Fuzzy Door Productions, Inc. is an American

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and

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company founded by

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on July 31, 1998. The company's productions include the

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s ''

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'' and ''

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'', the ''Family Guy'' spin-off '' The Cleveland Show'', the live-action sitcom '' The Winner'', the science documentary series '' Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey'', and the sci-fi comedy drama series '' The Orville''. Established as part of

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, the company signed a deal with

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in 2020, subsequently basing its headquarters at Universal City Studios in Universal City, and naming Erica Huggins as its president that same year. MacFarlane's animated series, ''Family Guy'' and ''American Dad!'', have been produced at

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, while his live-action series, ''The Orville'', is filmed at the studio's Universal City headquarters and in Westlake, California.The Orville's space adventures via Los Angeles
(Retrieved from filmla.com on 27 October 2020) The name of the company comes from the leopard-printed fake fur-covered door to the house MacFarlane lived in when he attended

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as an undergraduate in

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. The house itself also went by the nickname the Fuzzy Door during MacFarlane's residence and was the location of many "Fuzzy Door" parties. The company's logo was designed by Cory Brookes, a friend and housemate of MacFarlane's at the Fuzzy Door residence. The logo was updated in 2019, featuring a more abstract design of the door and no longer featuring the leopard fur-pattern design, instead it is colored in a plain white door with a blue background, or vice-versa colors. In 2020, the new logo was enhanced, featuring the door animating open and the text irising in as it does so, over a background that has a darker shade of blue.

Filmography

Series

Television series

Web series

Films

Short films

Discography

* '' No One Ever Tells You'' (2015) – Seth MacFarlane * '' In Full Swing'' (2017) – Seth MacFarlane * '' Once in a While'' (2019) – Seth MacFarlane * '' Great Songs from Stage & Screen'' (2020) — Seth MacFarlane * '' Blue Skies'' (2022) – Seth MacFarlane * '' We Wish You the Merriest'' (2023) – Seth MacFarlane and

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* '' Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements'' (2025) — Seth MacFarlane

References

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