Bordertown

  • NewsSuperfan

    A SuperFan In Memoriam for 2016’s Cancelled TV Shows

    We are gathered here today to pay our final respects to our fallen friends. They have been there for us in good times and in bad. And the cruel hand of fate has decided they will be there no more. So, let’s say fare thee well, cancelled TV shows, with this SuperFan TV: In Memoriam…

  • NewsVariety

    Fox Cancels ‘The Grinder,’ ‘Grandfathered,’ ‘Bordertown’ After First Seasons

    Fox has cancelled “Grandfathered,” “The Grinder” and animated comedy “Bordertown,” Variety has learned. “The Grinder” starred Rob Lowe, “Grandfathered” starred John Stamos, and “Bordertown” hailed from “Family Guy” exec producers Seth MacFarlane and Mark Hentemann. All three comedies launched this past TV season, with “Grinder” and “Grandfathered” paired together on Tuesdays as a back-to-back night of new... <a href="https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/grandfathered-cancelled-the-grinder-bordertow

  • NewsKen Tucker

    'Bordertown': 'Family Guy'-Inspired Anti-P.C. Racist Joking

    Bordertown is a good example of how insipid and smug certain kinds of television can be when it tries to address contemporary issues. An animated series by some folks who brought you Family Guy, Bordertown — which premiered Sunday night on Fox — is on its surface about the current politics surrounding immigration reform, but it’s really more interested in ridiculing what the show feels is politically-correct culture.

  • NewsRobert Chan

    'Bordertown' Preview:  'Simpsons,' 'Family Guy' Stars Look to Make Immigration Funny

    A show about an outspoken, very anti-PC character who wants to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico — that’s The Apprentice, right? Actually, it’s Bordertown, the latest Fox animated series executive produced by Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane. And, instead of that dude with the hair who’s running for president, it’s about Bud Buckwald, a border guard living next to an immigrant family in “Mexifornia,” As far as controversial, attention-grabbing topics for a show in 2016, Bordertown has it all.