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Family Guy is a TV series that focuses on the Griffins with their daily lives.
The man who calls Peter a "phony" throughout the episode is credited as Holden Caulfield. This is a reference to the 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye.
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Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin | 143 eps. |
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Seth Green | Chris Griffin | 142 eps. |
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Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin | 142 eps. |
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Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | 129 eps. |
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Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown | 125 eps. |
| Danny Smith | Antonio Monatti / Man-sized Bird | 100 eps. | |
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Patrick Warburton | Joe Swanson | 91 eps. |
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John Viener | 50's DJ / Radio Voice / TV Announcer | 74 eps. |
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Lori Alan | Diane Simmons | 58 eps. |
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Alec Sulkin | B-Ryan / Justin-Bobby / Scientist #2 | 56 eps. |
| 1 | Death Has A Shadow | 01/31/1999 | |
| 2 | I Never Met the Dead Man | 04/11/1999 | |
| 3 | Chitty Chitty Death Bang | 04/18/1999 | |
| 4 | Mind over Murder | 04/25/1999 | |
| 5 | A Hero Sits Next Door | 05/02/1999 | |
| 6 | The Son Also Draws | 05/09/1999 | |
| 7 | Brian: Portrait of a Dog | 05/16/1999 |
Overview
The series follows the adventures of lovable oaf PETER GRIFFIN (Seth MacFarlane) and his hilariously odd family of middle-class New Englanders. LOIS (Alex Borstein) is Peter's loving wife, a former Miss Teen Rhode Island who rules the roost but is one step away from a nervous breakdown. Then there are their kids: frumpy, 16-year-old MEG (Mila Kunis), the family's punching bag; 13-year-old CHRIS (Seth Green), a kid who doesn't understand girls, much less the evil monkey hiding in his closet; and 1-year-old STEWIE (MacFarlane), a diabolically clever baby whose heterosexuality is hanging by a thread. Rounding out the Griffin household is BRIAN (MacFarlane), the family dog, a member of Mensa with a penchant for dry martinis and dumb blondes.
Family Guy has been canceled twice. The first time was two episodes into Season 2, though Fox continued to air the remaining episodes irregularly. They decided to bring it back for a third season in a rough time slot, Thursdays at 8:00pm, where it was up against Survivor and Friends. The show was permanently canceled during the third season in 2003. During the two years it was off the air the show broke record DVD sales for a TV show and it's ratings on Adult Swim during syndication were higher than what they were when it was airing on Fox. Fox decided to bring the show back in 2005 for a fourth season and since then it has seen very high ratings and has just been renewed for a 10th season.
| Name | Family Guy |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Date of 1st Airing | Jan. 31, 1999 |
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| Original Air Day | Sunday |
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| Show Length | 30 |
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