Production Updates: American Dad S20 ; Clone High S2 ; Matt Friend Teasing Family Guy Guest Appearance

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Clone High art director Tara Billinger has posted an update regarding the upcoming return of the franchise which is slated to premiere later this year on HBO MAX. Essentially, the series is in post production and it’s looking solid.

As for what to expect of the Clone High reboot, we know that original series writer Erica Rivinoja will serve as showrunner of the series, while also co-writing the pilot with Lord and Miller which is entitled “Let’s Try This Again” with Abandoned Pools returning to produce the music score.

Clone High is an adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Bill Lawrence. The show centers on a high school populated by the clones of well-known historical figures. The central cast includes adolescent depictions of Abe Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Gandhi, Cleopatra, and JFK. The series also serves as a parody of teen dramas such as Dawson’s Creek and Beverly Hills, 90210

If you haven’t heard of this kid by now, you’ve been living under a rock. Having already guest-starred on The Simpsons as “Young Jeff Goldblum”, the up-and-coming Matt Friend was spotted at 20th Television Animation studios where they make Family Guy, which makes it very plausible that the young comedian is potentially readying a debut on FOX’s ratings leader on Sunday nights in some sort of role.

Synopsis:

Entering its 21st season, FAMILY GUY continues to entertain its die-hard fan base with razor-sharp humor, spot-on parodies, spectacular animation and orchestra-backed original music. Since its debut in 1999, the series has reached cult status among fans, and its breakout star, a talking baby, has become one of the greatest TV characters of all time. FAMILY GUY has racked up numerous awards, including an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, only the second animated series in television history to be honored with such a distinction. Most recently, series creator and lead voice actor Seth MacFarlane (voices of “Peter Griffin,” “Stewie Griffin,” “Brian Griffin” and “Glenn Quagmire”) was nominated for the 2021 Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance and won the 2019 Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Cast member Alex Borstein (voice of “Lois Griffin”) won the 2018 Emmy Award in the category. MacFarlane also was nominated that year. He won the 2017 and 2016 Emmy Award in the category, and was nominated from 2013 to 2015.

Featuring the series’ milestone 400th episode, Season 21 will continue to provide a humorous take on current events, with big name guest voices, including Mario Lopez, Gerald McRaney, Jay Pharoah, Martha Plimpton and Casey Wilson, as well as Sam Elliott as the mayor of Quahog.

FAMILY GUY is a 20th Television Animation production. Seth MacFarlane is creator and executive producer. Rich Appel and Alec Sulkin serve as executive producers and showrunners, while Steve Callaghan, Tom Devanney, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann and Patrick Meighan are executive producers.

American Dad voice actor Rachel MacFarlane has teased that production for the 20th (aka the 18th as some don’t count the shortened seasons on FOX as full seasons) season of the TBS adult animated sitcom is underway, with new episodes slated to premiere sometime later this year. The show has also been renewed for a 21st season which is currently in pre-production.

Synopsis:

This screwball family full of radically different personalities is just trying to figure out how to love and trust one another in a bi-partisan world.

 

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