 Catherine Seipp of National Review Online described it as a " nasty but extremely funny " cartoon . Caryn James of The New York Times called it a show with an " outrageously satirical family " that " includes plenty of comic possibilities and parodies " . The Sydney Morning Herald named Family Guy the " Show of the Week " on April 21 , 2009 , hailing it a " pop culture @-@ heavy masterpiece " . Frazier Moore from The Seattle Times called it an " endless craving for humor about bodily emissions " . He thought it was " breathtakingly smart " and said a " blend of the ingenious with the raw helps account for its much broader appeal " . He summarized it as " rude , crude and deliciously wrong " . The New Yorker 's Nancy Franklin said that Family Guy is becoming one of the best animated shows ; she commented on its ribaldry and popularity . The show has become a hit on Hulu ; it is the second @-@ highest viewed show after Saturday Night Live . IGN called Family Guy a great show , and commented that it has gotten better since its revival . They stated that they cannot imagine another half @-@ hour sitcom that provides as many laughs as Family Guy . Empire praised the show and its writers for creating really hilarious moments with unlikely material . They commented that one of the reasons they love the show is because nothing is sacred — it makes jokes and gags of almost everything . Robin Pierson of The TV Critic praised the series as " a different kind of animated comedy which clearly sets out to do jokes which other cartoons can 't do . " Family Guy has proven popular in the United Kingdom , regularly obtaining between 700 @,@ 000 and 1 million viewers for re @-@ runs on BBC Three . 
