Family Guy

For the franchise, see Family Guy (franchise). For the current season, see Family Guy season 23.

Family Guy
Genre	Animated sitcom
Created by	Seth MacFarlane
Developed by	Seth MacFarlane David Zuckerman
Showrunners	Seth MacFarlane (seasons 1–4) David Zuckerman (seasons 1–3) Daniel Palladino (season 3) David A. Goodman (seasons 4–7) Chris Sheridan (seasons 4–7) Mark Hentemann (seasons 8–10) Steve Callaghan (seasons 8–15) Alec Sulkin (seasons 11–13; 16–present) Richard Appel (seasons 14–present)
Voices of	Seth MacFarlane Alex Borstein Seth Green Mila Kunis Mike Henry Patrick Warburton Arif Zahir
Theme music composer	Walter Murphy
Composers	Ron Jones Walter Murphy
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	23
No. of episodes	426 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Seth MacFarlane David Zuckerman (1999–2003) Daniel Palladino (2001–02) David A. Goodman (2005–12) Chris Sheridan (2005–12) Danny Smith (2008–present) Mark Hentemann (2009–present) Steve Callaghan (2009–present) Alec Sulkin (2011–present) Wellesley Wild (2011–15) Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (2012–19) Kara Vallow (2012–present) Richard Appel (2012–present) Patrick Meighan (2018–present) Tom Devanney (2018–present) Alex Carter (2023–present)
Producers	Shannon Smith Kim Fertman Julius Sharpe Steve Marmel (2011) Sherry Gunther (1999–2003)
Running time	20–27 minutes 33–88 minutes (select episodes)
Production companies	Fuzzy Door 20th Television (1999–2021) 20th Television Animation (2021–present)
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	January 31, 1999 (1999-01-31) – February 14, 2002 (2002-02-14)
Release	May 1, 2005 (2005-05-01) – present
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Family Guy is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 31, 1999, following Super Bowl XXXIII, with the rest of the first season airing from April 11, 1999. The show centers around the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois, their children, Meg, Chris, and Stewie, and their anthropomorphic pet dog, Brian. Set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island, the show exhibits much of its humor in the form of metafictional cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture.

The family was conceived by MacFarlane after he developed two animated films, The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve. MacFarlane redesigned the films' protagonist, Larry, and his dog, Steve, and renamed them Peter and Brian, respectively. MacFarlane pitched a seven-minute pilot to Fox in December 1998, and the show was greenlit and began production. Family Guy's cancellation was announced shortly after the third season had aired in 2002, with one unaired episode eventually premiering on Adult Swim in 2003, finishing the series' original run. Favorable DVD sales and high ratings from syndicated reruns since then convinced Fox to revive the show in 2004; a fourth season began airing the following year, on May 1, 2005.

Since its premiere, Family Guy has received generally positive reviews. In 2009, it was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, the first time an animated series had been nominated for the award since The Flintstones in 1961. In 2013, TV Guide ranked Family Guy as the ninth-greatest TV cartoon. The series has also garnered considerable amounts of criticism and controversy, ranging from storylines and character stereotypes, to allegations of racism, homophobia, and misogyny.

Many tie-in media based on the show have been released, including Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, a straight-to-DVD special released in 2005; Family Guy: Live in Vegas, a soundtrack-DVD combo released in 2005, featuring music from the show as well as music created by MacFarlane and Walter Murphy; a video game and pinball machine, released in 2006 and 2007, respectively; since 2005, six books published by Harper Adult; and Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy (2010), a collection of three episodes parodying the original Star Wars trilogy. A spin-off series, The Cleveland Show, featuring Cleveland Brown, aired from September 27, 2009, to May 19, 2013.

On January 26, 2023, Fox announced that the series had been renewed for seasons 22 and 23, taking the show through the 2024–25 television season. Season 22 premiered on October 1, 2023. Family Guy moved to Wednesday nights beginning March 6, 2024, marking the show's first weeknight airings since 2002.

On December 27, 2024, it was announced that the series would be moving back to Sundays and would air at the 8:00 p.m. timeslot. This would mark the first time Family Guy airs at the 8:00 p.m. timeslot since the episode "Brian's Got a Brand New Bag" aired on November 8, 2009. Following the two Hulu specials in late 2024, the remainder of season 23 is slated to premiere on February 16, 2025.

Premise

Characters

Main article: List of characters in the Family Guy franchise

The Griffin family. From left: Chris, Peter, Stewie (in baby carrier), Lois, Brian (dog in front), and Meg.

The show centers around the adventures and activities of the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter Griffin, a bumbling and clumsy yet well-intentioned blue-collar worker; his wife Lois, a stay-at-home mother and piano teacher (in early episodes) who is a member of the affluent Pewterschmidt family; Meg, their often bullied teenage daughter who is constantly ridiculed or ignored by the family; Chris, their awkward teenage son, who is overweight, unintelligent, unathletic, and in many respects a younger version of his father; and Stewie, their diabolical infant son of ambiguous sexual orientation who is an adult-mannered evil genius and uses stereotypical archvillain phrases. Living with the family is their witty, smoking, martini-swilling, sarcastic, English-speaking anthropomorphic pet dog Brian, although he is still considered a pet in many ways.

Recurring characters appear alongside the Griffin family. These include the family's neighbors: sex-crazed airline pilot bachelor Glenn Quagmire; deli owner/mail carrier Cleveland Brown and his wife Loretta (later Donna); paraplegic police officer Joe Swanson, his wife Bonnie, their son Kevin and their baby daughter Susie; neurotic Jewish pharmacist Mort Goldman, his wife Muriel, and their geeky and annoying son Neil, and elderly child molester Herbert. TV news anchors Tom Tucker and Diane Simmons, Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa, and Blaccu-Weather meteorologist Ollie Williams also make frequent appearances. Actor James Woods guest stars as himself in multiple episodes, as did Adam West, prior to his death.

Setting

Main article: Quahog (Family Guy)

The skyline (right) references Providence, Rhode Island (left), as viewed from the northwest looking southeast, from left to right: One Financial Center, 50 Kennedy Plaza, and the Superman Building.

The primary setting of Family Guy is Quahog (/ˈk(w)oʊhɒɡ/ K(W)OH-hog), a fictional city in Rhode Island that was founded by Peter's ancestor, Griffin Peterson. MacFarlane resided in Providence during his time as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and the show contains distinct Rhode Island landmarks similar to real-world locations. MacFarlane often borrows the names of Rhode Island locations and icons such as Pawtucket and Buddy Cianci for use in the show. MacFarlane, in an interview with Providence's Fox affiliate WNAC-TV, stated that the town is modeled after Cranston, Rhode Island.

Episodes

Main article: List of Family Guy episodes

Seth MacFarlane, shown here in 2012, created Family Guy, which premiered on January 31, 1999.

Family Guy is an American adult animated television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the dysfunctional Griffin family, which consists of father Peter (MacFarlane), mother Lois (Alex Borstein), daughter Meg (Lacey Chabert in Episodes 1–9, then Mila Kunis from Episode 10 onwards), son Chris (Seth Green), baby Stewie (MacFarlane), and Brian (MacFarlane), the family dog. The show is set in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island, and lampoons American culture in the form of cutaway gags, science fiction, and tangential vignettes.

The concept of Family Guy was conceived by MacFarlane in 1995 while studying animation at the Rhode Island School of Design. He created two shorts entitled The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve, both of which played a key role in Fox executives' decision to pick up the series in 1998. After two seasons, Fox decided to cancel the show. Despite the cancellation, a third season was produced, after which the series was officially cancelled at the end of the 2001–2002 season. Reruns on Cartoon Network's block Adult Swim drove up interest, and a letter-writing campaign, along with impressive DVD sales, encouraged Fox to bring the show back for the 2005–2006 television season.

Family Guy and its cast have been nominated for twenty-seven Primetime Emmy Awards, winning eight. MacFarlane won the Outstanding Voice-Over Performance award for his performance as Stewie, MacFarlane and Walter Murphy won the Outstanding Music and Lyrics award for the song "You Got a Lot to See" from the episode "Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows", Steven Fonti won the Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation award for his storyboard work in the episode "No Chris Left Behind", Greg Colton won the Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation award for his storyboard work in the episode "Road to the Multiverse", Patrick S. Clark and Jim Fitzpatrick won the Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation award for their sound mixing work on the episode "Road to the North Pole", and MacFarlane won the Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance award for his performances in the episode "Pilling Them Softly". The show was nominated for twelve Annies, and won three times, twice in 2006 and once in 2008. In 2009, it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, becoming the first animated program to be nominated in this category since The Flintstones in 1961.

As of November 25, 2024, 426 episodes of Family Guy have been released, currently in its twenty-third season. The series remains Fox's second-longest-running program, behind The Simpsons. It also remains the fourth-longest-running scripted primetime series in North America. Season 23 premiered on October 14, 2024.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released			Rank	Average Viewers (in millions)
			First released	Last released	Network
0	Pilot		September 29, 1998	TBA	N/A	N/A	N/A
1	7		January 31, 1999	May 16, 1999	Fox	33	14.12
2	21		September 23, 1999	August 1, 2000		114	6.74
3	22		July 11, 2001	November 9, 2003		125	5.61
4	30		May 1, 2005	May 21, 2006		68	7.90
5	18		September 10, 2006	May 20, 2007		71	8.69
6	12		September 23, 2007	May 4, 2008		84	9.21
7	16		September 28, 2008	May 17, 2009		69	7.82
8	21		September 27, 2009	June 20, 2010		53	7.13
9	18		September 26, 2010	May 22, 2011		56	6.78
10	23		September 25, 2011	May 20, 2012		63	5.65
11	22		September 30, 2012	May 19, 2013		62	5.39
12	21		September 29, 2013	May 18, 2014		78	4.65
13	18		September 28, 2014	May 17, 2015		94	3.84
14	20		September 27, 2015	May 22, 2016		111	3.09
15	20		September 25, 2016	May 21, 2017		116	2.76
16	20		October 1, 2017	May 20, 2018		136	2.54
17	20		September 30, 2018	May 12, 2019		131	2.35
18	20		September 29, 2019	May 17, 2020		107	1.80
19	20		September 27, 2020	May 16, 2021		120	1.55
20	20		September 26, 2021	May 22, 2022		111	1.25
21	20		September 25, 2022	May 7, 2023		104	1.19
22	15		October 1, 2023 (2023-10-01)	April 17, 2024 (2024-04-17)		115	1.03
23	TBA		October 14, 2024 (2024-10-14)	TBA	Fox Hulu	TBA	TBA

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Episodes

Season 1 (1999)

Main article: Family Guy season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Death Has a Shadow"	Peter Shin	Seth MacFarlane	January 31, 1999 (1999-01-31)	1ACX01	22.00
2	2	"I Never Met the Dead Man"	Michael Dante DiMartino	Chris Sheridan	April 11, 1999 (1999-04-11)	1ACX02	14.50
3	3	"Chitty Chitty Death Bang"	Dominic Polcino	Danny Smith	April 18, 1999 (1999-04-18)	1ACX04	13.78
4	4	"Mind Over Murder"	Roy Allen Smith	Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan	April 25, 1999 (1999-04-25)	1ACX03	11.69
5	5	"A Hero Sits Next Door"	Monte Young	Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman	May 2, 1999 (1999-05-02)	1ACX05	12.61
6	6	"The Son Also Draws"	Neil Affleck	Ricky Blitt	May 9, 1999 (1999-05-09)	1ACX06	11.20
7	7	"Brian: Portrait of a Dog"	Michael Dante DiMartino	Gary Janetti	May 16, 1999 (1999-05-16)	1ACX07	13.10

Season 2 (1999–2000)

Main article: Family Guy season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
8	1	"Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater"	Jeff Myers	Chris Sheridan	September 23, 1999 (1999-09-23)	1ACX08	7.72
9	2	"Holy Crap"	Neil Affleck	Danny Smith	September 30, 1999 (1999-09-30)	1ACX11	5.40
10	3	"Da Boom"	Bob Jaques	Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan	December 26, 1999 (1999-12-26)	2ACX06	9.37
11	4	"Brian in Love"	Jack Dyer	Gary Janetti	March 7, 2000 (2000-03-07)	2ACX01	7.33
12	5	"Love Thy Trophy"	Jack Dyer	Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman	March 14, 2000 (2000-03-14)	1ACX13	6.68
13	6	"Death Is a Bitch"	Michael Dante DiMartino	Ricky Blitt	March 21, 2000 (2000-03-21)	1ACX14	6.97
14	7	"The King Is Dead"	Monte Young	Craig Hoffman	March 28, 2000 (2000-03-28)	1ACX15	6.91
15	8	"I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar"	Monte Young	Chris Sheridan	March 28, 2000 (2000-03-28)	2ACX02	7.62
16	9	"If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'"	Swinton O. Scott III	Chris Sheridan	April 4, 2000 (2000-04-04)	1ACX12	6.24
17	10	"Running Mates"	John Holmquist	Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan	April 11, 2000 (2000-04-11)	1ACX09	6.30
18	11	"A Picture is Worth 1,000 Bucks"	Gavin Dell	Craig Hoffman	April 18, 2000 (2000-04-18)	2ACX07	6.07
19	12	"Fifteen Minutes of Shame"	Scott Wood	Steve Callaghan	April 25, 2000 (2000-04-25)	2ACX08	6.62
20	13	"Road to Rhode Island"	Dan Povenmire	Gary Janetti	May 30, 2000 (2000-05-30)	2ACX12	6.47
21	14	"Let's Go to the Hop"	Glen Hill	Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman	June 6, 2000 (2000-06-06)	2ACX04	5.70
22	15	"Dammit Janet"	Bert Ring	Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman	June 13, 2000 (2000-06-13)	2ACX09	7.34
23	16	"There's Something About Paulie"	Monte Young	Ricky Blitt	June 27, 2000 (2000-06-27)	1ACX10	6.88
24	17	"He's Too Sexy for His Fat"	Glen Hill	Chris Sheridan	June 27, 2000 (2000-06-27)	2ACX10	6.56
25	18	"E. Peterbus Unum"	Rob Renzetti	Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan	July 12, 2000 (2000-07-12)	2ACX13	5.50
26	19	"The Story on Page One"	Gavin Dell	Craig Hoffman	July 18, 2000 (2000-07-18)	2ACX14	5.66
27	20	"Wasted Talent"	Bert Ring	Story by : Dave Collard & Ken Goin Teleplay by : Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman	July 25, 2000 (2000-07-25)	2ACX15	6.82
28	21	"Fore, Father"	Scott Wood	Bobby Bowman	August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01)	2ACX16	6.15

