Seth MacFarlane is a creator.
Family Guy is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company . Seth Woodbury MacFarlane ( [ ˈsɛθ_ˈwʊdbɛri_məkˈfɑrlɪn ] born October 26 , 1973 ) is an American actor , filmmaker , and singer , working primarily in animation and comedy , as well as live-action and other genres . MacFarlane 's first feature-length comedy film , Ted , features his voice acting and performance-capture as the titular anthropomorphic teddy bear and became the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy . Ted (film) . The screenplay by MacFarlane , Alec Sulkin , and Wellesley Wild is from MacFarlane 's story . The Cleveland Show is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane , Richard Appel , and Mike Henry for the Fox Broadcasting Company as a spin-off of Family Guy .