Family Dog (TV series)

*Family Dog*
Family Dog
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Brad Bird
Written by	Brad Bird (short); Paul Dini; Dennis Klein; Sherri Stoner (series);
Directed by	Brad Bird (short); Chris Buck (series);
Voices of	Stan Freberg; Annie Potts; Mercedes McCambridge; Brad Bird; Scott Menville; Brooke Ashley; Marshall Efron; Stanley Ralph Ross; Jack Angel (short); Martin Mull; Molly Cheek; Danny Mann; Zak Huxtable Epstein; Cassie Cole; Bruce McGill; Deanna Oliver; Mary Kay Bergman (series);
Theme music composer	Danny Elfman
Composer	Steve Bartek
Country of origin	United States; Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producers	Steven Spielberg; Tim Burton; Dennis Klein;
Producer	Chuck Richardson
Production companies	Amblin Television; Tim Burton Productions; Warner Bros. Television; Universal Television; Nelvana Limited;
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	June 23 –; July 28, 1993
Related
	Amazing Stories
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Family Dog is an animated sitcom created by Brad Bird for CBS. It is based on a 1987 episode of Amazing Stories. It originally aired for a single season with ten episodes, from June 23 to July 28, 1993. The series was about an average suburban family, the Binsfords, as told through the eyes of their dog named Jonah.^[1]^[2] The series was the first collaboration between executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton. It was also the first adult animated series produced by Nelvana, predating Bob and Margaret.

Delayed for years and panned by critics, the show is considered one of the worst animated television series of all time; one critic called it "one of the biggest fiascos in television animation history, on both a creative and commercial level, in spite (but, in many ways, because) of the high-powered talent behind the project".^[3] One critic observed that the main problem with the show was that "the Binsford family was so repulsively selfish to the main protagonist that audience interest in their adventures was nil".^[4]

^ Scott Blakey (January 27, 1994). "Spielberg-burton Collaboration A Weary, Predictable Dog". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
^ Daniel Cerone (July 9, 1991). "Cbs Is Still Trying To Fix 'Family Dog'". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 189. ISBN 978-1538103739.
^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 313–314. ISBN 978-1476665993.

[1] Scott Blakey (January 27, 1994). "Spielberg-burton Collaboration A Weary, Predictable Dog". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved November 10, 2010.

[2] Daniel Cerone (July 9, 1991). "Cbs Is Still Trying To Fix 'Family Dog'". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2010.

[3] Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 189. ISBN 978-1538103739.

[4] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 313–314. ISBN 978-1476665993.

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