Season 3 (2001–03)

Main article: Family Guy season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
29	1	"The Thin White Line"	Glen Hill	Steve Callaghan	July 11, 2001 (2001-07-11)	2ACX17	5.99
30	2	"Brian Does Hollywood"	Gavin Dell	Gary Janetti	July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)	2ACX20	6.10
31	3	"Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington"	Brian Hogan	Ricky Blitt	July 25, 2001 (2001-07-25)	2ACX11	6.17
32	4	"One If by Clam, Two If by Sea"	Dan Povenmire	Jim Bernstein & Michael Shipley	August 1, 2001 (2001-08-01)	2ACX19	5.82
33	5	"And the Wiener Is..."	Bert Ring	Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman	August 8, 2001 (2001-08-08)	2ACX22	5.40
34	6	"Death Lives"	Rob Renzetti	Mike Henry	August 15, 2001 (2001-08-15)	2ACX21	5.19
35	7	"Lethal Weapons"	Brian Hogan	Chris Sheridan	August 22, 2001 (2001-08-22)	2ACX18	5.92
36	8	"The Kiss Seen Around the World"	Pete Michels	Mark Hentemann	August 29, 2001 (2001-08-29)	3ACX02	6.46
37	9	"Mr. Saturday Knight"	Michael Dante DiMartino	Steve Callaghan	September 5, 2001 (2001-09-05)	3ACX04	5.77
38	10	"A Fish Out of Water"	Bert Ring	Alex Borstein & Mike Henry	September 19, 2001 (2001-09-19)	3ACX05	5.37
39	11	"Emission Impossible"	Peter Shin	Dave Collard & Ken Goin	November 8, 2001 (2001-11-08)	3ACX01	5.28
40	12	"To Love and Die in Dixie"	Dan Povenmire	Steve Callaghan	November 15, 2001 (2001-11-15)	3ACX09	5.0
41	13	"Screwed the Pooch"	Pete Michels	Dave Collard & Ken Goin	November 29, 2001 (2001-11-29)	3ACX08	4.67
42	14	"Peter Griffin: Husband, Father... Brother?"	Scott Wood	Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman	December 6, 2001 (2001-12-06)	3ACX06	4.25
43	15	"Ready, Willing, and Disabled"	Andi Klein	Alex Barnow & Marc Firek	December 20, 2001 (2001-12-20)	3ACX07	4.69
44	16	"A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas"	Brian Hogan	Danny Smith	December 21, 2001 (2001-12-21)	2ACX03	4.53
45	17	"Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows"	Dan Povenmire	Ali Adler	January 17, 2002 (2002-01-17)	3ACX03	5.36
46	18	"From Method to Madness"	Bert Ring	Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman	January 24, 2002 (2002-01-24)	3ACX11	5.32
47	19	"Stuck Together, Torn Apart"	Michael Dante DiMartino	Mark Hentemann	January 31, 2002 (2002-01-31)	3ACX10	4.60
48	20	"Road to Europe"	Dan Povenmire	Daniel Palladino	February 7, 2002 (2002-02-07)	3ACX13	4.35
49	21	"Family Guy Viewer Mail #1"	Pete Michels	Gene Laufenberg	February 14, 2002 (2002-02-14)	3ACX12	4.63
			Scott Wood	Seth MacFarlane
			Michael Dante DiMartino	Jim Bernstein & Michael Shipley
50	22	"When You Wish Upon a Weinstein"	Dan Povenmire	Ricky Blitt	September 9, 2003 (DVD) November 9, 2003 (2003-11-09) (Adult Swim) December 10, 2004 (2004-12-10) (Fox)	2ACX05	4.88 (Fox)

Season 4 (2005–06)

Main article: Family Guy season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
51	1	"North by North Quahog"	Peter Shin	Seth MacFarlane	May 1, 2005 (2005-05-01)	4ACX01	11.87
52	2	"Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High"	Pete Michels	Ken Goin	May 8, 2005 (2005-05-08)	4ACX02	9.90
53	3	"Blind Ambition"	Chuck Klein	Steve Callaghan	May 15, 2005 (2005-05-15)	4ACX04	9.26
54	4	"Don't Make Me Over"	Sarah Frost	Gene Laufenberg	June 5, 2005 (2005-06-05)	4ACX03	7.35
55	5	"The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire"	James Purdum	Mike Henry & Patrick Henry	June 12, 2005 (2005-06-12)	4ACX08	8.21
56	6	"Petarded"	Seth Kearsley	Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild	June 19, 2005 (2005-06-19)	4ACX09	7.17
57	7	"Brian the Bachelor"	Dan Povenmire	Mark Hentemann	June 26, 2005 (2005-06-26)	4ACX10	7.34
58	8	"8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter"	Greg Colton	Patrick Meighan	July 10, 2005 (2005-07-10)	4ACX11	6.12
59	9	"Breaking Out Is Hard to Do"	Kurt Dumas	Tom Devanney	July 17, 2005 (2005-07-17)	4ACX12	5.65
60	10	"Model Misbehavior"	Sarah Frost	Steve Callaghan	July 24, 2005 (2005-07-24)	4ACX13	7.04
61	11	"Peter's Got Woods"	Chuck Klein & Zac Moncrief	Danny Smith	September 11, 2005 (2005-09-11)	4ACX14	9.13
62	12	"Perfect Castaway"	James Purdum	John Viener	September 18, 2005 (2005-09-18)	4ACX15	9.59
63	13	"Jungle Love"	Seth Kearsley	Mark Hentemann	September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25)	4ACX16	8.68
64	14	"PTV"	Dan Povenmire	Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild	November 6, 2005 (2005-11-06)	4ACX17	8.59
65	15	"Brian Goes Back to College"	Greg Colton	Matt Fleckenstein	November 13, 2005 (2005-11-13)	4ACX18	9.20
66	16	"The Courtship of Stewie's Father"	Kurt Dumas	Kirker Butler	November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20)	4ACX19	9.08
67	17	"The Fat Guy Strangler"	Sarah Frost	Chris Sheridan	November 27, 2005 (2005-11-27)	4ACX20	9.85
68	18	"The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz"	James Purdum	Danny Smith	December 18, 2005 (2005-12-18)	4ACX22	8.26
69	19	"Brian Sings and Swings"	Chuck Klein & Zac Moncrief	Michael Rowe	January 8, 2006 (2006-01-08)	4ACX21	8.10
70	20	"Patriot Games"	Cyndi Tang	Mike Henry	January 29, 2006 (2006-01-29)	4ACX25	9.08
71	21	"I Take Thee Quagmire"	Seth Kearsley	Tom Maxwell, Don Woodard & Steve Callaghan	March 12, 2006 (2006-03-12)	4ACX23	8.06
72	22	"Sibling Rivalry"	Dan Povenmire	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	March 26, 2006 (2006-03-26)	4ACX24	8.22
73	23	"Deep Throats"	Greg Colton	Alex Borstein	April 9, 2006 (2006-04-09)	4ACX26	7.83
74	24	"Peterotica"	Kurt Dumas	Patrick Meighan	April 23, 2006 (2006-04-23)	4ACX27	7.91
75	25	"You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives"	Dominic Polcino	David A. Goodman	April 30, 2006 (2006-04-30)	4ACX28	7.45
76	26	"Petergeist"	Sarah Frost	Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild	May 7, 2006 (2006-05-07)	4ACX29	8.47
77	27	"The Griffin Family History"	Zac Moncrief	John Viener	May 14, 2006 (2006-05-14)	4ACX30	8.03
78	28	"Stewie B. Goode" (Part 1)	Pete Michels	Gary Janetti & Chris Sheridan	May 21, 2006 (2006-05-21)	4ACX05	8.20
79	29	"Bango Was His Name, Oh!" (Part 2)	Pete Michels	Alex Borstein	May 21, 2006 (2006-05-21)	4ACX06	7.87
80	30	"Stu and Stewie's Excellent Adventure" (Part 3)	Pete Michels	Steve Callaghan	May 21, 2006 (2006-05-21)	4ACX07	8.14

Season 5 (2006–07)

Main article: Family Guy season 5

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
81	1	"Stewie Loves Lois"	Mike Kim	Mark Hentemann	September 10, 2006 (2006-09-10)	4ACX32	9.93
82	2	"Mother Tucker"	James Purdum	Tom Devanney	September 17, 2006 (2006-09-17)	4ACX31	9.23
83	3	"Hell Comes to Quahog"	Dan Povenmire	Kirker Butler	September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24)	4ACX33	9.66
84	4	"Saving Private Brian"	Cyndi Tang	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	November 5, 2006 (2006-11-05)	4ACX34	8.45
85	5	"Whistle While Your Wife Works"	Greg Colton	Steve Callaghan	November 12, 2006 (2006-11-12)	4ACX35	9.04
86	6	"Prick Up Your Ears"	James Purdum	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	November 19, 2006 (2006-11-19)	5ACX01	9.30
87	7	"Chick Cancer"	Pete Michels	Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild	November 26, 2006 (2006-11-26)	5ACX02	9.49
88	8	"Barely Legal"	Zac Moncrief	Kirker Butler	December 17, 2006 (2006-12-17)	5ACX03	8.91
89	9	"Road to Rupert"	Dan Povenmire	Patrick Meighan	January 28, 2007 (2007-01-28)	5ACX04	8.80
90	10	"Peter's Two Dads"	Cyndi Tang	Danny Smith	February 11, 2007 (2007-02-11)	5ACX05	7.97
91	11	"The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou"	Julius Wu	Mark Hentemann	February 18, 2007 (2007-02-18)	5ACX06	8.53
92	12	"Airport '07"	John Holmquist	Tom Devanney	March 4, 2007 (2007-03-04)	5ACX08	8.59
93	13	"Bill & Peter's Bogus Journey"	Dominic Polcino	Steve Callaghan	March 11, 2007 (2007-03-11)	5ACX07	8.05
94	14	"No Meals on Wheels"	Greg Colton	Mike Henry	March 25, 2007 (2007-03-25)	5ACX09	7.97
95	15	"Boys Do Cry"	Brian Iles	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	April 29, 2007 (2007-04-29)	5ACX10	8.13
96	16	"No Chris Left Behind"	Pete Michels	Patrick Meighan	May 6, 2007 (2007-05-06)	5ACX11	7.95
97	17	"It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One"	Zac Moncrief	a.bo	May 13, 2007 (2007-05-13)	5ACX12	7.22
98	18	"Meet the Quagmires"	Dan Povenmire & Chris Robertson	Mark Hentemann	May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20)	5ACX13	9.15

Season 6 (2007–08)

Main article: Family Guy season 6

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
99	1	"Blue Harvest"	Dominic Polcino	Alec Sulkin	September 23, 2007 (2007-09-23)	5ACX16	10.81
						5ACX22
100	2	"Movin' Out (Brian's Song)"	Cyndi Tang	John Viener	September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30)	5ACX14	7.98
101	3	"Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air"	Julius Wu	Andrew Goldberg	October 7, 2007 (2007-10-07)	5ACX15	8.30
102	4	"Stewie Kills Lois"	John Holmquist	David A. Goodman	November 4, 2007 (2007-11-04)	5ACX17	10.46
103	5	"Lois Kills Stewie"	Greg Colton	Steve Callaghan	November 11, 2007 (2007-11-11)	5ACX18	10.39
104	6	"Padre de Familia"	Pete Michels	Kirker Butler	November 18, 2007 (2007-11-18)	5ACX20	10.55
105	7	"Peter's Daughter"	Zac Moncrief	Chris Sheridan	November 25, 2007 (2007-11-25)	5ACX21	9.52
106	8	"McStroke"	Brian Iles	Wellesley Wild	January 13, 2008 (2008-01-13)	5ACX19	11.33
107	9	"Back to the Woods"	Brian Iles	Tom Devanney	February 17, 2008 (2008-02-17)	6ACX02	7.29
108	10	"Play It Again, Brian"	John Holmquist	Danny Smith	March 2, 2008 (2008-03-02)	6ACX01	7.80
109	11	"The Former Life of Brian"	Pete Michels	Steve Callaghan	April 27, 2008 (2008-04-27)	6ACX04	8.42
110	12	"Long John Peter"	Dominic Polcino	Wellesley Wild	May 4, 2008 (2008-05-04)	6ACX06	7.69

Season 7 (2008–09)

