1990 - Present day

Seth Macfarlane


Family guy

May 15th 1998 Seth MacFarlane showed Fox broadcasting a pilot of Family guy only lasting 7 minutes and they accepted it from the responses to be shown on TV and given money to produce more. After the third series in 2001 it was canceled by Fox due to the number of complaints made, but  the number of people paying for the DVDs and another animation company 'Adult Swim' which does a lot of stop motion animation of comedy convinced Fox to reproduce the show in 2004. The creator of Adult swim is also the voice of 'Chris' in Family guy. Seth MacFarlane does the voices of Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glen Quagmire and many more.
He also produced a number of other animations
for example American Dad and The cleveland show.
Family guy mainly generates their comedy through
stereotypes from all countries even America and
religions. The show is based more for teenagers and
adults as there is a lot of swearing and ' adult themes'
for example some dark humour etc.


Matt Groening

The Simpsons

The Simpsons is based on an American Family. It was created by Matt Groening  in 1989 and is still going strong today. The writers were John Swartzelder, Jon vitti, George Meyer, Jeff Martin, Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jay Jogen and Wallace Wolodarsky. The new Simpsons writers now consist of sixteen writers who all pitch their own ideas. Matt Groening also made 'Futurama' which is basically what he believes the normal family of the future will consist of with the same feeling as the simpsons. Both of which are still being made to date. The Simpsons is a family show which can be enjoyed by anyone, also they use slight swear words parents are not that bothered about letting their children watch it.


Nintendo 

Pokemon 

Pokemon was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996

but is owned and published by Nintendo. Pokemon has gone onto making many different Pokemon games, the Pokemon games are the worlds second more successful game franchise behind another Nintendo creation, Mario. The pokemon series have sold more than 200 million copies world wide. Pokemon, although when you watch it you would think it is based in America but as it is a Japanese show you can still recognise that there is Japanese influences in there. The pokemon show is based on children to start with but as people at a young age grow up with the show, it means that a lot of adults/ teenagers still like to play and maybe watch pokemon, as it is so recognisable to them and they are still able to enjoy it.


Aardman Animations 

Wallace and Gromit

Wallace and Gromit is a British series, The characters are moulded from plasticine and filmed through Stop motion animation. Wallace and Gromit was made in 1989 till present, The creator Nick Park made another other series like Shawn the Sheep and just recently a Film called The Pirates, which is also a plasticine stop motion animation film. Wallace and Gromit is a very 'British' series as they act like ordinary British people would rather than how americans behave. It is mainly a comedy but  can also be quite scary for a much younger audience.