The Question, Sunday 10/5/14: Will Mulaney Be a Ratings Laugher?

Tonight, Fox fills out its Sunday mixture of animated anchors and live-action comedies with the premiere of Mulaney. SNL writer John Mulaney's project ended up on Fox after failing to get a pickup at NBC. But the positive buzz seems to have died in the transition, with the show reportedly watered down from what made it promising in its early development. To boot, it doesn't seem like a great match with the raunchier Fox animated comedies. Will Mulaney be a ratings laugher? That's The Question for Sunday, October 5, 2014.

Family Guy and American Dad! Last Season

2.6/2.34/2.0 (Family Guy premiere/avg/finale last season) 2.1/2.01 (American Dad! 9:30 premiere/avg last season) 4.5 (one-hour Family Guy last week)

This seemed simpler before Family Guy went and hung a 4.5 demo for its crossover with The Simpsons last week. I could be way off here if Family Guy actually stays well into the 3's this week. But with the double-whammy of no crossover and no afternoon NFL lead-in, I expect Family Guy to come most of the way back to normalcy, and Mulaney to start out at least a bit worse than American Dad! would. (Then even more worse beyond week one.)

Mulaney Over/Under: 1.75.

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