From: Seapig 

On Jan 11, 1:45 pm, David  wrote:
> http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/was-simpsons-episode-edi...
>
> Was ‘Simpsons’ Episode Edited to Spare Seth MacFarlane’s Feelings?
> By DAVE ITZKOFF
>
> Someone get Chief Wiggum on the case! A special 20th anniversary
> episode of “The Simpsons” ended with a thank-you message from the
> show’s producers to viewers, but appeared to omit a joke at the
> expense of their Fox colleague and sometime-rival Seth MacFarlane.
>
> The episode, which was broadcast on Sunday, ended with an on-screen
> display that read, “Thanks for 20 wonderful years. The best is yet to
> come.” But in a version of the show that was sent in advance to
> critics, the message read slightly differently: as Alessandra Stanley
> noted in her review of the episode, it said, “Thanks for 20 wonderful
> years. Now stay tuned for three Seth MacFarlane shows.”
>
> Mr. MacFarlane, the producer of the Fox animated series “Family Guy,”
> “The Cleveland Show” and “American Dad,” has occasionally been the
> target of jokes on “The Simpsons,” whose writers have skewered him for
> creating programs similar to theirs. Mr. MacFarlane has often said
> that “The Simpsons” helped inspire him to create “Family Guy,” and was
> one of many celebrities who offered testimonials to “The Simpsons” in
> a documentary that followed the anniversary episode on Sunday night.
>
> A Fox spokeswoman said that the “Simpsons” episode given to reporters
> and critics was a rough cut and that show elements are often added and
> taken out before broadcast.

How exactly is it considered an insult to MacFarlane to point out that
the guy has three shows on the air?  If anybody was being insulted, it
was FOX, for not having the imagination to put anything else in those
slots.

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