'Family Guy' writers sue Fox - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 04-24-2008, 02:50 PM

Seth MacFarlane and 15 other "Family Guy" scribes, including Alex Borstein, sued 20th Century Fox TV April 10 in Santa Monica, claiming breach of contract and deceit.

The writers claim Fox has violated the WGA contract for not paying them for 12 minutes of additional footage they wrote for the 2005 DVD "Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story." They also claim Fox failed to give them proper on-screen writing credit for the project. A Fox TV spokesman declined to comment on the lawsuit.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...f12c890c?imw=Y

TJL · 04-24-2008, 03:01 PM

And the wonderful relationship between FOX and Family Guy continues...

jimpickens · 04-25-2008, 02:32 AM

Piss on McFarlane and the rest of those greedy hacks this show has sucked ever since FOX brought it back. If I were in charge that show would've been canceled two years ago.

04-24-2008, 02:50 PM	#1
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04-25-2008, 02:32 AM	#3
jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,390	Piss on McFarlane and the rest of those greedy hacks this show has sucked ever since FOX brought it back. If I were in charge that show would've been canceled two years ago.