Family Guy season 20
The twentieth season of Family Guy aired on Fox from September 26, 2021, to May 22, 2022. The twentieth season aired as a part of the show's 20th anniversary.
The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie, and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog.
During this season, the Griffin men spend a day with Stewie's rival Doug, Peter has a secret meal affair with Bonnie, the Griffins must cover the death of a pizza delivery man and deliver pizzas to the rest of Quahog, Lois and Carter attend the funeral of Lois' old babysitter, Meg becomes a getaway driver and dates a robber, Stewie helps Chris put on a school play for Romeo + Juliet, and Peter and Chris go on a road trip to Canada to prove the existence of Chris' girlfriend. This season also featured a cameo from Mike Judge, who reprised his role as Hank Hill from the American television series King of the Hill, who previously cameoed in Season 18 as Beavis and Butt-Head.
Season twenty premiered the run of the nineteenth production season, which is executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, Richard Appel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann, Tom Devanney, and Patrick Meighan. Sulkin and Appel returned as the series' showrunners.
The season premiered on ITV2 on Monday 8 August 2022.
Voice cast and characters
- Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Tom Tucker, Carter Pewterschmidt, Dr. Elmer Hartman
- Alex Borstein as Lois Griffin, Elle Hitler
- Seth Green as Chris Griffin
- Mila Kunis as Meg Griffin
- Mike Henry as John Herbert
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Arif Zahir as Cleveland Brown
Supporting characters
- Gary Cole as Principal Shepard
- Sam Elliott as Mayor Wild West
- Mark Hentemann as Opie
- Sanaa Lathan as Donna Tubbs-Brown
- Peter Macon as Preston Lloyd
- Marlee Matlin as Stella
- Rachael MacFarlane as Miss Tammy
- Chris Parnell as Doug
- Jay Pharoah as Brick Baker
- Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson
Episodes
Production
On September 23, 2020, Fox announced that Family Guy had been renewed for a twentieth and twenty-first season, ensuring that the series would last another two years.This season also marks the first full season of the series in which Cleveland Brown is voiced by Arif Zahir, following Mike Henry's departure from the role. Henry continues to voice Herbert and other characters. Before the premiere, Henry sent a video on Twitter saying that he was "handing the torch" onto Zahir and said a farewell message in Cleveland's voice.
Starting with "Rock Hard", long-time recurring actor Patrick Warburton was promoted to the main cast.
20th anniversary
Fox celebrated the twentieth season with a special digital panel, with a promotional trailer unveiled during the 2021 San Diego Comic-Con virtual event, teasing clips from the season. In commemoration, FXX set a near full series marathon of all 19 seasons of the show, running from December 25, 2021, to January 2, 2022. A promotional PSA short made to promote COVID-19 vaccines was released on September 21, 2021. MacFarlane himself remarked on the show's milestone.In addition, sweepstakes were held by TBS where entrees had a chance to win T-shirts, Mugs and Blankets. as well as a re-release of the book, "Family Guy: An Illustrated History".