Editing Seth MacFarlane (section)

===2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike===
[[File:Seth mcfarlane speaks at wga rally.jpg|right|thumb|alt=MacFarlane at WGA rally|MacFarlane speaking at a [[Writers Guild of America]] rally in [[Culver City, California|Culver City]] on November 9, 2007]]
During the [[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike]], MacFarlane publicly sided with the Writers Guild, and fully participated in the strike.<ref>[http://wga.org/subpage_member.aspx?id=2529 "Pencils Down"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219203656/http://www.wga.org/subpage_member.aspx?id=2529 |date=December 19, 2007 }}. Writers' Guild of America. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref> Official production of ''Family Guy'' was halted for most of December 2007 and various periods afterwards. Fox continued producing episodes without MacFarlane's final approval, and although he refused to work on the show during the strike, his contract with Fox required him to contribute to any episodes it subsequently produced.<ref name="adalian">{{cite news|url= https://variety.com/2007/tv/news/fox-to-air-new-guy-sunday-1117975944/|title=Fox to air new 'Guy' Sunday|last=Adalian |first=Josef |work=Variety |access-date=March 3, 2020|date=November 13, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117224737/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975944.html?categoryid=2821 |archive-date=November 17, 2007 }}</ref> Rumors of continued production on ''Family Guy'' prompted the statement from MacFarlane that ".....it would just be a colossal dick move if they did that".<ref name="adalian" /> During the strike, MacFarlane wrote an inside joke into an episode of ''Family Guy'' about [[Jon Stewart]]'s choice to return to the air and undermine the writers of ''[[The Daily Show]]'', causing Stewart to respond with an angry phone-call, harassing MacFarlane and arguing his point.<ref>{{cite web|last=Piers|first=Morgan|title=Seth MacFarlane Interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrcOge6pMhg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/NrcOge6pMhg |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|work=CNN|date=October 4, 2011 |access-date=January 15, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The strike ended on February 12, 2008.<ref name="cnn1" />