F IS FOR FAMILY. Bill Burr as Frank Murphy in F IS FOR FAMILY. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2021
It’s been three years F is for family ended up on Netflix with its fifth and final season. It’s still one of our favorite adult animated sitcoms here at What’s on Netflix, a genre Netflix has struggled with recently with a number of early cancellations. In a recent Reddit AMA, the show’s creator, Michael Price, reflected on his time and suggested where the show could go if bought back.
F is for family remains one of Netflix’s longest-running adult animated series. Only at the time of this writing Big Mouth (8 seasons) and Bojack is riding (7 seasons) has run longer, albeit FIFF tied for season count with Disenchantment, which also had five seasons.
While we didn’t get solid numbers for the show while it was on Netflix beyond the daily top 10 numbers from FlixPatrol, thanks to the Netflix Engagement report we know that the show was watched for 51.80 million hours throughout 2023 on across all. five of its seasons (seasons 2 and 3 had the most viewing hours), equating to 12.80 million people watching.
After the end of F is for familyPrice has continued his work on The Simpsonsa show he has been associated with for over two decades. Back in 2021, he also teased us that he had a new project “that will hopefully find a home on Netflix.”
Taking time out of his schedule, Price answered questions about F is for familywhich currently has over 20,000 users. Here are all the insights we learned from those interactions with fans.
Answering a question about which character they would focus more on if they were to revisit the show, Price revealed that some early plans for the final season were curtailed due to the reduced number of episodes (it went from 10 to 8) with Price, who said, “I had an idea that we wanted to end the show with a quick flashback to the future (the ’90s) where Kevin had grown up to be… a family therapist. That’s one of the reasons to the fact that we got Alice’s father to be a therapist. I always thought that Kevin would grow up to be a very normal guy – not a rock star, just a guy experience that most of the so-called “stoners” I went to HS with grew up, went to college, etc.
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One of the most interesting questions (and the reason for this article) was in response to someone asking what format the show would return in if it was revived for, say, Season 6 or some other kind of continuation. Price said:
“It’s hard to say where we would go if we had to do more. It might depend on whether Netflix (or somewhere else) wanted an expansion set in the 70s or a later sequel spinoff. My first instinct would be a sequel set later in time, like the 90s. See how the kids grew up, how Frank and Sue are doing as grandparents, etc.
Similarly, Price was asked about a special film, to which he replied, “I would jump at the chance to do something more with these great characters. If it was a special or a stand-alone film, then it would probably be some sort of ‘continue , where we left off”.
In closing, some of the other insights Price gave us included:
- Bill Burr was behind the decision to include a classic Pontiac Trans Am throughout the show, saying it was the perfect car for Vic.
- Frank remains Price’s favorite character, but said the question is difficult “because I loved them all dearly.”
- Other plot threads Price wishes they could have explored more included Carl and Red “becoming mainstream filmmakers” and that there was more to tell when it came to Frank’s mother and sister.
- When designing the characters, the team tried to “channel the look of ’70s animated shows like ‘Jonny Quest,’ ‘Scooby Doo,’ etc. Almost as if our show was an artifact—a show that was made in the ’70s.
- Price suggested a Blu-ray release was not “financially feasible”
You can find the whole thread here – there are many more gems to uncover for hardcore fans of the show.
Would you love to see F is for Family return in a one-off special, a revival, or a sequel of some sort? Let us know in the comments.