Celebrity | Seth MacFarlane Seth MacFarlane Donates $1M to Reading Rainbow Kickstarter He'll match pledges on Kickstarter for new web series By Newser Editors Posted Jun 27, 2014 1:16 PM CDT Copied This May 15, 2014, file photo shows Seth MacFarlane. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) Actor LeVar Burton's campaign to make Reading Rainbow available in classrooms has gotten a big push from Seth MacFarlane. The Family Guy creator has pledged to match donations up to $1 million on Burton's Kickstarter page, reports AP. Burton hosted the beloved PBS show until its cancellation in 2006 and subsequently created a tablet app. Now he's looking to raise $5 million to create a web series that teachers can show in the neediest classrooms, explains Time. The fundraising campaign ends on Wednesday. Read These Next Merchants could slap new surcharges on certain credit card purchases. Here's where things stand in the House ahead of shutdown vote. The 8 Democrats who bucked party on shutdown have something in common. Trump is responding to MTG's increasing criticism of GOP. Report an error