The following is a list of writers who have worked on the Fox animated television series Family Guy in the order of first credited episode (by broadcast). As of 7 December 2014, 60 people have been credited with writing or co-writing at least one episode of Family Guy.
| # | Writer | Number written | Duration | Seasons | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seth MacFarlane | 3 | 1999, 2002, 2005 | 1, 3-4 | One co-written with Gene Laufenberg, Michael Shipley and Jim Benstein |
| 2 | Chris Sheridan | 14 | 1999-2001, 2005-2007, 2010, 2012-2014 | 1-4, 6, 8-12 | One co-written with Gary Janetti and one with Danny Smith |
| 3 | Danny Smith | 13 | 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007-2012, 2014 | 1-12 | One co-written with Chris Sheridan |
| 4 | Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan | 4 | 1999-2000 | 1-2 | |
| 5 | Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman | 8 | 1999-2002 | 1-3 | |
| 6 | Ricky Blitt | 5 | 1999-2001, 2003 | 1-3 | |
| 7 | Gary Janetti | 11 | 1999-2001, 2006, 2010-2013 | 1-4, 8-11 | One co-written with Chris Sheridan |
| 8 | Craig Hoffman | 3 | 2000 | 2 | |
| 9 | Steve Callaghan | 18 | 2000-2001, 2005-2014 | 2-6, 8-12 | One co-written with Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard |
| 10 | Dave Collard | 3 | 2000-2001 | 2-3 | All co-written with Ken Goin |
| 11 | Ken Goin | 4 | 2000-2001, 2005 | 2-4 | Three co-written with Dave Collard |
| 12 | Bobby Bowman | 1 | 2000 | 2 | |
| 13 | Jim Bernstein & Michael Shipley | 2 | 2001-2002 | 3 | One co-written with Gene Laufenberg and Seth MacFarlane |
| 14 | Mike Henry | 6 | 2001, 2005-2008 | 3-5, 7 | One co-written with Alex Borstein and one with Patrick Henry |
| 15 | Mark Hentemann | 14 | 2001-2002, 2005-2012, 2014 | 3-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13 | One based on a short story by Richard Matheson |
| 16 | Alex Borstein | 4 | 2001, 2006-2007 | 3-5 | One co-written with Mike Henry |
| 17 | Alex Barnow & Marc Firek | 1 | 2001 | 3 | |
| 18 | Allison Adler | 1 | 2002 | 3 | |
| 19 | Daniel Palladino | 2 | 2002, 2013 | 3, 11 | |
| 20 | Gene Laufenberg | 2 | 2002, 2005 | 3-4 | One co-written with Seth MacFarlane, Jim Bernstein and Michael Shipley |
| 21 | Patrick Henry | 1 | 2005 | 4 | Co-written with Mike Henry |
| 22 | Alec Sulkin | 14 | 2005-2007, 2009, 2011-2012, 2014 | 4-12 | Four co-written with Wellesley Wild and one with Tom Devanney and Deepak Sethi |
| 23 | Wellesley Wild | 13 | 2005-2006, 2008-2013 | 4-12 | Four co-written with Alec Sulkin |
| 24 | Patrick Meighan | 14 | 2005-2014 | 4-5, 7-13 | |
| 25 | Tom Devanney | 11 | 2005-2012, 2014 | 4-6, 8-12 | One co-written with Alec Sulkin and Deepak Sethi |
| 26 | John Viener | 8 | 2005-2011, 2018 | 4, 6-9, 16 | |
| 27 | Matt Fleckenstein | 2 | 2005, 2009 | 4, 7 | |
| 28 | Kirker Butler | 5 | 2005-2007, 2010 | 4-6, 8 | |
| 29 | Michael Rowe | 1 | 2006 | 4 | |
| 30 | Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard | 1 | 2006 | 4 | Co-written with Steve Callaghan |
| 31 | Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | 13 | 2006-2007, 2009-2014 | 4-5, 7-13 | One co-written with David A. Goodman |
| 32 | David A. Goodman | 5 | 2006-2007, 2011-2012 | 4, 6, 9-10 | One co-written with Cherry Chevapravatdumrong |
| 33 | Andrew Goldberg | 11 | 2007, 2009-2011, 2013-2017 | 6-15 | Two co-written with Alex Carter |
| 34 | Brian Scully | 6 | 2008, 2010-2013 | 7-12 | |
| 35 | Alex Carter | 8 | 2008-2013 | 7-12 | |
| 36 | Richard Appel | 1 | 2009 | 7 | |
| 37 | Spencer Porter | 2 | 2010, 2012 | 8, 10 | |
| 38 | Matt Harrigan & Dave Willis | 1 | 2011 | 9 | |
| 39 | Anthony Blasucci | 4 | 2011-2013 | 9, 11-12 | All co-written with Mike Desilets |
| 40 | Mike Desilets | 5 | 2011-2014 | 9, 11-13 | Four co-written with Anthony Blasucci |
| 41 | Artie Johann & Shawn Ries | 3 | 2011, 2013-2014 | 10-12 | |
| 42 | Dave Ihlenfeld & David Wright | 3 | 2011-2012, 2014 | 10-12 | |
| 43 | Julius Sharpe | 4 | 2012-2014 | 10-12 | |
| 44 | Deepak Sethi | 1 | 2012 | 10 | Co-written with Tom Devanney and Alec Sulkin |
| 45 | Ted Jessup | 5 | 2013-2014 | 11-13 | |
| 46 | Kristin Long | 1 | 2013 | 11 | |
| 47 | Teresa Hsiao | 2 | 2013-2014 | 11-12 | |
