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 Beyonce leaves national anthem unfinished. A space capsule carrying ashes of 160 people crashed in the ocean. A lesson in minding your own business ... at 30,000 feet. The death toll in the Texas floods has risen to 27, including 9 kids. Report an error