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MacFarlane initially conceived ''Family Guy'' in 1995 while studying animation under the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] (RISD).<ref name="Lenburg">{{cite book|last=Lenburg|first=Jeff|title=Who's who in animated cartoons: an international guide to film & television's award-winning and legendary animators|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|location=New York|date=2006|edition=Illustrated|page=221|isbn=978-1-55783-671-7}}</ref> During [[college]], he created his [[thesis]] film entitled ''[[The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve#The Life of Larry|The Life of Larry]]'',<ref name="Lenburg"/> which was later submitted by his professor at RISD to [[Hanna-Barbera]], which led to MacFarlane being hired by the company.<ref name="harvard">[http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/05.11/03-classday.html ""Family Guy" Seth MacFarlane to speak at Class Day: Creator and executive producer of 'Family Guy' will headline undergraduate celebration]. ''Harvard Gazette''. Retrieved 2007-12-21.</ref> In 1996, MacFarlane created a sequel to ''The Life of Larry'' entitled ''[[Larry shorts|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 (United States)|Cartoon Network]]'s ''[[What-A-Cartoon!|World Premiere Toons]]''.<ref name="Lenburg"/>
MacFarlane initially conceived ''Family Guy'' in 1995 while studying animation under the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] (RISD).<ref name="Lenburg">{{cite book|last=Lenburg|first=Jeff|title=Who's who in animated cartoons: an international guide to film & television's award-winning and legendary animators|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|location=New York|date=2006|edition=Illustrated|page=221|isbn=978-1-55783-671-7}}</ref> During [[college]], he created his [[thesis]] film entitled ''[[The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve#The Life of Larry|The Life of Larry]]'',<ref name="Lenburg"/> which was later submitted by his professor at RISD to [[Hanna-Barbera]], which led to MacFarlane being hired by the company.<ref name="harvard">[http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/05.11/03-classday.html ""Family Guy" Seth MacFarlane to speak at Class Day: Creator and executive producer of 'Family Guy' will headline undergraduate celebration]. ''Harvard Gazette''. Retrieved 2007-12-21.</ref> In 1996, MacFarlane created a sequel to ''The Life of Larry'' entitled ''[[Larry shorts|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 (United States)|Cartoon Network]]'s ''[[What-A-Cartoon!|World Premiere Toons]]''.<ref name="Lenburg"/>
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Executives at [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] saw the ''Larry'' shorts and contracted MacFarlane to create a series based on the characters entitled ''Family Guy''.<ref name="Bartlett">{{cite web |url = http://greatreporter.com/mambo/content/view/1383/11/|title = Seth MacFarlane – he’s the "Family Guy"|accessdate = 2007-12-31|last = Bartlett|first = James|date = 2007-03-12|work = The Great Reporter|publisher = Presswire Limited}}</ref> Fox proposed MacFarlane complete a 15-minute short, and gave him a budget of $50,000.<ref name="megadeal">{{cite news|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|title="Family Guy" creator seals megadeal|date=2008-05-05|publisher=''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN0435504220080505|accessdate=2008-05-31}}</ref> Several aspects of ''Family Guy'' were inspired by the ''Larry shorts''.<ref name="Callaghan, p. 16">[[#Callaghan|Callaghan]], p. 16</ref> While working on the series, the characters of Larry and his dog Steve slowly evolved into Peter and Brian.<ref name="Bartlett"/><ref name="AWN">{{cite news|url=http://www.awn.com/news/events/cartoon-network-pilots-screened-asifa-east-nycs-school-visual-arts|title=Cartoon Network Pilots Screened by ASIFA East at NYC's School of Visual Arts|author=Strike, Joe|publisher=[[Animation World Network]]|date=2007-02-13|accessdate=2009-10-18}}</ref> MacFarlane stated that the difference between the first short, ''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 XXXIII|Super Bowl]]."<ref name="Callaghan, p. 16"/> MacFarlane drew inspiration from several sitcoms such as ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[All in the Family]]''.<ref name="Road to">{{cite web|url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/429/429628p10.html|title=Interview with Seth MacFarlane|work=[[IGN]] |accessdate=December&nbsp;9, 2009}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref name="MacFarlaneTIME">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1844711,00.html|title=Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane|author=Cruz, Gilbert|date=2008-09-26|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=2009-08-28}}</ref>
Executives at [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] saw the ''Larry'' shorts and contracted MacFarlane to create a series based on the characters entitled ''Family Guy''.<ref name="Bartlett">{{cite web |url = http://greatreporter.com/mambo/content/view/1383/11/|title = Seth MacFarlane – he’s the "Family Guy"|accessdate = 2007-12-31|last = Bartlett|first = James|date = 2007-03-12|work = The Great Reporter|publisher = Presswire Limited}}</ref> Fox proposed MacFarlane complete a 15-minute short, and gave him a budget of $50,000.<ref name="megadeal">{{cite news|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|title="Family Guy" creator seals megadeal|date=2008-05-05|publisher=''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN0435504220080505|accessdate=2008-05-31}}</ref> Several aspects of ''Family Guy'' were inspired by the ''Larry shorts''.<ref name="Callaghan, p. 16">[[#Callaghan|Callaghan]], p. 16</ref> While working on the series, the characters of Larry and his dog Steve slowly evolved into Peter and Brian.<ref name="Bartlett"/><ref name="AWN">{{cite news|url=http://www.awn.com/news/events/cartoon-network-pilots-screened-asifa-east-nycs-school-visual-arts|title=Cartoon Network Pilots Screened by ASIFA East at NYC's School of Visual Arts|author=Strike, Joe|publisher=[[Animation World Network]]|date=2007-02-13|accessdate=2009-10-18}}</ref> MacFarlane stated that the difference between the first short, ''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 XXXIII|Super Bowl]]."<ref name="Callaghan, p. 16"/> MacFarlane drew inspiration from several sitcoms such as ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[All in the Family]]''.<ref name="Road to">{{cite web|url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/429/429628p10.html|title=Interview with Seth MacFarlane|work=[[IGN]] |accessdate=December&nbsp;9, 2009}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref name="MacFarlaneTIME">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1844711,00.html|title=Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane|author=Cruz, Gilbert|date=2008-09-26|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=2009-08-28}}</ref>

