Fox Pulls Sunday’s Family Guy and American Dad Due to Newtown Elementary School Shooting

Fox has yanked Sunday’s original episodes of Family Guy and American Dad in the wake of Friday’s elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. that left 20 children dead, TVLine has confirmed.

Although the network has not released an official statement, it’s believed the episodes were pulled because they featured potentially sensitive content.

The holiday themed installments — Family Guy‘s “Jesus, Mary and Joseph! and American Dad‘s “Minstrel Krampus — will be replaced with encores “Grumpy Old Man” and “Wheels & The Legman and The Case of Grandpa’s Key,” respectively, per The Futon Critic, which first reported the news.

Additionally, Fox has jettisoned a 7/6c Cleveland Show encore, “Die Semi-Hard,” and replaced it with another repeat, “Menace II Secret Society.”

The news follows Syfy’s decision to pre-empt Friday’s penultimate Season 3 episode of Haven, which dealt with fictitious violence at a high school.

AMERICAN DAD – Comic-Con 2012: Panel

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FOX: Renewed, Canceled or Picked Up?

Fox

Renewed

American Dad: Renewed
American Idol: Renewed
Bob’s Burgers: Renewed
Bones: Renewed
Family Guy: Renewed
Fringe: Renewed
Glee: Renewed
Hell’s Kitchen: Renewed 
Kitchen Nightmares: Renewed
New Girl: Renewed
Raising Hope: Renewed
The Cleveland Show: Renewed
The Simpsons: Renewed
The X Factor: RenewedTouch: Renewed

Canceled

Alcatraz: Canceled
Breaking In: Canceled
House: Series finale airs May 21
I Hate My Teenage Daughter: Canceled
Terra Nova: Canceled
The Finder: Canceled

Picked Up

Ben And Kate (AKA: Ned Fox Is My Manny)

Under the guise of being his niece’s nanny, a free spirited young guy moves in with his type “”A,”” tightly wound sister and in the process will help her re-enter the world.

Goodwin Games

The network has greenlight Goodwin Games, the How I Met Your Mother pair’s single-camera comedy project starring pilot season darling Becki Newton, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The half-hour entry, which hails from 20th Century Fox TV, revolves around three siblings — one of which the Ugly Betty star will play — who reconnect after the death of their father. Bays and Thomas join Mother executive producer Chris Harris as writers and EPs on the project.

It’s Messy (AKA: Untitled Mindy Kaling Project)
Young Bridget-Jones type doctor trying to navigate both her personal and professional lives

The Following 
An edge-of-your-seat thriller about the complex relationship between a diabolical serial killer and the damaged FBI agent who took him down. After the killer escaped, the agent is reactivated and discovers that he is no longer just hunting one man, but a massive cult of serial killers created and manipulated during his time in prison. Kevin Bacon near deal to star as the agent.

The Mob Doctor
A young female thoracic surgeon with Bridgeport roots is split between two worlds as she juggles her career and her lifelong debt to the South Chicago mob.

Fox Pick Ups

Returning Shows

• American Dad
• Bones
• The Cleveland Show
• Family Guy
• Fringe
• Glee
• New Girl
• Raising Hope
• The Simpsons
• Touch
• The X Factor

New Shows

• Ben And Kate
• It’s Messy
• Mob Doctor
• The Following
• The Goodwin Games