Have you ever read something from a “news source” that just blew your mind with how completely uninformed it sounded? I did this morning when I read this “by the numbers” post on TVGuide.com.

Here’s what it says about Family Guy:

17 percent — The increase in viewers aged 18 to 49 watching Fox’s Family Guy in the Sunday 9 pm time period. That’s an unheard of bump for a show that’s been on since 1999. But Family Guy finally made it to broadcast syndication this fall, so it’s likely viewers who are discovering it for the first time through nightly repeats are finding new episodes on Fox.

Now, the 17% increase is amazing. If you’re a Family Guy fan, that’s fantastic news. However, the idea that Family Guy has “finally made it into broadcast syndication” being the catalyst for this is just…really stupid. Repeats of Family Guy have been in syndication on Adult Swim FOR YEARS! That’s how the show got UNCANCELED in the first place!

The only people in the 18 to 49 year old graphic who are just not discovering Family Guy for the first time are the kids who just entered the 18 year old demo – and they’ve been watching it for years. Older people who may have been in comas or possibly on secret government missions to the moon might have missed it, but everyone else is well aware of the show.

Now, it’s possible that the people that have watched the show on Adult Swim and TBS over the last few years are just not discovering that the show airs new episodes first on FOX, I suppose, but I seriously doubt that “syndication” suddenly opened the flood gates to viewers on this show.

Just my two cents.