Football-headed child gets talk show

by David Holtzman

Stewie from the Fox TV show The Family Guy will be getting his own talk show later this year according to CNN.

The show will be Internet-only, signalling what I suspect will be a trend of alternative media outlets for entertainment, bypassing traditional distribution outlets (can you say "disintermediation"?) This is related to Mark Cuban and Steven Soderbergh's shotgun release of the film Bubble to HDnet, DVD and conventional theatre's simultaneously.

The reason that this movie is significant is because Family Guy can pull down real advertising dollars for Internet media.

I wonder what Stewie would say to the entertainment industry authorities that don't like this kind of encroachment? To quote out of context:

Hello.. I come bearing a gift. I'll give you a hint. It's in my diaper and it's not a toaster.
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Posted on January 26, 2006

1 Comment
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For what it's worth I think you are absolutly correct in your assessment of this development.

Posted by Mike on January 26, 2006

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