So how is FOX dealing with the writer’s strike when it comes to animated shows like Family Guy?

By carrying on without the creator and writers, that’s how!

Yep, it turns out that despite creator/writer/voice-master Seth MacFarlane pledge that last week’s "Lois Kills Stewie" episode was the last episode completed before he joined the Writers Guild strike, FOX is planning on running a brand new Family Guy, "Padre de Familia,” this Sunday.

So how did they finish it without the guy who writes and voices most of the characters? Well, it turns out that FOX and the show's production studio 20th Century Fox TV are doing the final work without him on this one, and potentially three other episodes MacFarlane says "relatively close to completion" before the strike began.

Legally, the network and studio can do this, says MacFarlane, but "it would just be a colossal d*ck move."

Well, colossal d*cks they must be, ‘cause FOX is doin’ it.

"They've never done anything like this before, in which they've said, 'We're going to finish a show without you,'” added MacFarlane. “It's really going to be unfortunate and damaging to our relationship if they do it."

But can FOX really damage its rep any worse than when it cancelled the show for two years, only to bring it back only after DVD sales proved there was an audience (which, of course, we already knew...you know, being that audience)?

Dude, I hate to say it, but these creeps will take your dang show away from you if they see you as a liability. Just ask John K about his Ren & Stimpy run-ins with Nick….and then cry….

IGN.com: Fox Finishes Family Guy Without Seth