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Tag: Seth MacFarlane

Does the Oscars host have to be woke? Does the Oscars host have to be funny?
News

Does the Oscars host have to be woke? Does the Oscars host have to be funny?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 7, 2018

I don’t pretend to know what’s in Kevin Hart’s heart or going through his head. The comedy star just threw a “Cowboys and Indians” party …

W. Kamau Bell, Samantha Bee and James Corden take home Creative Arts Emmy Awards
News / TV

W. Kamau Bell, Samantha Bee and James Corden take home Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 11, 2017September 11, 20172

Saturday Night Live was the biggest show winner last weekend during the “creative arts” portion of the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Guest Actor …

Comedy Album of the Year Grammy nominees for 2014-2015
Audio / CDs/DVDs

Comedy Album of the Year Grammy nominees for 2014-2015

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 7, 2015December 7, 2015

The 58th annual Grammy Awards announced the full slate of nominations this morning, and somewhere Nikki Cox is telling her husband told you so. Cox …

Broadcast TV Journalists Association giving Seth MacFarlane the Critics’ Choice Louis XIII Genius Award
TV / Uncategorized

Broadcast TV Journalists Association giving Seth MacFarlane the Critics’ Choice Louis XIII Genius Award

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 18, 2015May 19, 2015

Seth MacFarlane: Genius? If you can convince FOX to reboot Cosmos and teach viewers about space, while also managing to save Family Guy from cancellation, …

Coming in September 2014: An hourlong TV special crossover, “The Simpsons Guy”
TV / Uncategorized

Coming in September 2014: An hourlong TV special crossover, “The Simpsons Guy”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 13, 2014

At FOX’s Upfronts presentation on Monday, network chief Kevin Reilly confirmed that the long-rumored crossover meeting of Animation Domination stalwarts (and rivals?) The Simpsons and …

First look: FOX’s only new sitcom for Fall 2014, “Mulaney” (plus descriptions of three other comedies for midseason in 2015)
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First look: FOX’s only new sitcom for Fall 2014, “Mulaney” (plus descriptions of three other comedies for midseason in 2015)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 12, 2014May 12, 20141

FOX is not going to let animation dominate Sunday nights any longer in 2014. Sure, there will be three looney toons on the night this …

American Dad! moving from FOX to TBS in 2014 for its 11th season
TV / Uncategorized

American Dad! moving from FOX to TBS in 2014 for its 11th season

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 17, 20131

Here’s a switch: A sitcom cancellation and pickup on a new network, all in the same press release. American Dad!, one of Seth MacFarlane’s animated …

TV / Uncategorized

Comedy Headlines for 5/24/13

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 24, 2013May 24, 2013

What’s making news in the comedy world this week… Sundance Channel (with EW magazine) is bringing The Writers Room to TV this summer, beginning July …

Mike Judge brings Hank and “King of the Hill” for a “Family Guy” crossover
TV / Uncategorized

Mike Judge brings Hank and “King of the Hill” for a “Family Guy” crossover

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 15, 20131

Holy animation domination crossovers! In another blink-and-you-missed-it, and yet slightly longer than that, moments on Family Guy, the animation legend behind Beavis and Butt-Head and …

In Memoriam: Phyllis Diller paid tribute to the Oscars; Oscars fail to return the favor
Movies / TV / Uncategorized

In Memoriam: Phyllis Diller paid tribute to the Oscars; Oscars fail to return the favor

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 26, 2013February 26, 20132

Phyllis Diller, who died in 2012 at the age of 95, helped blaze a trail for generations of funny women not only in stand-up comedy, …

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