Family Guy

(1999 - Present)

Network:FOX
Genres:Comedy, Animation
Created by 25-year-old wunderkind Seth MacFarlane, the weekly, half-hour cartoon series Family Guy shamelessly -- and hilariously -- exploited the nothing sacred, anything goes TV animation field fostered by such earlier trailblazers as The Simpsons and South Park. Set in Quahog, a suburb of Providence, RI, the series' main characters were the Griffin family: dad Peter, an impulsive fathead who worked at a local toy factory and who turned Read More...

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Network TV Audience Has Fallen And It Can't Get Up
It's rare for TV viewers to care about demographics. But this is a killer. A new report from research firm Magna Global shows that the network TV More... Published June 30, 2008 juliet
Emmy Semi-Finalists Announced
In what's either a thrilling new sign of openness in its voting procedures or a naked attempt to whip up hype, the Academy of Television Arts and More... Published June 26, 2008 juliet
Lunchtime Reading
The N.Y. Times is surprised to find that advertisers are now comfy using edgy characters like the Griffins of "Family Guy" in More... Published June 19, 2008 juliet
Animation Domination: Family Guy Vs. The Office?
All those years "The Simpsons" was the best comedy on television, or second only to "Seinfeld," it never won an Emmy nomination More... Published June 02, 2008 juliet