"MacFarlane after developing 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 1998, and the show was greenlit and began production. Shortly after the third season of ""Family Guy"" had aired in 2002, Fox canceled the series with one episode left unaired. Adult Swim aired that episode in 2003, finishing the series' original run. However, favorable DVD sales and high ratings for syndicated reruns on Adult Swim convinced the network to renew the"
"Peter Griffin Peter Griffin is the main character of the American animated sitcom ""Family Guy"". He is voiced by the series' creator, Seth MacFarlane, and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in the 15-minute pilot pitch of ""Family Guy"" on December 20, 1998. Peter was created and designed by MacFarlane himself. MacFarlane was asked to pitch a pilot to the Fox Broadcasting Company based on ""Larry & Steve"", a short made by MacFarlane which featured a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog, Steve. After the pilot was given the green light, 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. Informational notes Citations Bibliography Family Guy Family Guy is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children, Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet"
"Stewie Griffin Stewart Gilligan ""Stewie"" Griffin is a fictional character from the animated television series ""Family Guy"". He is voiced by series creator Seth MacFarlane and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in a 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Stewie was created and designed by MacFarlane himself, who was asked to pitch a pilot to the Fox Broadcasting Company, based on ""The Life of Larry"" and ""Larry & Steve"", two shorts made by MacFarlane featuring a middle-aged man named Larry and an intellectual dog, Steve. After the pilot was given the greenlight, the"
"Lois Griffin Lois Patrice Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) is a fictional character from the animated television series ""Family Guy"". She is voiced by writer Alex Borstein and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in the 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Lois was created and designed by series creator Seth MacFarlane. MacFarlane was asked to pitch a pilot to the Fox Broadcasting Company based on ""Larry and Steve"", a short he made which featured a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog, Steve. After the pilot was given the green light, the Griffin family"
"based on ""The Life of Larry"" and ""Larry & Steve"", two shorts made by MacFarlane featuring a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog, Steve. After the pilot was given the green light, the Griffin family appeared in the episode ""Death Has a Shadow"". Brian's appearance is a redesign of Steve the dog from MacFarlane's previous show. Brian has been featured in many items of merchandise for ""Family Guy"", and he is considered to be one of the show's biggest merchandising icons. He has also made crossover appearances in the other MacFarlane-produced shows, such as ""American Dad!"" and ""The"
"Dog Gone ""Dog Gone"" is the eighth episode of the eighth season of the animated comedy series ""Family Guy"". It originally aired on Fox in the United States on November 29, 2009. The episode features Brian, the family pet, attempting to prove that a dog's life is just as important as that of a human's, after he accidentally kills another dog with no consequences. Meanwhile, the Griffin family hires Consuela, a stereotypical Hispanic woman, as the household maid, which they each end up regretting once she takes advantage of the family's home. First announced at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con"
"Brian: Portrait of a Dog ""Brian: Portrait of a Dog"" is the seventh episode and the season finale of the first season of the animated comedy series ""Family Guy"". It originally aired on Fox in the United States on May 16, 1999. The episode features anthropomorphic dog Brian after he swallows his pride, and joins a dog show, after much convincing, in order to win money for a new air conditioner. But after an argument over a trick gone bad, with his owner, Peter Griffin, Brian realizes he is a second-class citizen and runs away from home, landing him in"
"this weirdly controversial time in ""Family Guy"" history. Maybe this sort of storytelling isn’t sustainable for a fan base that (not without reason, especially for ""Family Guy"") wants similar episodes every week without being too surprised. But it’d be cool to see another show at least give it a shot, and perhaps find an audience willing to follow it to some weird places. And at the very least, I’m glad ""Family Guy"" tried something at least a bit different."" After Brian returned, Seth MacFarlane said: ""Thanks for caring so much about the canine Griffin, he is overcome with gratitude"". MacFarlane"