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The Griffin family. From left to right: Brian, Lois, Peter, Stewie, Chris, and Meg
GenreAdult cartoon, satire, blue humor, black humor
Created bySeth MacFarlane[1]
Developed bySeth MacFarlane
David Zuckerman
Voices ofSeth MacFarlane
Alex Borstein
Seth Green
Mila Kunis
Mike Henry
Theme music composerWalter Murphy
ComposersWalter Murphy
Ron Jones
Country of originTemplate:TVUS
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes147 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersSeth MacFarlane
David A. Goodman
Chris Sheridan
Danny Smith
Mark Hentemann
Steve Callaghan
Co-executive producers:
Alec Sulkin
Wellesley Wild
Brian Scully
ProducersPatrick Meighan
Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
John Viener
Shannon Smith
Tom Devanney (consulting)
Gary Janetti (consulting)
Abraham Higginbotham (consulting)
Kara Vallow
EditorsJohn Walts
Rick Mackenzie
Mike Elias
Running time20–23 minutes
Production companiesFuzzy Door Productions
20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseJanuary 31, 1999 (1999-01-31) – February 14, 2002 (2002-02-14)
May 1, 2005 (2005-05-01) –
present
Related
American Dad!
The Cleveland Show

Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian. The show uses frequent cutaway gags, often in the form of tangential vignettes which parody American culture.

MacFarlane conceived Family Guy 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. Shortly after the third season of Family Guy aired in 2001, Fox canceled the series. However, favorable DVD sales and high ratings for syndicated reruns convinced the network to renew the show in 2004. The series takes place in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island (pronounced /ˈkoʊhɒɡ/), based on MacFarlane's upbringing and education.

