Seth MacFarlane, one of television's most successful producers, is singing a new tune.
Seth MacFarlane, creator of the irreverent animated show “Family Guy,” once likened the barrage of blistering attacks on the program — and him — from the Parents Television Council to “getting hate mail from Hitler.”The deal comes less than a year after Walt Disney Co.
MacFarlane, 46, who has branched out by recording music and as the star of his productions, becomes the latest top TV show producer to sign a lucrative deal. Television and film studios have been offering generous long-term deals to secure the services of A-listers in an effort to build programming arsenals for the industry’s streaming wars.production company with a five-year, $500-million deal. In 2018, prominent producer Greg Berlanti signed a $400-million TV pact with Warner Bros.
In addition, Jordan Peele signed a TV deal with Amazon Studios, and Shonda Rhimes in 2017 made headlines when she moved to Netflix from her longtime home at ABC.“One of my oldest memories from Fox is of a young Seth MacFarlane hanging out in the halls of the studio,” said Dana Walden, chair of Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment. “He entertained all of us with his incredible wit and hilarious observations.
In recent years, MacFarlane has been less involved in the production of his mega-hit, “Family Guy,” although he still voices several of the characters. His latest pet project is the science fiction series “The Orville,” which moved last year from Fox to Hulu. In the film business, he achieved success in collaboration with Universal Pictures with his break-out animated bear comedy, “Ted,” which was released in 2012.
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