On Nov 13, 10:37 pm, David <dimla...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> from variety
>
> Fox to air new 'Guy' Sunday
> MacFarlane hopes network changes plans
> By JOSEF ADALIAN
>
> It looks like Fox is planning to air an original episode of "Family
> Guy" this Sunday -- but creator Seth MacFarlane is still hoping the
> net will change its mind.
>
> "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."
>
> MacFarlane conceded that the Fox network and 20th Century Fox TV,
> which produces the show, are "legally within their rights" to complete
> episodes without his sign-off.
>
> "But they've never done anything like this before, in which they've
> said, 'We're going to finish a show without you,' " MacFarlane said.
> "It's really going to be unfortunate and damaging to our relationship
> if they do it."
>
> MacFarlane was careful not to slam his day-to-day exec contacts, i.e.,
> 20th prexies Gary Newman and Dana Walden, and Fox entertainment
> chairman Peter Liguori.
>
> "I don't think they're making the call," he said. "Those are all
> people who I have had close, respectful relationships with. It's hard
> to believe it would be coming from them."
>
> While he didn't mention News Corp. topper Peter Chernin, MacFarlane's
> comments hinted he feels the decision to keep producing "Family Guy"
> came from the top.
>
> Like numerous other hyphenates, scribe-producer is withholding his
> showrunner duties as a means of trying to get both sides in the labor
> dispute back to the bargaining table. He's also opted against
> supplying voices for future episodes.
>
> Many other showrunners are having to sit by while, as one wag put it,
> "somebody else is diapering your baby." MacFarlane is particularly
> ingrained in "Family Guy," however, since in addition to writing
> episodes, he supplies most of the big voices on the show and drew the
> animation templates for the characters.
>
> He's also been in the trenches with 20th execs over the years. Studio
> execs stood by "Family Guy" even after the Fox network killed the
> show. Ironically, the studio's passion for the skein was inspired in
> part by tremendous DVD sales for episodes of the show.
>
> MacFarlane also has another bit of leverage over 20th: He's been in
> "final talks" over a new deal with the studio for more than a year.
> He's been working under an interim agreement, but he says he doesn't
> have a signed long-term contract with the studio.
>
> "I'm technically in breach of nothing," he said.
>
> Reps for 20th and Fox said they would not comment on MacFarlane's
> remarks.
You bastard!!!
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