Family Guy season 9

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The ninth season of animated television series Family Guy first aired on the Fox network in eighteen episodes from September 26, 2010, to May 22, 2011, before being released as two DVD box sets and in syndication. 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.

Season nine was the debut of the series' eighth production season, which was executive produced by Chris Sheridan, David Goodman, Danny Smith, Mark Hentemann, Steve Callaghan and series creator Seth MacFarlane. The season's showrunners were Hentemann and Callaghan.

The season received a mixed reception from critics, who called it "a mixture of laugh out loud gags, groan inducing puns, and astonishing 'I can't believe they got away with that' statements."{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.geektown.co.uk/2011/05/08/family-guy-season-10-dvd-review/ |title=Family Guy Season 10 DVD Review |last=Elliott |first=Dave |publisher=GeekTown |access-date=2011-08-01 |date=2011-05-08 |archive-date=2011-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702061958/http://www.geektown.co.uk/2011/05/08/family-guy-season-10-dvd-review/ |url-status=live }} Season nine contains some of the series' most acclaimed episodes, including "And Then There Were Fewer",{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.emmys.com/sites/emmys.com/files/PressReleaseNoms2011emmys_3.pdf |title=2011 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=2011-08-01 |archive-date=2012-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002165505/http://www.emmys.com/sites/emmys.com/files/PressReleaseNoms2011emmys_3.pdf |url-status=live }} "Road to the North Pole" and "New Kidney in Town",{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.goldderby.com/television/news/1628/can-family-guy-get-back-into-comedy-series-race-at-emmys-%5Bvideo%5D |title=Can 'Family Guy' get back into Comedy Series race at Emmys? |publisher=Gold Derby |access-date=2011-06-28 |date=2011-06-21 |last=Beachum |first=Chris |archive-date=2011-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626195810/http://www.goldderby.com/television/news/1628/can-family-guy-get-back-into-comedy-series-race-at-emmys-[video] |url-status=live }} as well as some of the most controversial episodes, including "And I'm Joyce Kinney", "Friends of Peter G.", and "The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair".{{#invoke:cite web||title=Family Guy on Fox|url=http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2010/1217worst.asp|work=Worst TV Show of the Week|date=2010-12-17|access-date=2010-12-17|archive-date=2012-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320053918/http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2010/1217worst.asp|url-status=dead}}{{#invoke:cite web||title=Family Guy on Fox|url=http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2011/0121worst.asp|work=Worst TV Show of the Week|date=2011-01-21|access-date=2011-01-21|archive-date=2011-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130055026/http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2011/0121worst.asp|url-status=dead}}{{#invoke:cite web||title=Family Guy on Fox|url=http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2011/0617worst.asp|work=Worst TV Show of the Week|date=2011-06-17|access-date=2011-06-17|archive-date=2011-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621045915/http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2011/0617worst.asp|url-status=dead}}{{#invoke:cite web||title=Family Guy on Fox|url=http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2011/0902worst.asp|work=Worst TV Show of the Week|date=2011-09-02|access-date=2011-09-02|archive-date=2011-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123031747/http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2011/0902worst.asp|url-status=dead}} This season marks the first time Family Guy aired in 720p high definition and widescreen with a remastered title sequence.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/112/1123195p1.html |title=Family Guy Preview: "And Then There Were Fewer" |publisher=IGN |access-date=2010-09-26 |date=2010-09-24 |archive-date=2010-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928005030/http://tv.ign.com/articles/112/1123195p1.html |url-status=live }} It was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series, Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series and Animation.

The Volume Nine DVD box set was released in Region 1 on December 13, 2011, and was released in Region 2 on May 9, 2011 (titled Season 10)[http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=113749 Family Guy: Season 10: Inflatable Flying Disc: Hmv Exclusive (2011): DVD]. hmv.com (2005-12-15). Retrieved on 2011-11-13. and Region 4 on June 15, 2011. Three of the eighteen episodes are included in the volume. The remaining fourteen episodes were included in the Volume Ten DVD box set, released in Region 2 on November 3, 2011, titled Season 11,[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0058T63WM Family Guy – Season 11 Limited Edition with T-Shirt and Script DVD: Amazon.co.uk: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis: Film & TV] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117054930/https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0058T63WM |date=2023-01-17 }}. Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-11-13. Region 4 on February 29, 2012, and finally on Region 1 on September 24, 2012.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Family-Guy-Volume-10/17213 |title=Family Guy DVD news: Announcement for Family Guy - Volume 10 | TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=2012-07-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722234240/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Family-Guy-Volume-10/17213 |archive-date=2012-07-22 }} One other episode, "It's a Trap!", was released independently on DVD.

