Inside Family Guy: An Illustrated History

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Steinberg, Brian (December 30, 2007). "The year in advertising". The Boston Globe . Retrieved October 19, 2009. a b "US DVD Sales Chart for Week Ending Jun21, 2009". The Numbers. June 21, 2009 . Retrieved August 4, 2009.

a b Levin, Gary (March 24, 2004). " Family Guy un-canceled, thanks to DVD sales success". USA Today . Retrieved August 24, 2009. A comic book based on the Family Guy universe was produced. Published by Titan Comics, edited by Steve White and illustrated by Anthony Williams and S. L. Gallant. The writing and the illustrations will be supervised by the show's producers. [35] The first comic book was released on July 27, 2011. [35]Haque, Ahsan. "Family Guy: Top 10 Musical Moments". IGN. San Francisco, California: j2 Global . Retrieved November 14, 2009. As of 2009, six books have been released about a Family Guy universe, all published by HarperCollins since 2005. [42] This 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", [43] and Family Guy and Philosophy: A Cure for the Petarded ( ISBN 978-1-4051-6316-3), a collection of seventeen essays exploring the connections between the series and historical philosophers. [44] which include Brian as a character. Brian's latest literary attempt came in the episode " Brian's Play", where he writes a play titled A Passing Fancy. The play becomes very popular in Quahog; however, Brian is upset when he realizes that Stewie had since written a play which was better than his. Stewie's play was eventually shown on Broadway. Brian became depressed, as he only wanted to be a good writer for the few years which remain of his life, and not have to be overshadowed by Stewie, who has his whole life ahead of him. Brian takes Stewie to a book reading by Jonathan Franzen in " Mr. and Mrs. Stewie". But when Jonathan fails to show up after becoming successful, Brian starts to read one of his writings until stopped by Stewie who sprays him with a water bottle. Brian later starts to write again, nearly prompting Stewie to kill him in a promise made to Penelope, who feels that Brian is coming between them. Fox canceled The Cleveland Show on May 13, 2013, roughly a week before the May 19 conclusion of its fourth season. [10] On July 16, 2013, MacFarlane confirmed an upcoming twelfth season episode of Family Guy centering on Cleveland's return to Quahog. [11] Crossovers with other shows [ edit ]

After Brian's death in " Life of Brian", his replacement Vinny tries to win over Stewie in " Christmas Guy" by adopting many of Brian's mannerisms including his writing by coming up with Wish it, Want it, You Blew It. He first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family, in the episode " Death Has a Shadow" on January 31, 1999. MacFarlane was asked to pitch a pilot to the Fox Broadcasting Company, based on The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve, two shorts made by MacFarlane featuring a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog, Steve. These two characters were redesigned and renamed Peter and Brian, but they retained the same voices and personalities. Anthony D'Alessandro (26 July 2014). "Comic-Con: 'Family Guy' Feature Film On Hold; Season 13 Guest Stars & Stories Revealed – Deadline". Deadline. Clodfelter, Tim (November 11, 2004). "Here's the Offbeat Stuff that true geeks are made of". Winston-Salem Journal. p.33. However, in a review of the seventh season, Haque wrote that Brian "unfortunately was terribly misused this season. He's degenerated into nothing more than a soapbox for the political views of the writers". [22] In a review of the eighth season, following his transition into a heel character, Ramsey Isler stated that Brian "left his lofty position as the voice of reason and switched to pretentious loser". [23]

Finley, Adam (February 3, 2007). "Family Guy pinball is freakin' sweet". TV Squad . Retrieved October 19, 2009.

Rabin, Nathan (January 26, 2006). "Seth MacFarlane". The A.V. Club. Onion, Inc. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007 . Retrieved September 26, 2007.Century Fox– Fox In Flight– Family Guy". 20th Century Fox. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11 . Retrieved 2010-12-17. Family Guy is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for Fox. 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 that is located in Rhode Island (a place that actually exists), and exhibits much of its humor in the form of metafictional cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture.

TCA Video: Family Guy Spoilers; Movie Plans". TV Week. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012 . Retrieved August 23, 2009. Langley, Ryan (November 2, 2009). "Family Guy Party Game in Development". IGN . Retrieved April 20, 2010. Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015 . Retrieved December 26, 2008.Trechak, Brad (March 3, 2008). "Family Guy: Play it Again, Brian – VIDEO". TV Squad . Retrieved February 26, 2010. In three months, MacFarlane created the Griffin family and developed a pilot for the show he called Family Guy. [15] Brian's character was largely based on Steve, and Larry would be the main inspiration for the Peter character. [16] Voice [ edit ]