Ranking New Holiday Specials From ‘Family Guy,’ ‘Fraggle Rock’ and More
Here are my picks for the best of this year’s efforts, some already released and some still to come, plus a couple to avoid. No yule logs were considered.
1. ‘Disney’s Hulu’s Family Guy’s Hallmark Channel’s Lifetime’s Familiar Holiday Movie’ (Disney+ and Hulu)
Seth MacFarlane’s “Family Guy,” a show already designed to offend as many people as possible, has upped the ante the last two seasons with streaming-only episodes aimed at Christmas. This one is a parody of Hallmark Channel holiday movies, with Lois recast as a corporate shark sent to steal a small-town pie recipe. The machine-gun spray of jokes hits the target more often than not; what’s most surprising is that Disney+ is willing to carry a show with lines like: “Hallmark: If we scare any heavy white women, our whole business collapses.” (Stream it on Disney+ and Hulu.)