In the UK, the debut episodes were shown on Sunday nights from May to July 2011 on BBC Three. These repeated the Saturday after.

Production

Production for the ninth season began in 2009, during the airing of the eighth season. The season was executive produced by series regulars Chris Sheridan, David Goodman, Danny Smith, Mark Hentemann and Steve Callaghan, along with series creator Seth MacFarlane. The showrunners for the ninth season were Hentemann and Callaghan,{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/guy-s-goodman-reups-at-fox-tv-1118009910/ |title='Guy's' Goodman reups at Fox TV |date=2010-09-02 |access-date=2010-10-23 |magazine=Variety |last=Schneider |first=Michael |archive-date=2009-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017075012/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009910.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1 |url-status=live }} who oversaw the series's transition into 720p high definition in the premiere of the ninth-season episode "And Then There Were Fewer".

As production began, Callaghan, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Hentemann, Patrick Meighan, Brian Scully, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith, Alec Sulkin, John Viener and Wellesley Wild all stayed on from the previous season. Matt Harrigan, Dave Willis, Anthony Blasucci and Mike Desilets received their first writing credit for the series. Series executive producer David A. Goodman returned as a writer for the series, with Goodman leaving immediately afterward to work on the Fox animated series Allen Gregory.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.fox.com/programming/_ugc/pdf/Allen_Gregory_2011.pdf |title=Fox 2011–12 New Series – Allen Gregory |access-date=2011-08-02 |publisher=20th Century Fox |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601030713/http://www.fox.com/programming/_ugc/pdf/Allen_Gregory_2011.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-01 }} Kirker Butler, who wrote five episodes for the show, left the series before the beginning of the ninth season, in order to write for the Fox animated series The Cleveland Show, a spin-off of Family Guy.{{#invoke:cite web||url=https://tv.yahoo.com/family-guy/show/30361/season/90395 |title=Family Guy – Season 9 Episode Guide |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=2010-09-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224092242/http://tv.yahoo.com/family-guy/show/30361/season/90395 |archive-date=2010-02-24 }}{{#invoke:cite web||url=https://tv.yahoo.com/family-guy/show/30361/season/97064 |title=Family Guy – Season 10 Episode Guide |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=2011-08-02 |archive-date=2010-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929031656/http://tv.yahoo.com/family-guy/show/30361/season/97064 |url-status=live }} Writer John Viener left the series at the end of the season to also write for The Cleveland Show. Recurring directors Dominic Bianchi, Greg Colton, John Holmquist, Brian Iles, Jerry Langford, Pete Michels, James Purdum, Cyndi Tang and Julius Wu all stayed with the show from the previous season. Peter Shin briefly returned to the series as a director to direct the sequel to the episode "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side", entitled "It's a Trap!". Shin also served as supervising director for the season, along with James Purdum.

The main cast consisted of Seth MacFarlane (Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Quagmire and Tom Tucker, among others), Alex Borstein (Lois Griffin, Loretta Brown, Tricia Takanawa and Barbara Pewterschmidt, among others), Mila Kunis (Meg Griffin), Seth Green (Chris Griffin and Neil Goldman, among others) and Mike Henry (Cleveland Brown and Herbert, among others).{{#invoke:cite news||title=Cartoonist MacFarlane funny guy of Fox's 'Family' Subversive voice of series is his|work=USA Today|author=Graham, Jefferson|date=1999-01-29|page=E7}}