| 48 | Dominic Bianchi & Joe Vaux | 1 | 2013 | 12 | |
| 49 | Kevin Biggins & Travis Bowe | 1 | 2014 | 12 | |
| 50 | Steve Marmel | 1 | 2014 | 13 | |
| 51 | Billy Domineau | 1 | 2018 | 17 |
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The first season of Family Guy aired on Fox from January 31 to May 16, 1999, and consisted of seven episodes, making it the shortest season to date. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family—father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, son Stewie and their anthropomorphic dog Brian, all of whom reside in their hometown of Quahog, a fictional city in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The show features the voices of series creator Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, and Lacey Chabert in the roles of the Griffin family. The executive producers for the first season were David Zuckerman and MacFarlane. It is also the only full season to feature Chabert, before she was replaced by Mila Kunis for the rest of the series' run, starting with the season two episode "Da Boom".
"Play It Again, Brian" is the tenth episode of the sixth season of Family Guy. The episode originally was broadcast on March 2, 2008. The episode follows Peter and Lois, who are going through a tense time in their marriage. Brian invites them to Martha's Vineyard to see him receive a prize for an essay he wrote. Peter and Lois leave their kids with Herbert.
The fifth season of Family Guy first aired on the Fox network in eighteen episodes from September 10, 2006 to May 20, 2007 before being released as two DVD box sets and in syndication. It premiered with the episode "Stewie Loves Lois" and finished with "Meet the Quagmires". The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family—father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and Brian, the family pet, who reside in their hometown of Quahog, a fictional city in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The executive producers for the fifth season were David Goodman, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith and series creator Seth MacFarlane. Sheridan and Goodman served as showrunners for the fifth season.
"Family Gay" is the eighth episode in the seventh season of the American animated television series Family Guy. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 8, 2009. In the episode, Peter becomes temporarily gay after participating in a medical drug test.
The seventh season of Family Guy first aired on the Fox network from September 28, 2008 to May 17, 2009 before being released as two DVD box sets and syndicated. The animated television series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, who reside in the fictional town of Quahog, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The show features the voices of series creator Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, and Mila Kunis in the roles of the Griffin family.
The eighth season of Family Guy first aired on the Fox network in twenty-one episodes from September 27, 2009, to May 23, 2010, before being released as two DVD box sets and in syndication. It ran on Sunday nights between May and July 2010 on BBC Three in the UK. The animated television series Family Guy follows the dysfunctional Griffin family—father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and dog Brian, all of whom reside in their hometown of Quahog.
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"Road to the North Pole" is the seventh episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. Directed by Greg Colton and co-written by Chris Sheridan and Danny Smith, the episode originally aired on Fox in the United States on December 12, 2010. In "Road to the North Pole", Stewie and Brian go on an adventure to the North Pole so that Stewie can kill Santa Claus. They discover a dreary, polluting factory full of inbred elves and carnivorous, feral reindeer, along with a sickly, exhausted and suicidal Santa. Stewie and Brian take pity on him and decide to fulfill Christmas by delivering gifts to the entire globe, albeit unsuccessfully.
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