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FOX Renews Seth MacFarlane's 'American Dad'

editor@buddytv.com — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:23:33 GMT

American Dad, the FOX series created by Seth MacFarlane which has been recently honored with an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program, will continue to follow the twisted adventures of CIA agent Stan Smith in Langley Falls now that FOX has picked up the show for its sixth season.

2009 Emmy Awards: Comedy Predictions

editor@buddytv.com — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:06:37 GMT

The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards are this Sunday at 8pm on CBS. Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, it looks like two shows will have a stranglehold on the night: Mad Men for Drama and 30 Rock for Comedy, both coming in with an overwhelming lead in total nominations.

But will they really prevail. Check out the nominees for the major Emmy Drama categories below and who I think will win, then make your own picks and watch along with me Sunday night.

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HBO, Showtime, ABC Get Plus Points from GLAAD

editor@buddytv.com — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:15:00 GMT

Yet again, HBO is leading the pack for having the most portrayals--and the most positive portrayals--of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LBGT) characters on their shows, according to a report from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, or GLAAD.

The organization's third Network Responsibility Index saw HBO score the highest rating and a "Good" grade, with 42% of its programming featuring LGBT characters. The cable network is home to shows such as True Blood, Entourage and No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, all of which have prominent LGBT characters.

2009 Emmy Nominees: '30 Rock' Rules, 'Family Guy' and Simon Baker Shake Things Up

editor@buddytv.com — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:12:44 GMT

The Emmy nominations were announced this morning, and there were some truly out-of-the-box nominees. Sarah Silverman for Lead Actress in a Comedy for her Comedy Central show? Flight of the Conchords for Comedy Series and Jemaine Clement for Lead Actor? Simon Baker from The Mentalist? And Family Guy for Outstanding Comedy Series? Yeah, these aren't your daddy's Emmys.

Complete List of Nominees >>

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2009 Emmy Fun Facts

editor@buddytv.com — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:32:27 GMT

If you want to impress your friends with weird, arcane bits of Emmy trivia based on today's announcement of the nominees, here are some things you might bring up.

2009 Emmy Nominees>>

-If you add up the total number of nominations for Comedy Series nominees Entourage, Flight of the Conchords, Family Guy, How I Met Your Mother and Weeds, it would equal the total nominations of fellow nominee 30 Rock.

San Diego Comic-Con 2009 Saturday Schedule

editor@buddytv.com — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:55:30 GMT

The Saturday and Sunday Comic-Con schedules were released over the weekend. I thought things would get really good on Saturday, but the list is less than impressive. I suppose with four full days of Comic-Con, you can spread out the really big panels. Once again, below is a list of our picks for the day. Check it out and if you see anything missing, check the full list here.

One thing I'm curious about is the Chuck panel. Why is it at 10am? Doesn't Chuck deserve one of the better time slots? Wouldn't NBC push for a better panel time? Chuck already had some struggles last season, but this season promises to kick-ass and the new kung fu twist is perfect for the Comic-Con fans. I stand perplexed. Either way, it looks like I'll be spending my morning with a donut, cup of coffee and my favorite show Chuck.

Check out our list of picks below.

Check out the other schedules: Thursday Friday Sunday

Five Great Moments in TV Karaoke

editor@buddytv.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:45:59 GMT

When done right, karaoke can be an art unto itself, combining great singing with glorious stage presence. When done wrong, as it is most of the time, it's painful and annoying. While Simon Cowell frequently uses "karaoke singer" as an insult, sometimes the best musical moments come from a person on stage with a microphone and words on a screen.

Karaoke can play a crucial role on television shows. Sometimes it's there for a simple joke, sometimes it provides a chance to show off, and at its best, it's used as a key moment in a character's emotional development.

'Futurama' To Be Resurrected on Comedy Central

editor@buddytv.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:32:30 GMT

Bender and Fry fans rejoice! Futurama is in your future!

Comedy Central has annouced that the network has ordered 26 new (!) episodes of Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's intergalactic cartoon for the 2009-2010 season, 6 years after the show went off air.

Bring to mind another certain cartoon comedy reborn in the face of fan demand? Not surprising, since Comedy Central's parent 20th Century Fox TV are also the people who brought back Family Guy.