Episodes

{{See also|List of Family Guy episodes}}

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| NumParts = 2

| Title = And Then There Were Fewer

| DirectedBy = Dominic Polcino

| WrittenBy = Cherry Chevapravatdumrong

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|9|26}}

| ProdCode_1 = 8ACX01

| ProdCode_2 = 8ACX02

| Viewers = 9.13{{#invoke:cite web||last=Gorman|first=Bill|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/09/28/sunday-finals-amazing-race-premieres-up-undercover-boss-a-bit-less-bossy-vs-football/65590|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215063617/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/09/28/sunday-finals-amazing-race-premieres-up-undercover-boss-a-bit-less-bossy-vs-football/65590/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 15, 2011|title=Sunday Finals: Amazing Race Premieres Up; Undercover Boss A Bit Less Bossy vs. Football|work=TV by the Numbers|date=September 28, 2010|access-date=June 14, 2023}}

| EpisodeNumber = 148

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| ShortSummary = In a parody of a murder mystery, the residents of Quahog are invited over to a honorary dinner at James Woods' mansion, where Quagmire's overweight date Stephanie, Woods, his girlfriend Priscilla, Muriel Goldman, and Derek Wilcox are all murdered in sequence. A bloody golden globe and Priscilla's dead body are found in Tom Tucker's room leading the group to believe he is the killer. In the morning, Lois finds out that Diane Simmons is the true killer and she did it because James Woods was her boyfriend and dumped her on her 40th birthday and Tom pushed Channel 5 to replace her with a younger woman so she planned to kill Woods and frame Tom. As she prepares to kill Lois, she is shot by Stewie, vowing to be the one to kill Lois.

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| Title = Excellence in Broadcasting

| DirectedBy = John Holmquist

| WrittenBy = Patrick Meighan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|10|3}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX03

| Viewers = 7.98{{#invoke:cite web||last=Gorman|first=Bill|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/10/05/sunday-finals-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-amazing-race-desperate-housewives-rise-undercover-boss-a-bit-less-bossy-vs-football/66787|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909074343/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/10/05/sunday-finals-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-amazing-race-desperate-housewives-rise-undercover-boss-a-bit-less-bossy-vs-football/66787/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2011|title=Sunday Finals: The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, Amazing Race, Desperate Housewives Rise; Undercover Boss A Bit Less Bossy vs. Football|work=TV by the Numbers|date=October 5, 2010|access-date=June 14, 2023}}

| EpisodeNumber = 149

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| ShortSummary = Brian decides to confront Rush Limbaugh when he visits Quahog for a book signing. Brian becomes a Republican after reading Rush's book. As Lois opposes his new ideas, he moves in with Rush and tries to "help" his party in different ways.

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| Title = Welcome Back, Carter

| DirectedBy = Cyndi Tang

| WrittenBy = Wellesley Wild

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|10|10}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX04

| Viewers = 6.97{{#invoke:cite web||last=Gorman|first=Bill|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/10/12/sunday-finals-housewives-adjusted-up-brothers-plus-final-cbs-ratings/67694|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011173811/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/10/12/sunday-finals-housewives-adjusted-up-brothers-plus-final-cbs-ratings/67694/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2012|title=Sunday Finals: Housewives Adjusted Up; Brothers & Sisters Adjusted Down; Plus Final CBS Ratings|work=TV by the Numbers|date=October 12, 2010|access-date=June 14, 2023}}

| EpisodeNumber = 150

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| ShortSummary = After Peter catches Carter having an affair, he is strong-armed into keeping a secret. Joe and Quagmire tell him about how he can use this situation to blackmail Carter. But when Peter accidentally reveals the secret, Lois's mother demands a divorce and Peter is in charge of Carter's return to bachelorhood.

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| Title = Halloween on Spooner Street

| DirectedBy = Jerry Langford

| WrittenBy = Andrew Goldberg

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|7}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX06

| Viewers = 8.00{{#invoke:cite web||last=Gorman|first=Bill|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/09/sunday-finals-desperate-housewives-adjusted-up-brothers-sisters-cleveland-show-adjusted-down-plus-final-cbs-nbc-numbers/71366|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114060317/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/09/sunday-finals-desperate-housewives-adjusted-up-brothers-sisters-cleveland-show-adjusted-down-plus-final-cbs-nbc-numbers/71366|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 14, 2010|title=Sunday Finals: 'Desperate Housewives' Adjusted Up; 'Brothers & Sisters{{sic|,'|hide=y}} 'Cleveland Show' Down, Plus Final CBS, NBC Numbers|work=TV by the Numbers|date=November 9, 2010|access-date=June 14, 2023}}

| EpisodeNumber = 151

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| ShortSummary = When Halloween comes to Quahog, Peter and Joe team up to execute a series of Halloween pranks on Quagmire. While Brian shows Stewie the ropes of trick-or-treating, Meg sets out to attend her first high school Halloween party with high hopes for the evening. She and Chris, who have both dressed up in an attempt to hide their faces, find themselves in an unpleasant situation.

