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It was less than six months ago that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane was picketing along with his fellow WGA members, saying of Fox's plans to air Guy episodes that had not yet been completed: "It would just be a colossal dick move if they did that." At the time, MacFarlane had the luxury of knowing his deal with the studio—two years in the making, and reportedly astronomical—had yet to be finalized, putting him "in breach of nothing" during the work stoppage. Well, the dotted-lines have at last been signed, the fences, apparently mended: 20th Century Fox TV will make MacFarlane the highest-paid writer/producer/gay-baby-voicer in television.

The deal is worth over $100 million, committing MacFarlane's showrunner duties on Guy, American Dad!, and Guy spinoff Cleveland until 2012. Throw in series development costs (live, animated, and web-only), and home video and merchandising revenue, you have in this unlikely wiseacre hailing from Kent, CT. a template for the Creative Hollywood Mogul of the Future. If ever there were an appropriate time for Peter Griffin's alter ego to bust out into a rousing rendition of "I Need a Jew," now would be it.

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