Family Dog (1993)
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Cast & Crew.
Danny Mann
Family Dog (voice)
Martin Mull
Skip Binsford
Molly Cheek
Bev Binsford
Danny Mann
Family Dog
Zak Huxtable Epstein
Billy Binsford
Brad Bird
Writer
Cassie Cole
Buffy Binsford
Chris Buck
Director
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Release DateJune 23, 1993
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes11
Running Time30m
Content RatingNR
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Family Dog is an adult animated series and sitcom created by Brad Bird for CBS. It is based on a 1987 episode of Amazing Stories. It originally aired for one season from June 23 to July 28, 1993. It 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.
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". 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".