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| Title = Baby, You Knock Me Out

| DirectedBy = Julius Wu

| WrittenBy = Alex Carter

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|14}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX05

| Viewers = 7.06{{#invoke:cite web||last=Gorman|first=Bill|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/16/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-family-guy-amazing-race-adjusted-up-csi-miami-american-dad-60-minutes-down/72304|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118235850/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/16/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-family-guy-amazing-race-adjusted-up-csi-miami-american-dad-60-minutes-down/72304|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 18, 2010|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'Desperate Housewives,' 'Family Guy,' 'Amazing Race' Adjusted Up; 'CSI: Miami,' 'American Dad,' '60 Minutes' Down|work=TV by the Numbers|date=November 16, 2010|access-date=June 14, 2023}}

| EpisodeNumber = 152

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| ShortSummary = After Lois accidentally gets involved in boxing, she proves herself extremely skilled in the ring as she tries to picture Peter in place of her opponent. Peter gets ambitious and tries to make Lois a professional boxer even when she is resistant.

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| Title = Brian Writes a Bestseller

| DirectedBy = Joseph Lee

| WrittenBy = Gary Janetti

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|21}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX07

| Viewers = 6.59{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/23/sunday-final-ratings-including-amazing-race-undercover-boss-and-csi-miami/73196|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126034654/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/23/sunday-final-ratings-including-amazing-race-undercover-boss-and-csi-miami/73196|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 26, 2010|title=Sunday Final Ratings Including Amazing Race, Undercover Boss, and CSI: Miami|work=TV by the Numbers|last=Seidman|first=Robert|date=November 23, 2010|access-date=November 24, 2010}}

| EpisodeNumber = 153

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| ShortSummary = After feeling discouraged with the progress of his writing career, Brian decides to throw in the towel until Stewie become his manager and one of his books hits the bestseller list. But when the fame goes to his head, Brian gets a wake-up call from Bill Maher himself.

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| Title = Road to the North Pole

| DirectedBy = Greg Colton

| WrittenBy = Chris Sheridan & Danny Smith

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|12|12}}

| ProdCode_1 = 8ACX08

| ProdCode_2 = 8ACX09

| Viewers = 8.03{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/12/14/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-adjusted-up-the-simpsons-down-plus-amazing-race-undercover-boss-and-csi-miami/75412|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217070817/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/12/14/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-adjusted-up-the-simpsons-down-plus-amazing-race-undercover-boss-and-csi-miami/75412|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 17, 2010|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'Desperate Housewives,' Adjusted Up; 'The Simpsons,' Down; Plus 'Amazing Race,' 'Undercover Boss,' and 'CSI: Miami'|work=TV by the Numbers|last=Seidman|first=Robert|date=December 14, 2010|access-date=December 15, 2010}}

| EpisodeNumber = 154

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| ShortSummary = After getting blown off by the mall's Santa, Brian and Stewie travel to the North Pole to get revenge on Santa Claus. They get there, only to find that Santa is very sick and near dying because of all the work he does each Christmas. Brian and Stewie promise to deliver the presents for him, but fail at the first stop after being discovered by a family. On Christmas morning, when everyone wakes up with no presents under their trees, Brian explains the problem on the news and tells them to shorten their demands to one gift a year. Everyone agrees and one year later, Santa recovers and everyone has a merry Christmas.

