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On Monday, Seth MacFarlane and his Family Guy team debuted a new short film, intended to increase public awareness and education about the benefits of the Covid-19 vaccine, as well as vaccines in general. As the three-minute piece opens, Peter Griffin is at the doctor’s office, debating getting the shot. Subsequently…

Family Guy‘s entire catalog of past seasons soon will be available only on Disney-owned networks and platforms. Beginning on Sept. 20, comedy-focused FXX and corporate sibling Freeform will become the exclusive cable homes to the series’ reruns from Seasons 1-19. Hulu continues to be the exclusive Family Guy streaming…

In a January 2020 TCA interview with Deadline, Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn spoke about the network’s animation development and production ramp-up as part of “preparing for that day” when the network would say goodbye to The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob's Burgers, but he noted that there was “no immediate…

Around this time every year pre-Covid, Family Guy would be sending out their Emmy mailers, campaigning for awards. This year, the venerable Fox animated series is using its huge popularity for another campaign — to get Americans vaccinated for Covid-19. In a clip that will air during the end credits of Family Guy‘s…

First there was a hilarious “deepfake” video of Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas address. Now, an animated spoof of the annual message has emerged, with a cartoon Prince George joining Her Majesty in an alternative version created by Family Guy producer Gary Janetti. The clip, taken from the forthcoming HBO Max animated…

NBC’s Sunday Night Football ruled the night Sunday with the Pittsburgh-Buffalo game delivering a 3.9 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 14.18 million viewers, with the Bills’ 26-15 victory in the meeting of two of the NFL’s top teams up a tenth early numbers from last week’s game between Denver and Kansas City. As…

Fox’s Family Guy has recast the role of Cleveland Brown with YouTube star Arif Zahir. Mike Henry, who had voiced Brown since the show's inception in 1999, announced in June that he was stepping down from the role. “I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color," Henry, who is white, said…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has locked in two of the tentpoles of its Sunday animation block for two more years. The network has renewed flagship Family Guy for Seasons 19 and 20 and the Emmy-winning Bob’s Burgers for a 12th and 13th season. The two long-running series, along with animated stalwart The Simpsons, come from 20th…

Fox has set September 27 as the fall premiere date for its Sunday animation block that includes Season 32 of The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, Bless the Harts and Family Guy. The news comes ahead of the series’ panels at this week’s Comic-Con@Home event that begins in earnest Thursday. The animation quartet is among the…

Voice actor Mike Henry said Friday on Twitter that he no longer will voice the Cleveland Brown character on Fox's animated Family Guy. Henry, who is white, has voiced the African-American Brown since the show's inception in 1999. He also voiced the character and his son, Rallo Tubbs, on the spinoff, The Cleveland Show…

UPDATED with panel times: Disney Television Studios has set its panel lineup for Comic-Con@Home, the virtual program for San Diego Comic-Con that runs from July 23-26. The panels include veteran animated Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy and The Simpsons as well as first looks for newcomers NeXt and Hoops. The schedule kicks…

The WGA West has reached a $5.25 million settlement with Disney for interest owed on late-paid residuals for five Fox animated series: The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, American Dad! and Futurama. The guild, which says it's the largest interest-only settlement in its history, already has sent checks to…