I love the humor in it. Gordon and Lamarr racing to deliver some news was one of the funniest goddamn things I’ve ever seen (trying not to spoil it if someone wants to watch and hasn’t yet). But that humor was a little too juvenile at the very start. My guess has been that the earlier stuff was for the benefit of funding. They expected Family Guy in Space, so he delivered it, for a handful of episodes, then took the show where it was supposed to be.