Boston Bombings: Fox Pulls ‘Family Guy’ Episode Depicting Marathon Carnage

"Family Guy" episode depicted Peter Griffin plowing through a crowd of runners with his car

Even for "Family Guy," it seems, there's such a thing as too inappropriate.

Fox has pulled a recently aired episode of the animated comedy from Hulu and Fox.com that depicted Peter Griffin plowing his car through a crowd of runners in the Boston marathon, a day after bombings at the real Boston marathon left three dead and dozens injured.

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In the episode, which is titled "Turban Cowboy" and aired March 17, Peter Griffin — the patriarch of the cartoon series — is interviewed by Bob Costas, who asks him how he won the Boston marathon.

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