{"id":4510,"date":"2012-10-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2012\/10\/02\/seth-macfarlane-to-host-the-oscars\/"},"modified":"2012-10-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T00:00:00","slug":"seth-macfarlane-to-host-the-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/seth-macfarlane-to-host-the-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"Seth MacFarlane to Host the Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">BURBANK:&nbsp;Seth MacFarlane, the creator of hits such as <em>Family Guy<\/em> and co-creator of <em>American Dad<\/em> and <em>The Cleveland Show<\/em>, has been tapped to host the 85th annual Academy Awards, which will take place February 24, 2013. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Telecast producers are Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. The awards will be broadcast live on February 24, 2013 on ABC. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;We are thrilled to have Seth MacFarlane host the Oscars. His performing skills blend perfectly with our ideas for making the show entertaining and fresh,&rdquo; said Zadan and Meron. &ldquo;He will be the consummate host, and we are so happy to be working with him.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;It&#8217;s truly an overwhelming privilege to be asked to host the Oscars,&rdquo; added MacFarlane. &ldquo;My thoughts upon hearing the news were, one, I will do my utmost to live up to the high standards set forth by my predecessors; and two, I hope they don&#8217;t find out I hosted the Charlie Sheen roast.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;Seth is unbelievably talented,&rdquo; said Hawk Koch, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Academy president<\/span><\/span>. &ldquo;We couldn&rsquo;t be happier with the creative team we&rsquo;ve assembled. With Craig, Neil and now Seth, we&rsquo;re off to a great start.&rdquo;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BURBANK:&nbsp;Seth MacFarlane, the creator of hits such as Family Guy and co-creator of American Dad and The Cleveland Show, has been tapped to host the 85th annual Academy Awards, which will take place February 24, 2013. Telecast producers are Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. 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