FOX Fall Schedule: 'Dollhouse' Renewed, 'So You Think You Can Dance' Season 6

editor@buddytv.com — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:16:05 GMT

Today FOX officially announced its schedule for the 2009-2010 TV season, and some of the changes are huge.?? Aside from the great news that Dollhouse will be coming back for a second season, the other big story is that So You Think You Can Dance, which premieres its fifth season this Thursday, will air in the Fall as well for an immediate sixth season.

The So You Think You Can Dance move is unusual, but helps to balance out the schedule since FOX has American Idol in the Spring.?? It also gives FOX the chance to do direct competition with Dancing with the Stars, a show that in recent seasons has taken several professional from former SYTYCD contestants.

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FOX Animation Season Finale Previews

editor@buddytv.com — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:00:05 GMT

Cartoons on FOX are coming to an end, sort of. It's going to be one exciting season finale Sunday for three of the network's acclaimed animated series. The comedy begins at 8pm with The Simpsons, (then King of the Hill sneaks in with its series finale), followed by Family Guy and finally American Dad.

Tonight's episode of The Simpsons is titled "Coming to Homerica," an obvious parody of the 1988 Eddie Murphy film. Though the series is nearing the end of its 20th season, we won't be surprised if it would return for another run.

Family Guy: More Stewie!

editor@buddytv.com — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:09:05 GMT

Perhaps it is safe to say that Stewie Griffin is easily one of the trickiest, most fascinating characters on Family Guy. The one-year-old with the snotty British accent and the perpetual scowl (Simon Cowell, anyone?) has been a personal favorite of mine because his sense of humor, for the most part, had been a lot more, well, cultivated, than the rest of the Quahog residents who, more often than not, just rely on insufferable pop culture references, attempts at political satire, if not blatant toilet humor.

Take, for instance, the time when Stewie appeared on an MTV Video Music Awards. After reading some lines from 50 Cent's “Wanksta,” he looked into the camera, addressed the rapper, and said, "Well, good luck finding the subject and predicate of that run-on sentence! And what the bloody hell does it mean, "we don't go nowhere without toast"?

TV's Most Unique Families

editor@buddytv.com — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:00:07 GMT

BuddyTV's running a special feature on all of the wonderfully unique families on TV. Within the feature, there's a chance to win a flat-screen TV as well as a couple of Showtime prize packages with DVD sets for Dexter season 2, Penn & Teller: BS! season 5, Californication season 1, The L Word season 5, and The Tudors season 1.

TV families always seem to be more interesting than our own. In fact, they're never normal. At one point or another, we'll all wished to be a part of some imaginary clan. Something deep inside draws us to the craziness, the tenderness or the drama. So we salute all these unique TV families.

FOX-Produced Shows Get Budget Cuts: 'Dollhouse,' '24' Hit

editor@buddytv.com — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:30:00 GMT

All of a sudden, the bad economy comes knocking on our doors, and nobody—not most of us, at least—can't help but give in and start tightening some belts. Television producers are also feeling the pinch, and as ratings and advertising revenues slide, the inevitable's got to happen: budget cuts.

20th Century Fox Television is the latest to order cuts in all production budgets, as tough economic times beckon. This affects all of the shows produced by the banner, from established shows such as 24 and Family Guy, to newer shows such as ABC's Life on Mars, and even to shows that have yet to air, like Dollhouse.

'Family Guy' Gets Into Trouble with Laura Bush?

editor@buddytv.com — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:00:19 GMT

Just how far can an animated cartoon go with its political humor? Apparently, Family Guy is finding out for itself. The series caused quite a stir in the government circuit once again, when several characters mentioned the words “Laura Bush killed a guy!” several times.

On a recent episode, the opening scene featured Quagmire dressed as Napoleon Dynamite, Peter in a Laura Bush costume and Lois as a bleeding man with tire tracks on her chest. She later reveals that she's portraying the guy allegedly killed by the current First Lady of the United States. Viewers raised eyebrows at what happened, wondering which incident the scene was referring to.

