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Seth MacFarlane

After 22 Seasons, Is It Time to End ‘Family Guy’?

Animation Deflation

The series’ midseason premiere found Seth MacFarlane’s flagship animated sitcom struggling to amuse (and offend) like it used to.

Charles Bramesco | Published Mar 07, 2024

How Did the ‘Ted’ TV Show Get So Popular?

HORNIER THAN THE AVERAGE BEAR

The first big show of the year is here, and it’s half-disgusting, half-brilliant—and exactly what we need right now.

Fletcher Peters | Published Jan 24, 2024

The Worst Award Show Hosts of All Time

BIGGEST BOMBS

How will Anthony Anderson fare hosting this year’s Emmy Awards? Hopefully better than Jo Koy, Seth MacFarlane, and Dave Letterman before him.

Fletcher Peters, Allegra Frank | Published Jan 14, 2024

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‘Ted’ Is as Filthy, Offensive, and—God Help Us—Funny as Ever

HE’S BACK

The foul-mouthed, bigoted, horny talking teddy bear that first shocked audiences into laughter in 2012 is back in a new series that, even in this climate, manages to somehow work.

Nick Schager | Published Jan 11, 2024

How Bill Nye and Seth MacFarlane Teamed Up to Save the World

BILL! BILL! BILL!

In his six-part docuseries “The End Is Nye,” our fave Science Guy games out unspeakable doomsday scenarios—with a little help from his EP, “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane.

Laura Bradley | Published Aug 23, 2022

Seth MacFarlane Reveals Fox News-Inspired COVID Vaccine PSA

‘NOT A TUCKER GUY’

The “Family Guy” creator joked that he “saw everyone else at Fox Corp doing their part to get good science out there” and thought “we’ve got to do something.”

Matt Wilstein | Published Sep 21, 2021

Seth MacFarlane Still Wishes ‘Family Guy’ Were Not on Fox

WHAT THE DEUCE?

MacFarlane’s marriage with the network is not working, he says: “The sex is only once a year, I don’t get along with your mother, and well… I’ve been having an affair with NBC.”

Laura Bradley | Published Aug 02, 2021

Seth MacFarlane Calls Out Oprah Over ‘Pseudoscience’

NOT HOLDING BACK

In a new interview, the “Family Guy” creator denounces Winfrey for boosting Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, and Jenny McCarthy.

Matt Wilstein | Published Apr 22, 2020

‘Loudest Voice’ First Trailer Shows Russell Crowe as Ailes

IT’S HERE

With glimpses of Naomi Watts as Gretchen Carlson, the Fox News host who tanked Ailes’ career with sexual-harassment allegations.

Andrew Kirell | Published Apr 16, 2019

TV Icons ‘Disgusted’ to Work With Same Company as Fox News

‘EMBARRASSED’

Seth MacFarlane, Judd Apatow, Steve Levitan, and other writers, producers, and actors are ashamed to be even remotely associated with Fox News over the right-wing net’s remarks.

Maxwell Tani | Published Jun 19, 2018

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