Family Guy without Seth MacFarlane

by FakeTrout, filed in TV on Nov.15, 2007

The FOX Network has announced plans to move forward with new episodes of Family Guy without the participation of creator, writer, and star Seth Macfarlane. According to Reuters:

20th TV had no comment on the matter Tuesday but confirmed that it remains in production on new episodes. The first episode finished without MacFarlane’s blessing has been delivered to Fox. Sources said it is one of three very close to completion, with others in various stages of production.

Seth MacFarlane voices Peter, Brian, and Stewie. Its not mentioned whether Seth Green (who voices Chris, but is also the writer of Robot Chicken) or Alex Borstein (the voice of Lois and also a Family Guy writer) will appear or not. This is worse than Wrong Sounding Muppets.

If ringers are brought in, I hope fans do not tune in as a show of support for a show that lived and was brought back to life because of its fans. Also one would hope the episodes are re-recorded with the regular cast once the strike is over for future DVD releases.

Tags: Animation, Family Guy

http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

I’ve heard this news from a few places. Isn’t it possible the voices for a lot of these episodes were already recorded? I mean… North American animation does the voice work before the animation process.
http://www.thatsorange.com SeanOrange

What the heck could have happened?! The writers strike wouldn’t have affected regular production on written episodes, but I suppose there are some writer/producers who feel their obligation extends to not acting on completed scripts. Or something.
http://powet.tv Zac Shipley

Well theres always the chance the episodes were mostly done with MacFarlane, and you might not even be able to tell much of the difference when they air, but it sends the wrong message to FOX if they get away with this.
http://dannmatthews.blogspot.com PapaPrime

3 episodes were merely awaiting last minute re-records, minor edits and basic tweaks that Seth and other producers take part in. But since Seth and the majority of the production team are also writers, they aren’t in the offices right now.

So they’re “done”, and I’m sure only the trained eye of a Family Guy editor will notice the comic timing slightly off.

I think this will most imporatantly reopen the rift between Seth and Fox started when fox hoisted them off the air so many years ago. Seth may have a bigger bargaining chip in his pocket after Fox did this against his wishes.
Mike

I would like to know when the non-McFarlane episodes will start so that I will know when to stop watching.
PapaPrime

I think they’ve already all aired, I could be wrong.
Mike

That really makes me angry. I just found out about this.
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

Just another reason to keep visiting Powet.tv. :p
Mike

Thats just it, I never knew about this site…I came across this site by accident to be honest. I forget what site I was on when I came across a link that said Family Guy without McFarlane and that is when I discovered this site.

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