The animated, Seth MacFarlane-produced return for the much-loved sitcom relies on lazy poverty porn and stereotypes, a misunderstanding of what fans want and expectThe Good Times reboot opens in the Chicago projects with its next-gen patriarch in the shower naked duetting the original theme song with a roach on the window sill. Dy-no-mite, this is not.We may well now have the official cause of death for Norman Lear, the god-like sitcom producer who brought Good Times – a spinoff of a spinoff of...
A girl signs up for a class. A couple hires an accountant. A group of co-workers decides to pool their money and buy a couple of lottery tickets. In the beginning, they're full of hope and optimism — and then something turns. Stories of good ideas gone bad. Prologue: Paul was a cop. One night he was pulling second shift when he had a perfectly good idea: He'd stretch out in the back seat and take a little nap during his break. He fell right asleep, and slept well until he woke up and realized...
The Office is hiring: Domhnall Gleeson (The Patient) and Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus) are the first cast members to sign on for a new reboot in the works from original series co-creator Greg Daniels, our sister site Deadline reports. The new take on the hit NBC workplace comedy, which starred Steve Carell as the […]
Actors Rei Hance, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams – who improvised most of horror film’s dialogue – claim they didn’t have proper union representation in 1999 and seek residualsThe stars of The Blair Witch Project have called for more compensation for their work in the original film, as well as “meaningful consultation” on any reboots and sequels, after it was announced that the horror franchise is being revived yet again.On Saturday, actors Rei Hance (formerly known as Heather Donahue),...
The World Wide Web swiftly responded when Netflix released the controversial trailer for the new Good Times animated series. One of the loudest voices included The NAACP, which wrote a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter about its concerns about the series. The guest column, authored on April 11, discussed how the original 1970s live-action […] The post NAACP Responds to ‘Good Times’ Animated Series: ‘We Must Elevate Our Consciousness for Media Consumption’ first appeared on The Source.
Family Guy is 25 years old now, and while it hasn't run for as long as The Simpsons, series creator Seth MacFarlane sees no signs of it ever stopping. It might not be the household name that The Simpsons is, mostly because of its edgier approach to humour, but Family Guy is obviously now an important part of adult animated series (even if it's one that mostly misses). Still, people like it enough all the same even now, and for MacFarlane, that's a good enough reason to keep it going. Speaking...
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Seth MacFarlane started his hit animated series Family Guy way back in 1999. It’s still running on Fox, going strong with a 23rd season in the works, but some fans have...
Seth MacFarlane is opening up about possibly ending Family Guy after 22 seasons. The creator and star weighed in on the show’s longevity in a new profile celebrating 25 years since the animated series started airing. “At this point, I don’t see a good reason to stop. People still love it. It makes people happy […]
Both feature returning cast members // Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it is streaming the English dubs for the third seasons of Laid-Back Camp and
EXCLUSIVE: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is partnering, through his Seth MacFarlane Foundation, with Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation to fund the first-ever, curated restoration of historically significant animated shorts from the 1920s to 1940s. MacFarlane is committed to saving and honoring the art form from its earliest days forward. He’s been fascinated by animation since […]
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