Planet Family Guy

News Round-up

Posted by Andy on Wednesday, September 13, 2006

There are a few pieces of news to give you guys today, so I will round them up in this post.

Spike TV’s weekly video game show Game Head will be airing a Family Guy video game special this Saturday night (September 16th) at midnight. The show features the first exclusive video game footage released by 2K Games, as well as, interviews with Seth Green, Mila Kunis, producer/writer Steve Callaghan, and Mayor Adam West himself! (Source Spike TV)

The season 5 opener on Sunday was the 14th most watched program of the night with 9.9 million viewers. American Dad came in 21st with 8.9 million (for the latest American Dad news visit our sister site Planet American Dad). (Source: E!)

In the latest round of syndication deals Fox is receiving around $2 million per episode! “According to Daily Variety, 20th Century Fox Television has pre-sold reruns of the show to TV stations reaching approximately 70% of U.S. viewers. The 93 episodes of Seth MacFarlane’s Emmy Award-winning show won’t be available to air until the fall of 2007.” (Source: Animation Magazine)

Lastly a reminder to those who have missed it. Planet Family Guy has an exclusive interview with Brian Froud for you. Brian Froud is the comedian who spent the summer in Toronto performing his one-man Family Guy show. Brian will next be performing in Ottawa, Ontario on Sept 15th and Guelph, Ontario on Sept 21st. Then at the Diesel Playhouse in Toronto Sept 26th – Oct 1st and Oct 3rd – 8th. Those in the New York area can catch the show at Rochester, New York on Sept 22nd – 24th.

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