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| Title = New Kidney in Town

| DirectedBy = Pete Michels

| WrittenBy = Matt Harrigan & Dave Willis

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|1|9}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX10

| Viewers = 9.33{{#invoke:cite web||last=Seidman|first=Robert|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/11/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-cleveland-adjusted-up-brothers-no-change-for-the-cape-or-bobs-burgers/78132|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114071054/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/11/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-cleveland-adjusted-up-brothers-no-change-for-the-cape-or-bobs-burgers/78132|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2011|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'Desperate Housewives,' 'Cleveland' Adjusted Up; 'Brothers & Sisters' Down; No Change for 'The Cape' or 'Bob's Burgers'|work=TV by the Numbers|date=January 11, 2011|access-date=June 14, 2023}}

| EpisodeNumber = 155

| EpisodeNumber2 = 8

| ShortSummary = After Peter gets into a highly addictive Red Bull obsession, Lois gets rid of his Red Bull and tells him that the beverage isn’t healthy, afterwards, when Peter makes his own Red Bull, which includes kerosene in his beverage, he is diagnosed with kidney failure, where Brian agrees to give him both of his kidneys and the family prepares to bid adieu their dog. Meanwhile, Chris is chosen to introduce President Obama at his school after winning an essay contest, but the main issue is that Meg wrote the essay instead of Chris.

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| Title = And I'm Joyce Kinney

| DirectedBy = Dominic Bianchi

| WrittenBy = Alec Sulkin

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|1|16}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX12

| Viewers = 7.06{{#invoke:cite web||last=Gorman|first=Bill|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/19/sunday-final-ratings-brothers-plus-golden-globes-undercover-boss-csimiami-more/79343|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122070229/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/19/sunday-final-ratings-brothers-plus-golden-globes-undercover-boss-csimiami-more/79343|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 22, 2011|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'Brothers & Sisters,' 'Bob's Burgers' Adjusted Down; Plus 'Golden Globes,' 'Undercover Boss,' 'CSI:Miami' & More|work=TV by the Numbers|date=January 19, 2011|access-date=June 14, 2023}}

| EpisodeNumber = 156

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| ShortSummary = Lois encounters the replacement to Diane as the anchorwoman for Quahog's news station, Joyce Kinney. Seeking a bond with someone famous out of sheer ego, Lois tries to befriend her. During a late-night dinner, Lois accidentally confides in Kinney that she is a former porn star. Kinney promptly reveals this on the news the next day which turns Lois into a pariah and enrages her. When Lois confronts her, Kinney reveals she's an ex-classmate of Lois during her days as a high-school cheerleader and that revealing her secret was part of a deep-seated grudge she had on Lois because of a prank she played on Kinney in high school. Lois becomes depressed leading Brian to try and pull her out of it. Eventually, Lois decides to publicly admit her mistake during a church sermon and eventually win the town's approval back and completely infuriating Kinney.

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| Title = Friends of Peter G.

| DirectedBy = John Holmquist

| WrittenBy = Brian Scully

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|2|13}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX13

| Viewers = 5.98{{#invoke:cite web||last=Gorman|first=Bill|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/02/15/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-americas-funniest-home-videos-dateline-adjusted-up-brothers-sisters-simpsons-down/82731|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218164604/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/02/15/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-americas-funniest-home-videos-dateline-adjusted-up-brothers-sisters-simpsons-down/82731|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2011|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'Desperate Housewives,' 'America's Funniest Home Videos,' 'Dateline' Adjusted Up; 'Brothers & Sisters,' 'Simpsons' Down|work=TV by the Numbers|date=February 15, 2011|access-date=June 14, 2023}}

| EpisodeNumber = 157

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| ShortSummary = Brian and Peter are required to attend a 12-step program to deal with their drinking problems after a night of their disruptive drunken behavior; Death demonstrates Peter a glimpse of what life would be like without beer.

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{{#invoke:episode list|sublist|Family Guy season 9

| Title = German Guy

| DirectedBy = Cyndi Tang

| WrittenBy = Patrick Meighan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|2|20}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX14

| Viewers = 6.57{{#invoke:cite web||last=Seidman|first=Robert|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/02/23/sunday-final-ratings-amazing-race-adjusted-up-the-simpsons-adjusted-down/83523|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226142502/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/02/23/sunday-final-ratings-amazing-race-adjusted-up-the-simpsons-adjusted-down/83523|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 26, 2011|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'Amazing Race' Adjusted Up; 'The Simpsons' Adjusted Down|work=TV by the Numbers|date=February 23, 2011|access-date=June 14, 2023}}

| EpisodeNumber = 158

| EpisodeNumber2 = 11

| ShortSummary = When Chris searches for a new hobby, he befriends an elderly German puppeteer named Franz until Herbert reveals his true identity. After he and Peter get in trouble with Franz, the duo are rescued by Herbert until he and Franz get into a fight, which ends with Franz meeting his death by falling off the porch stairs.

