Microsoft is obviously trying to appeal to the masses here. News comes today that they will be sponsoring a “variety show” from the creator of Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane. The episode will supposedly air commercial-free, not counting the (endless) plugs and who knows what other tricks MacFarlane and the Redmond boys have up their sleeves. Should be fun.. right?
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From AdAge.com:
The software giant has signed a deal with Fox to sponsor a variety show produced by “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, voice of the family guy himself, Peter Griffin, and actress Alex Borstein, who plays wife Lois Griffin. The show will air Nov. 8 without commercial interruption — because it will instead feature Windows-branded programming throughout the program.
UPDATE: Uh oh.. if this is any indication, I wouldn’t get your hopes up for a laugh riot:
