 In May 2000, in its weekly "E-Alert" email newsletter, the PTC launched a letter-writing campaign to the Fox network to persuade the network to cancel "Family Guy" following a return from a long hiatus in the , due to what the PTC claimed were "strong advertiser resistance and low ratings".In addition, "Family Guy" made the PTC's 2000 "worst prime-time shows for family viewing".The first and second seasons were released under the title "Family Guy Volume One"; this standard four-disc DVD box set debuted in Region 1 on April 15, 2003, three months before the premiere of the third season.