‘Family Guy’ Team Reunites At Fox Picket Line – Deadline

Picket line reunions have develop into de rigueur through the ongoing strike, however one organized for Family Guy on Tuesday was icing on the cake in gentle of creator Seth MacFarlane’s $1 million donation to the Entertainment Community Fund.

MacFarlane joined his outdated crew for some placard waiving and a bunch photograph exterior of Fox. He later paid tribute to the gang on social media by reminding everybody in regards to the “best part of the this business: working alongside people who utilize their talents and abilities to make your shared work better.”

“Pictured here are some of the incredible members of the Family Guy team this morning,” he wrote on X. “Back in 2010, I was one foot out the door gearing up for “Ted”, with no sense but of the way forward for the animated collection with out me. I needn’t have apprehensive. The superb crew of writers, artists, actors, assistants, associates, manufacturing employees, and many others. and many others. had been already steering the ship with out me, and so they’re nonetheless doing it at present. They are individuals who have develop into my lifelong buddies, and so they frequently remind me of the very best a part of this enterprise: working alongside individuals who make the most of their abilities and skills to make your shared work higher. I hope everybody on this photograph takes a private sense of possession of Family Guy, as a result of it’s past deserved. And most significantly, EVERYONE right here deserves to make a cushty dwelling within the trade to which they offer a lot of themselves. Very proud to stroll the picket line with this group at present. None of them ought to have to attend any longer for a good and equitable deal. Also I’m so glad nobody smelled the booze in my espresso.”

Earlier Tuesday, it was revealed that MacFarlane’s donation to the Entertainment Community Fund will assist help trade employees impacted by the continuing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. Since May 1 — the day earlier than the Writers Guild went on strike — the fund has raised greater than $6.3 million from greater than 7,500 donors in help of movie and tv employees.