In a January 2020 TCA interview with Deadline, Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn spoke about the network’s animation development and production ramp-up as part of “preparing for that day” when the network would say goodbye to The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers, but he noted that there was “no immediate plan” to end the legacy series and that “we can extend these shows and keep these shows for as long as we like.”Over the past year, Fox indeed extended all three veteran animated series, produced by 20th Television, for two additional seasons.
But their very high cost as well as their ownership, which transferred to Disney in the merger, still raises the question of whether these could be the shows’ final renewals at Fox.
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