Family Guy in hot water for Grim Reaper skit

September 30, 2008 by Wendy Boswell

Well, Family Guy has done it again! Seth MacFarlane and the gang have gotten themselves in deep yogurt for Season Two’s episode titled Death is a Bitch, in which Death gets it on in the back of a car. The Australian Media Communications and Media Authority got complaints from viewers, and this was their response:

“ACMA considers that while younger children may not understand the reference, older children under the age of 15 years may do so,” it said.

“And while the sexual activity depicted is considered to be discreetly implied by the animated depiction, necrophilia, even by way of an animated reference, contains an inherent impact higher than mild.”

– source

What this means is that Fox is going to change the rating of Death is a Bitch to M, and they’re going to review the ratings of ALL Family Guy episodes. This could potentially mean a lot down the road as far as Family Guy being shown on network TV. What do you think?