of the other major networks have
>> stepped up like FOX to produce smart animated fare. He is very pleased
>> that cable networks have picked up the slack.
>
>
>Let's see: Fish Police, Capitol Critters, God the Devil & Bob, Bob &
>Margaret, Dilbert, Family Dog, Pride of the Family... I know there are
>more...
>
>I remember one of the Treehouse of Horror episodes that opened on the
>cemetery, and the gravestones had the names of the Big 3's attempts to
>rival "The Simpsons." When Fox brags of "Animation Domination," they
>aren't kidding.
I think the operative word is "smart" here. The last network animated
series I remember is NBC's "Father of the Pride", starring John
Goodman as the father of a pack of white lions owned by magicians
Siegfired & Roy, but (a) it was written as if it came out of the
1960s, except for the campy S&R bits, and (b) it was CGI, which made
it incredibly expensive.
Besides, Fox tends to be a little more lenient with animation than it
does with live-action - if American Dad was a live-action show, I
doubt it would have lasted five episodes, much less five seasons, with
the ratings it got when it started.
-- Don
haywood jablomy