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| Title = The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair

| DirectedBy = Brian Iles

| WrittenBy = Tom Devanney

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|6}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX11

| Viewers = 6.33{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/08/sunday-final-ratings-secret-millionare-celebrity-apprentice-adjusted-up-brothers-sisters-bobs-burgers-cleveland-show-adjusted-down/85003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311121653/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/08/sunday-final-ratings-secret-millionare-celebrity-apprentice-adjusted-up-brothers-sisters-bobs-burgers-cleveland-show-adjusted-down/85003|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 11, 2011|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'Secret Millionare,' 'Celebrity Apprentice' Adjusted up ; 'Brothers & Sisters,' 'Bob's Burgers,' 'Cleveland Show' Adjusted Down|last=Seidman|first=Robert|work=TV by the Numbers|date=March 8, 2011|access-date=June 14, 2023}}

| EpisodeNumber = 159

| EpisodeNumber2 = 12

| ShortSummary = Meg is enlisted to check in on Susie and Joe while Bonnie is away but she soon becomes a little too involved. Lois intervenes when she realizes that Meg‘s misrepresentation of the situation. Meanwhile, Stewie accidentally creates an evil twin. When he tries to take Stewie's place, Brian has to step in.

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{{#invoke:episode list|sublist|Family Guy season 9

| Title = Trading Places

| DirectedBy = Joseph Lee

| WrittenBy = Steve Callaghan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|20}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX17

| Viewers = 6.55{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/22/sunday-final-ratings-secret-millionaire-adjusted-up-family-guy-cleveland-adjusted-down-cbs/86680|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326024636/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/22/sunday-final-ratings-secret-millionaire-adjusted-up-family-guy-cleveland-adjusted-down-cbs/86680|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 26, 2011|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'Secret Millionaire' Adjusted Up; 'Family Guy,' 'Cleveland' Adjusted Down + CBS|last=Seidman|first=Robert|work=TV by the Numbers|date=March 22, 2011|access-date=March 22, 2011}}

| EpisodeNumber = 160

| EpisodeNumber2 = 13

| ShortSummary = Chris, Meg, Peter and Lois all trade places to teach each other a lesson. The stunt backfires on everyone except Meg, who surprisingly becomes an excellent housewife. Chris, however, proves to be incredibly productive at Peter's desk job leading Angela to fire Peter and replace him with Chris. Angela then proceeds to overwork Chris to the point where he becomes drunk which eventually leads to a stress-induced heart attack.

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{{#invoke:episode list|sublist|Family Guy season 9

| Title = Tiegs for Two

| DirectedBy = Jerry Langford

| WrittenBy = John Viener

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|10}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX16

| Viewers = 6.59{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/04/12/sunday-final-ratings-celebrity-apprentice-secret-millionaire-adjusted-up-plus-unscrambled-cbs-ratings/89058|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415091258/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/04/12/sunday-final-ratings-celebrity-apprentice-secret-millionaire-adjusted-up-plus-unscrambled-cbs-ratings/89058|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 15, 2011|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'Celebrity Apprentice,' 'Secret Millionaire' Adjusted Up; Plus Unscrambled CBS Ratings|last=Gorman|first=Bill|work=TV by the Numbers|date=April 12, 2011|access-date=June 14, 2023}}

| EpisodeNumber = 161

| EpisodeNumber2 = 14

| ShortSummary = Brian tries to score on a date with a new friend, Denise, but ends up striking out. Instead of throwing in the towel, he attends Quagmire's new class on how to score women. Disappointingly for Brian, the class was not on finding love but simply on getting sex. Fed up with Quagmire, he later encounters Cheryl Tiegs. Brian and Cheryl hit it off immediately and the former begins rubbing it in Quagmire's face. This leads Quagmire to snag Jillian Russell (Brian's greatest romantic conquest) and rub it in Brian's face in response. Meanwhile, when the local dry cleaner loses his favorite white shirt, Peter goes ballistic.