Main article: Family Guy season 7

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
111	1	"Love, Blactually"	Cyndi Tang	Mike Henry	September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28)	6ACX03	9.09
112	2	"I Dream of Jesus"	Mike Kim	Brian Scully	October 5, 2008 (2008-10-05)	6ACX05	8.38
113	3	"Road to Germany"	Greg Colton	Patrick Meighan	October 19, 2008 (2008-10-19)	6ACX08	9.01
114	4	"Baby Not on Board"	Julius Wu	Mark Hentemann	November 2, 2008 (2008-11-02)	6ACX07	9.99
115	5	"The Man with Two Brians"	Dominic Bianchi	John Viener	November 9, 2008 (2008-11-09)	6ACX09	8.47
116	6	"Tales of a Third Grade Nothing"	Jerry Langford	Alex Carter	November 16, 2008 (2008-11-16)	6ACX10	8.57
117	7	"Ocean's Three and a Half"	John Holmquist	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	February 15, 2009 (2009-02-15)	6ACX11	7.41
118	8	"Family Gay"	Brian Iles	Richard Appel	March 8, 2009 (2009-03-08)	6ACX12	7.09
119	9	"The Juice Is Loose"	Cyndi Tang	Andrew Goldberg	March 15, 2009 (2009-03-15)	6ACX13	7.29
120	10	"Fox-y Lady"	Pete Michels	Matt Fleckenstein	March 22, 2009 (2009-03-22)	6ACX14	7.34
121	11	"Not All Dogs Go to Heaven"	Greg Colton	Danny Smith	March 29, 2009 (2009-03-29)	6ACX17	8.12
122	12	"420"	Julius Wu	Patrick Meighan	April 19, 2009 (2009-04-19)	6ACX16	7.34
123	13	"Stew-Roids"	Jerry Langford	Alec Sulkin	April 26, 2009 (2009-04-26)	6ACX18	6.67
124	14	"We Love You, Conrad"	John Holmquist	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	May 3, 2009 (2009-05-03)	6ACX19	6.57
125	15	"Three Kings"	Dominic Bianchi	Alec Sulkin	May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10)	6ACX15	6.36
126	16	"Peter's Progress"	Brian Iles	Wellesley Wild	May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)	6ACX20	7.35

Season 8 (2009–10)

Main article: Family Guy season 8

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
127	1	"Road to the Multiverse"	Greg Colton	Wellesley Wild	September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27)	7ACX06	10.11
128	2	"Family Goy"	James Purdum	Mark Hentemann	October 4, 2009 (2009-10-04)	7ACX01	9.86
129	3	"Spies Reminiscent of Us"	Cyndi Tang	Alec Sulkin	October 11, 2009 (2009-10-11)	7ACX03	8.97
130	4	"Brian's Got a Brand New Bag"	Pete Michels	Tom Devanney	November 8, 2009 (2009-11-08)	7ACX02	7.26
131	5	"Hannah Banana"	John Holmquist	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	November 8, 2009 (2009-11-08)	7ACX05	8.00
132	6	"Quagmire's Baby"	Jerry Langford	Patrick Meighan	November 15, 2009 (2009-11-15)	7ACX04	8.50
133	7	"Jerome Is the New Black"	Brian Iles	John Viener	November 22, 2009 (2009-11-22)	7ACX08	7.48
134	8	"Dog Gone"	Julius Wu	Steve Callaghan	November 29, 2009 (2009-11-29)	7ACX07	8.50
135	9	"Business Guy"	Pete Michels	Andrew Goldberg & Alex Carter	December 13, 2009 (2009-12-13)	7ACX11	7.66
136	10	"Big Man on Hippocampus"	Dominic Bianchi	Brian Scully	January 3, 2010 (2010-01-03)	7ACX09	8.16
137	11	"Dial Meg for Murder"	Cyndi Tang	Alex Carter & Andrew Goldberg	January 31, 2010 (2010-01-31)	7ACX12	6.19
138	12	"Extra Large Medium"	John Holmquist	Steve Callaghan	February 14, 2010 (2010-02-14)	7ACX14	6.44
139	13	"Go, Stewie, Go!"	Greg Colton	Gary Janetti	March 14, 2010 (2010-03-14)	7ACX15	6.66
140	14	"Peter-assment"	Julius Wu	Chris Sheridan	March 21, 2010 (2010-03-21)	7ACX16	6.67
141	15	"Brian Griffin's House of Payne"	Jerry Langford	Aram Spencer Porter	March 28, 2010 (2010-03-28)	7ACX13	7.32
142	16	"April in Quahog"	Joseph Lee	John Viener	April 11, 2010 (2010-04-11)	7ACX18	6.96
143	17	"Brian & Stewie"	Dominic Bianchi	Gary Janetti	May 2, 2010 (2010-05-02)	7ACX20	7.40
144	18	"Quagmire's Dad"	Pete Michels	Tom Devanney	May 9, 2010 (2010-05-09)	7ACX19	7.22
145	19	"The Splendid Source"	Brian Iles	Based on a short story by : Richard Matheson Teleplay by : Mark Hentemann	May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)	7ACX17	7.71
146	20	"Something, Something, Something, Dark Side"	Dominic Polcino	Kirker Butler	May 23, 2010 (2010-05-23)	6ACX21	6.31
						6ACX22
147	21	"Partial Terms of Endearment"	Joseph Lee	Danny Smith	June 20, 2010 (2010-06-20) (BBC Three) September 28, 2010 (2010-09-28) (DVD)	7ACX10	1.04 (BBC Three)

Season 9 (2010–11)

Main article: Family Guy season 9

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
148	1	"And Then There Were Fewer"	Dominic Polcino	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26)	8ACX01	9.13
						8ACX02
149	2	"Excellence in Broadcasting"	John Holmquist	Patrick Meighan	October 3, 2010 (2010-10-03)	8ACX03	7.98
150	3	"Welcome Back, Carter"	Cyndi Tang	Wellesley Wild	October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10)	8ACX04	6.97
151	4	"Halloween on Spooner Street"	Jerry Langford	Andrew Goldberg	November 7, 2010 (2010-11-07)	8ACX06	8.00
152	5	"Baby, You Knock Me Out"	Julius Wu	Alex Carter	November 14, 2010 (2010-11-14)	8ACX05	7.06
153	6	"Brian Writes a Bestseller"	Joseph Lee	Gary Janetti	November 21, 2010 (2010-11-21)	8ACX07	6.59
154	7	"Road to the North Pole"	Greg Colton	Chris Sheridan & Danny Smith	December 12, 2010 (2010-12-12)	8ACX08	8.03
						8ACX09
155	8	"New Kidney in Town"	Pete Michels	Matt Harrigan & Dave Willis	January 9, 2011 (2011-01-09)	8ACX10	9.33
156	9	"And I'm Joyce Kinney"	Dominic Bianchi	Alec Sulkin	January 16, 2011 (2011-01-16)	8ACX12	7.06
157	10	"Friends of Peter G."	John Holmquist	Brian Scully	February 13, 2011 (2011-02-13)	8ACX13	5.98
158	11	"German Guy"	Cyndi Tang	Patrick Meighan	February 20, 2011 (2011-02-20)	8ACX14	6.57
159	12	"The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair"	Brian Iles	Tom Devanney	March 6, 2011 (2011-03-06)	8ACX11	6.33
160	13	"Trading Places"	Joseph Lee	Steve Callaghan	March 20, 2011 (2011-03-20)	8ACX17	6.55
161	14	"Tiegs for Two"	Jerry Langford	John Viener	April 10, 2011 (2011-04-10)	8ACX16	6.59
162	15	"Brothers & Sisters"	Julius Wu	Alex Carter	April 17, 2011 (2011-04-17)	8ACX15	5.98
163	16	"The Big Bang Theory"	Dominic Polcino	David A. Goodman	May 8, 2011 (2011-05-08)	8ACX18	6.52
164	17	"Foreign Affairs"	Pete Michels	Anthony Blasucci & Mike Desilets	May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15)	8ACX19	6.44
165	18	"It's a Trap!"	Peter Shin	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong & David A. Goodman	May 22, 2011 (2011-05-22)	7ACX21	5.84
						7ACX22

Season 10 (2011–12)

Main article: Family Guy season 10

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
166	1	"Lottery Fever"	Greg Colton	Andrew Goldberg	September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25)	9ACX01	7.69
167	2	"Seahorse Seashell Party"	Brian Iles	Wellesley Wild	October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)	8ACX20	6.99
168	3	"Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q"	Dominic Bianchi	Alec Sulkin	October 30, 2011 (2011-10-30)	8ACX21	5.96
169	4	"Stewie Goes for a Drive"	Julius Wu	Gary Janetti	November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06)	9ACX02	5.82
170	5	"Back to the Pilot"	Dominic Bianchi	Mark Hentemann	November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13)	9ACX08	6.01
171	6	"Thanksgiving"	Jerry Langford	Patrick Meighan	November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20)	9ACX04	6.02
172	7	"Amish Guy"	John Holmquist	Mark Hentemann	November 27, 2011 (2011-11-27)	8ACX22	5.50
173	8	"Cool Hand Peter"	Brian Iles	Artie Johann & Shawn Ries	December 4, 2011 (2011-12-04)	9ACX05	7.14
174	9	"Grumpy Old Man"	John Holmquist	Dave Ihlenfeld & David Wright	December 11, 2011 (2011-12-11)	9ACX07	6.10
175	10	"Quagmire and Meg"	Joseph Lee	Tom Devanney	January 8, 2012 (2012-01-08)	9ACX03	6.23
176	11	"The Blind Side"	Bob Bowen	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	January 15, 2012 (2012-01-15)	9ACX06	8.31
177	12	"Livin' on a Prayer"	Pete Michels	Danny Smith	January 29, 2012 (2012-01-29)	9ACX09	5.92
178	13	"Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream"	Greg Colton	Alex Carter	February 12, 2012 (2012-02-12)	9ACX10	5.03
179	14	"Be Careful What You Fish For"	Julius Wu	Steve Callaghan	February 19, 2012 (2012-02-19)	9ACX11	5.47
180	15	"Burning Down the Bayit"	Jerry Langford	Chris Sheridan	March 4, 2012 (2012-03-04)	9ACX13	5.33
181	16	"Killer Queen"	Joseph Lee	Aram Spencer Porter	March 11, 2012 (2012-03-11)	9ACX12	5.74
182	17	"Forget-Me-Not"	Brian Iles	David A. Goodman	March 18, 2012 (2012-03-18)	9ACX14	5.61
183	18	"You Can't Do That on Television, Peter"	Bob Bowen	Julius Sharpe	April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)	9ACX15	5.05
184	19	"Mr. and Mrs. Stewie"	Joe Vaux	Gary Janetti	April 29, 2012 (2012-04-29)	9ACX17	5.63
185	20	"Leggo My Meg-O"	John Holmquist	Brian Scully	May 6, 2012 (2012-05-06)	9ACX16	5.64
186	21	"Tea Peter"	Pete Michels	Patrick Meighan	May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)	9ACX18	4.94
187	22	"Family Guy Viewer Mail #2"	Greg Colton	Tom Devanney	May 20, 2012 (2012-05-20)	9ACX19	5.35
				Alec Sulkin
				Deepak Sethi
188	23	"Internal Affairs"	Julius Wu	Wellesley Wild	May 20, 2012 (2012-05-20)	9ACX20	5.35

Season 11 (2012–13)

Main article: Family Guy season 11

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
189	1	"Into Fat Air"	Joseph Lee	Alec Sulkin	September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30)	9ACX21	6.55
190	2	"Ratings Guy"	James Purdum	Dave Ihlenfeld & David Wright	October 7, 2012 (2012-10-07)	AACX01	6.70
191	3	"The Old Man and the Big 'C'"	Brian Iles	Mike Desilets & Anthony Blasucci	November 4, 2012 (2012-11-04)	9ACX22	5.11
192	4	"Yug Ylimaf"	John Holmquist	Mark Hentemann	November 11, 2012 (2012-11-11)	AACX04	5.57
193	5	"Joe's Revenge"	Bob Bowen	Julius Sharpe	November 18, 2012 (2012-11-18)	AACX03	5.14
194	6	"Lois Comes Out of Her Shell"	Joe Vaux	Danny Smith	November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25)	AACX05	5.77
195	7	"Friends Without Benefits"	Jerry Langford	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	December 9, 2012 (2012-12-09)	AACX02	5.64
196	8	"Jesus, Mary and Joseph!"	Julius Wu	Tom Devanney	December 23, 2012 (2012-12-23)	AACX07	5.49
197	9	"Space Cadet"	Pete Michels	Alex Carter	January 6, 2013 (2013-01-06)	AACX06	7.21
198	10	"Brian's Play"	Joseph Lee	Gary Janetti	January 13, 2013 (2013-01-13)	AACX08	6.01
199	11	"The Giggity Wife"	Brian Iles	Andrew Goldberg	January 27, 2013 (2013-01-27)	AACX09	5.63
200	12	"Valentine's Day in Quahog"	Bob Bowen	Daniel Palladino	February 10, 2013 (2013-02-10)	AACX11	4.71
201	13	"Chris Cross"	Jerry Langford	Anthony Blasucci & Mike Desilets	February 17, 2013 (2013-02-17)	AACX10	4.87
202	14	"Call Girl"	John Holmquist	Wellesley Wild	March 10, 2013 (2013-03-10)	AACX12	5.27
203	15	"Turban Cowboy"	Joe Vaux	Artie Johann & Shawn Ries	March 17, 2013 (2013-03-17)	AACX13	4.92
204	16	"12 and a Half Angry Men"	Pete Michels	Ted Jessup	March 24, 2013 (2013-03-24)	AACX14	5.16
205	17	"Bigfat"	Julius Wu	Brian Scully	April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14)	AACX15	5.02
206	18	"Total Recall"	Joseph Lee	Kristin Long	April 28, 2013 (2013-04-28)	AACX16	4.89
207	19	"Save the Clam"	Brian Iles	Chris Sheridan	May 5, 2013 (2013-05-05)	AACX18	4.79
208	20	"Farmer Guy"	Mike Kim	Patrick Meighan	May 12, 2013 (2013-05-12)	AACX19	4.82
209	21	"Roads to Vegas"	Greg Colton	Steve Callaghan	May 19, 2013 (2013-05-19)	AACX20	5.28
210	22	"No Country Club for Old Men"	Jerry Langford	Teresa Hsiao	May 19, 2013 (2013-05-19)	AACX21	5.16

