Written by, directed by, and costarring the wildly successful "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane as the voice of the title character, "Ted" is defiantly what-you-see-is-what-you-get: a proudly coarse idiot comedy in which Mark Wahlberg plays a 35-year-old guy named John -- Jawn, to do his chowder-y Boston accent justice -- whose best friend since childhood has been Ted, a pot-smoking, horny teddy bear with a blank face and a foul mouth.
Rock stars and merchandising extraordinaires KISS have joined forces with Fox's animated hit "Family Guy" for a co-branded product line that will hit stores in fall, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Fox has renewed its Sunday reality kingpin "Family Guy," as well as another Seth MacFarlane title, "American Dad."
"I want to be frozen on the hope that they'll find whatever I died of and bring me back," Larry King told a shocked group of dinner guests gathered at his Beverly Hills home for a party hosted by him and his wife, Shawn.
"Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane explains the little known feud with Jon Stewart that led to an angry phone call.
"It was an angry call," Seth MacFarlane said of the now-infamous phone call in which Jon Stewart lambasted him for "Family Guy" poking fun at the fact that "The Daily Show" went live during the 2007 writers' strike, "and suffice it to say, he is a phenomenally good debater, if you had been keeping score, I would have lost roundly."
In Roseanne Barr's third book, "Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm," the comedian candidly discusses everything from her half-Jewish, half-Mormon upbringing in Salt Lake City, to the sitcom that made her world famous, to ex-husbands and owning her very own macadamia nut farm in Hawaii.
Call David X. Cohen a nerd all you like, but never call him a geek. To the co-creator of "Futurama," the term "nerd" is a compliment.
"Futurama" premieres its new season on a new network, Comedy Central, on Thursday, June 24.
More hated than daft football referees, the trumpeting vuvuzelas of the World Cup have become a stand-alone phenomenon.
In mid-interview for a new movie last week, actress Salma Hayek suddenly shrieked and scrambled out of her seat, over the shoulders of co-star Maya Rudolph sitting next to her. Clutching frantically at Rudolph and another co-star, Maria Bello, she uttered a blood-curdling scream, "Somebody do something!" Bello, also clearly unnerved at the sight of something off-camera, comforted Hayek as she teetered on the arm of a director's chair in 4-inch heels. "It's OK," Bello repeated, "We got you. Don't worry."
Sarah Palin fires back at the writers of "Family Guy" for a joke apparently directed at her son, who has Down syndrome.
Sarah Palin has awesome power. We already knew that she had the power to drive liberal Democrats crazy. They don't respect her, but they sure do fear her.
Fans of "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" might not recall an Afro-donning R2-D2, flatulent Darth Vader or stormtroopers in mesh tank tops, but this is precisely what you'll find in the second "Star Wars" spoof from "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane.
Fifty years ago, Jay Ward's animated moose and squirrel duo, "Rocky & Bullwinkle," debuted on ABC, forever changing the way the world looked at animated television.
Tonight's 61st ceremony features new host Neil Patrick Harris and new nominees
The Emmy Awards smiled on some unlikely comedy series nominees Thursday morning, giving nominations to "Family Guy" and "Flight of the Conchords" and leaving out such mainstays as "Two and a Half Men."
The 61st Primetime Emmy nominees are announced including "Mad Men" for best drama and "Family Guy" for best comedy.
30 Rock earns 22 nominations, Mad Men 16, as TV's biggest night approaches Sept. 20
The Hills star goes on a date with Brian the dog on an episode of the FOX sitcom
West gets animated alongside Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson in an episode of The Cleveland Show
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In this remix of the Take on Me video, the lyrics repeat exactly what is occurring on screen. And the effect is strangely hypnotic
The animation mogul talks to TIME about the death of the television theme song, Saturday morning cartoons, and pissing off Jon Stewart
What’s a Golden Globes show without stars? Not much, if dismal ratings are any indication.
CNN's Jeanne Moos runs into some famous faces at the writers' strike picket line.
"We're dating. I keep in touch with him when I wake up in the morning, keep in touch with him when I go to bed. If I don't go to bed I don't talk to him, it's this crazy relationship we have."
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