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{{#invoke:episode list|sublist|Family Guy season 9

| Title = Brothers & Sisters

| DirectedBy = Julius Wu

| WrittenBy = Alex Carter

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|17}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX15

| Viewers = 5.98{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/04/19/sunday-finals-celebrity-apprentice-amazing-race-undercover-boss-extreme-makeover-60-minutes-adjusted-up/89904|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423154033/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/04/19/sunday-finals-celebrity-apprentice-amazing-race-undercover-boss-extreme-makeover-60-minutes-adjusted-up/89904|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 23, 2011|title=Sunday Finals: 'Celebrity Apprentice{{sic|,'|hide=y}} 'Amazing Race{{sic|,'|hide=y}} 'Undercover Boss{{sic|,'|hide=y}} 'Extreme Makeover{{sic|,'|hide=y}} '60 Minutes' Adjusted Up|last=Seidman|first=Robert|work=TV by the Numbers|date=April 19, 2011|access-date=June 14, 2023}}

| EpisodeNumber = 162

| EpisodeNumber2 = 15

| ShortSummary = Lois becomes skeptical when she hears that Mayor West is marrying her sister Carol, due to the problems she had before with nine break-ups. Meanwhile, Peter is ecstatic at the thought of having a new brother and gets mad at Lois when she tries to prevent the marriage.

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{{#invoke:episode list|sublist|Family Guy season 9

| Title =The Big Bang Theory

| DirectedBy = Dominic Polcino

| WrittenBy = David A. Goodman

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|8}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX18

| Viewers = 6.52{{#invoke:cite web||last=Gorman|first=Bill|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'Desperate Housewives,' 'Amazing Race,' 'American Dad,' 'Family Guy' Adjusted Up; 'Brothers & Sisters' Adjusted Down|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/10/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-amazing-race-american-dad-family-guy-adjusted-up-brothers-sisters-adjusted-down/92054/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512045251/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/10/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-amazing-race-american-dad-family-guy-adjusted-up-brothers-sisters-adjusted-down/92054/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 12, 2011|work=TV By the Numbers|date=May 10, 2011|access-date=May 10, 2011}}

| EpisodeNumber = 163

| EpisodeNumber2 = 16

| ShortSummary = Stewie discovers that his time travel has in someway caused the Big Bang that formed the universe, so when Bertram reveals his plan of killing Leonardo da Vinci, Stewie's ancestor, in order to erase Stewie from the universe, he and Brian go back in time to stop Bertram from accidentally deleting the whole universe too.

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{{#invoke:episode list|sublist|Family Guy season 9

| Title = Foreign Affairs

| DirectedBy = Pete Michels

| WrittenBy = Anthony Blasucci & Mike Desilets

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|15}}

| ProdCode = 8ACX19

| Viewers = 6.44{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://yourentertainmentnow.com/2011/05/23/broadcast-tv-ratings-for-sunday-may-22-2011/|title=Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, May 22, 2011|last=Calabria|first=Rosario T.|work=Your Entertainment Now|date=May 23, 2011|access-date=June 14, 2023|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920082633/http://yourentertainmentnow.com/2011/05/23/broadcast-tv-ratings-for-sunday-may-22-2011/|url-status=live}}

| EpisodeNumber = 164

| EpisodeNumber2 = 17

| ShortSummary = When both Bonnie and Lois travel to Paris, Lois finds out that Bonnie only wants to go there to have an affair. After Joe discovers Bonnie's plans, he travels to Paris to try to get her back. All the while, Peter unsuccessfully homeschools both Meg and Chris.

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| NumParts = 2

| Title = It's a Trap!

| DirectedBy = Peter Shin

| WrittenBy = Cherry Chevapravatdumrong & David A. Goodman

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|22}}

| ProdCode_1 = 7ACX21

| ProdCode_2 = 7ACX22

| Viewers = 5.84{{#invoke:cite web||last=Gorman|first=Bill|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'Billboard Music Awards,' 'Celebrity Apprentice,' 'Funniest Videos,' 'Family Guy,' 'American Dad,' '60 Minutes' Adjusted Up|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/24/sunday-final-ratings-billboard-music-awards-celebrity-apprentice-funniest-videos-family-guy-american-dad-60-minutes-adjusted-up/93754/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527163512/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/24/sunday-final-ratings-billboard-music-awards-celebrity-apprentice-funniest-videos-family-guy-american-dad-60-minutes-adjusted-up/93754/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 27, 2011|work=TV By the Numbers|date=May 24, 2011|access-date=June 14, 2023}}

| EpisodeNumber = 165

| EpisodeNumber2 = 18

| ShortSummary = Peter retells the story of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.

