About this season
Family Dog is an American animated television series that aired in the summer of 1993 on CBS. Created by Brad Bird, the series was about an average suburban family, the Binsfords, as told through the eyes of their dog. It first appeared as an episode of the TV show Amazing Stories, then was expanded into a very short-lived series of its own.
Episodes (11)
1. Show Dog
Aired 23 June 1993 • 23 min
In this episode, the dog's family enters him in a rodeo showcase of the stars! His family believes him to be specially talented, but as we all see, the magic's in the making...
2. Hot Dog at the Zoo
Aired 23 June 1993 • 24 min
In this episode the Binsfords enroll our hero in a painting lesson, but he soon sees that you shouldnt try to seperate a baby cheetah from its petuitary gland!
3. Doggone Girl is Mine
Aired 30 June 1993 • 24 min
In this episode, the family's nonexistent pet cat gets a girlfriend. Too bad she's really just a lantern! The kid tries to kill the cat and the lanbtern, and the cat kisses the lantern and is electricuted. The kid ends up cutting up the cat and giving him to the local korean restaurant as the blue plate special! Pure genius!
4. Enemy Dog
Aired 7 July 1993 • 24 min
5. Eye on the Sparrow
Aired 7 July 1993 • 24 min
6. Call of the Mild
Aired 14 July 1993 • 24 min
7. Dog Days of Summer
Aired 21 July 1993 • 23 min
8. Party Animal
Aired 21 July 1993 • 24 min
9. Family Dog Goes Homeless
Aired 28 July 1993 • 24 min
10. Family Dog Gets Good and Sick
Aired 28 July 1993 • 24 min
11. Pilot
In the original Amazing Stories 2nd Season 1987 episode, a dog (simply called "the dog", played by a Bull Terrier) is the main character, portrayed in three stories: The first involves general misadventures in the house, with him being both ignored and somewhat mistreated by his owners. The second is a "home movie" showing their Christmas (the family narrates), which culminates with the dog eating the turkey. In the third robbers break into the family's house twice, so the father sends the dog to attack dog school to learn how to become a "quivering, snarling, white-hot ball of canine terror" and fend off burglars.