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Early viewing figures for Fox’s Seth night show respectable viewing figures for last night’s special schedule. However, numbers were down across the board from the season averages. Family Guy was viewed by 7.4 million and 7.7 million in the 8pm and 9pm slots, respectively. The 8pm showing matched The Simpsons last figures in the same...

Digital Spy are reporting that government officials in Venezuela have threatened TV networks with fines if they do not remove Family Guy from their schedules. Justice minister Tareck El Aissami claimed that the show advocates drug use citing an episode of which seemingly promotes the legalisation of marijuna. Networks that ignore the ban will be...

Tonight Family Guy goes head to head with 30 Rock, Entourage, Flight of the Conchords, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, and Weeds in the Emmys for the outstanding comedy award. Family Guy is not the favourite to win, that currently goes to 30 Rock, but anyone of these shows could win tonight. Whether the show wins or not, it has still achieved...

Marina Sirtis:UK is reporting that actress Marina Sirtis, best known for her role in Star Trek: The Next Generation as Deanna Troi, will feature on a future episode of The Cleveland Show. Sirtis will be voicing a Greek prostitute in the new Family Guy spin-off. She was hired for ability to speak in Greek.

Executive producer and writer of Family Guy Danny Smith is to receive an Excellence in the Arts award from the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council in honour of his work on the show which has raised the image of Rhode Island.

Glu Mobile have launched a mini-website to promote their Family Guy Uncensored mobile game where you can try the game for free online. If you like the game its $9.99 from the website.

Former advisor to George Bush, Karl Rove, is to make a cameo appearance in Family Guy next spring. “He says when the creators first called and asked him to do it, he wasn’t sure what the show even was,” reports FOX 5. “But, his 20-year-old son convinced him to do it.” According to Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh’s...

The Family Guy Inside the Actors Studio is on Bravo tonight at 7/6C with the main cast of Family Guy, except Mila Kunis for some reason. The show’s host James Lipton has said of tonight’s edition: “I recommend seatbelts in your armchairs as the creator and cast of Family Guy assemble on our stage for a hilarious, irreverent look...

Fox have released pictures of two of The Cleveland Show‘s new characters, Cleveland’s new neighbours Arianna and Tim. Arianna is voiced by none other than political blogger Arianna Huffington, with Seth MacFarlane providing the voice of Tim.

Happy birthday Dee Bradley Baker, the voice of Klaus the fish from American Dad. As well as American Dad Dee also provides the voices to other hit animated shows including Spongebob Square Pants and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

The official Star Wars website has revealed the synopsis for the eagerly awaited Something Something Something Darkside episode of Family Guy. Do not read on if you don’t like spoilers… Luke (Chris), Leia (Lois), Han Solo (Peter) and Chewbacca (Brian) have evaded the dreaded Imperial Starfleet led by the cunning, conniving and...

According to Kara Vallows’ Twitter feed Family Guy will be in glorious high definition from next year, with the season 9 première in widescreen HD. Not only will it be in HD, but it will also be a one-hour who-dunit special! Season 9 premières on September 26th, 2010, but before that we’ve got the start of the all new season 8 on...

Warning this post contains spoilers about the unaired abortion episode of Family Guy, Partial Terms of Endearment. The controversial season 8 episode that Fox have decided not to air for business reasons will eventually appear on a future DVD release. In it Lois Griffin acts as a surrogate mother for an infertile couple, who are then killed in a...

Yet another IGN Family Guy top ten has been compiled: this time it’s their top ten Family Guy fights.

American Dad has been nominated in the Outstanding Animated Program category of this year’s Emmy Awards. The nomination is for the show’s season 4 premiere episode, 1600 Candles. Competition comes from Robot Chicken, South Park, and The Simpsons. Family Guy has also received nominations in two other categories: Outstanding Voiceover...

Zap2it have given their first impressions of The Cleveland Show based on the pilot episode. “Henry and Co. have made Cleveland a fully realized character,” reports Zap2it. “Rallo is the Stewie stand-in here and, like his counterpart, gets the most outrageous lines.” However, they point out that The Cleveland Show‘s...

TV.com have included Family Guy‘s Meg in its Top 10: Characters that need to be killed off list. Here’s TV.com’s anonymous critic’s reasoning: “Meg’s story lines are boring, her voice is annoying, and do you remember the episode with the shower scene that involved, ‘flossing’? Yuck. Meg is by...

Seth MacFarlane was honoured at this year’s Webby Awards for his hit web-animation series Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy winning the Film & Video Person of the Year award. Keeping to the tradition of five word acceptance speeches at the Webbys Seth MacFarlane said: “What is this for again?” Also at the 13th Annual Webby Awards...

The NBC, News Corp., and Disney owned Hulu website that has been offering full episodes of Family Guy among other shows to watch for free may start charging people for use of the site according to a recent statement made by Jonathan Miller, chief digital officer of News Corp.. Chattahbox.com reports that News Corp. (the parent company of Fox)...

Seth MacFarlane, known in the past for supporting gay rights, has been giving a bisexual Loveline caller from a Christian family advice on expressing her sexuality. Seth’s no stranger to gay rights after being angered by a family member who wondered whether his gay cousin’s homosexuality could be cured. His shows Family Guy and...