Planet Family Guy

Fox have released a number of promotional videos for tomorrow night’s Family Guy special, Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show:-

• Alex sketches
• Alex performing live
• Alex sings
• Family Guy Presents Marlee Matlin Guest Star
• Family Guy Presents Walter Murphy Family Guy Theme
• Jackson Douglas Directing

The new look Planet Family Guy has officially arrived! As some of you may have already noticed we have been gradually rolling out the new design over the last two weeks; the whole site has now been updated.

A couple of new sections have been added to the site as part of the redesign: we now have our own search page from where you will be able to search our database of news and a new latest pictures section. There’s been loads of other slightly more subtle changes, so go explore and enjoy the new look!

IGN are reporting that leaked information has revealed a new Family Guy game is in the works. Recently leaked information suggests that a new party game is coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. The news comes from a former Game Designer at HB Studios, Chris Kolmatycki, via his Linkedin page on which his portfolio has highlighted his pre-production work for a “Family Guy Party Game”.

It has been nearly three years since the first Family Guy video game hit the shelves for the Xbox and PS2. There’s still no official word on this potential new addition, but the rumours sound reasonably reliable.

The 36th annual People’s Choice Awards show is scheduled to be broadcast on January 6, 2010, and you have the power to help Family Guy become one of the official nominees for Favorite TV Comedy or Favorite TV Obsession.

There’s only a few more days remaining to vote for nominees, so for Favorite TV Comedy, click here to view the ballot and vote.

Write-in submissions are also accepted. To vote for Favorite TV Obsession, click the “Other” box , write in “Family Guy” next to it, and then cast your vote.

And be sure to nominate Seth MacFarlane for Favorite TV Comedy Actor.

The top five nominees in each category will be announced in a press conference on November 10, 2009.

The UK Family Guy Season 8 DVD release has hit the shops a week earlier than we expected; in fact it is out in shops as of today! Basically the same as the US Volume 7 release from earlier this year, just confusingly (as always) renamed Season 8; don’t be disappointed as the 13 episodes included are taken from seasons 6 and 7, not the eighth season.

November 1st is producer Kara Vallow’s birthday! Here’s hoping you receive whatever you wish for (like a Phillies’ World Series win, maybe?)

Happy birthday from all of us at Planet Family Guy.

Just under a week since Microsoft pulled out of sponsoring the upcoming special, Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show, Warner Bros have seized the opportunity and will be using the special to promote their upcoming Sherlock Holmes film (to be released Christmas Day). Whether the special will feature promotions exclusively for “Sherlock Holmes” remains to be seen, but the movie certainly will have a prominent spot in the program. A commercial in Fox’s pregame broadcast before Game 3 of the World Series told viewers to tune in to the Nov. 8 special for a sneak peek of the movie.

The schedule for November 8th currently looks like this;

• 7:30pm: American Dad – Man in the Moonbounce
• 8:00pm: Family Guy – Brian’s Got a Brand New Bag (guest voice Aimee Garcia)
• 8:30pm: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show
• 9:00pm: Family Guy – Hannah Banana Quagmire’s Baby
• 9:30pm: The Cleveland Show – Cleveland Jr. Cherry Bomb (guest voices by Jason Sudeikis, Arianna Huffington and Jamie Kennedy)

Variety is reporting that Microsoft have pulled there sponsorship of Fox’s Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein special to be aired on November 8th. The comedy/variety special, Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show, was due to air free of commercial breaks due to special in show branding of Windows 7; however, Microsoft have withdrawn from the arrangement due to concerns over the show’s content: “We initially chose to participate in the Seth and Alex variety show based on the audience composition and creative humor of ‘Family Guy,’ but after reviewing an early version of the variety show, it became clear that the content was not a fit with the Windows brand,” said a Microsoft spokeswoman. “We continue to have a good partnership with Fox, Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein and are working with them in other areas. We continue to believe in the value of brand integrations and partnerships between brands, media companies and talent.”

Fox still plans on airing the show which was recorded the other week, but are looking for a new sponsor. The special will feature as part of an evening dedicated to Seth MacFarlane’s shows on Sunday November 8th, including two new episodes of Family Guy.

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.

It’s the big man’s big day: happy birthday Seth MacFarlane from everyone at Planet Family Guy!