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Last Sunday's episode of Family Guy, Extra Large Medium, has caused controversy by insulting the Palin family. In the episode a mentally challenged character tells Chris her mother is the former governor of Alaska (Sarah Palin). "Regardless of the obvious differences between the Family Guy character and Palin's son, this was clearly a jab at...

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...

In a posting on the website for his show, Rush Limbaugh describes his recent recording session for an upcoming Family Guy episode, which is scheduled to be aired as the 2010 season première. According to Limbaugh, they allotted three hours and forty-five minutes to tape the segment and that he had a great time doing it. He says he is the...

Crave Online have interviewed Seth MacFarlane on the eagerly awaited sequel to Blue Harvest, Something Something Something Dark Side. In addition to talking about the new Star Wars spoof episode, he talks of giving the Indiana Jones trilogy a similar treatment and reveals a few Family Guy spoilers. Towards the end of the interview Seth...

Entertainment Weekly has written about the mark George Bush has left on pop culture over the last eight years. The creation of American Dad is mentioned, which made its début in 2005 and was strongly influenced and conceived as a result of the political situation under the Bush administration. Maybe there are things to thank Bush for even if you...

Sunday night’s episode of Family Guy has stirred new controversy with its “Laura Bush killed a guy” catch phrase. The phrase was repeated throughout the episode with Peter appearing dressed as Mrs Bush and Lois as a bleeding man criss-crossed with tire tracks for a costume party. The story has been picked up by a number of...

American Dad began under a Bush administration, in part as a way for the show’s producers (including Seth MacFarlane) to get political. Stan is a Republican and daughter Hayley the liberal rallying against the man; but now the tables have turned, Obama is going to be the new US President. Where does this leave the show? Executive producer...

South Park aired an election special episode on Wednesday based on Obama winning the US Presidential race (as he did). The episode, About Last Night…, featured excerpts from speeches given by Obama and John McCain the night before. Trey Parker and Matt Stone (the South Park creators) had bet on an Obama win. “Well, we’re just...

The US Presidential elections are this week, in case you hadn’t noticed, and UK broadcaster of Family Guy and American Dad FXUK is running an election special inviting people to vote for American Dad‘s Stan or Family Guy‘s Peter for US President of Animation. Vote now! Voting closed; Peter is the winner with 72% of the vote....

Big news for fans of American Dad today as Fox have announced that the series has been renewed for a fifth production cycle. The final episodes of the third cycle are currently airing on Fox as the fourth season and production of the fourth cycle is coming to a close. This means that American Dad should be on our screens well into 2010. Mike...

After the controversy caused by last week’s "McCain/Palin" Nazi gag. A video clip of Brian (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) endorsing Obama has appeared on the web. Opinions on whether or not Family Guy should be getting so involved in the current presidential race and politics is mixed, but Seth MacFarlane’s support for Obama and the...

Sunday night’s episode of Family Guy has caused a bit of controversy after it made a highly topical joke about the current US presidential race. In the episode, Road to Germany, Stewie is seen wearing a Nazi uniform with a “McCain/Palin” campaign pin badge, leading some to question whether the show had gone too far. “The...