Season 12 (2013–14)

Main article: Family Guy season 12

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
211	1	"Finders Keepers"	John Holmquist	Mike Desilets & Anthony Blasucci	September 29, 2013 (2013-09-29)	BACX01	5.23
212	2	"Vestigial Peter"	Julius Wu	Brian Scully	October 6, 2013 (2013-10-06)	BACX02	5.20
213	3	"Quagmire's Quagmire"	Pete Michels	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	November 3, 2013 (2013-11-03)	BACX03	4.87
214	4	"A Fistful of Meg"	Joe Vaux	Dominic Bianchi & Joe Vaux	November 10, 2013 (2013-11-10)	AACX22	4.18
215	5	"Boopa-dee Bappa-dee"	Mike Kim	Wellesley Wild	November 17, 2013 (2013-11-17)	BACX04	4.46
216	6	"Life of Brian"	Joseph Lee	Alex Carter	November 24, 2013 (2013-11-24)	BACX05	4.58
217	7	"Into Harmony's Way"	Brian Iles	Julius Sharpe	December 8, 2013 (2013-12-08)	BACX06	5.36
218	8	"Christmas Guy"	Greg Colton	Patrick Meighan	December 15, 2013 (2013-12-15)	BACX07	6.37
219	9	"Peter Problems"	Bob Bowen	Teresa Hsiao	January 5, 2014 (2014-01-05)	BACX08	5.76
220	10	"Grimm Job"	Joe Vaux	Alec Sulkin	January 12, 2014 (2014-01-12)	BACX09	5.22
221	11	"Brian's a Bad Father"	Jerry Langford	Chris Sheridan	January 26, 2014 (2014-01-26)	BACX10	4.11
222	12	"Mom's the Word"	John Holmquist	Ted Jessup	March 9, 2014 (2014-03-09)	BACX11	4.56
223	13	"3 Acts of God"	Bob Bowen	Alec Sulkin	March 16, 2014 (2014-03-16)	AACX17	4.62
224	14	"Fresh Heir"	Mike Kim	Steve Callaghan	March 23, 2014 (2014-03-23)	BACX13	4.38
225	15	"Secondhand Spoke"	Julius Wu	Dave Ihlenfeld & David Wright	March 30, 2014 (2014-03-30)	BACX12	4.17
226	16	"Herpe the Love Sore"	Greg Colton	Andrew Goldberg	April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06)	BACX16	4.77
227	17	"The Most Interesting Man in the World"	Joseph Lee	Tom Devanney	April 13, 2014 (2014-04-13)	BACX14	4.39
228	18	"Baby Got Black"	Brian Iles	Kevin Biggins & Travis Bowe	April 27, 2014 (2014-04-27)	BACX15	4.02
229	19	"Meg Stinks!"	Bob Bowen	Danny Smith	May 4, 2014 (2014-05-04)	BACX17	4.40
230	20	"He's Bla-ack!"	Steve Robertson	Julius Sharpe	May 11, 2014 (2014-05-11)	BACX19	4.16
231	21	"Chap Stewie"	Joe Vaux	Artie Johann & Shawn Ries	May 18, 2014 (2014-05-18)	BACX18	3.88

Season 13 (2014–15)

Main article: Family Guy season 13

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
232	1	"The Simpsons Guy"	Peter Shin	Patrick Meighan	September 28, 2014 (2014-09-28)	BACX22	8.45
						BACX23
233	2	"The Book of Joe"	Mike Kim	Mike Desilets	October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05)	CACX01	3.63
234	3	"Baking Bad"	Jerry Langford	Mark Hentemann	October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19)	BACX20	4.74
235	4	"Brian the Closer"	John Holmquist	Steve Marmel	November 9, 2014 (2014-11-09)	BACX21	3.63
236	5	"Turkey Guys"	Julius Wu	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	November 16, 2014 (2014-11-16)	CACX02	4.46
237	6	"The 2000-Year-Old Virgin"	Joseph Lee	Ted Jessup	December 7, 2014 (2014-12-07)	CACX03	4.44
238	7	"Stewie, Chris, & Brian's Excellent Adventure"	Joe Vaux	Alex Carter	January 4, 2015 (2015-01-04)	CACX04	5.53
239	8	"Our Idiot Brian"	John Holmquist	Aaron Lee	January 11, 2015 (2015-01-11)	CACX05	4.12
240	9	"This Little Piggy"	Brian Iles	Kristin Long	January 25, 2015 (2015-01-25)	CACX06	3.19
241	10	"Quagmire's Mom"	Greg Colton	Tom Devanney	February 8, 2015 (2015-02-08)	CACX07	2.81
242	11	"Encyclopedia Griffin"	Jerry Langford	Lew Morton	February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)	CACX08	2.51
243	12	"Stewie Is Enceinte"	Steve Robertson	Gary Janetti	March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08)	CACX09	3.98
244	13	"Dr. C and the Women"	Mike Kim	Travis Bowe	March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)	CACX10	3.45
245	14	"#JOLO"	Julius Wu	Artie Johann & Shawn Ries	April 12, 2015 (2015-04-12)	CACX11	3.11
246	15	"Once Bitten"	Joseph Lee	Anthony Blasucci	April 19, 2015 (2015-04-19)	CACX12	3.30
247	16	"Roasted Guy"	Joe Vaux	Andrew Goldberg	April 26, 2015 (2015-04-26)	CACX13	3.17
248	17	"Fighting Irish"	Brian Iles	Jaydi Samuels	May 3, 2015 (2015-05-03)	CACX15	3.68
249	18	"Take My Wife"	John Holmquist	Kevin Biggins	May 17, 2015 (2015-05-17)	CACX14	2.85

Season 14 (2015–16)

Main article: Family Guy season 14

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
250	1	"Pilling Them Softly"	Jerry Langford	Hayes Davenport	September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27)	CACX17	2.87
251	2	"Papa Has a Rollin' Son"	Steve Robertson	Danny Smith	October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04)	CACX18	3.56
252	3	"Guy, Robot"	Mike Kim	Chris Regan	October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11)	DACX02	2.79
253	4	"Peternormal Activity"	Greg Colton	Chris Sheridan	October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25)	CACX16	3.85
254	5	"Peter, Chris & Brian"	Joe Vaux	Patrick Meighan	November 8, 2015 (2015-11-08)	DACX03	2.58
255	6	"Peter's Sister"	John Holmquist	Tom Devanney	November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15)	DACX04	2.91
256	7	"Hot Pocket-Dial"	Steve Robertson	Aaron Lee	November 22, 2015 (2015-11-22)	DACX06	3.37
257	8	"Brokeback Swanson"	Julius Wu	Ted Jessup	December 6, 2015 (2015-12-06)	DACX07	3.63
258	9	"A Shot in the Dark"	Brian Iles	Mike Desilets	December 13, 2015 (2015-12-13)	DACX05	3.74
259	10	"Candy, Quahog Marshmallow"	Joseph Lee	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	January 3, 2016 (2016-01-03)	DACX01	3.26
260	11	"The Peanut Butter Kid"	Greg Colton	Artie Johann	January 10, 2016 (2016-01-10)	DACX08	3.92
261	12	"Scammed Yankees"	Jerry Langford	Ray James	January 17, 2016 (2016-01-17)	DACX09	3.40
262	13	"An App a Day"	Mike Kim	Anthony Blasucci	February 14, 2016 (2016-02-14)	DACX12	2.57
263	14	"Underage Peter"	Joseph Lee	Shawn Ries	February 21, 2016 (2016-02-21)	DACX13	2.72
264	15	"A Lot Going on Upstairs"	Joe Vaux	Steve Callaghan	March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06)	DACX11	2.74
265	16	"The Heartbreak Dog"	Brian Iles	Lew Morton	March 13, 2016 (2016-03-13)	DACX14	2.98
266	17	"Take a Letter"	John Holmquist	Kevin Biggins	April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17)	DACX15	2.93
267	18	"The New Adventures of Old Tom"	Steve Robertson	Travis Bowe	May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08)	DACX16	2.76
268	19	"Run, Chris, Run"	Julius Wu	Damien Fahey	May 15, 2016 (2016-05-15)	DACX17	2.65
269	20	"Road to India"	Greg Colton	Danny Smith	May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)	DACX18	2.59

Season 15 (2016–17)

Main article: Family Guy season 15

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
270	1	"The Boys in the Band"	Joseph Lee	Chris Regan	September 25, 2016 (2016-09-25)	EACX01	2.80
271	2	"Bookie of the Year"	Jerry Langford	Daniel Peck	October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02)	DACX10	3.47
272	3	"American Gigg-olo"	Mike Kim	Chris Sheridan	October 16, 2016 (2016-10-16)	DACX19	3.68
273	4	"Inside Family Guy"	Joe Vaux	Andrew Goldberg	October 23, 2016 (2016-10-23)	DACX20	2.49
274	5	"Chris Has Got a Date, Date, Date, Date, Date"	Brian Iles	Artie Johann	November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06)	EACX02	2.60
275	6	"Hot Shots"	John Holmquist	David A. Goodman	November 13, 2016 (2016-11-13)	EACX03	3.58
276	7	"High School English"	Steve Robertson	Ted Jessup	November 20, 2016 (2016-11-20)	EACX04	2.74
277	8	"Carter and Tricia"	Mike Kim	Patrick Meighan	December 4, 2016 (2016-12-04)	EACX05	3.45
278	9	"How the Griffin Stole Christmas"	Julius Wu	Aaron Lee	December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)	EACX06	3.05
279	10	"Passenger Fatty-Seven"	Greg Colton	Alex Carter	January 8, 2017 (2017-01-08)	EACX07	4.00
280	11	"Gronkowsbees"	Jerry Langford	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15)	EACX08	3.55
281	12	"Peter's Def Jam"	Joe Vaux	Anthony Blasucci	February 12, 2017 (2017-02-12)	EACX09	1.86
282	13	"The Finer Strings"	Joseph Lee	Shawn Ries	February 19, 2017 (2017-02-19)	EACX10	2.26
283	14	"The Dating Game"	Brian Iles	Tom Devanney	March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)	EACX11	2.48
284	15	"Cop and a Half-wit"	John Holmquist	Ray James	March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12)	EACX12	2.51
285	16	"Saturated Fat Guy"	Steve Robertson	Damien Fahey	March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)	EACX13	2.34
286	17	"Peter's Lost Youth"	Julius Wu	Danny Smith	March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)	EACX14	2.17
287	18	"The Peter Principal"	Greg Colton	Steve Callaghan	April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30)	EACX16	2.42
288	19	"Dearly Deported"	Jerry Langford	Mike Desilets	May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)	EACX17	2.14
289	20	"A House Full of Peters"	Joseph Lee	Chris Sheridan	May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)	EACX19	2.14

Season 16 (2017–18)

Main article: Family Guy season 16

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
290	1	"Emmy-Winning Episode"	James Purdum, Dominic Bianchi & Peter Shin	Aaron Lee	October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)	FACX06	2.80
291	2	"Foxx in the Men House"	Brian Iles	Andrew Goldberg	October 8, 2017 (2017-10-08)	EACX20	3.05
292	3	"Nanny Goats"	Steve Robertson	Tom Devanney	October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15)	FACX02	2.54
293	4	"Follow the Money"	Mike Kim	Kevin Biggins	October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22)	EACX15	2.69
294	5	"Three Directors"	Joe Vaux	Travis Bowe	November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05)	EACX18	2.31
295	6	"The D in Apartment 23"	Julius Wu	Artie Johann	November 12, 2017 (2017-11-12)	FACX03	3.11
296	7	"Petey IV"	Mike Kim	Anthony Blasucci	November 19, 2017 (2017-11-19)	FACX04	2.08
297	8	"Crimes and Meg's Demeanor"	Greg Colton	Mike Desilets	December 3, 2017 (2017-12-03)	FACX05	2.59
298	9	"Don't Be a Dickens at Christmas"	Jerry Langford	Danny Smith	December 10, 2017 (2017-12-10)	FACX07	2.98
299	10	"Boy (Dog) Meets Girl (Dog)"	Brian Iles	Steve Callaghan	January 7, 2018 (2018-01-07)	FACX09	3.40
300	11	"Dog Bites Bear"	John Holmquist	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)	FACX01	4.10
301	12	"Send in Stewie, Please"	Joe Vaux	Gary Janetti	March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18)	FACX10	2.24
302	13	"V Is for Mystery"	Joseph Lee	David A. Goodman	March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25)	FACX08	1.91
303	14	"Veteran Guy"	John Holmquist	Patrick Meighan	April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01)	FACX11	2.05
304	15	"The Woof of Wall Street"	Steve Robertson	Alex Carter	April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08)	FACX12	1.93
305	16	"Family Guy Through the Years"	Julius Wu	Chris Sheridan	April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)	FACX13	2.00
306	17	"Switch the Flip"	Mike Kim	Kevin Biggins	April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)	FACX14	2.26
307	18	"HTTPete"	Greg Colton	Damien Fahey	May 6, 2018 (2018-05-06)	FACX15	1.92
308	19	"The Unkindest Cut"	Jerry Langford	Mark Hentemann	May 13, 2018 (2018-05-13)	FACX16	2.15
309	20	"Are You There God? It's Me, Peter"	Joseph Lee	Travis Bowe	May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20)	FACX17	1.83

Season 17 (2018–19)

