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“Somebody up there was pretty happy,” has been Kevin Michael Richardson’s response to the second season renewal of The Cleveland Show. Speaking to Hollywood Outbreak the voice of Cleveland Jr. has described how the increase in episodes has led to the need for overtime work in order to get them produced. Back in October Fox...

Candace Marie got to voice Miley Cyrus, featuring the singer as a Disney-programmed robot that went crazy and blew up the town, last week and has now landed herself a recurring role on Family Guy. Her recurring character is going to be one of Meg’s friends, Beth, that according to Marie, “is never really addressed in conversation but...

American Dad has been extended by Fox for a sixth season it was announced earlier today. Currently in its fifth season on Fox’s Sunday night line-up it is a strong performer for the network ranking in the top 10 programs of the season among Teens, Male Teens, Men 18-34, Persons 12-34, Adults 18-34 and Men 18-49. The show was devised back...

Fox are clearly impressed by The Cleveland Show which after only three episodes is gaining strong audience figures. Fox have just extended their 13-episode season 2 order to a full season according to Reuters!

CharityBuzz have contacted us via Twitter to let us know about a Family Guy auction to meet Seth MacFarlane, sit in on a table read, and get a tour of the studios:- “Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity for you and one friend to attend a table read for the new season of Family Guy! Watch Peter, Lois, Meg, Chris and Stewie come to...

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Steve Callaghan and Mark Hentemann have signed three-year deals with 20th Century Fox and have been promoted to executive producers and named showrunners for “Family Guy”. The duo is currently overseeing the production of next season’s “Family Guy” (beginning in 2010), which will...

Kara Vallow has revealed via Twitter that American Dad season 5 will be going high def with 16×9 aspect ratio: American Dad is finally going wide-screen!

Whilst not exactly Family Guy related, Matt Groening’s Futurama, that was cancelled by Fox back in 2003, is to return to US television with new episodes in 2010! Futurama‘s return to production is thanks to strong DVD sales and repeat airings on cable, the second series in the history of the medium to make such a return the first being...

The Cleveland Show is still yet to début on Fox — expect it this fall as part of Fox’s Sunday line-up — but already they’ve placed an order for a second season of the Family Guy spin-off! 13 additional episodes have been ordered, bringing the current number of episodes of The Cleveland Show up to 35. This is the second...

Bravo have announced that the cast of Family Guy will feature on Inside the Actors Studio when it returns for its fifteenth season.

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that, unsurprisingly, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi will be getting the Family Guy treatment: “The show’s cast completed a table read yesterday for a Jedi spoof script, which is tentatively titled Episode VI: The Great Muppet Caper (Ewok jokes never get old).” Family Guy‘s first spoof...

The BBC have been filming in Kent, Connecticut, where a young Seth MacFarlane grew up in preparation for a documentary that will be aired in late March or early April about the success of Family Guy. The BBC were interviewing former friends’ of the MacFarlanes “about his early development as an artist.”

The BBC is looking for Family Guy fans in the US for a new program celebrating the phenomenon that is Family Guy. They will be filming in Los Angeles, New York, and Rhode Island this month and want to hear from the biggest fans. Are you a walking encyclopaedia of all things Family Guy? Have you converted your home into a shrine of the show? Or,...

Due to the economic downturn 20th Century Fox Television is implementing production budget cuts to all its shows. Producers have been told to make 2% cuts to budgets which includes shows like Family Guy and American Dad. ABC Studios’ have called for similar cuts, whilst NBC Universal and CBS Corp. have laid off staff in response to the...

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...

There’s big news today on The Cleveland Show front. First up, Arianna Huffington, author and syndicated columnist, is joining the cast as the wife of Cleveland’s new neighbor Tim the Bear. Arianna Huffington is one of the most forceful voices of the left and now the voice of a talking bear as a recurring role! Despite some earlier...

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...

Speaking to TV Week Twentieth Century Fox Television co-chairman Gary Newman has revealed that American Dad is on course for renewal, saying, “we should have an order for season 5 very shortly.” Newman highlighted the growing success of the show, “[we] feel incredibly fortunate that the patience we’ve all exhibited with...

Speaking about the up-coming Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show, Gary Newman and Dana Walden (co-chairmen of Twentieth Century Fox Television) have said that it’s “distinguishing itself” from Family Guy. The production team have managed to find a “tone that’s reminiscent of the flagship but still has an original...