A Household Man producer just lately confirmed {that a} character’s loss of life final yr shall be everlasting, stunning followers within the course of.

What Household Man character was confirmed useless by a producer?

In a latest interview with TVLine, producer Alec Sulkin confirmed that Ernie, the enduring yellow hen that usually fights with Peter Griffin, is canonically useless in Household Man. Ernie’s loss of life got here throughout episode 5 of Season 23 of the present, “The Hen or the Meg.” In it, Meg begins a romantic relationship with Ernie’s son, Nugget. In a single scene, Ernie provides Meg an ultimatum: to chop ties with Peter, or cease seeing his son.

Meg refuses, resulting in what appears to be a struggle. Ernie says he can’t hit Meg, although, and the scene then cuts to Meg strolling out with Ernie’s decapitated head, as his physique runs round behind her. Whereas Ernie has “died” in scenes with Peter earlier than, Sulkin confirms this was the precise finish for the beloved character.

“I feel that the hen has gone the best way of all flesh,” Sulkin stated. “Truthfully, I really feel like we received so many nice set items out of the large hen combating with Peter that they grew to become arduous to prime. It’s loads to ask of our manufacturing crew, and we could have simply gotten the perfect out of that character.”

Ernie is finest identified for his a number of struggle scenes with Peter all through the historical past of Household Man. Their first encounter got here in Season 2’s third episode, “Da Growth.”

(Supply: TVLine)