Watch: Seth MacFarlane Talks New Season Of “Family Guy” And “Good Times” Reboot On Jimmy Kimmel

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In news that should be a delight to this lady, Family Guy embarks on a brand-new 20th season on FOX this Sunday Night, a mere week after the show would retire it’s syndicated run on Adult Swim making FXX(and to a lesser extent Freeform) the new cable home of the series. To help celebrate, the great Seth MacFarlane, creator and voice star of the series, stopped by Jimmy Kimmel to talk up the new season, sneak peek a new COVID PSA, and even discussed his long-awaited Good Times animated reboot coming soon to Netflix.  Family Guy kicks off a new season this Sunday Night on FOX @ 930 pm ET/PT, check your local listings.

This upcoming season of Family Guy will mark the first full season of the series in which Cleveland Brown is voiced by Arif Zahir, following Mike Henry’s retirement from the role. Read our interview with Arif here.

 

Synopsis:

Entering its 20th 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.

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.

 

 

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