Main article: Family Guy season 17

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
310	1	"Married... with Cancer"	Mike Kim	Aaron Lee	September 30, 2018 (2018-09-30)	HACX02	2.57
311	2	"Dead Dog Walking"	Julius Wu	Chris Sheridan	October 7, 2018 (2018-10-07)	HACX03	2.69
312	3	"Pal Stewie"	Brian Iles	John Viener & Matt Pabian	October 14, 2018 (2018-10-14)	FACX18	1.99
313	4	"Big Trouble in Little Quahog"	Joe Vaux	Dominic Bianchi & Joe Vaux	October 21, 2018 (2018-10-21)	FACX19	2.57
314	5	"Regarding Carter"	Greg Colton	Alex Carter	November 4, 2018 (2018-11-04)	HACX04	2.60
315	6	"Stand by Meg"	Jerry Langford	Billy Domineau	November 11, 2018 (2018-11-11)	HACX05	2.29
316	7	"Griffin Winter Games"	Steve Robertson	Artie Johann	November 18, 2018 (2018-11-18)	HACX01	2.66
317	8	"Con Heiress"	Brian Iles	Mark Hentemann	December 2, 2018 (2018-12-02)	HACX07	2.72
318	9	"Pawtucket Pete"	John Holmquist	Chris Regan	December 9, 2018 (2018-12-09)	FACX20	3.50
319	10	"Hefty Shades of Gray"	Joseph Lee	Mike Desilets	January 6, 2019 (2019-01-06)	HACX08	2.42
320	11	"Trump Guy"	Joe Vaux	Patrick Meighan	January 13, 2019 (2019-01-13)	HACX09	4.04
321	12	"Bri, Robot"	John Holmquist	Patrick Meighan	February 10, 2019 (2019-02-10)	HACX10	1.81
322	13	"Trans-Fat"	Steve Robertson	Wellesley Wild	February 17, 2019 (2019-02-17)	HACX11	2.23
323	14	"Family Guy Lite"	Mike Kim	Anthony Blasucci	March 3, 2019 (2019-03-03)	HACX12	2.10
324	15	"No Giggity, No Doubt"	Julius Wu	Kevin Biggins	March 10, 2019 (2019-03-10)	HACX13	2.25
325	16	"You Can't Handle the Booth!"	Greg Colton	Damien Fahey	March 24, 2019 (2019-03-24)	HACX14	2.01
326	17	"Island Adventure"	Jerry Langford	Steve Callaghan	March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31)	HACX06	2.15
327	18	"Throw It Away"	Brian Iles	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	April 28, 2019 (2019-04-28)	HACX15	1.95
328	19	"Girl, Internetted"	Joe Vaux	Chris Regan	May 5, 2019 (2019-05-05)	HACX17	1.72
329	20	"Adam West High"	Joseph Lee	Artie Johann	May 12, 2019 (2019-05-12)	HACX16	1.78

Season 18 (2019–20)

Main article: Family Guy season 18

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
330	1	"Yacht Rocky"	John Holmquist	Travis Bowe	September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)	HACX18	1.88
331	2	"Bri-Da"	Steve Robertson	Tom Devanney	October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)	HACX19	2.31
332	3	"Absolutely Babulous"	Mike Kim	Mark Hentemann & Ted Jessup	October 13, 2019 (2019-10-13)	HACX20	1.82
333	4	"Disney's The Reboot"	Greg Colton	Kirker Butler	October 20, 2019 (2019-10-20)	JACX02	2.64
334	5	"Cat Fight"	Jerry Langford	Steve Callaghan	November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03)	JACX03	1.61
335	6	"Peter & Lois' Wedding"	Joe Vaux	Mark Hentemann	November 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)	JACX05	2.19
336	7	"Heart Burn"	Steve Robertson	Matt Pabian & Matt McElaney	November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)	JACX10	1.92
337	8	"Shanksgiving"	Brian Iles	Alex Carter	November 24, 2019 (2019-11-24)	JACX04	2.28
338	9	"Christmas Is Coming"	John Holmquist	Travis Bowe	December 15, 2019 (2019-12-15)	JACX06	2.30
339	10	"Connie's Celica"	Joseph Lee	Kevin Biggins	January 5, 2020 (2020-01-05)	JACX08	1.85
340	11	"Short Cuts"	Julius Wu	Kirker Butler	February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)	JACX11	1.65
341	12	"Undergrounded"	Greg Colton	Mike Desilets	February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)	JACX13	1.57
342	13	"Rich Old Stewie"	Brian Iles	Chris Sheridan	March 1, 2020 (2020-03-01)	JACX12	1.55
343	14	"The Movement"	Joe Vaux	Maggie Mull	March 8, 2020 (2020-03-08)	JACX15	1.45
344	15	"Baby Stewie"	Jerry Langford	Artie Johann	March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)	JACX14	1.68
345	16	"Start Me Up"	John Holmquist	Daniel Peck	April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19)	JACX16	1.58
346	17	"Coma Guy"	Steve Robertson	Patrick Meighan	April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)	JACX07	1.54
347	18	"Better Off Meg"	Anthony Agrusa	Emily Towers	May 3, 2020 (2020-05-03)	JACX17	1.39
348	19	"Holly Bibble"	Julius Wu	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	May 10, 2020 (2020-05-10)	JACX01	1.29
349	20	"Movin' In (Principal Shepherd's Song)"	Joseph Lee	Danny Smith	May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)	JACX18	1.51

Season 19 (2020–21)

Main article: Family Guy season 19

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
350	1	"Stewie's First Word"	Mike Kim	Patrick Meighan	September 27, 2020 (2020-09-27)	JACX19	1.86
351	2	"The Talented Mr. Stewie"	Greg Colton	Gary Janetti	October 4, 2020 (2020-10-04)	JACX20	1.36
352	3	"Boys & Squirrels"	Joe Vaux	Steve Callaghan	October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11)	KACX02	1.48
353	4	"Cutawayland"	Brian Iles	Patrick Meighan	November 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)	KACX01	1.83
354	5	"La Famiglia Guy"	John Holmquist	Alex Carter	November 8, 2020 (2020-11-08)	KACX03	1.52
355	6	"Meg's Wedding"	Steve Robertson	Mike Desilets	November 15, 2020 (2020-11-15)	KACX05	1.79
356	7	"Wild Wild West"	Jerry Langford	Kirker Butler	November 22, 2020 (2020-11-22)	KACX08	1.68
357	8	"Pawtucket Pat"	Julius Wu	Alex Carter	December 6, 2020 (2020-12-06)	KACX07	1.43
358	9	"The First No L"	Joseph Lee	Damien Fahey	December 13, 2020 (2020-12-13)	KACX06	1.84
359	10	"Fecal Matters"	Mike Kim & Dominic Bianchi	Artie Johann	January 17, 2021 (2021-01-17)	JACX09	3.22
360	11	"Boy's Best Friend"	Mike Kim	Steve Callaghan	February 21, 2021 (2021-02-21)	KACX09	1.31
361	12	"And Then There's Fraud"	Brian Iles	Kevin Biggins	February 28, 2021 (2021-02-28)	KACX10	1.45
362	13	"PeTerminator"	Joe Vaux	Mark Hentemann	March 7, 2021 (2021-03-07)	KACX12	1.15
363	14	"The Marrying Kind"	Greg Colton	Travis Bowe	March 14, 2021 (2021-03-14)	KACX11	1.35
364	15	"Customer of the Week"	John Holmquist	Artie Johann	March 28, 2021 (2021-03-28)	KACX13	1.26
365	16	"Who's Brian Now?"	Steve Robertson	Maggie Mull	April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11)	KACX14	1.35
366	17	"Young Parent Trap"	Jerry Langford	Emily Towers	April 18, 2021 (2021-04-18)	KACX15	1.21
367	18	"Meg Goes to College"	Joseph Lee	Mike Desilets	May 2, 2021 (2021-05-02)	KACX16	1.14
368	19	"Family Cat"	Julius Wu	Artie Johann	May 9, 2021 (2021-05-09)	KACX17	1.34
369	20	"Tales of Former Sports Glory"	Joe Vaux & Peter Shin	Mark Hentemann	May 16, 2021 (2021-05-16)	KACX04	1.16

Season 20 (2021–22)

Main article: Family Guy season 20

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
370	1	"LASIK Instinct"	Steve Robertson	Kirker Butler	September 26, 2021 (2021-09-26)	LACX02	1.56
371	2	"Rock Hard"	Greg Colton	Matt McElaney	October 3, 2021 (2021-10-03)	KACX20	1.28
372	3	"Must Love Dogs"	Mike Kim	Daniel Peck	October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10)	KACX18	1.67
373	4	"80's Guy"	John Holmquist	Patrick Meighan	October 17, 2021 (2021-10-17)	LACX01	1.37
374	5	"Brief Encounter"	Brian Iles	Travis Bowe	October 24, 2021 (2021-10-24)	KACX19	1.38
375	6	"Cootie & The Blowhard"	Jerry Langford	Maggie Mull	November 7, 2021 (2021-11-07)	LACX03	1.57
376	7	"Peterschmidt Manor"	Joseph Lee	Matt Pabian	November 14, 2021 (2021-11-14)	LACX04	1.11
377	8	"The Birthday Bootlegger"	Julius Wu	Mark Hentemann	November 21, 2021 (2021-11-21)	LACX05	1.68
378	9	"The Fatman Always Rings Twice"	Joe Vaux	Alex Carter	November 28, 2021 (2021-11-28)	LACX06	1.45
379	10	"Christmas Crime"	Mike Kim	Steve Callaghan	December 19, 2021 (2021-12-19)	LACX07	1.53
380	11	"Mister Act"	Brian Iles	Artie Johann	January 9, 2022 (2022-01-09)	LACX08	1.39
381	12	"The Lois Quagmire"	Greg Colton	Evan Waite	February 27, 2022 (2022-02-27)	LACX09	1.26
382	13	"Lawyer Guy"	John Holmquist	Patrick Meighan	March 6, 2022 (2022-03-06)	LACX10	1.31
383	14	"HBO-No"	Steve Robertson	Travis Bowe	March 13, 2022 (2022-03-13)	LACX11	1.03
384	15	"Hard Boiled Meg"	Jerry Langford	Mike Desilets	March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20)	LACX12	1.14
385	16	"Prescription Heroine"	Joseph Lee	Emily Towers	March 27, 2022 (2022-03-27)	LACX13	1.13
386	17	"All About Alana"	Joe Vaux	Danny Smith	May 1, 2022 (2022-05-01)	LACX15	1.05
387	18	"Girlfriend, Eh?"	Julius Wu	Travis Bowe	May 8, 2022 (2022-05-08)	LACX14	1.11
388	19	"First Blood"	Mike Kim	Alex Carter	May 15, 2022 (2022-05-15)	LACX16	1.09
389	20	"Jersey Bore"	Brian Iles	Chris Regan	May 22, 2022 (2022-05-22)	LACX17	1.13

Season 21 (2022–23)

Main article: Family Guy season 21

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
390	1	"Oscars Guy"	Greg Colton	Damien Fahey	September 25, 2022 (2022-09-25)	LACX18	1.57
391	2	"Bend or Blockbuster"	John Holmquist	Artie Johann	October 2, 2022 (2022-10-02)	LACX19	1.12
392	3	"A Wife-Changing Experience"	Steve Robertson	Steve Callaghan	October 9, 2022 (2022-10-09)	LACX20	1.49
393	4	"The Munchurian Candidate"	Joe Vaux	Mike Desilets	October 16, 2022 (2022-10-16)	MACX05	1.01
394	5	"Unzipped Code"	Julius Wu	Matt McElaney & Matt Pabian	October 23, 2022 (2022-10-23)	MACX06	1.42
395	6	"Happy Holo-ween"	Joseph Lee	Evan Waite	October 30, 2022 (2022-10-30)	MACX03	1.53
396	7	"The Stewaway"	Mike Kim	Travis Bowe	November 13, 2022 (2022-11-13)	MACX07	1.58
397	8	"Get Stewie"	Jerry Langford	Artie Johann	November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20)	MACX01	1.19
398	9	"Carny Knowledge"	Brian Iles	Steve Callaghan	December 4, 2022 (2022-12-04)	MACX04	1.04
399	10	"The Candidate"	John Holmquist	Mark Hentemann	December 11, 2022 (2022-12-11)	MACX08	1.44
400	11	"Love Story Guy"	Steve Robertson	Patrick Meighan	January 8, 2023 (2023-01-08)	MACX02	1.24
401	12	"Old West"	Greg Colton	Artie Johann	February 19, 2023 (2023-02-19)	MACX10	1.07
402	13	"Single White Dad"	Jerry Langford	Artie Johann	February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26)	MACX11	0.94
403	14	"White Meg Can't Jump"	Joe Vaux	Emily Towers	March 5, 2023 (2023-03-05)	MACX09	0.85
404	15	"Adoptation"	Julius Wu	Mark Hentemann	March 12, 2023 (2023-03-12)	MACX13	1.05
405	16	"The Bird Reich"	Joseph Lee	Julius Sharpe	April 16, 2023 (2023-04-16)	MACX12	0.86
406	17	"A Bottle Episode"	Mike Kim	Artie Johann	April 16, 2023 (2023-04-16)	MACX14	0.92
407	18	"Vat Man and Rob 'Em"	Brian Iles	Damien Fahey	April 23, 2023 (2023-04-23)	MACX15	0.90
408	19	"From Russia with Love"	John Holmquist	Polina Diaz	April 30, 2023 (2023-04-30)	MACX16	0.94
409	20	"Adult Education"	Steve Robertson	Matt Pabian	May 7, 2023 (2023-05-07)	MACX17	0.76

Season 22 (2023–24)

