Family Dog (TV series)

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Family Dog is an adult 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 thirteen episodes with 3 unaired, 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. The series was the first collaboration between executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton. It was also the first adult animated television series produced by Nelvana, after the 1983 film Rock and Rule and predating Bob and Margaret. While the original Amazing Stories episode by Bird was praised, the series, which was delayed for years and made without Bird's involvement, was panned by critics and 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...

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