A Conversation with Seth MacFarlane

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A Conversation with Seth MacFarlane

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Jun 8, 2014

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This week, Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews Seth MacFarlane, the brains behind Family Guy, A Million Ways to Die in the West and an executive producer of COSMOS on FOX.

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Jun 8, 2014

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