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Family Guy To Be Syndicated Via Tribune Broadcasting

Twentieth Television has cleared Seth MacFarlanes hit Emmy Award-winning animated sitcom, FAMILY GUY, on the Tribune Broadcasting station group for a fall 2007 launch in off-net syndication.

Under terms of the agreement, the series about the Griffin family will premiere in 20 major markets, representing 37.8% of the U.S. Tribune stations set to premiere FAMILY GUY in off-net include WPIX/New York, KTLA/Los Angeles, WGN/Chicago, WPHL/Philadelphia, WLVI/Boston, KDAF/Dallas, WDCW/Washington, KHCW/Houston, KCPQ-KTWB/Seattle, WBZL/Miami, KWGN/Denver, KTXL/Sacramento, KPLR/St. Louis, KWBP/Portland, WXIN-WTTV/Indianapolis, KSWB/San Diego, WTIC-WTXX/Hartford, WXMI/Grand Rapids, WPMT/Harrisburg and WGNO-WNOL/New Orleans.

Regarding the announcement, Bob Cook, president/coo of Twentieth Television, stated, We are very pleased to have entered into this agreement on FAMILY GUY with Tribune Broadcasting. From the genius of Seth MacFarlane, FAMILY GUY is a pop culture phenomenon that has accomplished extraordinary popularity. We expect this success to continue during its off-net window for the Tribune station group.

Were always looking to acquire engaging, high-quality programs to refresh our local lineups, added John Reardon, president of Tribune Broadcasting, a division of Tribune Co. FAMILY GUY fits that description and we look forward to the show having a positive impact on ratings and revenues across our group.

Since its debut in 1999, the Emmy Award-winning series has attracted a loyal following of devoted fans and has sold nine million combined DVD units. The shows success on DVD, combined with the ratings records it set on the Cartoon Networks Adult Swim block, prompted FOX to bring it back for a fifth season.

FAMILY GUY is a 20th Century Fox Television production. Creator Seth MacFarlane is exec producer and David Goodman is exec producer and show runner. Chris Sheridan also serves as exec producer.

Tribune is one of the countrys top media companies, operating businesses in publishing and broadcasting. It reaches more than 80% of U.S. households and is the only media organization with newspapers, television stations and Websites in the nations top three markets. In publishing, Tribune operates 11 leading daily newspapers including the LOS ANGELES TIMES, CHICAGO TRIBUNE and NEWSDAY, plus a wide range of targeted publications. The companys broadcasting group operates 26 television stations, Superstation WGN on national cable, Chicagos WGN-AM and the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Popular news and information websites complement Tribunes print and broadcast properties and extend the companys nationwide audience.

A leader in the U.S. program production and distribution arena, Twentieth Television is a unit of Fox Television and headed by Fox Television Stations chairman Roger Ailes while ceo Jack Abernethy oversees day-to-day operations. Twentieth Television provides a wide array of first-run and off-network programming, as well as feature film packages, to the syndication and cable marketplaces.

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