"Chris Griffin Christopher Cross ""Chris"" Griffin is a fictional character from the animated television series ""Family Guy"". He is the middle child of Peter and Lois Griffin and brother of Stewie and Meg Griffin. He is voiced by Seth Green and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in a 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Chris was created and designed by MacFarlane himself, who was asked to pitch a pilot to the Fox Broadcasting Company, based on ""The Life of Larry"" and ""Larry & Steve"", two shorts made by MacFarlane featuring a middle-aged man"
"down on January 18, 2013. """", which is centered around the episode ""Road to the Multiverse"", was released on November 20, 2012. """" launched on iOS and Android on April 10, 2014. ""Family Guy: Another Freakin Mobile Game"" was released on iOS on April 25, 2017. Family Guy (franchise) Family Guy is an American animated comedy franchise created by Seth MacFarlane and originally developed for the Fox Broadcasting Company. ""Family Guy"" is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their"
"Meg Griffin Megan ""Meg"" Griffin is a fictional character in the animated television series ""Family Guy"". Meg is the eldest child of Peter and Lois Griffin and older sister of Stewie and Chris, but is also the family's scapegoat who receives the least of their attention and bears the brunt of their abuse. She is often bullied, ridiculed, and ignored. Meg first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in a 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. She was created and designed by ""Family Guy"" creator Seth MacFarlane, who was asked to pitch a pilot to"
"Tiegs for Two ""Tiegs for Two"" is the 14th episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series ""Family Guy"". It aired on Fox in the United States on April 10, 2011. In the episode, the family dog Brian Griffin fails again at getting a date and so seeks the advice of the Griffins' sex-crazed neighbor, Glenn Quagmire, who is also in pursuit of his ex-lover, actress Cheryl Tiegs. The episode was written by John Viener, directed by Jerry Langford, and featured guest performances by Drew Barrymore, Jessica Stroup, Cheryl Tiegs and Robert Wu, along with several recurring guest"
"Glenn Quagmire Glenn Quagmire, often referred to by just his surname, is a character from the American animated television series ""Family Guy"". He is a neighbor and friend of the Griffin family and is best known for his hypersexuality and his catchphrase, ""Giggity"". The show's creator and voice actor Seth MacFarlane describes him as ""an appalling human being who is still caught in the rat-pack era"" based on anachronistic 1950s party-animal clichés. The name ""Quagmire"" was chosen by a college acquaintance of MacFarlane's. MacFarlane came up with Quagmire's voice after listening to fast-talking radio jockeys from the 1950s era, describing"
"a crossover episode with ""The Simpsons"", aired on September 28, 2014. ""Family Guy"" is a joint production by Fuzzy Door Productions and 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television. In 2013, ""TV Guide"" ranked ""Family Guy"" the ninth Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time. On May 12, 2018, Fox renewed the series for a seventeenth season, which premiered on September 30, 2018. The show revolves around the adventures of the Griffin family, consisting of father Peter Griffin, a bumbling yet well-intentioned blue-collar worker; Lois, a pretty stay-at-home mother and piano teacher who is a member of the wealthy"
"Green made recurring appearances on the show as mean boss Mr. Brightling, Borstein would play his mother, Mama Brightling. While working on ""MADtv"", Borstein met Seth MacFarlane, who was then preparing to launch the animated sitcom ""Family Guy"" on FOX. MacFarlane was originally supposed to create animated shorts for ""MADtv"", but declined in favor of creating an independent series. MacFarlane cast Borstein as the voice of character Lois Griffin. After the show's debut in January 1999, ""Family Guy"" was cancelled by the network in 2002, but returned in 2005. As well as her role as the voice performer for Lois"
