Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane, the guy behind Family Guy and American Dad, launched a Web series today called Seth McFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. Mr. MacFarlane promised Google 50 webisodes to air on sethcomedy.com and YouTube's SethComedy and "BK" channels (Burger King is sponsoring them). The comedy shorts' content isn't all that groundbreaking (here's one about a dog playing the $25,000 pyramid game show that barely elicited a chuckle from us). What makes this Web show interesting is that it will be distributed through Google’s AdWords program, which targets Web sites that reach demographics that would appeal to the clips.

Burger King ads are included at the beginning of the clips in the Seth MacFarlane-signature cartoon style.  read more »

Fox is planning to air an original episode of "Family Guy" this Sunday, without the approval of creator Seth MacFarlane, according to Variety.

"It would just be a colossal dick move if they did that," MacFarlane said Tuesday. He said the next three episodes of the show "are relatively close to completion, but they have not had a final pass."  read more »

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