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Television Family Guy

*rubs eyeballs*

Tara???? I thought you died and fell off the face of the earth!! Good to see your still around. Hit me up sometimes, its been awhile.
 
Family Guy UPDATE!

Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 8:58 AM
Production Begins on Revived 'Family Guy'
By Brian Ford Sullivan


CHICAGO (thefutoncritic.com) -- After four months of rumblings, production has officially restarted on the short-lived animated series "Family Guy," the show's distributor, 20th Century Fox Television, confirmed this week.

At least 22 new installments are scheduled to be produced for its revived fourth season, which will debut in early 2005. Cartoon Network, the home of "Family Guy's" off-network run, has signed on to broadcast the new episodes however FOX, which originally ran the series from 1999-2002, has the option to air the episodes first. In either case, the episodes will eventually make their way to the cable channel.

Overall, the studio expects as many as 40 new episodes to be produced over the course of its new production run, the idea being to get enough episodes in the can to sell the series to local stations across the country. 50 installments were produced during its initial run, meaning an addition 40 would put in well within the target range of most syndication packages.

"There was never any question that this show was wildly successful creatively, but it didn't draw a broad enough audience to justify sticking on the network," 20th Century Fox Television president Gary Newman told Daily Variety. "But we've found a way to capitalize on the incredibly loyal and fanatical base of enthusiasts for the show."

"It's really astonishing," added creator Seth MacFarlane. "We all kind of mused when it was canceled that it would be funny to have a fate like 'Star Trek,' where you go three years, get canceled and then explode in reruns. We never thought that would happen, but then, here we are."

As previously noted (read the story), "Family Guy's" revival is chiefly attributed to its strong DVD sales - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment indicates more than 2.2 million units have been sold of "Family Guy's" two DVD volumes - as well as its stellar viewership as part of Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim" lineup where it regularly beats NBC's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and CBS' "The Late Show With David Letterman" in the heavily coveted demographic of men 18-24.

20th is banking on future DVD sales of the new episodes and additional syndicated revenue to offset the significant cost of producing the show. The studio also confirmed that the budget for the series has been cut by 10%. MacFarlane nevertheless indicates the reduction won't have a major impact on the show and Seth Green, Alex Bornstein and Mila Kunis are in talks to reprise their roles. MacFarlane, along with "Family Guy" veterans Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman, are also hard at work on "American Dad," an animated pilot presentation at FOX.

Lastly, Newman was also quick to indicate that it's unlikely other canceled shows will follow in the footsteps of "Family Guy" and return to the small screen: "In no way should anyone think this is a template for the future," he said. "A successful DVD life does not justify production costs. What it does suggest is those of us on the supplier side of the business have to be open to unique shows and situations."
 
Good to hear.
FG is the definite exception. I'm looking forward to this fourth season very much. The show has elevated itself to another level after the second season. So very random. I love it. The replay-value on this show is most high, hook up the DVD's if you haven't already - semi-fan or just curious.
 
Family Guy is good, but both South Park and the Simpsons are better and will be remembered a lot longer...
 
There is some truth in that though given the right time and exposure I don't see why Family Guy can't reach the same status as South Park or The Simpsons. To be remembered to the extent of South Park at the very least.
There are still many, many people that don't know what the hell "Family Guy" is. I have a feeling it might be one of those shows that people will start to get into fairly late in its "life" and thus we can expect to see the seasons played over and over again - not a bad thing - though I wouldn't expect this for a number of years yet.


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It made a big splash at first, then was deeply criticized for its generally crude animation and writing, but I think the third season was really the beginning of it finding its pace... these last two or three seasons have been exceptionally good and I think are really some of the funniest stuff on television.

I've definitely been a fan since the beginning but I like it much more now with the more pointed satirical and politically conscious humor. Plus the characters have developed in interesting ways.

Family Guy is damn funny but there is little character development. It just seems like a collection of random happenings thinly held together by a flimsy plot. Though, for me at least, Brian makes the show.
 
the simpsons have been on the air for fifteen seasons, and they are the exact same people they've always been.

i would like to know how you think the characters have developed in south park, though. i don't watch enough of it to have discovered such traits.
 
