They?re animated series, but they?re also half-hour comedies. Shows like ?Family Guy? and ?The Simpsons? have long been forced to choose a side each Emmy season, leaving no one satisfied.
Until now. The folks behind ?Family Guy? have figured out a way around their Emmy conundrum, entering the hit laffer for the first time in the comedy series category -- and at the same time submitting its hourlong season opener, the ?Star Wars? parody ?Family Guy: Blue Harvest,? in the animated program category.
?Family Guy? is able to do so by classifying ?Blue Harvest? as a special rather than a regular episode of the show. That may rankle some of the show?s rival animated skeins -- which have struggled for years over the Emmy eligibility question -- but it?s a legitimate classification.