"a B. Fox-y Lady ""Fox-y Lady"" (stylized as ""FOX-y Lady"") is the tenth episode in the seventh season of the American animated television series ""Family Guy"". It premiered on Fox in the United States on March 22, 2009. The episode is centered on housewife Lois Griffin's employment at Fox News Channel, despite the warnings of anthropomorphic dog Brian. On her first day on the job, she is assigned to do a report on Michael Moore's perceived homosexuality, but it is rejected when the exposé involves conservative Republican Rush Limbaugh. Meanwhile, husband Peter and son Chris decide to create their own"
"Brian's Got a Brand New Bag ""Brian's Got a Brand New Bag"" is the fourth episode of the eighth season of the animated comedy series ""Family Guy"". It premiered on Fox in the United States on November 8, 2009. The episode follows anthropomorphic dog Brian as he dates a middle-aged woman named Rita, after he is stood up by her daughter. He eventually becomes reluctant to continue their relationship, however, after he discovers several health concerns that she endures and is continually harassed by his family. The episode premiered during an ""all-Seth MacFarlane"" schedule, preceding the live-action episode ""Seth and"
"a metal folding chair instead of a breakaway one and injures Karen to the point where she ends up in a coma and (as it is implied) possibly will die from her injuries without a blood transfusion. Meg Griffin Megan ""Meg"" Griffin is a fictional character in the animated television series ""Family Guy"". Meg is the eldest child of Peter and Lois Griffin and older sister of Stewie and Chris, but is also the family's scapegoat who receives the least of their attention and bears the brunt of their abuse. She is often bullied, ridiculed, and ignored. Meg first appeared"
"between Seth MacFarlane's Stewie Griffin character from the animated series ""Family Guy"" and Jimmy Corrigan. Ware has remarked, ""[The similarities are] a little too coincidental to be simply, well, coincidental."" He further stated, ""I don't want a book of seven years' worth of my stuff to become available and then be accused of being a rip-off of ""Family Guy""."" 20th Century Fox insists that Stewie is an entirely original character. In a 2003 interview, Seth MacFarlane claimed that he had never seen the comic strip before, describing the similarities as being ""pretty shocking"" and added that he understood how Ware"
"it ""didn't really offer many surprises or laughs"", and commenting that Brian is ""too much of a straight man to carry an arc with one-time character no one cares about"". She graded ""The Former Life of Brian"" C+. Greg Rock of the Parents Television Council, an organization that has frequently criticized the series, named this episode the ""Worst TV Show of the Week"". The Former Life of Brian ""The Former Life of Brian"" is the eleventh episode of the sixth season of ""Family Guy"". It was originally broadcast on April 27, 2008. The episode follows the Griffins' anthropomorphic dog, Brian"
"the family on their road trip. Though he initially declines, Brian joins the Griffins after he learns that if he stays home, a show entitled """"World's Sluttiest Dogs"""" will play. After arriving, Brian is introduced to Carter's female greyhound, Seabreeze, who Brian finds attractive. Peter joins an annoyed Carter in a poker match, and helps him win CNN from Ted Turner, thus earning the respect of his father-in-law (though reluctantly, after Lois threatened to show Babs his son after he had an affair with a black woman). Later, Carter and Peter, along with Carter's other poker buddies, Michael Eisner and"
"The Former Life of Brian ""The Former Life of Brian"" is the eleventh episode of the sixth season of ""Family Guy"". It was originally broadcast on April 27, 2008. The episode follows the Griffins' anthropomorphic dog, Brian (Seth MacFarlane), as he discovers that he is the father of a 13-year-old boy named Dylan (Seth Green). Dylan's mother, Tracy (Harvey Fierstein), leaves him with Brian after they meet and Dylan starts causing mischief at the Griffin's house. The episode was written by Steve Callaghan and it was directed by Pete Michels. The episode guest starred Harvey Fierstein, Chace Crawford, Erinn Hayes"
"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 ""MADtv"", 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 that was the place to create a prime-time animation show. ""Family Guy"" was originally pitched to Fox in"
"Griffin family appeared in the episode ""Death Has a Shadow"". An infant who acts in an adult way, Stewie was initially obsessed with violence and matricide. He is the youngest child of Peter and Lois Griffin, and the youngest brother of Meg and Chris. Over the duration of the series, the violent aspects of Stewie's personality have been toned down, and he has evolved into an eccentric, friendly and flamboyant character. He has also come to have a very close friendship with the family's anthropomorphic dog, Brian. Stewie is considered to be the show's breakout character. ""Wizard"" magazine rated him"