Family Guy has been nominated for 12 Primetime Emmy Awards and 11 Annie Awards, and has won three of each. It has garnered three Golden Reel Award nominations, winning once. In 2009, it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, the first time an animated series was nominated for the award since The Flintstones in 1961. Family Guy has also received negative criticism, including unfavorable comparisons for its similarities to The Simpsons.

Many tie-in media 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 original music created by MacFarlane and Walter Murphy; a video game and pinball machine, released in 2006 and 2007, respectively; and, since 2005, six books published by Harper Adult based on the Family Guy universe. In 2008, MacFarlane confirmed that the cast was interested in producing a feature film and that he was working on a story for film adaptation. A spin-off series, The Cleveland Show, premiered on September 27, 2009, as a part of the "Animation Domination" lineup on Fox. The eighth season of Family Guy premiered on the same night.

Origins

Main articles: Life of Larry and Larry and Steve

MacFarlane initially conceived Family Guy in 1995 while studying animation under the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).[2] During college, he created his thesis film entitled The Life of Larry,[2] which was later submitted by his professor at RISD to Hanna-Barbera, which led to MacFarlane being hired by the company.[3] In 1996, MacFarlane created a sequel to The Life of Larry entitled 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.[2] 

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Executives at Fox saw the Larry shorts and contracted MacFarlane to create a series based on the characters entitled Family Guy.[4] Fox proposed MacFarlane complete a 15-minute short, and gave him a budget of $50,000.[5] Several aspects of Family Guy were inspired by the Larry shorts.[6] While working on the series, the characters of Larry and his dog Steve slowly evolved into Peter and Brian.[4][7] MacFarlane stated that the difference between the first short, 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."[6] MacFarlane drew inspiration from several sitcoms such as The Simpsons and All in the Family.[8] 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.[9]

The Griffin family first appeared on the pilot MacFarlane pitched to Fox, which aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company on December 20, 1998, which featured a fifteen minute plot.[10] Family Guy was originally planned to start out as short movies for the sketch show MADtv, but the plan changed because of the budget as the show did not poses a large enough budget to make any kind of animation. MacFarlane noted that he then wanted to pitch it to Fox as he thought it was the place to create a prime-time animation show.[11] Family Guy was originally pitched to Fox in the same year as King of the Hill, but at the time the show was not bought until years later when King of the Hill became successful.[11]

Production

Executive producers

Show creator Seth MacFarlane has served has an executive producer during the show's entire history, and also function as creative consultants. The first executive producers that worked on the show were David Zuckerman,[12] Lolee Aries, David Pritchard, and Mike Wolf.[13]. 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.[14] Alex Borstein, the voice of Lois, has also worked as both an executive and supervising producer, for the fourth and fifth seasons.[15] A more involved position on the show is the show runner, who acts as head writer and manages the show's production for an entire season.[16]

Writing

A man with a bald head and a brown sweater, and a man with spiked brown hair and glasses, speaking into a microphone.
Matt Weitzman(left) is a former staff writer and Mike Barker is a former producer and writer of the show. Both would later go on to create American Dad with Seth MacFarlane.

The first team of writers, assembled for the show consisted of Chris Sheridan,[17] Danny Smith, Gary Janetti, Ricky Blitt, Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan, Matt Weitzman and Mike Barker.[18] The normal writing process of Family Guy generally starts with 14 writers that take turns to write the different scripts, when the scripts are finished it is turned in to the rest of the writers for them to read. In these scripts are generally included cutaways which are put in to the scripts. In the case that their are not enough cutaway sequences writers are sent to create them each with different versions then they are pitched and what MacFarlane and the rest of the staff writers deem funny is included in the episode.

