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Seth MacFarlane Has Stewie Throwing a Lot of Punches For Family Guy
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has created his very own YouTube channel to beg the question: Where's My Emmy?. (First of all, Seth, this is the first time Family Guy has been nominated for best comedy series, so take it easy). Anyway, the website has been rolling out video clips showing Stewie and Brian arguing over the nominees for best comedy series, taking digs at each of the shows.
Is Family Guy the Best Animated Primetime Comedy on TV?
There was a bit of a gasp heard yesterday when the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations were announced and Family Guy was listed, right alongside shows like 30 Rock and Entourage, in the Outstanding Comedy Series category. It's a triumphant moment for all animated comedies everywhere to be recognized even this much by the Emmys. But as cool as this is (and it really is cool), I have to wonder: is Family Guy the animated show most worthy of an Emmy nomination?
Buzz News Roundup, 3/25
- Freida Pinto has joined the cast of Miral, written by The Diving Bell and the Butterfly's Julian Schnabel. — Variety
- George Lopez will have a late-night talk show on TBS starting in the Fall. — AP
- Speaking of late-night, Chelsea Handler has signed a deal to stay at E!
Link Time! 2/17
- You can now bid on this cheese costume — and lots of other parts of the Late Night With Conan O'Brien set. — TV Squad
- These Watchmen cupcakes are so cool (and tasty-looking . .
Buzz Gift Guide: A Bounty For Boys
Welcome back to my Buzz Gift Guide series for all the entertainment lovers in your life. On Monday I dug up some gifts for the little ones in your life and today I'm brainstorming ideas for the teenage dudes in your world who are pop culture sponges.
If I had a teenage brother I'd insist he own a complete set of Indiana Jones DVDs including (but more importantly, not limited to) this year's fourth addition to the franchise.
Buzz News Roundup, 6/2
- According to ComingSoon, Dawson's Creek's Kerr Smith will join the cast of the 3-D remake of My Bloody Valentine.
- Rock legend Bo Diddley died today at the age of 79, writes Billboard.
- ABC's Life on Mars adaptation is looking pretty troubled already, according to the LA Times, though it's the network's only new drama for the Fall.
- The Hollywood Reporter announced that Bryce Dallas Howard will replace Charlotte Gainsbourg in the fourth Terminator installment.
- American Idol winner David Cook's recording deal is official, and he's still setting all kinds of iTunes records, USA Today reports.
- Variety reports that Family Guy will compete as a regular comedy at the Emmys — not just an animated one — for the first time.
- Katharine McPhee and Wes Bentley are set to star together in the indie psychological drama The Storyteller, reports ComingSoon.
Fox Announces Family Guy Spinoff: Cleveland
It looks like Cleveland Brown, neighbor to Family Guy's Peter Griffin, will be the star of his own show. Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane, along with Cleveland's voice actor Mike Henry and former Simpsons writer Rich Appel are collaborating on the project, tentatively titled Cleveland.
As Hollywood Reporter puts it, "Cleveland, who plays off black stereotypes, is the most levelheaded among Griffin's trio of friends."
Family Guy Without Its Creator, and More Strike News
It's day 10 of the Hollywood writers' strike, and people — from Family Guy's creator to blogging writers from Late Show with David Letterman's staff — are starting to get punchy. Here are some of the recent developments:
- Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is not pleased that Fox is planning to complete written episodes of the show without his input, calling it "a colossal d*ck move" by the network. He admits, though, that Fox is within its legal rights to do so.
- There's a report that Letterman will pay his staff out of his own pocket through the end of the year.
- Ellen DeGeneres, who's been under fire for crossing picket lines, has canceled plans to tape her show in New York next week.
- What we'll be watching if the strike continues: a whole lot of game shows and a Supernanny spinoff called Supermanny.
- There's a small (so far) movement to send unsharpened pencils to the networks.
- This new blog tracks strike-related job losses.
- The studio executives have said they don't know how much money there is to be made online, but this video currently making the rounds would, um, strongly suggest otherwise.
TV Tonight: Family Guy
From the way Fox is celebrating Family Guy tonight, you'd almost never know the network was once responsible for canceling the show. Eight years after its premiere, the show has finally reached the 100-episode mark, and Fox is going all-out — first with a retrospective of the greatest moments in Family Guy history, then with a special episode called "Stewie Kills Lois."
The retrospective promises to showcase some of the best musical numbers, cutaway gags, and spoofs of Family Guy to date, but the main event is the 100th episode itself.
TV Tonight: "Family Guy" Takes on Star Wars
Three of Fox's animated series — "Family Guy," "The Simpsons" and "King of the Hill" — return tonight with their season premieres. I'm pretty excited for "The Simpsons" 19th (yes, that's nineteenth) season opener, especially considering it has a Spider Pig cameo. But the one that really has my interest is "Family Guy" because of its long-awaited Star Wars parody, "Blue Harvest."
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