"Encyclopedia Griffin ""Encyclopedia Griffin"" is the 11th episode of the thirteenth season of the animated sitcom ""Family Guy"", and the 242nd episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on February 15, 2015, and is written by Lew Morton and directed by Jerry Langford. After someone steals Stewie's tricycle, Peter sets out to find who did it. He and his friends interrogate a child in the neighborhood and find the child who stole it. The successful feeling, and being hired to find another child's baseball cards, inspire them to open a detective agency. They take cases such as"
"Griffin family appeared in the episode ""Death Has a Shadow"". Peter is married to Lois Griffin and is the father of Meg, Chris, and Stewie. He also has a dog named Brian, with whom he is best friends. He has worked at a toy factory, and at Quahog's Brewery. Despite the suburban blue-collar routine of his life, he has had a number of remarkable experiences. Peter's voice was inspired by the security guards that MacFarlane heard at his school. His appearance was a redesign of the protagonist Larry from MacFarlane's previous animated short films ""The Life of Larry"" and ""Larry"
"Fox-y Lady ""Fox-y Lady"" (stylized as ""FOX-y Lady"") is the tenth episode in the seventh season of the American animated television series ""Family Guy"". It premiered on Fox in the United States on March 22, 2009. The episode is centered on housewife Lois Griffin's employment at Fox News Channel, despite the warnings of anthropomorphic dog Brian. On her first day on the job, she is assigned to do a report on Michael Moore's perceived homosexuality, but it is rejected when the exposé involves conservative Republican Rush Limbaugh. Meanwhile, husband Peter and son Chris decide to create their own animated sitcom."
"Guy"" characters for a 2007 pinball machine of the show by Stern Pinball. 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 have been released. As of 2009, six books have been released about the ""Family Guy"" universe, all published by HarperCollins since 2005. This include """" (), which covers the entire events of the episode ""It Takes a Village"
"since 2005. These include """" (), which covers the entire events of the episode ""It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One"", and ""Family Guy and Philosophy: A Cure for the Petarded"" (), a collection of seventeen essays exploring the connections between the series and historical philosophers which include Lois as a character. Lois Griffin Lois Patrice Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) is a fictional character from the animated television series ""Family Guy"". She is voiced by writer Alex Borstein and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in the 15-minute short on December 20, 1998."
"& Steve"". He has appeared in several pieces of ""Family Guy"" merchandise, including toys, T-shirts, and video games, and has made crossover appearances in other shows, including ""The Simpsons"", ""South Park"", ""Drawn Together"", ""American Dad!"", and the ""Family Guy"" spin-off ""The Cleveland Show"". Peter Griffin is a middle class Irish American, who is a bespectacled, obese blue collar worker with a prominent Rhode Island and Eastern Massachusetts accent. Peter and his wife Lois have three children; Meg, Chris, and Stewie. He is the illegitimate son of Thelma Griffin and Mickey McFinnigan, and was raised by Thelma and his stepfather Francis"
"the episode a negative review, saying that ""Family Guy"" has become like the shows it mocked in its earlier seasons and he ended his review by stating that it has become ""predictable, stale and irritating to watch"" and he gave it a 29 out of a possible 100. Love, Blactually ""Love, Blactually"" is the first episode in the seventh season of the American animated television series ""Family Guy"". It originally aired on Fox in the United States on September 28, 2008. The episode features anthropomorphic dog Brian as he meets a fellow atheist named Carolyn (Kat Foster) at a book"
"and not stand out. He also felt the cutaway jokes were short and average. He commented positively on some of the jokes, and the inclusion of Peter's new neighbors saying they provided a new dynamic to the series. A Hero Sits Next Door ""A Hero Sits Next Door"" is the fifth episode in the first season of the American animated television series ""Family Guy"". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 2, 1999. The episode features the introduction of Joe Swanson, who would become a main character in the series. Peter Griffin must find"