In interviews and on the DVD commentary of season one, 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 pertaining to death and murder, like "Death Has a Shadow" and "Mind Over Murder". MacFarlane later explained that the team dropped the naming convention after individual episodes became hard to identify, and the novelty wore off.[19] For the first few months of production, the writers shared one office lent to them by the King of the Hill production crew.[19]

During the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, official production of the show halted for most of December 2007 and various periods afterward. Fox continued producing episodes without creator Seth 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.[20] Production officially resumed after the end of the strike, with regularly-airing episodes recommencing on February 17, 2008.[21]

Voice cast

Further information: List of Family Guy cast members, List of Family Guy guest stars, and List of non-English versions of Family Guy

Seth MacFarlane voices four of the show's main characters: Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin and Glen Quagmire.[22] MacFarlane chose to voice these characters himself, believing it would be easier to portray the voices he already envisioned than for someone else to attempt it.[9] MacFarlane drew inspiration for the voice of Peter from a security guard he overheard talking while attending the Rhode Island School of Design.[23] Stewie's voice was based on the voice of English actor Rex Harrison,[24] especially his performance in the 1964 musical drama film My Fair Lady.[25] MacFarlane uses his regular speaking voice when playing Brian.[9] 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.[26] Alex Borstein voices Lois Griffin, Asian correspondent Tricia Takanawa, Loretta Brown, and Lois' mother Barbara Pewterschmidt.[27] 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".[28] At the time, Borstein performed in a stage show in Los Angeles, in which she played a redheaded mother whose voice she had based on one of her cousins.[27][28] Seth Green primarily plays Chris Griffin and Neil Goldman.[26][29] Green stated that he did an impression of the "Buffalo Bill" character from the thriller film The Silence of the Lambs during his audition.[30][31] Mila Kunis and Lacey Chabert have both provided the voice of Meg Griffin.[26] Chabert left the series because of time conflicts with her role on Party of Five and schoolwork. Kunis Kunis auditioned for the role and then she was called back by MacFarlane, instructing her to speak slower, and then told her to come back another time and enunciate more. Once she claimed that she had it under control, MacFarlane hired her.[32] Mike Henry voices both Cleveland Brown and Herbert, as well as some minor recurring characters like Bruce the performance artist and The Greased-up Deaf Guy.[33] Henry met MacFarlane at the Rhode Island School of Design, and kept in touch with him after they graduated.[34] A few years later, MacFarlane contacted him about being part of the show; he agreed and came on as both a writer and voice actor.[34] Henry created Cleveland's voice after being influenced by one of his basketball partners in Virginia, who had a very distinct regional accent.[35] 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.[34]

Main cast members
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Seth MacFarlane Alex Borstein Seth Green Mila Kunis Mike Henry
Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Tom Tucker, Carter Pewterschmidt, others Lois Griffin, Loretta Brown, Barbara Pewterschmidt, Tricia Takanawa, others Chris Griffin, Neil Goldman, others Meg Griffin Cleveland Brown, Herbert, Greased Up Deaf Guy, others

Other recurring cast members include: Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson;[36] Adam West as the eponymous Mayor Adam West;[37] Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson;[38] John G. Brennan as Mort Goldman and Horace the bartender; Carlos Alazraqui as Jonathan Weed;[39][40] Adam Carolla and Norm Macdonald as Death;[41] Lori Alan as Diane Simmons;[42] and Phil LaMarr as Ollie Williams and the judge.[43] Fellow cartoonist Butch Hartman has made guest voice appearances in many episodes as various characters.[44] Also, writer Danny Smith voices various recurring characters such as Ernie the Giant Chicken.[45]

Episodes will quite often feature guest voices from a wide range of professions, including actors, athletes, authors, bands, musicians, and scientists. Many guest voices starred as themselves. Leslie Uggams was the first to appear as herself in the fourth episode of the second season episode "Mind Over Murder".[46] The episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" guest starred the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which includes 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.[47][48]

Cancellation and revival

Fox publicly announced that the show had been canceled in 2000, at the end of the second season.[49] In spite of the announced cancellation, in 2001 Fox decided to produce a third season.[50] Family Guy was assigned to a tough time slot, Thursday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET. This slot brought it into competition with Survivor and Friends. The situation was later referenced in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story.[51][52] During the third season, Fox announced that the show had been officially canceled.[53][54] The series was renewed in 2005 for its fourth season, due to strong DVD sales and syndication on basic-cable networks.[55][56]

