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Family Guy is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian. The show is set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island, and exhibits much of its humor in the form of cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture.
The family was conceived by MacFarlane after developing two animated films, The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve. MacFarlane redesigned the films' protagonist, Larry, and his dog, Steve, and renamed them Peter and Brian, respectively. MacFarlane pitched a seven-minute pilot to Fox on May 15, 1998. The show was given the green light and started production. Shortly after the third season of Family Guy aired in 2001, Fox canceled the series, Putting the series to a 2-year hiatus. However, favorable DVD sales and high ratings for syndicated reruns on Adult Swim convinced the network to renew the show in 2004.
Family Guy has been nominated for 12 Primetime Emmy Awards and 11 Annie Awards, and has won three of each. In 2009, it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, the first time an animated series was nominated for the award since The Flintstones in 1961. Family Guy has also received criticism, including unfavorable comparisons for its similarities to The Simpsons.
Many tie-in media have been released, including Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, a straight-to-DVD special released in 2005; Family Guy: Live in Vegas, a soundtrack-DVD combo released in 2005, featuring music from the show as well as original music created by MacFarlane and Walter Murphy; a video game and pinball machine, released in 2006 and 2007, respectively; since 2005, six books published by Harper Adult based on the Family Guy universe; and Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy (2010), a series of parodies of the original Star Wars trilogy. In 2008, MacFarlane confirmed that the cast was interested in producing a feature film and that he was working on a story for a film adaptation. A spin-off series, The Cleveland Show, premiered on September 27, 2009, as a part of the "Animation Domination" lineup on Fox. The eighth season of Family Guy premiered the same night. Family Guy holds a TV-PG and TV-14 rating, with the latter being used more often.
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Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green (born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, comedian and television producer. He is known for his acting roles as Doctor Evil's son Scott in the Austin Powers series of comedy films and Daniel "Oz" Osbourne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He voices the character of Chris Griffin on Family Guy, and is the co-creator and producer of the stop motion comedy series Robot Chicken. Green appeared in several other movies, such as Rat Race, The Italian Job, and, as a child, Stephen King's It. Green was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Barbara (née Gesshel), an artist, and Herb Green, a math teacher. His first glimpse of fame occurred the moment he was born, as his birth was used in a pamphlet on natural child birth. Green was brought up Jewish and played a 1940s Jew in Woody Allen's movie Radio Days . In a 2000 interview he said "God is, to me, pretty much an idea. God is, to me, pretty much a myth created over time to deny the idea that we're all responsible for our own actions". |
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Oh, yeah, Drew. I wanna say hi to Lois, Brian, Chris, Stewie, Meg, Joe, Bonnie, Quagmire, Cleveland, Mort, Seamus, Adam West, Dr. Hartman, Bruce, Carter, Babs, Tom Tucker, Angela, Opie, Carl, Herbert, Jillian, Consuela, Giant Chicken, Greased-Up Deaf Guy! |
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— Peter Griffin
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Lois Griffin is a fictional character and is one of the protagonists of the animated comedy series Family Guy and the matriarch of the Griffin family. She is voiced by writer Alex Borstein (pictured) and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family in the 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Lois was created and designed by series creator Seth MacFarlane. MacFarlane was asked to pitch a pilot to the Fox Broadcasting Company based on Larry and Steve, a short made by MacFarlane which featured a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog, Steve. After the pilot was given the green light, The Griffin family appeared on the episode " Death Has a Shadow". Lois is the mother of the Griffin family. With her husband Peter, she has had three children: Meg, Chris, and Stewie. Lois is often portrayed as a stereotypical television mother, despite her admitted drug use, prior gambling addiction and obvious kleptomania. She has appeared in other media relating to Family Guy—including a video game, commercials and books—and inspired an entire line of merchandise. Lois's distinctive New England accent originated from a character in a stage show that Alex Borstein had performed in, which was largely inspired by a relative who grew up in Long Island, New York.
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Tucson Weekly
Thu, 23 May 2013 12:36:56 -0700
Ooooh, man. That...that one stung. I'm not certain we'll be able to make it back, as a community, from a burn of that magnitude. SOMEONE, BUY ALL OF THE ALOE. For those keeping score, that was the second insult lobbed in our direction in the past year ...
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TV Fanatic
Mon, 20 May 2013 00:23:07 -0700
The hour-long finale of Family Guy - a two-parter titled "Road to Vegas; No Country for Old Men" - was a perfect representation of the wild extremes of this season. The first was a darkly-comic adventure with Stewie and Brian in Las Vegas. The second ...
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Guyism
Tue, 21 May 2013 07:15:51 -0700
Family Guy caught some scrutiny when an episode in the season featured Peter Griffin murdering people at a Boston Marathon and converting into a Muslim terrorist. This time, Sunday's episode featured a poorly timed reference to tornadoes in the Midwest.
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Gamenguide
Tue, 21 May 2013 14:45:57 -0700
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane says he will not be hosting next year's Academy Awards. In his place he has recommended Joaquin Phoenix take over hosting duties in 2014. MacFarlane took over hosting duties for the Oscars earlier this year.
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Toronto Star
Sun, 19 May 2013 06:03:07 -0700
Family Guy gets things started with back-to-back episodes at 7 and 7:30 (also Fox at 8 and 8:30), in which Stewie and Brian mess up a time machine trip to Vegas, and Peter gets to play harmonica on a TV talent show. The Simpsons also has back-to-back ...
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Orlando Sentinel (blog)
Fri, 17 May 2013 06:07:02 -0700
"Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane helps "The Simpsons" end its season with a one-hour show at 8 p.m. Sunday on Fox. First, Homer and his pals win the lottery. Then, MacFarlane plays a swinger fascinated by Marge, because they are both fans of a ...
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Deadline.com
Mon, 13 May 2013 13:36:49 -0700
Universal has bought Family Guy writer/producer Andrew Goldberg's comedy pitch, about a guy who gets dumped before his wedding and takes his best man on the unrefundable honeymoon his ex-fiance planned. The pitch was inspired by a true story, but ...
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Huffington Post
Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:12:28 -0700
"Family Guy" parodied another "Family" comedy on Sunday. The open credits for the April 28 episode were done in the style of ABC's "Modern Family," complete with the theme song and picture frames. "Family Guy" recently paid homage to "King of the Hill" ...
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