Family Guy (1999– )

In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strive to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.

Creator:

Seth MacFarlane

Stars:

Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green

Won 5 Primetime Emmys. Another 11 wins & 46 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Seth MacFarlane	...	Peter Griffin (211 episodes, 1999-2013)
Alex Borstein	...	Lois Griffin (211 episodes, 1999-2013)
Seth Green	...	Chris Griffin (210 episodes, 1999-2013)
Mila Kunis	...	Meg Griffin (197 episodes, 1999-2013)
Mike Henry	...	Cleveland Brown (191 episodes, 1999-2013)
Danny Smith	...	Various (154 episodes, 1999-2013)
John Viener	...	Various (137 episodes, 2005-2013)
Patrick Warburton	...	Joe Swanson (132 episodes, 1999-2013)
Alec Sulkin	...	Various (114 episodes, 2005-2013)
Ralph Garman	...	Various (101 episodes, 2001-2013)

Storyline

The Griffin household includes two teenagers, a cynical dog who is smarter than everyone else, and an evil baby who makes numerous attempts to eradicate his mother. Heading up this eclectic household is Peter Griffin. Peter does his best to do what's right for the family, but along the way, he makes mistakes that are the stuff of legends.

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Plot Keywords:

dog | baby | rhode island | dysfunctional family | homicidal baby | 

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Taglines:

If You Can Read This, Then "Family Guy" is Back on Air (Season 4)

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Fox.com Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Portuguese

Release Date:

31 January 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Padre de familia

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Film Roman Productions, Fuzzy Door Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Believing the series to be cancelled after season 2, many of the writers took on other jobs for different shows. The show was renewed for a third season at the last minute; many new writers were used for the new series.

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Goofs

When shown a quick view of Cleveland's House it is one and a half story Cape Cod house, like Peter's House. But, whenever Peter does one of his "Shenanigans' near Cleveland's house, it is a full two story, non-Cape Cod home.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Glen Quagmire: Giggidy-giggidy-giggidy-giggidy!

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Crazy Credits

Every few seasons, the instrumental version of the title theme that plays over the end credits is replaced with a new arrangement. To date there have been 5 main arrangements of the closing credits theme (this, of course, does not include "one-shot" versions that are relative to a specific episode.)

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Connections

Featured in 25 Most Hilarious Holiday TV Moments (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Another One Bites the Dust"
Queen

User Reviews

My favourite TV show

I love everything about family guy.

My favourite characters in family are Brian and Stewie and I like the episodes when it mainly features them such as "Road to Rhode Island" (Season 2), as they interact very well. The comments they make just have me in stitches. Peter's behaviour is also very funny as some of the things he does "are just so brilliant they're retarded." The voice acting is excellent, especially Seth MacFarlane as he provides the voices for half of the Griffin family as well as their perverted neighbour Glenn Quagmire and how he manages this range (particularly with singing) I just don't know. He deserves his two Emmy's for providing the voice of evil baby genius Stewie. Adam West also steals the show with his funny and completely insane regular character the mayor of Quahog. What I like about Chris (voiced by Seth Green) is the things he says show that he takes after his father when it comes to intelligence and common sense.

The only thing I have found annoying is that in the UK Fox has decided to change the seasons to increase DVD sales, which in no way reflect the programme itself but rather the marketing.

If you enjoy Family Guy then I would thoroughly recommend Seth MacFarlane's other project American Dad which uses a different style of humour but is still extremely hilarious.