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NEWS ABOUT: Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane stories: 7 news summaries
NOT FAMILY-GUY FRIENDLY

 Microsoft 
 Yanks Seth 
 MacFarlane 
 Sponsorship 

Windows pulls sponsorship of comedy special after watching it

Oct 27, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apparently, Microsoft just can’t handle a good Holocaust joke. After attending a taping of Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show, the software giant has pulled its support, saying the content “was not a fit with the Windows brand.” The show, a... More »

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Microsoft • advertising • Fox • Seth MacFarlane • corporate sponsorship

 Family Guy 
 Baby Stewie 
 Is Gay: Creator 

Explains why he wants to take over the world, MacFarlane says

Aug 13, 09 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Baby Stewie was this close to coming out as gay in an episode of Family Guy, but creator Seth MacFarlane says he decided “to keep it vague” because “he’s a 1-year-old,” the New York Daily News reports. “Ultimately, Stewie will be gay... More »

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entertainment • animation • Fox • Seth MacFarlane • Family Guy • homosexual • gay

Fallon Is Webby Awards' 'Person of the Year'

Reznor, MacFarlane, Twitter also receive Internet honors

May 5, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jimmy Fallon, Trent Reznor, and Twitter have all been honored with a 2008 Webby Award, CNET reports. Fallon, described by the awards committee as “one of the most ardent online evangelists,” was named the Webby’s “Person of the Year” for incorporating Twitter feeds, blogging, and online... More »

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iPhone • awards • web • Nine Inch Nails • Seth MacFarlane • Trent Reznor • Twitter • Jimmy Fallon

OPINION

 Family Guy Has Worn Thin 


Oct 14, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Family Guy is back and bigger than ever, and creator Seth Macfarlane is rolling in money, influence, and spinoffs. Sounds like just the right time for a major backlash, Natasha Vargas-Cooper writes for Radar. “Just a few years after thousands of American tastemakers demanded Family Guy be... More »

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television • cartoon • Seth MacFarlane • Family Guy • Natasha Vargas-Cooper • Radar • backlash

 Google Teams Up With 
 Family Guy Creator 

Ad-driven McFarlane webisodes will appear on targeted sites

Jun 30, 08 3:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a unique advertising move, Google and Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane are creating an ad-driven internet cartoon series, the New York Times reports. Using its AdSense service, Google will place two-minute animated "webisodes" of McFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy on websites likely to draw the animator's target... More »

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television • Google • Internet • advertising • AdSense • Seth MacFarlane • Family Guy

MacFarlane Rides Family Guy to the Bank

$100M Fox deal makes him highest-paid writer/producer in TV

May 5, 08 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has inked a deal with Fox which could be worth more than $100 million, making him the highest-paid writer-producer in television. MacFarlane will stay with the network until 2012, working on his three animated shows and developing new series, the Hollywood Reporter says. More »

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Twentieth Century Fox • Seth MacFarlane • Family Guy

'Family Guy'
Gets Scabby

Production continues during writer's strike — without creator and voices guy MacFarlane

Nov 14, 07 1:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Fox is producing new episodes of animated series "Family Guy" during the Writers Guild strike—without show creator Seth MacFarlane, who is on the picket lines. "I hope they don't do it," MacFarlane said Friday. The Hollywood Reporter says the first episode finished without MacFarlane's involvement was... More »

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Hollywood writers' strike • Seth MacFarlane • Family Guy

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