[quote name='bigdaddy']I'm sick of this bullshit.
This is the one show ever that Fox didn't screw over. They got three seasons when they shouldn't have gotten more than one. The ratings were terrible and the show cost too much to make. Fox gave it three seasons to grow an adience, it didn't, it got canceled.[/quote]And Fox also bounced it around, trying to "increase" ratings - something I don't think can ever happen if a show doesn't have a good, consistent timeslot.
[quote name='wikipedia']For the third season, FOX positioned the show at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and 7:00 p.m. CT/MT, directly opposite
Monday Night Football in the Mountain and Pacific time zones, whereas
MNF would not have started yet in the other two. Ratings were even worse than previous seasons. On
November 9,
2005, FOX announced that the show would not be airing in November
sweeps, and that they had cut the episode order for the third season from 22 to 13. FOX ended up showing the last four episodes in a two-hour timeslot — directly opposite the opening ceremonies of the
2006 Winter Olympics.[/quote]
That doesn't sound much like Fox cared towards the end. They did give them a lot of time, but didn't care for the show like they should have - it should have been one of their main foci. The Simpsons has long since jumped the shark, and I can't even think of anything I watch Fox for anymore. Family Guy is nowhere near as funny as before it came back (imo), and everything good is on NBC or ABC now. Fox has no idea what it's doing.