ENTERTAINMENTBy: Chris Reandeau

Family Guy

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The cast….Seth McFarlane

Alex Borstein

Seth Green

Mila Kunis

A little about Family Guy Seth McFarlane is the creator of Family Guy.

The show takes place in Quahog, Rhode Island. The series aired on FOX from 1999-2002 and started back

up in 2004 The show premiered in April 1998. Family Guy is the only show to do better after it got

cancelled. The first three seasons grossed $90 million dollars Seth's megadeal with FOX 20th century Fox could make him

the highest paid writer and producer Seth’s pact could be worth $100 million dollars In case you didn’t know Stewie tries to kill his mom in any

way possible

Seth’s other shows “American Dad” and “The Cleveland Show” hit their financial goals for the season.

As a special for their 100th episode they had Stewie kill Lois then for 101st episode they had Lois kill Stewie.

What the show is about……

A police officer, Rick Grimes, is shot while he was on a call and is then hospitalized. He was put into a coma. When he woke up everybody was a zombie and he will stop at nothing to find his family and most importantly survive.

Facts about this show This show is the first show that basic cable channel

AMC is developing and producing itself. This show will be the first time that a global network of

pay channels has acquired all international rights to a U.S produced show.

“The Walking Dead” is based on the popular series of graphic novels by Robert Kirkman.

The show is directed by Oscar winner Frank Darabont.

10-10-10 is global zombie day, the day they promoted the show

The show premiered on Halloween, and was launched over the globe the following week

The show debuted in 120 countries and 33 languages. AMC has renewed the shows contract for a 18 episode

second season. This show will be AMC’s fourth original series on their

network This show placed among the top 5 good shows on

television. The walking dead was launched like a theatrical release

for a movie. A network of 183 pay channels in Latin America, Europe,

Asia, the Middle East and Africa- had distributed the show across its own channels.

They went viral on marketing to promote the show. The launch of the “Walking Dead” is a landmark for both

FOX and AMC. Each episode lasts 60 minutes (1 hour)

Citations

Seth McFarlane

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Peter Griffin

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Steroid Stewie and Bryan

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Lois

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Chris Griffin

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Alex Borstein

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Mila Kunis

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The Walking Dead

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The Walking Dead info.

Work Cited Miller, Daniel. "AMC." Hollywood Reporter 416.54 (2010): 29.

Student Resource Center - Gold. Web. 25 May 2011 Richmond, Ray. "Cult classic: despite two cancelations and several

scheduling shifts, Fox's animated phenomenon 'Family Guy' hits 100 episodes." Hollywood Reporter 401.48 (2007): S-1(4). Student Resource