Quahog, Rhode Island

Family Guy
The Griffin family. From the left: Chris, Peter, Stewie, Lois, Brian (dog), and Meg.
Genre	Animated sitcom
Created by	Seth MacFarlane
Developed by	Seth MacFarlane David Zuckerman
Voices of	Seth MacFarlane Alex Borstein Seth Green Lacey Chabert Mila Kunis Mike Henry Patrick Warburton
Theme music composer	Walter Murphy
Composer(s)	Ron Jones Walter Murphy
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	15
No. of episodes	286 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Seth MacFarlane (1999–) David Zuckerman (1999–2003) Daniel Palladino (2001–02) David A. Goodman (2005–12) Chris Sheridan (2005–12) Danny Smith (2008–) Mark Hentemann (2009–) Steve Callaghan (2009–) Alec Sulkin (2011–) Wellesley Wild (2011–)
Producer(s)	Shannon Smith Julius Sharpe Kara Vallow Steve Marmel (2011) Sherry Gunther (1999-2003)
Editor(s)	Mike Elias
Camera setup	Animated rendition of single-camera
Running time	20–23 minutes 45 minutes (select episodes)
Production company(s)	Fuzzy Door Productions Fox Television Animation 20th Century Fox Television
Distributor	20th Television
Release
Original network	Fox
Picture format	NTSC 480i (1999–2003; 2005–10) HDTV 720p (2010–)
Original release	January 31, 1999 (1999-01-31) – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Larry & Steve
Related shows	The Cleveland Show
External links
Official website

Family Guy is an American adult 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 dog Brian. The show is set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island, and exhibits much of its humor in the form of cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture.

The family was conceived by 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 burned off the 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 show in 2004 for a fourth season, which began airing on May 1, 2005.

Since its debut on January 31, 1999, 286 episodes of Family Guy have been broadcast. Its fifteenth season began on September 25, 2016. Family Guy has been nominated for 12 Primetime Emmy Awards and 11 Annie Awards, and has won three of each. In 2009, it was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award 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 criticism, including unfavorable comparisons to The Simpsons.