Main article: Family Guy season 22

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
410	1	"Fertilized Megg"	Julius Wu	Maggie Mull	October 1, 2023 (2023-10-01)	NACX01	1.03
411	2	"Supermarket Pete"	Greg Colton	Joanna Quraishi	October 8, 2023 (2023-10-08)	MACX18	0.86
412	3	"A 'Stache from the Past"	Jerry Langford	Travis Bowe	October 22, 2023 (2023-10-22)	MACX19	0.76
413	4	"Old World Harm"	Joe Vaux	Evan Waite	November 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)	MACX20	1.37
414	5	"Baby, It's Cold Inside"	Joseph Lee	Danny Smith	November 12, 2023 (2023-11-12)	NACX02	1.20
415	6	"Boston Stewie"	Mike Kim	Patrick Meighan	November 19, 2023 (2023-11-19)	NACX03	0.98
416	7	"Snap(ple) Decision"	Brian Iles	Travis Bowe	November 26, 2023 (2023-11-26)	NACX04	0.88
417	8	"Baking Sad"	John Holmquist	Damien Fahey	December 3, 2023 (2023-12-03)	NACX05	1.26
418	9	"The Return of the King (of Queens)"	Greg Colton	Alex Carter	December 17, 2023 (2023-12-17)	NACX07	1.44
419	10	"Cabin Pressure"	Jerry Langford	Matt McElaney	March 6, 2024 (2024-03-06)	NACX09	0.92
420	11	"Teacher's Heavy Pet"	Steve Robertson	Chris Regan	March 13, 2024 (2024-03-13)	NACX06	0.77
421	12	"Take This Job and Love It"	Joe Vaux	Steve Callaghan	March 20, 2024 (2024-03-20)	NACX08	0.72
422	13	"Lifeguard Meg"	Julius Wu	Patrick Meighan	March 27, 2024 (2024-03-27)	NACX10	0.76
423	14	"Fat Actor"	Joseph Lee	Mark Hentemann	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)	NACX11	0.78
424	15	"Faith No More"	Mike Kim	Alex Carter	April 17, 2024 (2024-04-17)	NACX12	0.79

Season 23 (2024)

Main article: Family Guy season 23

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
425	1	"Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater"	Joe Vaux	Travis Bowe	October 14, 2024 (2024-10-14) (Hulu)	NACX19
426	2	"Gift of the White Guy"	Jerry Langford	Joanna Quraishi	November 25, 2024 (2024-11-25) (Hulu)	NACX20
427	3	"Fat Gun"	TBA	TBA	February 16, 2025 (2025-02-16)	TBA

Unscheduled episodes

Title	Reference
"Live, Laugh Love"
"Drunk with Power"
"Lois C.K."
"The Chicken or the Meg"
"Dog is My Co-Pilot"
"Pitch Imperfect"
"Hard Times at Adam West HIgh"
"The Elle Word"
"A Real Who's Hulu"
"China Doll"
"One Foot in Front of the Mother"
"Cool Hand Lois"
"Martian Meg"
"Row v. Wade"
"Karenheit 451"
"The Fat Lotus"
"The Edible Arrangement"
"Twain's World"
"Pumpkin Spice Girls"
"Young Carter"
"Lyin' Brian"
"A Little Fright Music"
"Disney's Hulu's Family Guy's Hallmark Channel's Lifetime's Unoriginal Holiday"

Specials

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	Ratings/ Share
"100th Episode Special"	Seth MacFarlane	Tom Devanney & Alec Sulkin & John Viener & Wellesley Wild	November 4, 2007 (2007-11-04)	6ACX45	10.47
Seth MacFarlane hosts a special looking back at the most memorable episodes from the past 100 episodes of Family Guy.
"Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show"	Jackson Douglas & Louis J. Horvitz	Aaron Blitzstein & Alex Borstein & Cherry Chevapravatdumrong & Andrew Goldberg & Dave Ihlenfeld & Artie Johann & Seth MacFarlane & Patrick Meighan & Danny Smith & Alec Sulkin & John Viener & Wellesley Wild	November 8, 2009 (2009-11-08)	N/A	6.73
Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein host a half-hour variety special.
"200 Episodes Later"	Brad Lachman	Michael O'Rourke	November 11, 2012 (2012-11-11)	AACX45	5.06
Fans get a look behind the scenes at the most outrageous moments on Family Guy.

See also

• List of Family Guy home video releases

External links

• Official website
• Family Guy at IMDb

Production

Development

MacFarlane conceived Family Guy in 1995 while studying animation at the Rhode Island School of Design. During college, he created his thesis film titled The Life of Larry, which was submitted by his professor at RISD to Hanna-Barbera. MacFarlane was hired by the company. In 1996, MacFarlane created a sequel to The Life of Larry titled Larry and Steve, which featured a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog, Steve; the short was broadcast in 1997 as one of Cartoon Network's World Premiere Toons.

Executives at Fox saw the Larry shorts and contracted MacFarlane to create a series, titled Family Guy, based on the characters. Fox proposed that MacFarlane complete a 15-minute short and gave him a budget of $50,000. Several aspects of Family Guy were inspired by the Larry shorts. While MacFarlane worked on the series, the characters of Larry and his dog Steve slowly evolved into Peter and Brian. MacFarlane stated that the difference between The Life of Larry and Family Guy was that "Life of Larry was shown primarily in my dorm room and Family Guy was shown after the Super Bowl." After the pilot aired, the series was given the greenlight. MacFarlane drew inspiration from several sitcoms such as The Simpsons and All in the Family. Premises were drawn from several 1980s Saturday-morning cartoons he watched as a child, such as The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang and Rubik, the Amazing Cube.

The Griffin family first appeared on the demo that MacFarlane pitched to Fox on May 15, 1998. Family Guy was originally planned to start out as short movies for the sketch show Mad TV, but the plan changed, because MADtv's budget was not large enough to support animation production. MacFarlane noted that he then wanted to pitch it to Fox, as he thought that it was the place to create a prime-time animation show. Family Guy was originally pitched to Fox in the same year as King of the Hill, but the show was not bought until years later, when King of the Hill became successful.

Executive producers

MacFarlane has served as an executive producer throughout the show's entire history. The first executive producers were David Zuckerman, Lolee Aries, David Pritchard, and Mike Wolf. Family Guy has had many executive producers in its history, including Daniel Palladino, Kara Vallow, and Danny Smith. David A. Goodman joined the show as a co-executive producer in season three and eventually became an executive producer.

Writing

Main article: List of Family Guy writers

Matt Weitzman (left) is a former staff writer, and Mike Barker is a former producer and writer of the show. Both left the series to create the ongoing adult animated sitcom American Dad! with Seth MacFarlane. Barker later left American Dad! as well following production of the show's 10th season.

The first team of writers assembled for the show consisted of Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith, Gary Janetti, Ricky Blitt, Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan, Matt Weitzman, and Mike Barker. The writing process of Family Guy typically starts with 14 writers that take turns writing the scripts; when a script is finished it is given to the rest of the writers to read.

These scripts generally include cutaway gags. Various gags are pitched to MacFarlane and the rest of the staff, and those deemed the funniest are included in the episode. MacFarlane has explained that it normally takes 10 months to produce an episode because the show uses hand-drawn animation. The show rarely comments on current events for this reason. The show's initial writers had never written for an animated show, and most came from live-action sitcoms.

MacFarlane explained that he is a fan of 1930s and 1940s radio programs, particularly the radio thriller anthology Suspense, which led him to give early episodes ominous titles like "Death Has a Shadow" and "Mind Over Murder." MacFarlane said that the team dropped the naming convention after individual episodes became hard to identify, and the novelty wore off. For the first few months of production, the writers shared one office, lent to them by the King of the Hill production crew.

Credited with 19 episodes, Steve Callaghan is the most prolific writer on the Family Guy staff. Many of the writers that have left the show have gone on to create or produce other successful series. Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan co-wrote 13 episodes for the NBC sitcom Scrubs during their eight-year run on the show, while also serving as co-producers and working their way up to executive producers. Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman left the show and went on to create the long-running and still ongoing adult animated series American Dad! MacFarlane is also a co-creator of American Dad! On November 4, 2013, it was announced that Barker had departed American Dad! during its run as well, after 10 seasons of serving as producer and co-showrunner over the series.

During the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, official production of the show halted for most of December 2007 and for various periods afterward. Fox continued producing episodes without MacFarlane's final approval, which he termed "a colossal dick move" in an interview with Variety. Though MacFarlane refused to work on the show, his contract under Fox required him to contribute to any episodes it would subsequently produce. Production officially resumed after the end of the strike, with regularly airing episodes recommencing on February 17, 2008. According to MacFarlane, in 2009, it cost about $2 million to make an episode of Family Guy.

During his September 2017 AMA on Reddit, MacFarlane revealed that he had not written for the show since 2010, choosing instead to focus on production and voice acting.

On May 12, 2023, it was announced that the showrunners of Family Guy, including Seth MacFarlane, would temporarily leave the show as a result of the 2023 Writers Guild of America Strike. They returned to the show on September 27, 2023, once the strike was declared to be over.

Voice cast

Further information: List of Family Guy cast members and List of Family Guy guest stars

• Main cast
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  Seth MacFarlane
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  Alex Borstein
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  Seth Green
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  Mila Kunis
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  Mike Henry
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  Patrick Warburton

Seth MacFarlane voices three of the show's main characters: Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Stewie Griffin. Since MacFarlane had a strong vision for these characters, he chose to voice them himself, believing it would be easier than for someone else to attempt it. MacFarlane drew inspiration for the voice of Peter from a security guard he overheard talking while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. Stewie's voice was based on the voice of English actor Rex Harrison, especially his performance in the 1964 musical drama film My Fair Lady. MacFarlane uses his regular speaking voice when playing Brian. MacFarlane also provides the voices for various other recurring and one-time-only characters, most prominently those of the Griffins' neighbor Glenn Quagmire, news anchor Tom Tucker, and Lois' father, Carter Pewterschmidt.

Alex Borstein voices Peter's wife Lois Griffin, Asian correspondent Tricia Takanawa, Loretta Brown, and Lois' mother, Babs Pewterschmidt. Borstein was asked to provide a voice for the pilot while she was working on MADtv. She had not met MacFarlane or seen any of his artwork and said it was "really sight unseen". At the time, Borstein was performing in a stage show in Los Angeles. She played a redheaded mother whose voice she had based on one of her cousins.

Seth Green primarily voices Chris Griffin and Neil Goldman. Green stated that he did an impression of the character Buffalo Bill from the thriller film The Silence of the Lambs during his audition.

Mila Kunis and Lacey Chabert have both voiced Meg Griffin. Chabert left the series after the first season because of time conflicts with schoolwork (at the time) and her role on Party of Five. When Kunis auditioned for the role, she was called back by MacFarlane, who instructed her to speak slower. He then told her to come back another time and enunciate more. Once she claimed that she had it under control, MacFarlane hired her. Archival recordings of Lacey Chabert's voice that she provided as Meg Griffin are used in the tenth season episode "Back to the Pilot" in which Brian and Stewie go back in time to the events of "Death Has a Shadow."

Mike Henry voices Herbert, Bruce the Performance Artist, Consuela, the Greased-up Deaf Guy, and until 2021, Cleveland Brown. Henry met MacFarlane at the Rhode Island School of Design and kept in touch with him after they graduated. A few years later, MacFarlane contacted him about being part of the show; he agreed and came on as a writer and voice actor. During the show's first four seasons, he was credited as a guest star, but beginning with season five's "Prick Up Your Ears", he has been credited as a main cast member. On June 26, 2020, after twenty years of voicing the character, Mike Henry announced on Twitter that he was stepping down from voicing Cleveland, stating "persons of color should play characters of color." On September 25, 2020, it was announced that Arif Zahir would take over as the voice of Cleveland.

Other recurring cast members include Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson, Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson, John G. Brennan as Mort Goldman and Horace the bartender, Carlos Alazraqui as Jonathan Weed, Adam Carolla and Norm Macdonald as Death, Lori Alan as Diane Simmons, Phil LaMarr as Ollie Williams and Judge Dignified Q. Blackman, and Kevin Michael Richardson as Jerome. Fellow cartoonist Butch Hartman has made guest voice appearances in episodes as various characters. Also, writer Danny Smith voices various recurring characters, such as Ernie the Giant Chicken. Alexandra Breckenridge also appears as many various characters. Adam West appeared as the eponymous Mayor Adam West, until his death in 2017.

Episodes often feature guest voices from a wide range of professions, including actors, athletes, authors, bands, musicians, and scientists. Many guest voices star as themselves. Leslie Uggams was the first to appear as herself, in the fourth episode of the first season, "Mind Over Murder". The episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" guest starred the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation, including Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Michael Dorn, Wil Wheaton, Marina Sirtis, and even Denise Crosby (season 1 as Tasha Yar), playing themselves; this is the episode with the most guest stars of the seventh season.

Early history and cancellation

Family Guy officially premiered after Fox's broadcast of Super Bowl XXXIII on January 31, 1999, with "Death Has a Shadow". The show debuted to 22 million viewers and immediately generated controversy regarding its adult content. The show returned on April 11, 1999, with "I Never Met the Dead Man". Family Guy garnered decent ratings in Fox's 8:30 pm slot on Sunday, scheduled between The Simpsons and The X-Files. At the end of its first season, the show ranked No. 33 in the Nielsen ratings, with 12.8 million households tuning in. The show launched its second season in a new time slot, Thursday at 9 pm, on September 23, 1999. Family Guy was pitted against NBC's Frasier, and the series' ratings declined sharply. Subsequently, Fox removed Family Guy from its schedule and began airing episodes irregularly. The show returned on March 7, 2000, at 8:30 pm on Tuesdays, where it was constantly beaten in the ratings by ABC's then-new breakout hit Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, coming in at No. 114 in the Nielsen ratings with 6.32 million households tuning in. Fox announced that the show had been canceled in May 2000, at the end of the second season. However, following a last-minute reprieve, on July 24, 2000, Fox ordered 13 additional episodes of Family Guy to form a third season.