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Home media

The remaining episodes of the eighth season and the first three episodes of the ninth season were released on DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in the United States and Canada on December 13, 2011. The DVD release features bonus material including four featurettes, "Who Done It? The Making of 'And Then There Were Fewer'", "Brian & Stewie: The Lost Phone Call", "The History of the World According to Family Guy" and the Family Guy panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, along with audio commentaries, animatics and deleted scenes.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Family-Guy-Volume-9/15567 |title=Family Guy – Does a Fan Site Message Board Have a List of Volume 9 DVD Contents and Extras? |access-date=2011-07-28 |date=2011-06-24 |last=Lambert |first=Dave |publisher=TVShowsonDVD.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809001311/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Family-Guy-Volume-9/15567 |archive-date=2011-08-09 }}

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style="color:#fff;"

| colspan="5" style="background:#000011;"| Family Guy Volume Nine / Season 10

valign="top"

| style="text-align:center; width:400px;" colspan="3"| Set details

| style="width:300px; text-align:center;"|Special features

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| colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"|

  • 14 episodes
  • 3-disc set
  • 1.33:1 aspect ratio (first 11 episodes)/Widescreen: 1.78:1 ratio video (last 3 episodes)
  • Languages:
  • English (Dolby Digital 5.1, with subtitles)
  • Spanish (Dolby Digital, with subtitles)
  • French (Dolby Digital, with subtitles)

| rowspan="4" style="text-align:left; width:300px;"|

  • Optional commentary
  • Deleted/extended scenes
  • Animatics for three episodes
  • "And Then There Were Fewer" featurette
  • "Brian & Stewie: The Lost Phone Call" featurette
  • "The History of the World According to Family Guy" featurette
  • Family Guy panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con
colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Release dates
style="text-align:center;"| Region 1

| style="text-align:center;"| Region 2

| style="text-align:center;"| Region 4

style="text-align:center;"| {{nowrap|December 13, 2011}}{{#invoke:cite weburl=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Family-Guy-Volume-9/15696 |title=Family Guy – Street Date, Cost, and Other New Info for 'Volume 9' Come Out |publisher=TVShowsonDVD.com |last=Lambert |first=Dave |access-date=2012-07-28 |date=2012-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020051330/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Family-Guy-Volume-9/15696 |archive-date=2012-10-20 }}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{nowrap|May 9, 2011}}{{#invoke:cite web

url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004LROJYQ|title=Family Guy – Season 10|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|access-date=2012-08-02|archive-date=2012-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014162331/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Guy-Season-10-DVD/dp/B004LROJYQ|url-status=live}}

|aligh="center" | June 15, 2011{{#invoke:cite web

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style="color:#fff;"

| colspan="5" style="background:#192870;"| Family Guy Volume Ten / Season 11

valign="top"

| style="text-align:center; width:400px;" colspan="3"| Set details

| style="width:300px; text-align:center;"|Special features

valign="top"

| colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"|

  • 14 episodes
  • 3-disc set
  • Widescreen: 1.78:1 ratio video
  • Languages:
  • English (Dolby Digital 5.1, with subtitles)
  • Spanish (Dolby Digital, with subtitles)
  • French (Dolby Digital, with subtitles)

| rowspan="4" style="text-align:left; width:300px;"|

  • Deleted/extended scenes
  • Select-scene animatics for "Baby, You Knock Me Out" and "Trading Places"
  • The Cleveland Show bonus episode ("The Way the Cookie Crumbles" [Region 1], "Beer Walk!" [Regions 2 and 4])
  • Digital copy: 20 clips-to-go, 5 mash-ups, 15 best moments from Volume 10/Season 11 and 9 downloadable songs
colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Release dates
style="text-align:center;"| Region 1

| style="text-align:center;"| Region 2

| style="text-align:center;"| Region 4

style="text-align:center;"| September 25, 2012

| style="text-align:center;"| November 7, 2011

| style="text-align:center;"| February 29, 2012

References

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