Family Guy
Will a Pay Cut for Homer Mean the End of 'The Simpsons'?
12:20PM 10/05/2011
Television viewers may have to start preparing for a Sunday night Fox lineup without The Simpsons. America's crassest cartoon family is fighting with the company over money and may end up moving out of the network's neighborhood if the tiff isn't settled.
PTC Asks Holiday Shoppers to Favor Family-Friendly Advertisers
12:30PM 11/24/2010
A conservative TV watchdog group wants consumers to consider patronizing companies that advertise on family-friendly television shows this shopping season, rather than those that buy commercials on racier programs, but price is still likely to be the biggest influence on holiday shoppers.
Family Guy: Microsoft blunders, and Apple may already be a winner
7:30PM 10/28/2009
Here's an idea for Seth MacFarlane, creator of the raunchy cartoon Family Guy on News Corp. (NWS)'s Fox Network: Take the script for the Nov. 8 episode that Microsoft just backed out of as sole sponsor. Find any mention of "Windows 7," cross it out with a pencil, and replace the term with the...
My jaw hit the floor when I read the "what could they be thinking?" announcement that Microsoft had commissioned an entire half-hour special by the maker and cast of the adult cartoon hit "Family Guy". The show was to include plugs embedded in the narrative extolling the virtues of its new Windows...
Coveroo: The new face of cell phone faceplates
9:00AM 8/01/2009
At a recent holiday product preview in New York, representatives from Best Buy showcased the chain's biggest and brightest Christmas toys. Unfortunately, I am legally restricted from discussing some of the more exciting new gizmos (here's a hint: have you ever wanted to talk to your cat?), but I...
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