“With the Writers Guild of America strike locking down production of new episodes for most of the television schedule, many shows have gone into reruns. Fox and its related company, 20th Century Fox, which produces Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy series, have decided that the strike will not affect this show.”
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With the Writers Guild of America strike locking down production of new episodes for most of the television schedule, many shows have gone into reruns.
Fox and its related company, 20th Century Fox, which produces Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy series, have decided that the strike will not affect this show.
Seth MacFarlane not only created the show, he is one of its writers and voices a majority of the main cast. When MacFarlane spoke on behalf of writers during the WGA’s picketing of the Fox studios, he declared that production on his show could continue without him if Fox desired.
The first episode of the MacFarlane-less Family Guy is in Fox’s hands, and two more are nearly completed. No word yet on who will replace MacFarlane’s talent on the show during his hiatus.
Family Guy is an animated show that takes place in Quahog, Rhode Island. The Griffin family is the focus, with Peter (MacFarlane) playing a dopey and acerbic father of three kids, Chris (Seth Green), Meg (Mila Kunis) and baby Stewie (MacFarlane).
Peter’s wife, Lois (Alex Borstein), tries to keep peace and somehow still finds Peter’s annoying habits lovable. With the family is Brian (MacFarlane), the high-brow, martini-drinking, talking dog.
The show has little plot, and often is a parody of pop culture and off-the-cuff jokes.
In the early ’90s, Nickelodeon aired a cartoon called The Ren & Stimpy Show. Its popularity was unprecedented for a cable show at the time and its level of violence became a source of controversy with parents and with Nickelodeon.
In 1993, after numerous issues and delays, Nickelodeon fired the show’s creator and voice of the character Ren, John Kricfalusi. The show never regained its level of popularity and was canceled in 1996.
Studios and networks may grow weary of the difficulties of the creator and main voice of any show, but if The Ren & Stimpy Show is any indication, and if the WGA strike continues for too long, Family Guy could suffer the same fate.
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