Family Guy

PREMIERE DATE: January 1999
NETWORK: FOX |
SHOW DESCRIPTION: Sick, twisted, politcially incorrect and freakin' sweet, the animated series features the adventures
of the Griffin family. Peter and Lois have three kids - the youngest is a brilliant, sadistic baby bent on killing his mother
and destroying the world. Their talking dog Brian keeps baby Stewie in check while sipping martinis and sorting through his
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BRIEF HISTORY: After being cancelled in 2002, an outstanding performance in DVD sales proved its cult value.
As a result, the series was added back to the FOX Summer 2005 lineup.
STARS: Alex Borstein as Lois Griffin Seth Green as Chris Griffin Seth MacFarlane as Stewie Griffin |


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Simpsons

PREMIERE DATE: December 1989
NETWORK: FOX
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SHOW DESCRIPTION: Based on a series of small cartoon sketches from FOX's sketch-comedy hit "The Tracy Ullman
Show," this animated comedy focuses on the Simpson family in Springfield. The head of the Simpson family, Homer, is not the
typical "family man." The nuclear plant foreman does his best to lead his irreverant family, but often finds that they are
the ones who lead him. Nevertheless, the Simpson family stays together -- no matter what the dilemma is. That family includes
loving, blue-haired matriarch Marge, troublemaking son Bart, overachieving daughter Lisa and baby Maggie. The family never
ages, but the town of Springfield continues to change with the times. Citizens of Springfield are most often voiced by cast
members Hank Azaria (among them Moe the barkeep) and Harry Shearer (Homer's boss Mr. Burns, neighbor Ned Flanders). Notable
guest voice stars have included Michael Jackson (as a mental patient who thought he was -- naturally -- Michael Jackson),
Bob Hope, Dustin Hoffman, William H. Macy, Kathleen Turner, Johnny Carson, NSync, Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones.
BRIEF HISTORY: Each episode takes six to eight months to produce, and celebrity guest stars are a common occurence.
The series has been critically praised and bestowed with numerous honors, including a Peabody Award, 21 Emmy Awards, 21 Annie
Awards, three Genesis Awards, eight International Monitor Awards and five Environmental Media Awards. The series currently
holds the Guinness Book of World Records titles for "Longest-running Primetime Animated Series" and "Most Celebrities Featured
in an Animation Series." Recognized as a pop culture icon, Homer Simpsons's annoyed grunt, "D'oh!" was added as an official
word in the 2001 edition of the Oxford Dictionary.
STARS: Julie Kavner as Marge, Patty and Selma Nancy Cartwright as Bart, Nelson and Ralph Wiggum Yeardley
Smith as Lisa Hank Azaria as Apu, Moe, Chief Wiggum, Prof. Frink Comic Book Guy and Dr. Nick
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