Seth MacFarlane

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What a Guy! Fox, Seth MacFarlane Ink $100 Million Deal | Today's News: Our Take | 5/5/2008
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has signed a landmark deal with 20th Century Fox that makes him the company's highest-paid writer-producer and keeps him there through 2012.The deal, which includes new media and retail projects, covers Family Guy, American Dad! and the upcoming Guy spinoff, The Cleveland Show. MacFarlane will also team up with Family Guy writer Gary Janetti to produce a sitcom.MacFarlane didn't hold back his feelings about signing the deal, which was finalized after nearly... read more
On Family Guy, Father Knows Less | TV Show Previews | 5/2/2008
The Griffins wrap Season 6 Sunday night, but unlike this year's stellar Star Wars spoof or the "Stewie Kills Lois" two-parter, creator Seth MacFarlane says the episode "is more of a traditional Family Guy…if there can be such a thing."Well, perhaps if Peter terrorizing Quahog is your idea of traditional. "He hits it off with a parrot at the vet [and] decides to walk around with it on his shoulder for a while," laughs MacFarlane. Convinced that he’d make a good pirate, "Peter then gets... read more
CBS Wants to Buy a Millionaire | Today's News: Our Take | 3/4/2008
Don't fear, CBS hasn't decided to bring over Who Wants to Be a Millionaire from ABC, but instead has picked up a new comedy pilot called Single White Millionaire, from writer Ricky Blitt. This is Family Guy alum Blitt's second attempt at a comedy, the first being a short-lived sitcom called The Winner, which starred Rob Corddry and was developed with Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane. SWM is about a millionaire who is ready to get serious and settle down, which I'm sure will not go as well as he had... read more
Fox Developing a Family Guy Spin-off | Today's News: Our Take | 2/29/2008
It looks like Fox just can't get enough of Seth MacFarlane.According to the Hollywood Reporter, Fox and 20th Century Fox TV are working with MacFarlane to develop a spin-off from his wildly popular series Family Guy. The show would feature Cleveland Brown, Family Guy's mild-mannered voice of caution, in a series tentatively titled Cleveland. The project is being written by MacFarlane, Mike Henry (who voices Cleveland) and Rich Appel, executive producer of MacFarlane's other Fox series, American... read more
Strike Talk: Seth MacFarlane's Family Feud, and More | Today's News: Our Take | 11/14/2007
If Fox goes ahead and airs a new Family Guy this Sunday without creator Seth MacFarlane's seal of approval, although the net is within its rights to do so, Seth says it will be "a colossal d--k move" and "damaging to our relationship".... In a curious show of support for strikers, Curb Your Enthusiasm's Jeff Garlin handed out adult-film DVDs at a rally in L.A., the New York Post reports. Thankfully, he wasn't actually in the videos.... NBC is bailing on the Television Critics Association's... read more
Family Guy Blows into the Windy City | Today's News: Our Take | 8/14/2007
Series creator Seth MacFarlane and the Family Guy voice cast — including Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis, Seth Green and Mike Henry — are taking their animated act on the road. Family Guy Live!, presented one night only — Sept. 15 — at the Chicago Theater, will feature a live, uncensored reading of a classic episode, the performance of musical numbers from the series, and a Q&A with all involved.The previous Family Guy Live! took place in spring 2005 in New York and Los... read more
Family Guy Sneak Peek | TV Guide News Report | 7/23/2007
The Television Critics Association press tour were given a sneak peek of a stunning Family Guy episode scheduled for November (presented in a live reading by creator Seth MacFarlane and the rest of the cast). Finally, Stewie Griffin makes good on his attempt to kill his mother Lois. The episode, which hilariously reached new heights of tastelessness, prompted one writer to ask MacFarlane afterwards: "What shocks or offends you?" MacFarlane pondered the question for a moment and replied: "The... read more
March 4, 2007: "The Pilot" | The Winner | 3/5/2007
Being a fan of both The Daily Show and Family Guy, I’ve been looking forward to The Winner and tonight’s pilot did not disappoint me. Family Guy creators Seth MacFarlane and Ricky Blitt successfully bring their oddball humor to the show’s main character, Glen Abbott, and I think there is no one better to portray the 32-year old loser than Daily Show expatriate Rob Corddry.First off, I love how the show is set in 1994. The subtle (and not so subtle) 90’s references cracked me... read more
February 25, 2007: Family Guy Versus Oscar | Family Guy | 2/26/2007
The Academy Awards are on tonight, so Fox scheduled two Family Guy repeats. From 9-10 pm/ET tonight I switched back and forth between Oscar coverage and Family Guy, so this post will be about both. Right before I hit the Fox pre-set button on my remote, they had just handed out the first Oscar of the evening. It only took almost 30 minutes. And what a first award it was! Art Direction. Riveting! I couldn’t hit the button fast enough. I love movies and although every year I rant and rave... read more
Toon in Tomorrow: Family Tied Up in Talks | Today's News: Our Take | 10/25/2006
Twentieth Century Fox TV has delayed the start of production on the sixth season of Family Guy, as "courteous" (yet slowly progressing) negotiations with series creator Seth MacFarlane continue, says Variety. Though MacFarlane's current pact doesn't expire for several months, studio execs are reluctant to get underway and then be met with a mid-season holdup. read more
Family Guy's Stewie Has an Untold Story | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 9/28/2005
One question has always plagued fans of Fox's The Family Guy: Ho read more