Seth MacFarlane, creator of The Family Guy, has been known to call celebrities out and predict public scandals over the years. In an interview at the Fox’s Television Critics Association press tour, MacFarlane said, “I think the myth that Family Guy is this Kreskin-like prognosticator of this kind of stuff is a little sensationalized… It’s […]
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- 1/8/2018
- by awilliams
- Uinterview
Family Guy has been credited with calling out wrongdoers and anticipating scandals long before they erupt in the headlines, but show creator Seth MacFarlane clarified Thursday that this isn't exactly the case.
"I think the myth that Family Guy is this Kreskin-like prognosticator of this kind of stuff is a little sensationalized," he said during Fox's portion of the Television Critics Association press tour. "It's interesting that [with respect to] the narrative that's been decided by others, the idea that Family Guy is this cartoon Ouija Board that predicts these things.
"I think the myth that Family Guy is this Kreskin-like prognosticator of this kind of stuff is a little sensationalized," he said during Fox's portion of the Television Critics Association press tour. "It's interesting that [with respect to] the narrative that's been decided by others, the idea that Family Guy is this cartoon Ouija Board that predicts these things.
- 1/5/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Seth MacFarlane didn’t mean to interject “Family Guy” into the Kevin Spacey sexual harassment scandal, but the show has been lauded since then for its predictions when it comes to disgraced Hollywood stars. Nonetheless, the executive producer said he thinks the show’s role in anticipating such scandals has been overblown.
“I think the myth that ‘Family Guy’ is this Kreskin-like prognosticator of this kind of stuff is a little sensationalized,” MacFarlane said during Fox’s portion of the Television Critics Association press tour. “I remember, when [the joke] was pitched, that rumor was that was a rumor that I actually had not heard, and other people in the writers’ room had. And it had to be sort of explained to me, ‘Oh, there’s this rumor that’s going around.'”
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“I think the myth that ‘Family Guy’ is this Kreskin-like prognosticator of this kind of stuff is a little sensationalized,” MacFarlane said during Fox’s portion of the Television Critics Association press tour. “I remember, when [the joke] was pitched, that rumor was that was a rumor that I actually had not heard, and other people in the writers’ room had. And it had to be sort of explained to me, ‘Oh, there’s this rumor that’s going around.'”
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- 1/5/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Good news today, in that the NFL lockout is over so we are no longer in danger of spending the next six months absent regular displays of large men running into each other. Really, though, it is good news because it means we won't have to resort to watching Ncaa football which is wonderful in its own way but frustratingly drawn out and unresolved when it comes to the post-season. Sort of like the end of Lord of the Rings, book or movie version. Unfortunately the pre-season opening game between the Bears and the Rams has been pushed back to August 7th which affects... oh right nothing! Because it's pre-season. Anyway, come September 8th regular season "Monday Night Football" will be making its triumphant and much hoped for reappearance in Pajiba After Dark. Until there, here's your Monday night TV:
8:00pm: "The Bachelorette" on ABC
"Basketball Wives" on VH...
8:00pm: "The Bachelorette" on ABC
"Basketball Wives" on VH...
- 7/25/2011
- by Intern Rusty
Established 1974! Our news column awaits Halloween’s arrival.
Updates
CBS Consumer Products and Mad Science are teaming for a Star Trek Live event (which will focus on Kirk and Spock). It’s intended to play theme parks and performing art centers throughout the U.S. and Canada in 2010.
Starlog favorite Eric Braeden (Colossus: The Forbin Project) and Sony Television have settled their differences so Braeden will return to the soap opera The Young And The Restless. He now has a three-year contract.
Monk is winding down its eighth and final season on USA with new episodes every Friday in November. The saga concludes with a two-parter, airing November 27 and December 4, “Mr. Monk and the End.” It’s of note for its guest stars: Dune’s Virginia Madsen and Starship Troopers’ Casper Van Dien.
Sf TV
Tonight (Monday) offers Four new genre entries: Heroes (“Strange Attractions,” NBC, 8 p.m. Est), The Big Bang Theory (CBS,...
Updates
CBS Consumer Products and Mad Science are teaming for a Star Trek Live event (which will focus on Kirk and Spock). It’s intended to play theme parks and performing art centers throughout the U.S. and Canada in 2010.
Starlog favorite Eric Braeden (Colossus: The Forbin Project) and Sony Television have settled their differences so Braeden will return to the soap opera The Young And The Restless. He now has a three-year contract.
Monk is winding down its eighth and final season on USA with new episodes every Friday in November. The saga concludes with a two-parter, airing November 27 and December 4, “Mr. Monk and the End.” It’s of note for its guest stars: Dune’s Virginia Madsen and Starship Troopers’ Casper Van Dien.
Sf TV
Tonight (Monday) offers Four new genre entries: Heroes (“Strange Attractions,” NBC, 8 p.m. Est), The Big Bang Theory (CBS,...
- 10/26/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (David McDonnell)
- Starlog
Do you believe in magic? A couple new movies about washed-up conjurers are asking that question this Spring. Is Anybody There? (out in April) stars Michael Caine as a retired magician who all but puts his tricks away when he moves into a dreary old person's home in rural England—until the son of the home's owners (Son of Rambow's Bill Milner) allows him to believe he might be able to communicate with his deceased wife.
A sunnier tale than John Crowley's dark comedy, The Great Buck Howard, which comes out today, is based on the career of real-life "mentalist" The Amazing Kreskin. It's a coming-of-age comedy and a must-see for John Malkovich fans. Malkovich stars as a haughtier-than-thou entertainer who "evolved out of" mere magic (in his words) at the age of three and achieved renown for his telepathic talents. Sadly, those talents don't draw the crowds they used to.
A sunnier tale than John Crowley's dark comedy, The Great Buck Howard, which comes out today, is based on the career of real-life "mentalist" The Amazing Kreskin. It's a coming-of-age comedy and a must-see for John Malkovich fans. Malkovich stars as a haughtier-than-thou entertainer who "evolved out of" mere magic (in his words) at the age of three and achieved renown for his telepathic talents. Sadly, those talents don't draw the crowds they used to.
- 3/20/2009
- Interview Magazine
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