Watch an episode of the Simpsons from season one and then one from the mid-seasons (4 - 8) and then one from the latest season. The characters look the same but are represented in a substantially different way.

Homer has become less crude, Marge more independent, Lisa more confident, and Bart less like a juvenile deliquent.

South Park on the other hand changes episode to episode. The early episodes had very flat representational characters, whereas now the characters are more "humanized" with multiple sides to their personality (ex: Cartman showing a sensitive side at points then contrasted with his uber-Hitlerian tendencies).
 
hooray! this news makes me happy enough to post in this forum I hate (mourns for VPA).
 
Family Guy Appreciation Thread

I think lois is hot, my favorite episode is method over madness where she gets naked
 
hi soft parade, welcome to bluelight. please do a search before you post a new thread, as a whole bunch of threads already exist for this:

http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=108590
http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=108169 (new episodes)
http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=121869 (trivia)
http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=121866 (film)

there's also another thread about its 2005 return: http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=132707
 
Family Guy Live!- A Theatrical Production

I bet this is hilarious. Too bad it's not touring nationally. :(

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A Flesh-and-Blood "Family Guy"
Wednesday March 16 7:50 PM ET

By Josh Grossberg

Before he takes over the world, Stewie Griffin is setting his sights on the boards.

The Machiavellian animated tot and the rest of his Family Guy clan could soon be appearing live in a venue near you.

Show mastermind Seth MacFarlane is teaming with 20th Century Fox Television and Just for the Laughs, the folks behind the Montreal Comedy Festival, to produce a theatrical stage production of the animated comedy titled Family Guy Live!

The show, billed as a two-hour, multimedia extravaganza, will feature the flesh-and-blood cast behind the 'toon Griffin family: MacFarlane (who voices several characters, including portly patriarch Peter, gin-swilling pooch Brian and would-be megalomaniac Stewie), Alex Borstein (wife Lois), Seth Green (son Chris), Mila Kunis (daughter Meg) and Mike Henry (pal Cleveland, among others).

The actors will read from a classic episode, take part in a Q&A and perform a musical number from the upcoming Family Guy Lie in Vegas comedy album. They will also preview the first new Family Guy episode in three years. (By now you know the story: Thanks to huge DVD sales, Fox resurrected the Emmy-winning 'toon and will launch new shows beginning May 1.)

"It's such a rich property, every episode involves comedy and music and the content presented an opportunity to do it as a stage show in a way in which other shows would not be as interesting to watch," says Fox spokesman Chris Alexander.

Family Guy Live! is scheduled to premiere with two performances at Los Angeles' Wiltern Theater on Apr. 15 followed by four shows at New York City's Town Hall on Apr. 29 and 30. Tickets go on sale Friday.

The show has its roots in last July's Montreal Comedy Festival, where at the urging of fest organizers, the actors convened for a staged reading and Q&A session.

"It all started way back when with a discussion with Just for Laughs about what Fox could showcase at their comedy fest last summer," says Alexander. "Family Guy came up because we were on the verge of announcing it was going to return to production and we knew it had this incredibly ravenous fan base with people buying the DVD and watching in large numbers on the Cartoon Network."

With his roots in theater and stand-up, MacFarlane was keen on the idea of a live performance, and the experiment was a huge success.

"It went over much more successfully than anyone ever thought it would, which is sort of the story of this show in a way," he told Daily Variety. "It turned into much more than a [stage] reading."

Joining MacFarlane and the cast will be writers Ricky Blitt and Steve Callaghan.

Because of the show's arduous production schedule, Alexander says Family Guy Live! can only be performed during the show's hiatus, limiting its potential to tour nationwide.

Plus, the increasingly busy MacFarlane is still doing voice-over work for his other Fox 'toon, American Dad, and is preparing to make his big-screen directorial debut on the Spyglass comedy Family Union, about a guy who goes home to visit his twisted family every five years.

"The chance always exists" to do more Family Guy Live! shows, says Alexander. "For now we're taking it slow and seeing how it does. But if it makes sense financially and the actors are willing, we'll keep it up."
 
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