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Originally Posted by MarchHare

Uh, what?

I don't know what show you were watching, but Arrested Development used current events and pop culture references in their humour all the time (although not to the same extent as Family Guy). Remember the on-going joke about George Michael making a video just like the Star Wars kid? And while it's dated now, they also had numerous references and jokes about the Iraq Invasion, Saddam Hussein, etc., which was very timely political humour when it originally aired.

You’re right I should have expanded a bit more on my explanation

What I mean is that when they do use current events it is very discrete and is far from the central focus of the plot

Where as Family Guy uses current even much more often in a much blunter manner