Tag Archives: Family Guy
FAMILY GUY Honored with Comedy Emmy Nom
According to AWN, FAMILY GUY is the first animated series in 50 years to transcend the cartoon barrier and get a Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy. This will stack the animated show against the best of TV this year; FLIGHT … Continue reading
FX Picks Up More ARCHER
According to The Hollywood Reporter, FX has ordered episodes of a new cartoon comedy tentatively called ARCHER. This animated series will be return to animation for the channel after a 10 dry-spell. ARCHER is an adult comedy about a secret … Continue reading
CLEVELAND for 2nd Season…Already?
In a gutsy move, Fox had ordered a second session of the FAMILY GUY spinoff CLEVELAND even before it’s debut. That will bring the episode count up to 35, scheduled to air fall of this year. According to The Hollywood … Continue reading
NEIGHBORS FROM HELL Move In
Variety reports that the cable channel TBS has just greenlit a new animated series from 20th Century Fox TV. This will be the first time the channel has delved into the world of animation, but they want to develop programing to … Continue reading
No ‘Cleveland’ in ’08
Variety reports that Fox has pushed back The Cleveland Show‘s premiere date until fall of next year. When Fox first announced publicly a late Spring premiere for Cleveland, no one internally expected it to happen since the new show would … Continue reading
End of ‘King of the Hill’
According to The Hollywood Reporter, King of the Hill is finally reaching the end of its run. King‘s had previous brushes with cancellation, but has alwasy managed to fight for another season. In April, Fox picked up 13 more episodes … Continue reading
Russia says “Stop” to South Park
The Hollywood Reporter says that the Russian channel 2×2 has suspended broadcasting of “South Park” and other shows due to treats of loss of its broadcast license. “The channel disagrees with the experts’ decision (on the content of ‘South … Continue reading
Emmy Nominees Announced
The nominees for the 2008 Emmy’s have been announced. ANIMATED PROGRAM (less than one hour) “Creature Comforts America” – (“Don’t Choke To Death, Please”) (CBS) “King Of The Hill” – (“Death Picks Cotton”) (Fox) “Robot Chicken” – (“Robot Chicken: Star … Continue reading
Scribes Support “Sit Down, Shut Up” Writers
Ryan Ball over at Animation Magazine writes that animation producers and writers are coming to the defense of Sony’s “Sit Down, Shut Up” writers who recently walked off the job until Sony grants them a WGA contract. This is the … Continue reading