"North by North Quahog" was the first episode to be broadcast after the show's cancellation. It was written by MacFarlane and directed by Peter Shin.[57] 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".[58] With "North by North Quahog", the writing staff tried to keep the show "... exactly as it was" before its cancellation, and did not "... have the desire to make it any slicker" than it already was.[58] Walter Murphy, who had composed music for the show before its cancellation, returned to compose the music for "North by North Quahog". Murphy and the orchestra recorded an arrangement of Bernard Herrmann's score from North by Northwest, a film referenced multiple times in the episode.[59]

Lawsuits

In March 2007, comedian Carol Burnett filed a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming that it was a trademark infringement for her charwoman cleaning character to be portrayed on the show without her permission. Besides that, Burnett stated that Fox violated her publicity rights. She asked for $6 million in damages.[60][61][62] On June 4, 2007, United States District Judge Dean Pregerson rejected the lawsuit, stating that the parody was protected under the First Amendment, citing Hustler Magazine v. Falwell as a precedent.[63]

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 entitled "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 their music with antisemitic lyrics. Named in the suit were Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Fox Broadcasting Co., Cartoon Network, MacFarlane, and Murphy; the suit sought to stop the program's distribution and unspecified damages.[64] Because "I Need a Jew" uses the copyrighted melody of "When You Wish Upon a Star", without commenting on that song, Bourne argued that it was not a First Amendment-protected parody per the ruling in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.[65][66] 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.[67]

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".[68] Metrano's suit claims this performance is protected under the terms of the United States' Copyright Act of 1976.[69] 20th Century Fox, MacFarlane, Callaghan, and Borstein were all named in the suit.[70]

Characters

Main article: List of characters in Family Guy

The show revolves around the adventures of the family of Peter Griffin, a bumbling, but well-intentioned, blue-collar worker. Peter is an Irish American Catholic with a prominent Rhode Island and Eastern Massachusetts accent.[71] His wife Lois is a stay-at-home mother and piano teacher, and has a distinct New England accent from being a member of the Pewterschmidt family of wealthy socialites.[72] Peter and Lois have three children: Meg, their teenage daughter, who is frequently the butt of Peter's jokes due to her homeliness and lack of popularity; Chris, their teenage son, who is overweight, unintelligent and, in many respects, a younger version of his father; and Stewie, their diabolical infant son of ambiguous sexual orientation who has adult mannerisms, and speaks fluently with stereotypical archvillain phrases, and an accent based on old British movie stars such as Rex Harrison.[73] Living with the family is Brian, the family dog, who is highly anthropomorphized, drinks martinis, smokes cigarettes, drives a Prius, and engages in human conversation, though he is still considered a pet in many respects.[74]

Many recurring characters appear alongside the Griffin family. These include the family's neighbors: sex-crazed airline-pilot bachelor Glenn Quagmire; mild-mannered deli owner Cleveland Brown and his wife (ex-wife as of the fourth-season episode "The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire")[75] Loretta Brown, with their hyperactive son, Cleveland Jr.; paraplegic police officer Joe Swanson, his wife Bonnie and their baby daughter Susie (it should be noted that Bonnie is pregnant with Susie from the show's beginning until the 7th episode of the 7th season); paranoid Jewish pharmacist Mort Goldman, his wife Muriel and their geeky and annoying son Neil; and elderly ephebophile Herbert. TV news anchors Tom Tucker and Diane Simmons, Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa, and Blaccu-Weather meteorologist Ollie Williams also make frequent appearances. Quahog mayor, Mayor Adam West, is in various episodes.

