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Family Guy
Season seven

DVD covers for Volumes 7 and 8
Starring
  • Seth MacFarlane
  • Alex Borstein
  • Seth Green
  • Mila Kunis
  • Mike Henry
State of origin U.s.a.
No. of episodes 16
Release
Original network Fob
Original release September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28) –
May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)
Season chronology

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Family Guy 's seventh season first aired on the Flim-flam network in sixteen episodes from September 28, 2008 to May 17, 2009 before being released as ii DVD box sets and syndicated. The animated goggle box series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family (begetter Peter, female parent Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, babe Stewie and their anthropomorphic canis familiaris Brian), who reside in the town of Quahog. The bear witness features the voices of series creator Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Greenish, and Mila Kunis in the roles of the Griffin family.

The season included concur-over episodes from the sixth flavour, which was cut short due to the 2007–2008 Writers Gild of America strike. It received a mixed reception from critics, the more-mixed reviews criticizing the overuse of cutaways and the more positive praising its story-based episodes.[i] The 7th flavour contains some of the series' almost acclaimed episodes (including "Road to Deutschland" and "Family unit Gay") and controversial episodes like "420", which caused the Venezuelan government to ban the show from its networks.[2] The seventh season was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Laurels for Outstanding Comedy Series,[3] making Family Guy the start animated series to exist nominated in this category since The Flintstones in 1961.[3]

The Book Seven DVD box set was released in Region i on June sixteen, 2009,[iv] Region 2 on November 2, 2009[v] and Region 4 on September 29, 2009.[6] 9 of the sixteen episodes are included in this volume. The remaining seven episodes of the flavour were released on the Volume Eight DVD box set in Region i on June 15, 2010,[7] Region 2 on Nov 1, 2010[8] and Region 4 on June 15, 2011.[ix]

Production [edit]

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The flavour premiered September 28, 2008 with the episode "Honey, Blactually" ambulation on Play tricks Broadcasting Company in the U.s.a.. During the sixth flavour of the show, episodes of Family unit Guy and American Dad! were delayed from regular broadcast due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Series creator and executive producer Seth MacFarlane sided with the Writers Gild and participated in the strike until its determination.[ten] [xi] Official production of Family Guy was halted for virtually of December 2007 and intermittent periods afterwards. Pull a fast one on connected producing episodes without MacFarlane's final approval; although he refused to piece of work on the evidence during the strike, his contract with Fob required him to contribute to whatsoever episodes information technology subsequently produced.[12] Due to this, most sixth-season episodes had to be pushed back to this ane; this left the sixth season with simply twelve episodes, and the 7th flavor began with hold-overs from the previous one.[11]

Crew [edit]

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MacFarlane, Danny Smith, David Goodman and Chris Sheridan were the executive producers for the season.[xiii] Richard Appel, Steve Callaghan, Mark Hentemann and Brian Scully were co-executive producers.[14] Other producers included Mike Henry, Patrick Meighan, Tom Devanney, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild, John L. Jacobs, Kara Vallow, Kirker Butler, Shannon Smith, Reddish Chevapravatdumrong, Kim Fertman and Brandi Young.[thirteen] [14]

The writing staff included John Viener, Andrew Goldberg, Matt Fleckenstein, Andrew Gormley, Alex Carter, executive producers Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith, co-executive producers Richard Appel, Mark Hentemann, Brian Scully, supervising producers Mike Henry, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild and co-producers Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Patrick Meighan. Each wrote one episode, except for Meighan, Sulkin and Chevapravatdumrong (who wrote 2 each). There were 9 directors for the sixteen episodes of the flavor, with Cyndi Tang, Greg Colton, Julius Wu, Brian Iles, Jerry Langford and Dominic Bianchi directing 2 episodes each. Peter Shin and James Purdum were supervising directors for the entire season.[thirteen] Walter Murphey equanimous the season's music tracks, while Stan Jones edited them.[14]

Bandage [edit]

Patrick Stewart at a photo call at the Berlinale 2017.

Season seven had a cast of five main actors. MacFarlane voiced Peter Griffin, a blue-collar worker and the patriarch of the Griffin family. The family's evil-genius infant Stewie, their anthropromorphic pet dog Brian, their sexually-active neighbour Glenn Quagmire, Peter's father-in-police Carter Pewterschmidt, local doctor Elmer Hartman and local news ballast Tom Tucker were likewise voiced by MacFarlane. Other members of the family include Peter'southward responsible-just-rebellious wife, Lois (voiced by Alex Borstein); their self-loathing teenage daughter, Meg (voiced by Mila Kunis) and their goofball teenage son, Chris (voiced past Seth Dark-green).[15] Mike Henry voiced the Griffins' neighbor (and Peter'south friend) Cleveland Brown.[sixteen]

The flavour had a number of secondary characters, including Lori Alan as Diane Simmons (a local news ballast);[17] Mike Henry as Cleveland Brownish (a neighbor and friend of the Griffins); Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson (a disabled neighbor)[xviii] and Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson (Joe's meaning wife).[nineteen] Adam W voices an alternative version of himself, Mayor Adam Due west.[20] Other recurring characters include Phil LaMarr equally Ollie Williams,[21] Johnny Brennan as Mort Goldman, Carrie Fisher every bit Angela, Marking Hentemann as Opie, Borstein every bit Trisha Takanawa and Henry as Bruce.[22] [23] Staff members Danny Smith, Jon Viener and Alec Sulkin voiced several minor characters.[13] The season introduced New Brian (voiced by Viener), a replacement for the older Brian and Susie, the Swansons' newborn daughter.

