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24-10-2008, 09:08
Anyone else into Family Guy? I got into it around 2005 and I absolutely love it, UK season 7 is released in a couple of weeks and I'm itching to get hold of it. There's been quite a bit of criticism levelled at Family Guy but all the best stuff is usually criticised as few critics like anything to be successful. However, it makes me roar with laughter especially the 'on the knuckle' aspects of humour and the infinite and unconnected cutaway gags .
Family Guy factoids:
1. Its gross value to the Fox network is $2,000,000,000.
2. The creator, Seth MacFarlane, has just been contractually paid a $100,000,000 salary for four more years of Family Guy and American Dad, this makes him the world's highest paid TV writer.
3. In 2008 Family Guy surpassed The Simpsons as the most popular animated TV series in the world.
4. Amongst males 18 to 34, Family Guy is the highest-rated scripted program in all of television history.
5. Family Guy is the second-highest-rated show amongst males 18 to 49.
6. Family Guy is the most-downloaded TV show on iTunes.
7. Family Guy is the most watched TV program on Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/).
8. Each 24 minute episode takes 9 months to produce (non-linear).
9. Aside from the title themes, no incidental scoring or song is ever repeated. In the early seasons a 56 piece orchestra was used, now it's just Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane using keyboards.
10. At 24 Seth MacFarlane became the world's youngest television executive producer following a $50,000 commission from Fox for a 'short'.
Definitely worth checking out if you're uninitiated. :)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/FamilyGuyFamilyPromo.png/300px-FamilyGuyFamilyPromo.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy)
Family Guy factoids:
1. Its gross value to the Fox network is $2,000,000,000.
2. The creator, Seth MacFarlane, has just been contractually paid a $100,000,000 salary for four more years of Family Guy and American Dad, this makes him the world's highest paid TV writer.
3. In 2008 Family Guy surpassed The Simpsons as the most popular animated TV series in the world.
4. Amongst males 18 to 34, Family Guy is the highest-rated scripted program in all of television history.
5. Family Guy is the second-highest-rated show amongst males 18 to 49.
6. Family Guy is the most-downloaded TV show on iTunes.
7. Family Guy is the most watched TV program on Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/).
8. Each 24 minute episode takes 9 months to produce (non-linear).
9. Aside from the title themes, no incidental scoring or song is ever repeated. In the early seasons a 56 piece orchestra was used, now it's just Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane using keyboards.
10. At 24 Seth MacFarlane became the world's youngest television executive producer following a $50,000 commission from Fox for a 'short'.
Definitely worth checking out if you're uninitiated. :)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/FamilyGuyFamilyPromo.png/300px-FamilyGuyFamilyPromo.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy)