Will the Miley Cyrus segment on Family Guy be aired?”
‘Sherlock Holmes’ to help out Fox’s ‘Family Guy’-Seth MacFarlane special October 31, 2009 | 5:07 pm Less than a week after Microsoft bailed out of being the exclusive sponsor for Fox’s upcoming special “Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show” over concerns about content, it looks like Warner Bros. has stepped up to the plate, planning to use the special to promote its Christmas release of “Sherlock Holmes” starring Robert Downey Jr. The special features “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane and voice actress Alex Borstein in a variety of sketches, many of which incorporated plugs for Microsoft’s Windows 7. A bit about Miley Cyrus may have been the one that sent Microsoft running for the exit, according to people close to the special. That particular bit, which featured MacFarlane and Borstein as household workers for Cyrus talking about the teen star and her relationship with her father, is not expected to make the final cut. Microsoft, which has spent close to $5
