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Family Guy stories: 11 news summaries

Harris, Other New Faces Rule Emmys Tonight

First-time nominees Family Guy, Hamm, Morgan could win big

Sep 20, 09 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fresh faces are all the rage at tonight’s Emmys, with Neil Patrick Harris hosting and a host of first-time nominees up for top awards, People reports. Family Guy is the first cartoon to be nominated for best comedy series in nearly 50 years, and Jeremy Piven’s snub for... More »

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entertainment • television • Tracy Morgan • Entourage • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Family Guy • Neil Patrick Harris • Mad Men • Elisabeth Moss • Jack McBrayer • Jon Hamm • Jeremy Piven • Emmy nomination

 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

GOSSIP ROUNDUP


 Leno Spills Details 
 on New Show 

Plus, Kate Major is still talking...

Aug 6, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Jay Leno Show will bear few similarities to Leno’s tenure on the Tonight Show—for one, he won’t have a desk until the end of the fast-paced hour, if at all—but it will still feature celebrity guests (two max) and signature Leno comedy bits,... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Jay Leno • Marilyn Monroe • Tonight Show • primetime TV • Family Guy • Jon Gosselin • Kate Major • The Jay Leno Show

emmy awards

 Family Guy Scores Nod; 
 30 Rock Leads With 22 Noms 

Mad Men also rakes them in

Jul 16, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The list of Emmy nominations, out today, is full of familiar names. One surprise: Family Guy is nominated for best comedy series—it's only the second animated show to get a nod in the category, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Fox stalwart is up against Entourage, 30 Rock, The ... More »

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entertainment • television • The Office • comedy • award show • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Weeds • Family Guy • How I Met Your Mother • Battlestar Galactica • Neil Patrick Harris • Mad Men • Grey Gardens • True Blood • Flight of the Conchords

GLOSSIES

 Small Screen's Biggest Brains 

Family Guy creator MacFarlane, ubiquitous Fey top list of TV smarties

Dec 6, 08 3:49 PM CST
(Newser) - It may be dubbed the "idiot box," but there are some bright bulbs behind TV's smartest shows and network deals. After polling Hollywood insiders, Entertainment Weekly lists the top 25 smarties:
  1. Seth MacFarlane, executive producer, Family Guy, American Dad.
  2. Tina Fey, executive producer, actress, 30 Rock.
... More »

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television • Disney Channel • Tina Fey • 30 Rock • Hulu • Family Guy • Lorne Michaels

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

  Forget Sex, Crudeness Sells 

Madison Ave ditches wholesome toons for 'edginess' of 'Family Guy'

Jun 18, 08 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Advertising execs usually like spokesmen to be safe, wholesome, family-friendly figures. So why the heck are the Griffins their new darlings? From Coca-Cola to Subway, everyone seems to be tapping the "Family Guy" clan, despite the show’s tendency to joke about sex, religion, AIDS, and other wholesome, family-friendly... More »

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television • advertising • Subway • Family Guy • edgy • Coca-Cola

 Family Guy Neighbor
 Gets Own Show 

Affable Cleveland Brown will step out on his own

May 28, 08 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fox's hit cartoon Family Guy is spinning off a new show centered around Cleveland Brown—the soft-spoken neighbor to Peter Griffin. The Cleveland Show will debut in 2009, and follow a recently divorced Brown on a quest to his Virginia hometown, where he falls in love with an old flame. More »

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television • cartoon • Family Guy • 20th Century Fox • Fox network • Cleveland Brown • Peter Griffin • Seth McFarlane

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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