Vote Now for Your Favorite Show of 2008

editor@buddytv.com — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:06:39 GMT

The year is almost over, and BuddyTV wants to know which shows were your absolute favorites from 2008. We have a huge Showdown featuring 48 of the top shows of the year, from reality staples like American Idol to smash hits like CSI. You can vote for your favorite cult shows like Supernatural, or a small comedy like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. We have shows still going strong like Grey's Anatomy and shows canceled before their time like Jericho.

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'Family Guy' Mobile Game in the Works

editor@buddytv.com — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMT

On the last episode of Family Guy, Peter had to go back to third grade in order to get that promotion at work (and the executive toilet privilege that came with it). Apparently, she was able to land his job without finishing the grade. In the process, he had to win a spelling bee to sort of fast-track his studies. Meanwhile, Frank Sinatra, Jr. was in Quahog to perform. Yet noticing the lack of audience on the bar where he did, Stewie vowed to turn the club into the next hippest thing in town. One appearance from someone was enough to drive the hordes of people away.

Since there have been no new episodes of Family Guy since a couple of weeks back, the leading global publisher of mobile games Glu Mobile recently announced that they've reached an agreement with Fox Mobile Entertainment for its hit animated series The Family Guy. This comes in the heels of acquiring rights to do a mobile game version for Superman, Batman, The Dark Knight, Hancock, Speed Racer, the Beijing Olympic Games, and sci-fi television series Battlestar Galactica.

'Family Guy' Performs at Carnegie Hall

editor@buddytv.com — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMT

FOX won't air a fresh episode of Family Guy this week. But in the mean time, fans can catch the show's main voice ensemble as they perform at Carnegie Hall on November 24 and 25 for a reading of two episodes, backed by a 40-piece orchestra.

Family Guy centers on a semi-dysfunctional family that lives in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. Peter Griffin takes the center stage as a bumbling obese blue-collar worker while wife Lois is a stay-at-home mother who tends to children Meg, Chris and diabolical infant Stewie. Of course, there's also the talking family dog Brian, who walks on two legs, smokes cigarettes and engages in human conversation.

Family Guy: Preview of "Tales of a Third Grade Nothing"

editor@buddytv.com — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMT

On the last episode of Family Guy, it looked like Brian was screwed for good when the Griffin family found a “new Brian” when Lois pointed out that the family pet was perhaps getting a little old. This happened after Peter and his friends tried doing their own version of Jack Ass, including a very funny scene involving Quagmire's privates and bees.

As it turned out, the “new Brian” was some competition. He played the piccolo to wake Peter and Lois up, listened to Meg's problems, appealed to Peter's gross side, and was friendly even to the old Brian. Eventually, leave it to Stewie to miss Brian (and the way he gets annoyed when he pronounces certain words) and asked him to go back. And when Stewie found out that the new Brian “disrespected” his favorite toy, the new dog found himself dead, in pieces, and in a trash can.

Family Guy: Preview of "The Man with Two Brians"

editor@buddytv.com — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMT

On the last episode of Family Guy, everything's back to normal – no time machines, no Republican Nazi pins. Chris' boss gave Peter unlimited gas so he decided to put it to good use. He tried replacing Stewie's milk with gas or go to space, but these didn't work so they went on a family vacation somewhere. They went to ground zero in New York, and predictably got another chance to make their stance clear on invading Iraq.

Back in Quahog, Stewie made like Macaulay Culkin, home alone, and at one point he had to get a job and use Meg's hats in lieu of diapers. In a very funny sequence, Stewie went into Chris' room, got a copy of some smut magazine, and finally had the chance to get to see a woman's privates, but what he saw alarmed him and put him in a rather violent mood (pictured).

Family Guy: Preview of "Baby Not on Board"

editor@buddytv.com — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMT

The last episode of Family Guy certainly caused a ruckus among the politically conservative with some critics echoing the oft-mentioned “crossing the line” bit. The adorable Stewie and Brian time-traveled to Poland in 1939, the year when Nazi Germany started its campaign for world domination. When they beat up and tried to steal the uniforms of some random Nazi, Stewie noticed something eerily contemporary on his chest – a McCain/Palin campaign button.