Setting

Three buildings, two of the same stature, and one smaller than the others.
The skyline of Providence, as viewed from the northwest looking southeast, and its animated Family Guy counterpart

MacFarlane resided in Providence during his time as a student at Rhode Island School of Design, and the show, as a consequence, contains distinct Rhode Island landmarks similar to real-world locations.[76][77] 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 local WNAC Fox 64 News, stated that the town is modeled after Cranston, Rhode Island.[78]

Several times every episode, the actual Providence skyline can be seen in the distance.[76] The three buildings that are depicted are, from left to right and furthest to closest, One Financial Center, 50 Kennedy Plaza, and the Bank of America Tower. This ordering of buildings and the angle at which they are viewed indicates that Quahog is primarily west of downtown Providence if it is to have a real-world counterpart. However, in a few episodes Quahog is shown to have a coastline, which only Cranston and Providence possess. This is supported by the fact that the real-world "31 Spooner Street" is located in Providence, immediately west of Roger Williams Park.[79]

Other media

Live performances

As promotion for the show, and to, as Newman described, "expand interest in the show beyond its diehard fans",[80] Fox organized four Family Guy Live! performances, which featured cast members reading old episodes aloud. In addition, the cast performed musical numbers from the Family Guy: Live in Vegas comedy album.[80] The stage shows were an extension of a performance by the cast during the 2004 Montreal Comedy Festival.[80] 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.[81]

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 creator Seth MacFarlane performed songs from the show and a parody of Lady Gaga's worldwide hit "Poker Face" in voice of Marlee Matlin who appeared on the stage as a guest during the performance. Some new animated gags also appeared in the show.[82]

Video games

The Family Guy Video Game! is a 2006 action game released by 2K Games and developed by High Voltage Software. The game received very mixed reviews, averaging 50% favorable reviews for the PlayStation 2 version,[83] 51% for the PlayStation Portable version,[84] and 53% for the Xbox version,[85] according to review aggregator Metacritic. The game received praise for its humor,[86] but was criticized for its short playtime[87] and "uninteresting gameplay".[88]

On November 2, 2009, IGN journalist Ryan Langley reported the production of a Family Guy-based party game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. He cited the LinkedIn profiles of former HB Studios developer Chris Kolmatycki and Invisible Entertainment co-owner Ron Doucet, which stated that the individuals had worked on the game.[89]

Spin-off

Main article: The Cleveland Show

Film

On July 22, 2007, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, MacFarlane announced that he may start working on a feature film, although "nothing's official".[90] In September 2007, Ricky Blitt gave TV.com an interview confirming that he had already started working on the script.[91] Then in TV Week on July 18, 2008, MacFarlane confirmed plans to produce a theatrically released Family Guy feature film sometime "within the next year".[92] 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 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".[93]

Merchandise

Main article: List of Family Guy DVDs

As of 2009, six books have been released about the Family Guy universe, all published by HarperCollins since 2005.[94] The first book based on Family Guy, Family Guy: Stewie's Guide to World Domination (ISBN 978-0-06-077321-2) by Steve Callahan, was released in April 26, 2005. Written in the style of a graphic novel, the plot follows Stewie's plans on ruling the world, despite him only being a child.[95] Other books include Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One (ISBN 978-0-7528-7593-4), which covers the entire events of the episode "It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One";[96] 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.[97]

Family Guy has been commercially successful in the home market.[98] The show was the first to be resurrected because of high DVD sales.[99][100] The first volume, covering the show's first two seasons, sold a total of 1.67 million units, topping TV DVD sales in 2003, while the second volume sold another million unit.[99][101] Both the volume six and seven DVDs debuted fifth in United States DVD sales;[102][103] volume seven was the highest television DVD, selling 171,000 units by June 21, 2009.[103] 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.[104] The DVD was the first Family Guy DVD to include a digital copy for download on the iPod.[104] MacFarlane recorded exclusive material of Peter's voice and other Family Guy characters for a 2007 pinball machine of the show by Stern Pinball.[105] 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.[106] Over the course of two years, four more series of toy figures have been released, with various forms of Peter.[107] In 2008, the character Peter appeared in advertisements for Subway Restaurants, promoting the restaurant's massive feast sandwich.[108][109]

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