Recent Family Guy news articles:

jd360Acrobat posted on rr.ps2.ign.com 6 months ago:

Family Guy Game

I am a huge fan of family guy and when I played this game I thought I was playin an arcade game with good slightly better graphics.Firstly this game has absolutely no relavance to the show nothing that funny,nothing that special and nothing that stands out.The only reason anyone would bother getting this if and only if you love family guy.

The problems begin with the graphics they hardly seem like the actual characters,if you take a look at Peter he always pulls the same face and his testicle chin is a lot worse looking.Another problem is that this game never sets and standard with anything of a descent challenge.The only possible challenge is trying not to die in rediculous combat.For example you may get infuriated with having to start that boss fight again all because he keeps nipping at you at bad points.

Another problem is the types of gameplay which their are 3 Peter goes into fighting,Brian is stealthy and Stewie is on 3rd person shooter.Each of them fail in being that great of a challenge but I have to praise the Stewie levels to be the most unique because their are quite challenging levels and a competetive bossfight.Possibly the worst thing about this game is that it is not original it continuously copy's things from the show and their is little difference between the game and the show.Even the story doesn't introduce anything new.Now I have to praise the game for the powers and costumes that each peter and stewie haver prospectively and their are brief mini games which while tedious adds a bit of depth.

The sound is from the cast but the repetetive voices from the characters grind and it fails to be more diverse

Overall this game is bad news especially for any non family guy fan.Anyone that gets this game be prepared to suffer the dire gameplay and repetetive annoying phrases from characters.I must say I liked it but I did recognise the flaws and unfortunatly this doesn't give me any incentive to drive this score up.

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Hollywood Reporter posted on hollywoodreporter.com 6 months ago:

'Family Guy' writers sue Fox

Seth MacFarlane and 15 other "Family Guy" scribes, including Alex Borstein, sued 20th Century Fox TV April 10 in Santa Monica, claiming breach of contract and deceit.

The writers claim Fox has violated the WGA contract for not paying them for 12 minutes of additional footage they wrote for the 2005 DVD "Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story." They also claim Fox failed to give them proper on-screen writing credit for the project. A Fox TV spokesman declined to comment on the lawsuit.

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World Screen News posted on worldscreen.com 6 months ago:

Family Guy, American Dad Creator Set for Promax/BDA Keynote

Seth MacFarlane, the award-winning animator and actor behind FOX’s popular comedies Family Guy and American Dad, has been confirmed as the creative keynote speaker at this year’s Promax/BDA Conference, set for June 17 to 19 in New York.



Announcing the latest addition to the Promax/BDA lineup, the organization’s president, Jonathan Block-Verk, noted: “Seth is a remarkable talent and a catalyst for change within the television industry. Through his characters and his own experience, he has a voice that is welcome, a point of view that is relevant and an approach that connects with our audience both as professionals and fans. He continually forces us to question the status quo and provide alternatives to everyday dreck. In the nearly ten years he’s been on air, he has dedicated himself to art, creativity and storytelling—precisely the elements that move, motivate and empower the Promax/BDA constituency.”



MacFarlane joins a roster that also includes Reverend Jesse Jackson; Nicholas Negroponte; Hustler TV’s president, Michael Klein; and James Lipton, the executive producer, writer and host of Inside the Actors’ Studio.


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2SNAPS.TV posted on 2snaps.tv 7 months ago:

Eliza Dushku Dates Family Guy Creator Seth MacFarlane

Hottie Eliza Dushku has managed to keep a low profile and her private life is practically…private! But not for long…

OK! learned the 27-year-old star, famous for her role as Faith on TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has been dating Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Fox hits Family Guy and American Dad.

Buffy the Lesbian Slayer

"They met through mutual friends," a source close to the new couple tells OK!.

"They're enjoying each other's company so far. He makes her laugh a lot and she really enjoys good laughs and good conversation."

This is an interesting couple indeed. But I actually hope they work out. Dushku seems like a genuinely good person. And MacFarlane? He seems like he has a good sense of humor and loads of cash.
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Conrad Walters posted on smh.com.au 7 months ago:

Family Guy

Amusing but the gene pool is so diluted it's hard to summon a real laugh.

What makes adult animation succeed, as this occasionally does, is merciless subversion. Tonight's menu has no shortage of targets: macho moustaches, unintelligible music lyrics, artery-clogging fast food, stem cell research, animal rights and (take a breath) the Holocaust. Ricardo Montalban guest stars as an eloquent spokesbull for a bovine concentration camp called Dacow.

I can't help but ponder, though, how different are this mum, dad and three kids from the mum, dad and three kids of The Simpsons or American Dad?

The latter is almost understandable; it shares a creator and a voice in the form of Seth MacFarlane. However, animated comedy also depends on surprise - which is why we can still smile at Homer Simpson after two decades, even if we rarely laugh out loud any more.

This amuses but the gene pool is so diluted it's hard to summon a real laugh. Without that, we may as well watch any one of the endless police procedural clones that litter the airwaves.
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