Not a lot of Family Guy fans were surprised, however, as it was something they were expected to see on a show like Family Guy. It is said that only South Park reasonably rivals the Seth MacFarlane-helmed series when it comes to boldly going where few cartoons have gone before. On the other hand, its rep’s defense sounded a lot like South Park people said: “The show is an equal opportunity offender.” Fox News insinuated that the reference was to be expected, as MacFarlane is a huge supporter of the Democratic Party. They fail to mention, though, that it was the GOP VP bet who said Obama was “paling around with terrorists.”

Worst TV Politicians: #15 Mayor Adam West, 'Family Guy'

editor@buddytv.com — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Just in time for the election, BuddyTV brings you our list of the 15 worst politicians from TV.

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Mayor Adam West does not deserve to hold any sort of public office. On Family Guy, West is the insane mayor of Quahog who has a strange affinity for cats and once brutally murdered the mascot for a national pizza chain. Nonetheless, the clueless residents of Quahog continue to keep him in office. He also once had an affair with Luke Perry, which is probably he closest thing to a compliment we can give him.

Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane Stands Up for TV Writers

editor@buddytv.com — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:00:12 GMT

Seth Macfarlane wouldn't be the creator of Family Guy and numerous other successes if he wasn't the source of cheeky and subversive comments. That's why this summer's Television Critics Association press tour was marked by the animation maverick's remarks. He managed to crack at President Bush's former chief of staff Karl Rove, and it doesn't seem as though he's stopping anytime soon. On last week's Paley Media Center's Writers Room Panel, Macfarlane was the man who caught the eyes and ears of everyone.

The 34-year-old satirist graced Beverly Hills, California in his black leather jacket and Chucks, matching his very words. He wasted no time raging in support of the Family Guy writers, who were on his side. MacFarlane, who admitted to dislike public speaking, even joked that he was starving and that he had a bottle of Jack Daniel's in his jacket pocket as the only thing to keep him up.

'Family Guy' Says Nazis Love McCain/Palin

editor@buddytv.com — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:15:49 GMT

While Sarah Palin spent the weekend basking in overexposure because of cameo on Saturday Night Live, the FOX animated comedy Family Guy was making a not-so-nice dig at the Alaska governor and her running mate, John McCain.

Sunday's episode featured a time travel road trip with Stewie, Brian and Mort Goldman traveling back to 1939 and the German invasion of Poland. Nazi jokes were plentiful, but one in particular stood out. While dressing in Nazi uniforms for a disguise, Stewie noticed something strange on the shirt: a McCain/Palin button.

'Family Guy' Heads to Carnegie Hall, Uses New Marketing Ad to Promote DVD

editor@buddytv.com — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Variety reports that Seth McFarlane's Family Guy stage show will be featured next month at the Carnegie Hall. Titled “Family Guy Sings!,” the production is set to showcase on November 24 and 25 and will feature the cast of the FOX animated series in a live performance of two uncensored episodes of the show. Additionally, the show will feature musical numbers from different episodes and some material that has never been aired.

The production is backed up by a 40-piece orchestra headed by Family Guy composer Walter Murphy. Additionally, fans will be treated to a preview of The Cleveland Show, Family Guy's spin-off scheduled to air next month.

'Family Guy' Premieres Tonight

editor@buddytv.com — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:00:00 GMT

If you like your animated comedy shows, you better be home tonight, or at least have your TiVo ready.

Four shows are opening their seasons tonight, including the unprecedented 20th run of The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and American Dad. But the most highly anticipated premiere, if observers are to be believed, is Family Guy, which is opening its sixth season with an episode curiously called “Love Blacktually.” Family Guy airs at 9pm on Fox. Details of the episode are behind the cut so if you don't want spoilers, don't click.

Creator Sheds More Light on 'The Cleveland Show'

editor@buddytv.com — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Some pretty interesting details were already revealed regarding the Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show. Apart from the first set of castmembers that includes the likes of Sanna Lathan, Nia Long, Kevin Michael Richardson, what particularly caught people's attention is the bear family that will occupy the house next to the Browns'.

In a recent interview, creator and Cleveland's voice Mike Henry talked about about the highly anticipated bears. Of course, it won't be the first time the Family Guy franchise would feature talking animals. Bryan, the Griffin family dog, talks, and then there's Stewie, who is not an animal but is a crazy, British-sounding toddler who aspires for world domination.