Seth MacFarlane is undeniably a force with which we must count in Hollywood, especially in the television space. As a creator of longtime shows such as “Family Guy” And “American Dad”, his creations are now lighting of the pop culture landscape. But even heavy strikers are lacking from time to time. For MacFarlane, his biggest lack to date came in 2013 when Fox took his Multi-Camera ITCOM live “DADS”. Riding loudly on probably the biggest moment in his career, the network seemed to think that he could not lose. What he finished was an unrivaled critical failure.

How bad was the answer to “dads”, exactly? Surprisingly, he ranks like the least reviewed sitcom Metricitic With a terrible “metascore”. It should be noted that the site only has titles with seven or more opinions. By putting aside the technical details, “DADS” is a largely brought back failure which lasted only one season covering 19 episodes before obtaining the ax. The cancellation order came before the final episode broadcast in July 2014.

Corrated by Aleck Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, “Dads” was a comedy about two successful game entrepreneurs / best friends (played by Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi) whose life is upset when their dads have to move with them. An attempted comedy follows. The dads were played by Martin Mull (“Clue”) and Peter Riegert (“The Mask”).

The series initially received an order of six episodes by the network before being recovered for a full season. Fox was, of course, bullish on his prospects. He had MacFarlane as one of the key producers and a promising cast. In addition, Macfarlane was emerging from the resounding success of his film “Ted”, which made $ 549 million amazing box office, generated a suite, And then gave birth to a prequel television program on Peacock. What could go wrong?

Why were criticisms so violently opposed to “dads” to his release? It was labeled, largely, as funny and offensive. For example, there is a moment when Veronica, Veronica de Green, Eli and Ribisi Force Force Brenda, an American-Asian woman, dresses as an animated girl to arouse potential Chinese investors. Warner Crawford’s father played by Mull, said at one point: “You cannot trust (the Chinese). There is a reason why” Shanghai “is a verb.” MacFarlane is no stranger to Controversial humor as “family guys” understands a lotBut that did not land in this case.

Fox was well aware of the speech and the network even published a trailer for the program (above) which includes some of the bad criticisms, such as Huffpost calling it “offensive”, as well as the positive comments of the fans. Before the first during a press event in August 2013 (by Cnn), Wild recognized to journalists that the pilot episode of “DADS” could have had its perceived problems, but that they would aim to repair them as the show continued:

“We want to keep [‘Dads’] Insultant and irreverent, but the most important thing is that it is funny. If we have missed the brand in the pilot, we pull it better in the next shows. “”

At Wild’s credit, it often takes time for a show to find its place. “The Orville” from MacFarlane has taken an entire season to understand what it should be. The reception of the show was simply too sour, however, and the public was not there for Fox to give it more rope. A second season was never going to be in the cards for it.

In an interview of September 2013 with The Hollywood ReporterWhile discussing the controversies of the program and terrible reception, the executive producer Mike Scully targeted the criticism, suggesting that they had to make more patience:

“I think that the public is much more willing to let a program evolve than criticism. Critics knew how to watch pilots and understand that this is only a model for what a show will be. Critics seem to have forgotten the ‘Evolution of the show and that most go down to Rocky departures.

For those who are curious, “DADS” is available for rental or purchase on Amazon Prime Video.