The show returned on November 8, 2001, once again in a tough time slot: Thursday nights at 8:00 pm. This slot brought it into competition with Survivor and Friends (a situation that was later referenced in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story). During its second and third seasons, Fox frequently moved the show around to different days and time slots with little or no notice and, consequently, the show's ratings suffered. Upon Fox's annual unveiling of its 2002 fall line-up on May 15, 2002, Family Guy was absent. Fox announced that the show had been officially canceled shortly thereafter.

Cult success and revival

Fox attempted to sell the rights for reruns of the show, but finding networks that were interested was difficult; Cartoon Network eventually bought the rights "basically for free", according to the president of 20th Century Fox Television. Family Guy premiered in reruns on Adult Swim on April 20, 2003, and immediately became the block's top-rated program, dominating late-night viewing in its time period versus cable and broadcast competition and boosting viewership by 239%. The complete first and second seasons were released on DVD the same week the show premiered on Adult Swim, and the show became a cult phenomenon, selling 400,000 copies within one month. Sales of the DVD set reached 2.2 million copies, becoming the best-selling television DVD of 2003 and the second-highest-selling television DVD ever, behind the first season of Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show. The third-season DVD release also sold more than a million copies. The show's popularity in DVD sales and reruns rekindled Fox's interest, and, on May 20, 2004, Fox ordered 35 new episodes of Family Guy, marking the first revival of a television show based on DVD sales.

"North by North Quahog", which premiered May 1, 2005, was the first episode to be broadcast after the show's hiatus. It was written by MacFarlane and directed by Peter Shin. MacFarlane believed the show's three-year hiatus was beneficial, because animated shows do not normally have hiatuses, and towards the end of their seasons, "... you see a lot more sex jokes and bodily function jokes and signs of a fatigued staff that their brains are just fried". With "North by North Quahog", the writing staff tried to keep the show "[...] exactly as it was" before its cancellation, and "None of us had any desire to make it look any slicker". The episode was watched by 11.85 million viewers, the show's highest ratings since the airing of the first season episode "Brian: Portrait of a Dog".

Lawsuits

In March 2007, comedian Carol Burnett filed a $6 million lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming that her charwoman cartoon character had been portrayed on the show without her permission. She stated it was a trademark infringement and that Fox violated her publicity rights. On June 4, 2007, United States District Judge Dean D. Pregerson rejected the lawsuit, stating that the parody was protected under the First Amendment, citing Hustler Magazine v. Falwell as a precedent.

On October 3, 2007, Bourne Co. Music Publishers filed a lawsuit accusing the show of infringing its copyright on the song "When You Wish Upon a Star", through a parody song titled "I Need a Jew" appearing in the episode "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein". Bourne Co., the sole United States copyright owner of the song, alleged the parody pairs a "thinly veiled" copy of its music with antisemitic lyrics. Named in the suit were 20th Century Fox Film Corp., Fox Broadcasting Co., Cartoon Network, MacFarlane, and Murphy; the suit sought to stop the program's distribution and asked for unspecified damages. Bourne argued that "I Need a Jew" uses the copyrighted melody of "When You Wish Upon a Star" without commenting on that song, and that it was therefore not a First Amendment-protected parody per the ruling in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. On March 16, 2009, United States District Judge Deborah Batts held that Family Guy did not infringe on Bourne's copyright when it transformed the song for comical use in an episode.

In December 2007, Family Guy was again accused of copyright infringement when actor Art Metrano filed a lawsuit regarding a scene in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, in which Jesus performs Metrano's signature "magic" act involving absurd "faux" magical hand gestures while humming the distinctive tune "Fine and Dandy". 20th Century Fox, MacFarlane, Callaghan and Borstein were all named in the suit. In July 2009, a federal district court judge rejected Fox's motion to dismiss, saying that the first three fair use factors involved – "purpose and character of the use", "nature of the infringed work" and "amount and substantiality of the taking" – counted in Metrano's favor, while the fourth – "economic impact" – had to await more fact-finding. In denying the dismissal, the court held that the reference in the scene made light of Jesus and his followers – not Metrano or his act. The case was settled out of court in 2010 with undisclosed terms.

Hallmarks

"Road to" episodes

Further information: Road to ... (Family Guy)

The "Road to" episodes are a series of hallmark travel episodes. They are a parody of the seven Road to ... comedy films starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. These episodes have always involved Stewie and Brian in some foreign, supernatural or science-fiction location, unrelated to the show's normal location in Quahog. The first, titled "Road to Rhode Island", aired on May 30, 2000, during the second season. The episodes are known for featuring elaborate musical numbers, similar to the Road films. The episodes contain several trademarks, including a special version of the opening sequence, custom musical cues and musical numbers, and parodies of science fiction and fantasy films.

The original idea for the "Road to" episodes came from MacFarlane, as he is a fan of the films of Crosby, Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. The first episode was directed by Dan Povenmire, who would direct the rest of the "Road to" episodes until the episode "Road to Rupert", at which point he had left the show to create Phineas and Ferb with Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. Series regular Greg Colton then took over Povenmire's role as director of the "Road to" episodes.

The "Road to" episodes are generally considered by critics and fans to be some of the greatest in the series, thanks to the developing relationship between Stewie and Brian and the strong plotlines of the episodes themselves.

Humor

Family Guy uses the film-making technique of cutaways, which occur in the majority of Family Guy episodes. Emphasis is often placed on gags which make reference to social phenomena and/or modern cultural icons.

Early episodes based much of their comedy on Stewie's "super villain" antics, such as his constant plans for total world domination, his evil experiments, plans and inventions to get rid of things he dislikes, and his constant attempts at matricide. As the series progressed, the writers and MacFarlane agreed that his personality and the jokes were starting to feel dated, so they began writing him with a different personality. Family Guy often includes self-referential humor. The most common form is jokes about the Fox network, and occasions where the characters break the fourth wall by addressing the audience. For example, in "North by North Quahog", the first episode that aired after the show's revival, included Peter telling the family that they had been canceled because Fox had to make room in their schedule for shows like Dark Angel, Titus, Undeclared, Action, That '80s Show, Wonderfalls, Fastlane, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Skin, Girls Club, Cracking Up, The Pitts, Firefly, Get Real, FreakyLinks, Wanda at Large, Costello, The Lone Gunmen, A Minute with Stan Hooper, Normal, Ohio, Pasadena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddie, The $treet, The American Embassy, Cedric the Entertainer Presents, The Tick, Luis, and Greg the Bunny. Lois asks whether there is any hope, to which Peter replies that if all these shows are canceled they might have a chance; the shows were indeed canceled during Family Guy's hiatus.

The show uses catchphrases, and most of the primary and secondary characters have them. Notable expressions include Quagmire's "Giggity giggity goo", Peter's "Freakin' sweet", Cleveland's "Oh, that's nasty", and Joe's "Bring it on!" The use of many of these catchphrases declined in later seasons. The episode "Big Man on Hippocampus" mocks catchphrase-based humor: when Peter, who has forgotten everything about his life, is introduced to Meg, he exclaims "D'oh!", to which Lois replies, "No, Peter, that's not your catchphrase."

Reception and legacy

In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that, like other satirical comedies, Family Guy is most popular in cities. The show's popularity was more correlated with support for Hillary Clinton than any other show". As of 2008, the franchise has generated $1 billion in total revenue, including $400 million from TV syndication, $400 million from DVD sales, and $200 million from merchandise sales.

Ratings

Season	Episodes	Time slot (ET)	Season premiere		Season finale		TV season	Overall ratings
			Date	Viewers (in millions)	Date	Viewers (in millions)		Rank	Viewers (in millions)
1	7	Sunday 10:30 pm (Episode 1) Sunday 8:30 pm (Episodes 2–7)	January 31, 1999	22.00	May 16, 1999	13.10	1998–99	33	12.80
2	21	Thursday 9:00 pm (Episodes 1–2) Sunday 8:30 pm (Episode 3) Tuesday 8:30 pm (Episodes 4–7, 9–12) Tuesday 9:30 pm (Episode 8) Tuesday 9:00 pm (Episodes 13, 15, 17, 19–21) Tuesday 8:00 pm (Episodes 14, 16) Wednesday 8:30 pm (Episode 18)	September 23, 1999	7.72	August 1, 2000	6.15	1999–2000	114	6.32
3	22	Wednesday 9:30 pm (Episodes 1–10) Thursday 8:00 pm (Episodes 11–12, 14–15, 17–21) Thursday 8:30 pm (Episode 13) Friday 8:00 pm (Episode 16) Sunday 11:00 pm (Episode 22)	July 11, 2001	5.99	February 14, 2002 (Fox) November 9, 2003 (Adult Swim) / December 10, 2004 (Fox)	4.63 4.88	2001–02	125	4.50
4	30	Sunday 9:00 pm	May 1, 2005	11.85	May 21, 2006	8.14	2005–06	68	7.90
5	18		September 10, 2006	9.93	May 20, 2007	9.15	2006–07	71	7.20
6	12		September 23, 2007	10.81	May 4, 2008	7.69	2007–08	84	7.94
7	16		September 28, 2008	9.09	May 17, 2009	7.35	2008–09	69	7.56
8	21	Sunday 9:00 pm (Episodes 1–3, 5–20) Sunday 8:00 pm (Episode 4)	September 27, 2009	10.11	June 20, 2010	6.31	2009–10	53	7.56
9	18	Sunday 9:00 pm (Episodes 1–6, 8–20) Sunday 8:30 pm (Episode 7)	September 26, 2010	9.13	May 22, 2011	5.84	2010–11	56	7.66
10	23	Sunday 9:00 pm	September 25, 2011	7.69	May 20, 2012	5.35	2011–12	70	7.30
11	22		September 30, 2012	6.55	May 19, 2013	5.16	2012–13	63	6.94
12	21	Sunday 9:00 pm (Episodes 1–4, 6–11) Sunday 9:30 pm (Episode 5) Sunday 8:30 pm (Episodes 12–21)	September 29, 2013	5.20	May 18, 2014	3.85	2013–14	78	6.11
13	18	Sunday 9:00 pm (Episodes 1–13, 15–18) Sunday 8:30 pm (Episode 14)	September 28, 2014	8.45	May 17, 2015	2.85	2014–15	94	5.86
14	20	Sunday 9:00 pm	September 27, 2015	2.87	May 22, 2016	2.59	2015–16	111	4.28
15	20	Sunday 9:00 pm (Episodes 1–10, 12–19) Sunday 9:30 pm (Episodes 11, 20)	September 25, 2016	2.80	May 21, 2017	2.14	2016–17	116	3.93
16	20	Sunday 9:00 pm (Episodes 1–8, 10–20) Sunday 9:30 pm (Episode 9)	October 1, 2017	2.80	May 20, 2018	1.83	2017–18	136	3.51
17	20	Sunday 9:00 pm	September 30, 2018	2.57	May 12, 2019	1.78	2018–19	131	3.33
18	20	Sunday 9:30 pm (Episodes 1–9, 11–20) Sunday 8:30 pm (Episode 10)	September 29, 2019	1.88	May 17, 2020	1.51	2019–20
19	20	Sunday 9:30 pm	September 27, 2020	1.86	May 16, 2021	1.16	2020–21
20	20		September 26, 2021	1.56	May 22, 2022	1.13	2021–22
21	20	Sunday 9:30 pm (Episodes 1–15, 17–19) Sunday 9:00 pm (Episodes 16, 20)	September 25, 2022	1.57	May 7, 2023	0.76	2022–23
22	15	Sunday 9:30 pm (Episodes 1–9) Wednesday 9:30 pm (Episodes 10–15)	October 1, 2023	1.06	April 17, 2024	0.79	2023–24

Family Guy experienced a significant increase in viewership following its availability on various streaming platforms, with a particularly notable rise in popularity on Hulu. In 2018, it ranked among the most-watched TV series on the streaming service Sling TV. In 2020, Hulu announced that Family Guy was one of the top five most-watched non-sports and non-news related live shows on the streaming service. Nielsen Media Research, which records streaming viewership on U.S. television screens, estimated that the series was watched for 910 million minutes from July 29 to August 4, 2024. The following week, it garnered 881 million minutes of viewing time from August 5 to August 11, 2024, making it the sixth most-streamed television show overall. From August 12 to August 18, 2024, Family Guy generated 834 million minutes of viewership, ranking it as the eighth most-streamed television show overall. From August 26 to September 1, 2024, it amassed more than 1 billion minutes of viewing time, securing its position as the third most-streamed series overall.

Critical reception

Family Guy has received generally positive reviews, particularly for its pop culture references, blue humor, satire, and non-sequitur storytelling. Catherine Seipp of National Review Online described it as a "nasty but extremely funny" cartoon. Caryn James of The New York Times called it a show with an "outrageously satirical family" that "includes plenty of comic possibilities and parodies". The Sydney Morning Herald named Family Guy the "Show of the Week" on April 21, 2009, hailing it a "pop culture-heavy masterpiece". Frazier Moore from The Seattle Times called it an "endless craving for humor about bodily emissions". He thought it was "breathtakingly smart" and said a "blend of the ingenious with the raw helps account for its much broader appeal". He summarized it as "rude, crude and deliciously wrong". The New Yorker's Nancy Franklin said that Family Guy is becoming one of the best animated shows; she commented on its ribaldry and popularity. The show has become a hit on Hulu; it is the second-highest viewed show after Saturday Night Live. IGN called Family Guy a great show and commented that it has gotten better since its revival. They stated that they cannot imagine another half-hour sitcom that provides as many laughs as Family Guy. Empire praised the show and its writers for creating really hilarious moments with unlikely material. They commented that one of the reasons they love the show is because nothing is sacred—it makes jokes and gags of almost everything. Robin Pierson of The TV Critic praised the series as "a different kind of animated comedy which clearly sets out to do jokes which other cartoons can't do." Family Guy has proven popular in the United Kingdom, regularly obtaining between 700,000 and 1 million viewers for re-runs on BBC Three.

