[2] The company's productions include the animated sitcoms Family Guy and American Dad!, 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 20th Century Studios, the company signed a deal with NBCUniversal in 2020,[3] subsequently basing its headquarters at Universal City Studios in Universal City,[4] and naming Erica Huggins as its president that same year.

[6] The name of the company comes from the leopard-printed fake fur-covered door to the house MacFarlane lived in when he attended Rhode Island School of Design as an undergraduate in animation.

The company's logo was designed by Cory Brookes, a friend and housemate of MacFarlane's at the Fuzzy Door residence.

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.