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Happy birthday Wendy Schaal

Thursday July 2, 2009 by Andy in American Dad news

It’s American Dad‘s Wendy Schaal’s (voice of Francine Smith) birthday today. Happy birthday Wendy from Planet Family Guy!

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Family Guy Volume 7 tops DVD sales

Wednesday July 1, 2009 by Andy in Family Guy news

In the first week of release Family Guy Volume 7 has topped the DVD sales chart for television shows with 273,627 units sold ($7.6 million). HBO’s True Blood was in second place for its fifth week of release with 107,115 units (total 1,099,995 units).

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UK: Stew-roids

Sunday June 28, 2009 by Andy in Family Guy news

The UK première of Stew-roids is on BBC Three tonight at 10pm: Peter takes Stewie to the gym after he gets beaten up by Susie Swanson and Chris dates one of the popular girls at school. American Dad episode American Dream Factory follows at 10.25pm.

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Seth MacFarlane & Cast Scheduled to Appear at San Diego Comic-Con

Thursday June 25, 2009 by Laurie in Family Guy news

As announced by Fox, Seth MacFarlane and cast are set to participate in panel discussions for Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Schedule details are as follows:

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UK: Not All Dogs Go to Heaven

Sunday June 21, 2009 by Andy in Family Guy news

The Star Trek: The Next Generation reunion episode of Family Guy makes its UK début on BBC Three tonight. Catch Not All Dogs Go to Heaven at 10pm, followed by American Dad episode Bush Comes to Dinner at 10.20pm.

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MacFarlane gets recurring role on FlashForward

Saturday June 20, 2009 by Andy in Family Guy news

Seth MacFarlane’s role in new ABC sci-fi series FlashForward has been confirmed by the show’s executive producer, David Goyer, as a recurring part.

According to Goyer Seth MacFarlane had asked if there was a part for him in the show: “Seth called me up. He said ‘I f**king love this script.”

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Zap2it's first impressions of The Cleveland Show

Saturday June 20, 2009 by Rob in The Cleveland Show news

Zap2it have given their first impressions of The Cleveland Show based on the pilot episode. “Henry and Co. have made Cleveland a fully realized character,” reports Zap2it. “Rallo is the Stewie stand-in here and, like his counterpart, gets the most outrageous lines.” However, they point out that The Cleveland Show‘s Family Guy style rapid fire jokes have “a definite hit-and-miss quality to some of them.”

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TV.com: Kill off Meg

Friday June 19, 2009 by Rob in Family Guy news

TV.com have included Family Guy‘s Meg in its Top 10: Characters that need to be killed off list. Here’s TV.com’s anonymous critic’s reasoning:

“Meg’s story lines are boring, her voice is annoying, and do you remember the episode with the shower scene that involved, ‘flossing’? Yuck. Meg is by far the least funny character on Family Guy and ought to start a support group for similar, un-funny characters like Lisa Simpson, Jonathan Bower (Who’s the Boss?) and Tim Meadows. I suppose every surreal comedy show needs a somewhat ‘normal’ character to offset the craziness, but then again, she’s still not funny, so I vote she be fed to giant Iranian goat-eating cockroaches.”

Meg comes in at number 4, with Scrub‘s John “J.D.” Dorian character played by Zach Braff coming in at number 1!

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Family Guy iPhone App

Thursday June 18, 2009 by Mark in Family Guy news

Apple has just launched a Family Guy Themed app for the iPhone. The application, available from Fox Mobile Entertainment, includes 20 clips from the series and allows users to mix up their own Family Guy Videos from these clips. It also features Peter Toss which allows you to toss Peter Griffin through different backgrounds which trigger specific sounds and Stewie Pin Up which allows you to mix and match various body parts of Family Guy Characters. The app is valued at $1.99 and can be purchased from the iTunes store.

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Teen Choice Awards 2009

Tuesday June 16, 2009 by Andy in Family Guy news

Family Guy and American Dad feature on this years Teen Choice Awards nominations list for the Choice TV: Animated Show award alongside The Simpsons, South Park, and SpongeBob SquarePants. The awards celebrate the hottest teen icons in film, television, music, sports, and fashion and you can vote for your favourites on the Teen Choice Awards 2009 website.

The award ceremony airs on Fox August 10th.

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