  Seth MacFarlane and the Family Guy, Peter Griffin. |
PASADENA, Calif. -- Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane says his "perfect scenario" would be to do the show for "another couple of years and then wrap it up."
"I don't want to go 20 years like The Simpsons," MacFarlane told Sun Media. "Ideally we would go another couple of years and then wrap it up. That would be my perfect scenario.
"I mean, I can already see it coming. I can already see the ... we're in season eight, and it gets harder, it gets harder and harder to do new stuff. I mean, every show starts to suck after a certain point. And we could already be there for all I know, I don't know."
The conversation began with Sun Media asking MacFarlane -- who has gone from a guy struggling to get his show on the air a decade ago, to the unofficial king of all media -- if the world's comedic tastes have changed in the past 10 years, or if he has changed.
"Well, I don't know about that (king of all media tag) -- I think Judd Apatow is doing pretty well on that chart," MacFarlane said.
"I'm doing the same thing I've always done. I don't know, I suppose the world changed. I don't feel like I've changed. I'm doing the same job I've been doing for 10 years. I guess, yeah, the public's tastes changed, and they wanted something more like what we're doing now.
"And make no mistake, it can change just as quickly in the other direction. They can decide tomorrow that they hate us. So I'm enjoying it while it lasts."
Family Guy must be exhausting to make, though.
"Yes, it does get tiring," MacFarlane said. "It's a year-round job, it's seven days a week, it gets exhausting."
So given all that, MacFarlane was asked if he ever would consider taking a step back before the world tires of him.
"I would like to do that, yes," MacFarlane said. "Absolutely. I would like to be done before they're done with us."
MacFarlane has a lucrative long-term contract with Fox, but apparently that doesn't mean he has to continue with Family Guy specifically.
MacFarlane also is the creator of American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, which debuts this fall. He does voice work on all three shows.
