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Saturday February 27, 2010

Family Guy keeps the FCC busy

Feb 27, 2010 / Family Guy news / Posted by Andy

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Stew-Roids

According to a report in the Los Angeles Times Family Guy is the show that is keeping the FCC busiest. Apparently an episode that aired back in March last year has alone generated almost 200,000 complaints. The FCC need to deal with each complaint received fairly, but as the LA Times points out "if a show generates that many complaints odds are...

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Friday February 19, 2010

MacFarlane Scheduled to Appear on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"

Feb 19, 2010 / Family Guy news / Posted by Laurie

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HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"

The season premiere of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" is set to air on Friday, February 19, 2010, with guests Seth MacFarlane, Fmr. Gov. Eliot Spitzer, and Norah O'Donnell. 

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Tuesday February 09, 2010

Rich Appel signs new 3 year deal with Fox

Feb 09, 2010 / The Cleveland Show news / Posted by Andy

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"Veteran comedy writer-producer Rich Appel has inked a new three-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV," reports The Hollywood Reporter; therefore extending his 15-year relationship with the studio enabling him to continue as executive producer of The Cleveland Show. This is great news for the Family Guy spin-off which has already been...

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Saturday December 26, 2009

L.A. Times' Q & A with Seth MacFarlane

Dec 26, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Laurie

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MacFarlane at SSSDS DVD launch party. Photo: Ann Johansson for L.A. Times

In an interview with The Los Angeles Times at the “Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Dark Side” DVD launch party, Seth MacFarlane discussed the generosity of George Lucas; dealing with The Parents Television Council; and the ‘firestorm’ raised by the suggestion that Stewie is gay. In another L.A. times article...

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Monday November 23, 2009

PTC calls for Microsoft to cut all ties with Family Guy

Nov 23, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Andy

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Love Blactually

The Parents Television Council (PTC) are calling for Microsoft to pull all advertising during Family Guy broadcasts due to what they call the shows inappropriate sexual and violent content as well as its use of profanity, sexism, racism, etc.. Earlier this month Microsoft pulled its sponsorship of the Seth and Alex special as they felt that...

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Tuesday November 17, 2009

Family Guy Invites You to Suggest Cleveland's Replacement

Nov 17, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Laurie

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Family Guy on Facebook -Image: Fox

Sign in to Facebook and become a fan of Family Guy to see the following posting: “Want a Foursome? Who do you think the guys should pick to replace Cleveland? Tell us in the comments and/or upload photos/videos now!”

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Tuesday October 27, 2009

MacFarlane Visits Family Guy Corn Maze

Oct 27, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Laurie

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Seth and Corn Maze -Photo courtesy Kara Vallow

Seth MacFarlane recently paid a visit to the Family Guy corn maze at Conners Farm in Danvers, Massachusetts. Thanks to Family Guy Producer, Kara Vallow (aka teenagesleuth) for posting her pictures via Twitter.

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Thursday October 08, 2009

Family Guy Corn Maze

Oct 08, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Laurie

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Family Guy Maze -Photo: The Boston Globe

As reported in The Boston Globe , Bob Connors, owner of Connors Farm in Danvers, Massachusetts is such a big fan of “Family Guy’’ that he mowed his corn maze into the shape of “Family Guy’’ characters Stewie and Brian. In case you’re wondering, Fox, which airs “Family Guy,’’ is cool with the corn maze. “They waived the...

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Tuesday October 06, 2009

Mike Henry talks to Forbes

Oct 06, 2009 / The Cleveland Show news / Posted by Andy

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The Cleveland Show title

Mike Henry has been talking to Forbes.com about his new series The Cleveland Show discussing why he’s aiming for a more family friendly audience and how it differs from sister-show Family Guy. There’s also some discussion on the potential controversy over three white guys writing a black comedy. On the humor of The Cleveland Show...

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Thursday October 01, 2009

MacFarlane Scheduled to Appear on Tonight Show on October 1st

Oct 01, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Laurie

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Conan O'Brien -Photo:NBC

Seth MacFarlane’s appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien has been rescheduled to air on Thursday, October 1, 2009. Michael Moore is also scheduled to be a guest on the same show.

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Saturday September 26, 2009

MacFarlane Appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Cancelled

Sep 26, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Laurie

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Photo: NBC

Seth MacFarlane was scheduled to appear on ‘The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien’ on Friday, September 25, 2009. However, E! Online has reported that Conan O’Brien was taken by ambulance to the hospital after a fall and bumping his head, and so the filming of this Tonight Show episode was not completed. A repeat airing...

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Wednesday September 23, 2009

MacFarlane talks to Crave Online

Sep 23, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Laurie

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Family Guy Blue Harvest. Image: Fox

Seth MacFarlane discusses “The Cleveland Show”, the making of “Something, Something, Something Darkside”, his role in “Flash Forward”, and upcoming Family Guy guest stars in an interview conducted by Fred Topel of Crave Online. An excerpt from the article: Crave Online: Is your Empire Strikes Back episode...

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Monday September 14, 2009

Peter Griffin in political campaign?

