Clue Animated Series Not Greenlit At FOX
You may recall a few years back that FOX’s Animation Domination lineup was toying with the idea of a new animated series inspired by the popular board game Clue joining the lineup with Tim Story and Dewayne Perkins attached with Bento Box Animation producing the series but with the news coming out the other day that the Clue franchise had been acquired by Sony for TV and film, word was let out that officially the series will not be greenlit.
In any event, we’ve got a lot to look forward to when it comes to FOX’s Animation Domination lineup. Family Guy just wrapped it’s 22nd season on April 17th and season finales from Grimsburg (May 12), The Simpsons (May 19), Bob’s Burgers (May 19), The Great North (May 19), and Krapopolis (May 19) are all on tap for the next few weeks.
Short of getting Roiland back, which I'm sure isn't going to happen, I don't even think they could get much better than the new voices from the previous season. And the ratings for season 7 weren't much lower on average than for season 6; it was pretty much just a normal season-to-season drop that most likely would have happened regardless.
I mean, look at the actual averages:
Season 1 - 1.57 million viewers Season 2 - 1.97 million viewers Season 3 - 2.33 million viewers Season 4 - 1.52 million viewers Season 5 - 0.96 million viewers Season 6 - 0.56 million viewers Season 7 - 0.42 million viewers
Ever since season 3, it had been having steep drops even with Roiland still involved; the season 6 to 7 drop is actually the smallest-percentage drop it's had since it started dropping, and if anything it's possible that changing the voice actors actually *boosted* interest a bit and prevented it from dropping even more.