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Seth MacFarlane, who gave us “Family Guy,” “American Dad” and “The Winner,” has just signed a deal with Fox that could be worth $100 million.
He'll now be churning out episodes for the studio until 2012.
Read all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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Merrick here...
I really don't like FAMILY GUY much...at all. I find it frequently smarmy and consistently abrasive. Sometimes I smile at it, but I rarely laugh. Guess it's not my thing.
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I am – Hercules!!
Sunday night’s “Star Wars” edition of “Family Guy” was the series’ highest-rated installment since returning to Fox in 2005, and a parody of “The Empire Strikes Back” “seems likely,” a Fox source tells TV Week’s James Hibberd exclusively.
(Producers will likely first want to secure again the cooperation of Lucasfilm -- which allowed the use of the original sound effects and John Williams’ music but requested that the show tone down the Luke and Leia incest jokes, among other changes.)
The same piece suggests the “Star Wars” parodies could become an annual tradition much like the “Simpsons” Halloween specials.
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Squandering much of the good will engendered by the franchise’s silver-screen debut, “The Simpsons”19.1 is mired like so many of the series' 21st century episodes in bizarre comedic misfires (Homer puts lotion on a firearm! Homer makes Lionel Ritchie gratuitously insert the word “beer” into his lyrics! Otto rides a giant tortoise naked!) destined to keep discerning viewers away at least one more season. The best part of the installment is its homage -- in an all-new title sequence -- to "The Simpsons Movie." Which is then immediately forgotten as Homer employs a pair of bowling shoes in a quest to overcome his festering envy of Monty Burns’ private jet. Stephen Colbert, who has already provided the voices of better characters like Professor Impossible, Tek Jensen and Ace of the Ambiguously Gay Duo, tonight turns up as Colby Krause, a not-very-good life-coach.
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Much controversy was precipitated in April 2006, when “South Park’s” “Cartoon Wars” episodes posited that the Fox sitcom “Family Guy” was written by mindless sea mammals.
In this column’s talkbacks, some “Family Guy” proponents even went so far as to insist that Trey Parker and Matt Stone actually loved “Family Guy” and the episodes portraying the “Guy” writers as manatees represented only good-natured ribbing. Those talkbackers may have missed Exclaim!’s June 2005 exchange with “South Park” masterminds Trey Parker and Matt Stone:
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I am - Hercules!!
The Parents Television Council chooses "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "Three Wishes," "American Idol" and "The Ghost Whisperer" as its "best shows for family viewing."
(Who knew that William Hung shaking his hips and si
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a short report on the goings on during the FAMILY GUY dvd movie panel from this past weekend's Comic-Con. I wish I could have been there, but I was stuck interviewing hot blondes. Woh is me, right' Anyway, I wish I coul
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I am - Hercules!!
It's called "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story," an unrated 83-minute epic. It follows the title character as a near-death experience inspires him to find his real father.
Guest stars lending their voices to the affair i
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a look at some of the upcoming goodies for all us FAMILY GUY fans out there concerning the next season. I'm a huge, huge FAMILY GUY fan... matter of fact, I just recently picked up Mutant Stewie and Quagmire toys that a
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May 1, 2005!!
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Ahoy, squirts! A very happy Quint here with a report from one of the many legions of spies that Harry draws to him. Much like the moon controlling the waves (and werewolves), Knowles has a power over a segment of the world's population. Must be his h
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Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
"Julius Funkenstein" wrote in to rant about animated comedies in general and FAMILY GUY in particular. Let's see what he has to say. Be forewarned... I think he's drunk. He was l
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