In an interview with The Onion A.V. Club, Family Guy creator has spoken out revealling that there’s some tension between the creators of his show and that of The Simpsons. “I was reading a quote from one of the writers, from a lecture that he gave, that said “The Simpsons staff hates Family Guy.” Who knows why? I’m not losing any sleep over it,” said MacFarlane. “We don’t want to do the same stories as they have. Every once in a while, a story will come up and somebody will say, “Well, you know, The Simpsons did an episode like that a few years back.” That’s really the only time it comes up. We want the show to be as good, if not better. Particularly when you hear that [the Simpsons] staff hates our guts. It’s obviously a good motivator to do as good a show as possible.” The interview asks MacFarlane several other questions relating to The Simpsons and it’s an interesting read. Read Interview >>>