Sep 14, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Andy

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A councillor from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, who allegedly resembles Family Guy‘s Peter Griffin may use the cartoon character in a political campaign: the Omagh councillor Ross Hussey was told about his animated lookalike by his nephew and a young Ulster Unionist colleague. “Personally I can see no resemblance, but I have watched...

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Sunday September 13, 2009

Family Guy: 179,997 FCC indecency complaints?

Sep 13, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Mark

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Family Gay promo

The Federal Communications Commission (those guys in the PTV episode of Family Guy!) releases a Quarterly Report of indecency complaints every 3 months. As detailed in this report there were 578 complaints in January, then 505 in February, and then a crazy 179,997 in March! That happened to be the month that Family Gay aired on Fox (brain-dead...

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Friday September 11, 2009

The New York Times Interviews MacFarlane

Sep 11, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Laurie

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Seth MacFarlane. Photos: The New York Times

A condensed and edited version of The New York Times interview with Seth MacFarlane appears online. Following is an excerpt from the article: Which show are you putting your money on (to win the Emmy)? I would say either “The Office” or “30 Rock.” Do you still do the drawing for “Family Guy”? I still do a lot of drawing on a...

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"Inside The Actors Studio" Preview

Sep 11, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Laurie

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Bravo’s Inside The Actors Studio featuring the cast members of “Family Guy” is scheduled to air on Monday, September 14, 2009. Hulu.com has posted nine different clips from the interviews. The titles of these clips are as follows: “Paying a Compliment” “The Infamous Stewie” “Appeal of...

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Wednesday September 02, 2009

Animation Domination Teaser Trailer

Sep 02, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Laurie

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Now available for viewing from the U.S. on Hulu.com, is a short (41 seconds long) teaser trailer for Fox’s Sunday night animation lineup of The Simpsons, The Cleveland Show, Family Guy, and American Dad. The new season is set to begin on September 27, 2009.

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Monday August 31, 2009

Mike Henry talks to the New York Times

Aug 31, 2009 / The Cleveland Show news / Posted by Andy

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Mike Henry poses with models of some of his characters

The New York Times has interviewed Mike Henry, co-creator, producer, and voice artist on the new Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show on which he voices Cleveland Brown. In the article Mike describes Cleveland as being “just me, but black. With a mustache.” He went on to say that: “He’s different from Homer Simpson or...

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Thursday August 27, 2009

Inside the Actors Studio

Aug 27, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Andy

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Picnic

Bravo’s Inside the Actors Studio will be featuring the cast of Family Guy on September 14th. Presenter James Tipton Lipton says: “I recommend seatbelts in your armchairs as the creator and cast of Family Guy assemble on our stage for a hilarious, irreverent look at themselves, each other, their characters and their spectacularly...

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Monday August 24, 2009

Something Something Something Darkside Trailer

Aug 24, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Mark

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The trailer for Something Something Something Darkside has re-emerged on the internet on Yahoo! Videos. Something Something Something Darkside is due to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray December 22nd.

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Friday August 21, 2009

MacFarlane Scheduled to Appear at The Paley Center for Media

Aug 21, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Laurie

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MacFarlane at Paley Center. Image: AP

The Paley Center for Media is hosting a 70th anniversary salute to animation pioneers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in Los Angeles on August 22, 2009. Seth MacFarlane, who worked on the Hanna-Barbera series, “Johnny Bravo”, is scheduled to participate as one of the panelists for ‘The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera: Inside...

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Saturday August 15, 2009

Playboy Interviews MacFarlane

Aug 15, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Laurie

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Playboy Magazine

Playboy Magazine’s interview with Seth MacFarlane appears in their September 2009 issue, and is posted online. Interesting discussion topics include: Tap dance lessons (Seth is currently taking them); getting high and ordering Chips Ahoy! cookies; and the influence his parents’ wicked sense of humor had on his upbringing. Seth...

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Friday August 07, 2009

Family Guy Series Finale

Aug 07, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Mark

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Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show, says his “perfect scenario” would be to do the show for “another couple of years and then wrap it up.” “I don’t want to go 20 years like The Simpsons,” Seth told Sun Media. “Ideally we would go another couple of years and then wrap it up. That would be...

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Thursday July 23, 2009

Family Guy Style Puppet Comedy

Jul 23, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Mark

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We Are Mongrels

BBC3 has just commissioned a brand new show We are Mongrels which has been pitched as “Avenue Q meets Family Guy”. We Are Mongrels centers on a country fox in search of ‘the real wild life’ in the city, where he meets an array of creatures on the Isle of Dogs, including a ‘sexy’ Afghan Hound with whom he falls in love, a street cat and...

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Saturday July 04, 2009

FHM Bags Rare MacFarlane Interview

Jul 04, 2009 / Family Guy news / Posted by Laurie

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FHM Magazine

According to UK magazine, FHM, Seth MacFarlane grants only two interviews a year and they snagged one of them. The article includes a discussion of the influence of “Back To The Future” and “The Simpsons”, a Kirk Douglas joke that was reconsidered, and how he copes with critics. Ever wonder what MacFarlane’s office...

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