The season besides included guest actors voicing themselves, including Frank Sinatra Jr., Seth Rogen, Lauren Conrad, Johnny Knoxville, Jay Leno, Craig Ferguson, Audrina Patridge, Sinbad, Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Wil Wheaton, Denise Crosby and Rob Lowe.[20] [25] [26]

Reception [edit]

The 7th-season premiere was viewed by 9.2 million viewers,[27] a significantly-college number than those watching the sixth-flavour finale.[28] In the weeks following "Dearest Blactually", viewership hovered around 8 million. "Baby Not On Board" was the nearly-viewed episode of the season, with 9.97 million views and a 5.0 Nielsen rating.[29]

Ahsan Haque of IGN graded the seventh season of Family unit Guy 8.2 out of a possible 10, maxim that it was a "very competent season" for the prove.[30] He praised the use of the show's authentication pop-culture references and the writers' more than story-driven episodes.[thirty] Haque considered "Route to Germany" as the highlight of the flavor and regarded "The Juice is Loose" and "Baby Not On Board" as the poorest, citing them as examples of what the testify could exist when the writers "cull non to put in whatever effort".[xxx] In 2009, IGN included the Star Trek: The Side by side Generation cast reunion in "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" in its countdown of "Family Guy's Superlative 10 Star Trek Moments".[31] Subsequently that year, it included the "Raining Bitches" and the "Boom Goes The Dynamite" moments (both from "Honey Blactually") in its "Family Guy's Top x Cleveland Moments".[32] [33] In 2010, IGN put "Road to Federal republic of germany" on its list of "Stewie and Brian'south Greatest Adventures".[34]

Casey Burchby from DVD Talk gave a mixed review to Volume Vii of Family unit Guy; he noted that while a lot of the jokes are obvious and not funny in the bear witness's context, at that place are standout episodes such as "I Dream of Jesus" and "Baby Not On Board". He besides praised "Road to Germany", which "combines solid writing with some noteworthy design piece of work".[1] Some other writer from DVD Talk, Francis Rizzo Iii, reviewed Volume Eight and praised "Three Kings" for blending sense of humor with the original films and its story-based narrative. He also pointed out that episodes like "420", "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" and "Play tricks-y Lady" contained scenes which were like nothing seen on television before.[35]

A man with black hair and glasses speaks into a microphone.

The Parents Goggle box Quango (a frequent critic of Family Guy) branded "Family Gay",[36] "Three Kings"[37] "420",[38] and "Stew-roids"[39] equally the "worst prove of the calendar week," a title ofttimes given the series by the grouping. In response to its group'south criticism, executive producer David Goodman claimed that Family Guy is "absolutely for adults" and he does not permit his own children to watch the evidence.[xl] MacFarlane also responded to the PTC's decrees against the evidence in an interview with The Advocate:[41] "For an organization that prides itself on Christian values — I hateful, I'm an atheist, then what do I know? — they spend their unabridged 24-hour interval hating people."[42]

Mixed assessments came from Robin Pierson of The Television Critic, giving the flavor an overall score of 49 out of 100.[43] Pierson said that the bear witness had become "predictable, stale and irritating to sentinel" and that it had get "just like the TV shows it mocked". He criticized some episodes for "insulting their viewers' intelligence" and for being "badly written",[44] [45] although he praised some of the stories for following a logical progression.[46] Pierson considered "We Love You Conrad" equally the best episode of the season (rating it 67 out of 100),[47] and "Baby Non On Board" as the poorest (rating information technology 12).[48]

The Venezuelan authorities reacted negatively to "420", and banned Family Guy from their local networks (which by and large air syndicated American programming).[two] Local station Televen was threatened with fines for broadcasting the show (which were avoided by airing an episode of Baywatch instead), and it aired public-service films as an amends.[2] Venezuelan Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami stated that whatever cable stations which refuse to stop ambulation the series would be fined, and he claimed that the program promoted the use of cannabis.[2]

Awards and nominations [edit]

The flavor was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Serial.[three] The terminal animated programme to exist nominated was The Flintstones in 1961.[49] Seth MacFarlane was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Laurels for Outstanding Vocalization-Over Performance for his office as Peter Griffin in "I Dream of Jesus".[50] MacFarlane was also nominated for an Annie Award for the same episode, merely lost to Ahmed Best from Robot Chicken.[51] "Route to Germany" was nominated for a Golden Reel Honor for Best Sound Editing, just lost to the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Lair of Grievous".[52]

Episodes [edit]

DVD release [edit]

The kickoff nine episodes of the seventh season were released on DVD by 20th Century Fox in the The states and Canada on June 16, 2009, ane month afterward the last episode was circulate.[4] The "Volume 7" DVD release features bonus material, including deleted scenes, animatics and commentary for each episode.[vi] The remaining seven episodes were released on "Volume eight" in the United States.

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