'Family Guy' Will Soon Stop Telling Gay Jokes

The long-running animated series "Family Guy" will start to do away with telling jokes at the expense of the gay community, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The decision was revealed during the Sunday night episode in which the show's main character Peter (voiced by creator Seth MacFarlane) tells a cartoon President Donald Trump that "Family Guy" will "phase out" gay jokes.

Executive producers Alec Sulkin and Rich Appel confirmed the news telling TV Line that it's an effort to make "Family Guy" better reflect the current landscape.

"If you look at a show from 2005 or 2006 and put it side by side with a show from 2018 or 2019, they're going to have a few differences," Sulkin said. "Some of the things we felt comfortable saying and joking about back then, we now understand is not acceptable."

"If a show has literally been on the air for 20 years, the culture changes. And it's not us reacting and thinking, 'They won't let us [say certain things].' No, we've changed too. The climate is different, the culture is different and our views are different," Appel added to TV Line. "They've been shaped by the reality around us, so I think the show has to shift and evolve in a lot of different ways."

"Family Guy" debuted in 1999 and is currently airing its 17th season. One of the show's running gags has to do with the sexuality of talking baby Stewie. The eighth episode in Season 7 called "Family Gay" found Peter deciding to participate in a series of medical drug testing, including one drug that "makes him gay." Visit parts of that episode below.