Reader Joel wants to know what I think about the news that Seth MacFarlane's made a Windows 7-sponsored Family Guy episode that's airing this Sunday. TechCrunch seems devastated, reading the episode as a sign that MacFarlane's irretrievably sold out Family Guy. I can't say I much care. I don't know how much of Family Guy there was left to sold out. 30 Rock's been joking about commercial exploitation of content for going on four seasons now. It's a fact of life. And MacFarlane, who has never seemed particularly shy about making a buck, is probably just ahead of the rest of us on the curve.
Update: Commenter David points out that "Microsoft backed out because someone actually watched the show. The commercial free broadcast will be sponsored by the Guy Ritchie-directed Sherlock Holmes flick." My massive shrug remains the same.