The series has attracted many celebrities. Robert Downey Jr. telephoned the show production staff and asked if he could produce or assist in an episode's creation, as his son is a fan of the show; the producers subsequently created a character for Downey. Lauren Conrad met MacFarlane while recording a Laguna Beach clip for the episode "Prick Up Your Ears" (season 5, 2006). She has watched Family Guy for years and considers Stewie her favorite character. Commenting on his appearance in the episode "Big Man on Hippocampus" (season 8, 2010), actor Dwayne Johnson stated that he was a "big fan" of Family Guy. Johnson befriended MacFarlane after he had a minor role in Johnson's 2010 film Tooth Fairy. R&B singer Rihanna has admitted to being a fan of Family Guy, as has pop singer Britney Spears; she tries to imitate Stewie's English accent. Spears, who was mocked for her personal problems in the South Park episode "Britney's New Look" in 2008, offered to appear in a cameo to hit back at the similar animated show, but MacFarlane declined, stating that he did not want to start a feud with the series.

Awards

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Family Guy

Family Guy and its cast have been nominated for 27 Emmy Awards, with 8 wins. MacFarlane won the Outstanding Voice-Over Performance award for his performance as Stewie; Murphy and MacFarlane won the Outstanding Music and Lyrics award for the song "You Got a Lot to See" from the episode "Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows"; Steven Fonti won the Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation award for his storyboard work in the episode "No Chris Left Behind"; and Greg Colton won the Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation award for his storyboard work in the episode "Road to the Multiverse". The show was nominated for eleven Annie Awards, and won three times, twice in 2006 and once in 2008. In 2009, it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, becoming the first animated program to be nominated in this category since The Flintstones in 1961. The Simpsons was almost nominated in 1993, but voters were hesitant to pit cartoons against live action programs. The show was nominated for a Grammy in 2011. Family Guy has been nominated and has won various other awards, including the Teen Choice Awards and the People's Choice Awards. In the 1,000th issue of Entertainment Weekly, Brian Griffin was selected as the dog for "The Perfect TV Family". Wizard Magazine rated Stewie the 95th-greatest villain of all time. British newspaper The Times rated Family Guy the 45th-best American show in 2009. IGN ranked Family Guy number seven in the "Top 100 Animated Series" and number six in the "Top 25 Primetime Animated Series of All Time". Empire named it the twelfth-greatest TV show of all time in 2008. In 2005, viewers of the UK television channel Channel 4 voted Family Guy number 5 on their list of the 100 Greatest Cartoons. Brian was awarded the 2009 Stoner of the Year award by High Times for the episode "420", marking the first time an animated character received the honor. In 2004 and 2007, TV Guide ranked Family Guy number 12 and number 15 in their list of top cult shows ever. Family Guy has garnered six Golden Reel Awards nominations, winning three times. In 2013, TV Guide ranked Family Guy the ninth Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time.

Criticism and controversy

See also: Family Guy controversies

One of the initial critics to give the show negative reviews was Ken Tucker from Entertainment Weekly; he called it "The Simpsons as conceived by a singularly sophomoric mind that lacks any reference point beyond other TV shows". The Parents Television Council (PTC), a conservative non-profit watchdog, has attacked the series since its premiere and has branded various episodes as "Worst TV Show of the Week". In May 2000, the PTC launched a letter-writing campaign to the Fox network in an effort to persuade the network to cancel the show. The PTC has placed the show on their annual lists of "Worst Prime-Time Shows for Family Viewing" in 2000, 2005, and 2006. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received multiple petitions requesting that the show be blocked from broadcasting on indecency grounds. Tucker and the PTC have both accused the show of portraying religion negatively, and of being racist. Because of the PTC, some advertisers have canceled their contracts after reviewing the content of the episodes, claiming it to be unsuitable. Critics have compared the show's humor and characters with those of The Simpsons.

Various episodes of the show have generated controversy. In "420" (season seven, 2009), Brian decides to start a campaign to legalize cannabis in Quahog; the Venezuelan government reacted negatively to the episode and banned Family Guy from airing on their local networks, which generally syndicate American programming. Venezuelan justice minister Tareck El Aissami, citing the promotion of the use of cannabis, stated that any cable stations that did not stop airing the series would be fined; the government showed a clip which featured Brian and Stewie singing the praises of marijuana as a demonstration of how the United States supports cannabis use. In "Extra Large Medium" (season eight, 2010) a character named Ellen (who has Down syndrome) states that her mother is the former Governor of Alaska, which strongly implies that her mother is Sarah Palin, the only woman to have served in the office of governor in the state. Sarah Palin, the mother of a child with Down syndrome, criticized the episode in an appearance on The O'Reilly Factor, calling those who made the show "cruel, cold-hearted people".

Broadcast and streaming

In the United States, the show currently airs on Comedy Central, FXX, and Adult Swim. The show was first syndicated to Adult Swim and TBS from 2003 to 2021, sharing the rights to the first fifteen seasons. It was syndicated to various local stations from 2007 to 2024. In April 2019, FX Networks began airing reruns of season 16 on FXX, with season 17 debuting that October, and shared off-network rights to both seasons with sister channel Freeform. After Adult Swim and TBS' rights expired on September 18, 2021, FXX and Freeform began airing the first fifteen seasons. The show also joined FX's lineup that same month.

The show's departure from Adult Swim on September 18, 2021, was commemorated with a remembrance bumper created by the network, which played after the final airing (the episode "Stewie is Enceinte"). The bumper showed animations of several Adult Swim characters bidding farewell to Family Guy, including shots of Peter crying at the beginning and the Griffin family waving goodbye towards the end.

Comedy Central began airing the show on September 2, 2024, as part of a non-exclusive licensing deal between Paramount and Disney. Comedy Central debuted the show with an all-day marathon on Labor Day. A similar licensing deal was then struck with Warner Bros. Discovery Networks for the show to return to Adult Swim starting January 1, 2025, with the network planning a 3-day marathon to celebrate.

In the United States, the series is available for streaming exclusively on Hulu. Additionally, Hulu will launch two holiday specials of Family Guy in late 2024, marking the first time a new episode of the show airs on a streaming platform; Internationally, Family Guy is available to stream on Star on Disney+. The first such special premiered on October 14, 2024. The second special would then air on November 25, 2024. The United States is the only country where the show is not available on either Disney+ or Star+.

Initially, Family Guy was not available to stream on Disney+ in Latin America, as it had been available on the standalone service Star+, however, Star+ content merged with Disney+ content on June 26, 2024, and Star+ was discontinued altogether on July 24, 2024.

Family Guy premiered in Australia on April 9, 1999, on the Seven Network, in 2000 on Fox8, and on 7mate on September 27, 2010. Initially, only 2 seasons were available to stream on Disney+ Star due to pre-existing contracts. The other 17 seasons were added on December 1, 2021, after the contract expired.

In Canada, the series premiered January 31, 1999, on Global and September 1, 2003, on Teletoon at Night. Beginning in the 2015–2016 season, the show moved to Citytv; the show would once again return to the channel in 2023. Starting in November 2021, the series moved to Disney+. In addition to Teletoon at Night, the show has been syndicated to TVtropolis (now DTour). As of January 2025, Adult Swim Canada and FXX Canada syndicate the series. Since 2024, CHCH and Citytv share the broadcast rights to the series due to scheduling issues with new episodes streaming the next day on Disney+.

The show airs in India on Star World Premiere, in Ireland on 3e, and in New Zealand on TVNZ Duke; previously it screened on defunct channel Four.

In the United Kingdom, Family Guy premiered in September 1999, originally on Channel 4 and Sky One. In January 2005, Fox UK (then known as FX) began broadcasting the show. From October 2005, BBC Two started screening Family Guy before the show moved to BBC Three in September 2006. Beginning with season 14, the show moved to ITV2, premiering on February 29, 2016, while the BBC would continue to hold the rights for past seasons until 2017.

In South Korea, the show premiered January 11, 2008, on Tooniverse.

Franchise

Main article: Family Guy (franchise)

Books

"Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One" redirects here. For the episode, see It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One.

Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One was written by executive story editor Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and actress Alex Borstein. The book was first published on May 8, 2007. The book is a biographical monologue by Lois Griffin covering a portion of her life, spanning from her memories of growing up to her attempted run for mayor in the town of Quahog. Though the book primarily consists of a loose narrative monologue by Lois, it is also interspersed with sections from other characters such as Peter Griffin. The book covers events featured in the Family Guy episode "It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One", with which it shares a title. It was published in the United Kingdom in 2007 by Orion Books.

A comic book based on the Family Guy universe was produced. Published by Titan Comics, edited by Steve White, and illustrated by Anthony Williams and S. L. Gallant, the writing and the illustrations were supervised by the show's producers. The first comic book was released on July 27, 2011.

Live performances

As promotion for the show and as Newman described "[to] expand interest in the show beyond its diehard fans", Fox organized four Family Guy Live! performances, which featured cast members reading old episodes aloud. The cast also performed musical numbers from the Family Guy: Live in Vegas comedy album. The stage shows were an extension of a performance by the cast during the 2004 Montreal Comedy Festival. The Family Guy Live! performances, which took place in Los Angeles and New York, sold out and were attended by around 1,200 people each.

At the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 2007, MacFarlane performed (as the digitally inserted Stewie and Brian) the ceremony's opening number. He performed a song insulting modern television to the tune of the song "The Fellas at the Freakin' F.C.C." performed in the episode "PTV". The song insulted TV shows such as Two and a Half Men, Desperate Housewives, and Scrubs, as well as the final scene of The Sopranos.

In 2009, a special televised performance show aired, titled Family Guy Presents Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, in which voice actors Alex Borstein and MacFarlane performed songs from the show, as well as a parody of Lady Gaga's song "Poker Face" in the voice of Marlee Matlin, who appeared on stage as a guest during the performance. Some new animated gags also appeared in the show.

Film

In a July 22, 2007, interview with The Hollywood Reporter, MacFarlane announced that he may start working on a feature film, although "nothing's official." In TV Week on July 18, 2008, MacFarlane confirmed plans to produce a theatrically released Family Guy feature film sometime "within the next year." He came up with an idea for the story, "something that you could not do on the show, which [to him] is the only reason to do a movie." He later went on to say he imagines the film to be "an old-style musical with dialogue" similar to The Sound of Music, saying that he would "really be trying to capture, musically, that feel." On October 13, 2011, MacFarlane confirmed that a deal for a Family Guy film had been made, and that it would be written by him and series co-producer Ricky Blitt.

On November 30, 2012, MacFarlane confirmed plans to produce a Family Guy film. The project was put on hold while MacFarlane worked on Ted 2.

On August 10, 2018, Fox announced that a live-action/animated film based on the series is in development.

In July 2019, MacFarlane confirmed that there will be a Family Guy film.

During PaleyFest in April 2024, MacFarlane revealed that he has known what the plot of the film would be for the past 15 years, but had not had the time to write it.

Spin-off

Main article: The Cleveland Show

MacFarlane co-created—alongside Mike Henry and Richard Appel—the Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show, which premiered September 27, 2009. They began discussing the project in 2007.

Video games

Main article: List of Family Guy video games

The Family Guy Video Game! is a 2006 action game released by 2K Games and developed by High Voltage Software.

Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse, which is centered around the episode "Road to the Multiverse", was released on November 20, 2012.

Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff launched on iOS and Android on April 10, 2014.

Animation Throwdown: The Quest For Cards, a card game with content and characters from five animated television shows from Fox – Family Guy, Futurama, American Dad!, Bob's Burgers and King of the Hill – was released in 2016 by Kongregate.

Family Guy: Another Freakin' Mobile Game was released on iOS on April 25, 2017.

Warped Kart Racers is a racing game that was released on Apple Arcade in May 2022. The game features the entire Griffin family, and includes characters from American Dad!, King of the Hill and Solar Opposites.

Merchandise

Main article: List of Family Guy home video releases

As of 2009, six books have been released about the Family Guy universe, all published by HarperCollins since 2005. The first, Family Guy: Stewie's Guide to World Domination (ISBN 978-0-06-077321-2) by Steve Callahan, was released on April 26, 2005. Written in the style of a graphic novel, the plot follows Stewie's plans to rule the world. Other books include Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One (ISBN 978-0-7528-7593-4), which covers the events of the episode of the same name; and Family Guy and Philosophy: A Cure for the Petarded (ISBN 978-1-4051-6316-3), a collection of 17 essays exploring the connections between the series and historical philosophers. A book written from Brian's point of view (written by Andrew Goldberg) was published in 2006, called Brian Griffin's Guide to Booze, Broads and the Lost Art of Being a Man.

Family Guy has been commercially successful in the home market. The show was the first to be resurrected because of high DVD sales. The first volume, covering the show's first two seasons, sold 1.67 million units, topping TV DVD sales in 2003, while the second volume sold another million units. Volumes six and seven debuted at fifth place in United States DVD sales; volume seven was the highest-selling television DVD, selling 171,000 units by June 21, 2009. Family Guy Presents Blue Harvest, the DVD featuring the Star Wars special "Blue Harvest", was released on January 15, 2008, and premiered at the top of United States DVD sales. The DVD was the first Family Guy DVD to include a digital copy for download to the iPod. In 2004, the first series of Family Guy toy figurines was released by Mezco Toyz; each member of the Griffin family had their own toy, with the exception of Stewie, of whom two different figures were made. Over the course of two years, four more series of toy figures were released, with various forms of Peter. In 2008, the character Peter appeared in advertisements for Subway Restaurants, promoting the restaurant's massive feast sandwich.

See also

• Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

References

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