TBS Slates Family Guy

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

TBS has picked a time slot and debut date for Family Guy, the latest addition to its growing sitcom lineup.

Back-to-back episodes of the off-Fox animated series, which will continue to run on Cartoon Network, will bow on TBS Wednesday at 8 and 8:30 beginning July 7. It will be followed by a double does of Seinfeld, debuting

TBS has rebranded itself the "very funny" network, and has put its money where its smile is by picking up a bunch of high-profile off-net sitcoms including Sex and the City, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends and Seinfeld, which it is rolling out over the spring and summer.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.