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‘Family Guy’ On 9/11 Attack: “Let It Happen”

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday November 13, 2011 @ 10:30pm PSTTags: 9/11, Family Guy, Fox, Seth MacFarlane
Nellie Andreeva

No topic is taboo for Fox’s Family Guy, and Seth MacFarlane & Co. proved it again tonight by taking on the worst terrorist attack ever on American soil, the events of September 11, 2001. In the episode, Brian and Stewie use Stewie’s time machine to go back and prevent the 9/11 hijackings. TVLine has details on the storyline but, in short, Brian’s efforts backfire and lead to a Civil War, so he and Stewie keep sending clones of themselves back in time to try to fix the mistake until all they get together to vote whether to stop 9/11 or let it happen. The latter wins, leading to a round of high-fives. Unlike Family Guy‘s infamous abortion episode that didn’t make it to air but was performed live and released on DVD, the 9/11 one squeaked past the Fox standards and practices department but is sure to raise as many eyebrows as it airs two months after the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

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TCA: The 9/11 Anniversary And The Killing Of Bin Laden Makes ‘Homeland’ Timely

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday August 4, 2011 @ 10:37am PDTTags: 9/11, Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Homeland, Howard Gordon, Showtime, TCA Press Tour, Television Critics Association

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA.

Is it mere coincidence that Showtime is unveiling the heavy-duty psychological thriller series Homeland the night of Oct. 2, a scant three weeks after the landmark 10th anniversary of 9/11? In a … Read More »

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Stars Turn Out For 9/11 Reading

By MIKE FLEMING | Friday July 22, 2011 @ 7:20am PDTTags: 9/11, Andre Braugher, Billy Crudup, Edie Falco, Lauren Ambrose, Melissa Leo
Mike Fleming

To commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11, a highly distinguished cast of film, TV & stage actors will gather for a benefit reading of Sarah Tuft’s “110 Stories” on September 8th & 9th at The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts i n Manhattan. The illustrious cast – including,

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Hot Trailer: 9/11 Film ‘Rebirth’

By MIKE FLEMING | Wednesday July 20, 2011 @ 9:27am PDTTags: 9/11, Rebirth
Mike Fleming

Former Imagine Entertainment executive Jim Whitaker set up time lapse camera at Ground Zero to chart the physical recovery after 9/11 that could be sandwiched around a movie about the emotional healing of survivors of victims who perished in the terror attack on the World Trade Center. The result is
Rebirth, … Read More »

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Does America Owe Hollywood Its Gratitude?

By NIKKI FINKE | Wednesday May 4, 2011 @ 5:30am PDTTags: 9/11, Osama Bin Laden, Screenwriters

I know it’s fashionable in some political circles to slam Hollywood at every opportunity. But al-Qaida expert Lawrence Wright says America owes a debt of gratitude to screenwriters who helped the CIA imagine Osama Bin Laden scenarios after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. That’s right … Read More »

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