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Mar 10th, 2010 // 3 responses

Postscript: “Seth MacFarlane And Friends”

Following last nights Seth MacFarlane tribute at PaleyFest 2010, Images and a detailed rundown of the event have been released by Fox and Hitfix respectively.

Feb 13th, 2010 // 6 responses

Almost $300,000 Raised For Haitian Relief Efforts

Last night's Family Guy Live/Always Sunny In Philadelphia benefit raised just under $300,000 for Partners In Health Haiti relief efforts.

Jan 11th, 2010 // 13 responses

Family Guy Reaches the 150th Episode Milestone

The Futon Critic has released information on the 150th episode of Family Guy, due to air Sunday May 2nd, 2010 as the penultimate episode of the current season.

Dec 31st, 2009 // 4 responses

Patrick Stewart Knighted

Queen Elizabeth II's New Years Honours list features Patrick Stewart along with Film and Theatre director, Nicholas Hytner.

Dec 22nd, 2009 // 3 responses

The Griffins Named in Definitive Animated Family List

To celebrate the release of “Something, Something, Something Dark Side” in the USA and Canada today, Pop Matters have collected their 10 favourite cartoon families of the last 5 decades in a definitive list.

Dec 18th, 2009 // 2 responses

Family Guy Places #6 in Toonzone’s Toons of the Decade

Popular toon website Toonzone are currently naming their top 25 toons of the decade. Placing Family Guy at position #6 in their list, they said: "probably no show has had a greater impact this decade than Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy. Its aesthetic has been very influential".

Dec 9th, 2009 // no responses

Vote Now for the People’s Choice Awards

The Cleveland Show is in the running for the Favorite New TV Comedy for the 36th Annual People's Choice Awards.

Sep 2nd, 2009 // no responses

Promotions at Family Guy

From The New York Times comes a report that Steve Callaghan and Mark Hentemann have each signed three-year deals of over a million dollars each to be promoted to executive producers and named showrunners. Former showrunners David Goodman and Chris Sheridan will remain on the show as executive producers alongside Callaghan, Hentemann, creator Seth MacFarlane and [...]

Sep 2nd, 2009 // no responses

Family Guy Tops Playstation Network Downloads

Every week since July 20th, 2009, Family Guy has been one of the top 5 most downloaded television shows on the Sony Playstation network. The show’s most popular episode is one of season 7’s highlights, “Stew-Roids”; which was #1 for the week of July 20th, #2 for 2 weeks in August, and currently stands at [...]

Aug 26th, 2009 // 7 responses

Seth Nominated for Most Influential Men List

Seth MacFarlane, along with lots of other famous men, has been nominated for a position in AskMen.com’s Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2009. With 3 different categories: “entertainers and athletes”, “the creative class” and “politicians and businessmen”, and such fellow nominees as actor George Clooney, deceased superstar Michael Jackson and newly elected US president Barack [...]