Company Town
The creator of “Family Guy,” “American Dad!,” “Ted” and “The Orville” is leaving his longtime home at 20th Century Fox Television, which bet on MacFarlane when he was just a recent college graduate trying his hand at animation.
Jan. 10, 2020
Television
PBS’ “American Playhouse,” noted for its consistently provocative, creative programming, has blown the limits of viewer patience this time out.
April 4, 1994
I’m not going to mince any palabras, señoras y señores: I hated “Sábado Gigante.”
April 17, 2015
Entertainment & Arts
Famed film director Vincente Minnelli, who died July 25, will be the subject of a public TV program that his daughter, Liza Minnelli, will host.
Aug. 6, 1986
McNamara’s Picks: ‘Duck Dynasty,’ ‘Modern Dads,’ ‘Doomsday Castle’
Aug. 15, 2013
Yes, yes, yes, even in this pause before the onslaught of the fall, there is plenty of scripted TV not in repeats and certainly, you should all still be watching the Three Bs--”Broadchurch,” “Borgen” and “Breaking Bad.”
Four Fox network programs, led by the comedies “The War at Home,” “Family Guy” and “American Dad,” topped a parents group’s annual listing of the worst prime-time shows for family viewing.
Oct. 20, 2005
The horrifying carnage of full-scale nuclear war seemed very real in November 1983 when 100 million Americans watched “The Day After.”
May 12, 2016
FADE IN ON: A typical American family in a typical family room in a typical state watching TV, laughing every three sentences at a typical sitcom.
April 8, 2001
NEW YORK -- Coming off a television season that saw its ratings fall by 20%, Fox unveiled a new schedule heavy on big names both in front of and behind the camera in hopes of rejuvenating its prime-time lineup.
May 13, 2013