| Family Guy Season 6 | |||
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Volume 6 (R1), Season 7 (R2) (top), Volume 7 (R1) & Season 8 (R2) (bottom) DVDs for the 6th Season. |
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| Country of origin | United States | ||
| No. of episodes | 12 | ||
| Broadcast | |||
| Original channel | Fox | ||
| Original run | September 30, 2007 – May 11, 2008 | ||
| Home video release | |||
| DVD release | |||
| Region 1 | Volume 6: October 21, 2008 Volume 7: June 16, 2009 |
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| Region 2 | Season 7: November 10, 2008 Season 8: November 2, 2009 |
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| Season chronology | |||
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| List of Family Guy episodes | |||
Family Guy's sixth season first aired on September 23, 2007 on Fox and ended on May 4, 2008. The season includes 12 episodes and was shortened due to creator Seth MacFarlane's participation in the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, which resulted in Fox airing episodes without MacFarlane doing the final work. The episode "Lois Kills Stewie" was the last episode completed before the strike. When the strike ended in February 2008, Fox had already aired three episodes without any input from MacFarlane.
Episodes 2-8 of the sixth season are included on the Volume 6 DVD, which was released on October 21, 2008, and episodes 9-12 are included on the Volume 7 DVD, which was released on June 16, 2009.
The season aired in the UK from May 4, 2008 - June 15, 2008 on BBC Three.
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In November 2007, Variety reported that creator Seth MacFarlane had joined the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike and refused to complete more Family Guy episodes.[1] A spokesperson for Fox said: "Our hope is that he returns to work and completes his non-writing obligations on those episodes".[1] IGN reported that Fox would air three episodes of Family Guy without MacFarlane doing the final work.[2] MacFarlane noted that Fox could legally do that, but thought it was a "colossal dick move", and said that "They've never done anything like this before [...] It's really going to be unfortunate and damaging to our relationship if they do it."[2]
Fox aired two new episodes during November 2007.[3] The production of the episodes started but was not completed before the strike.[3] "Padre de Familia" was the first episode of these two episodes to air.[2] The strike ended on February 12, 2008 and the series resumed airing regularly.[4]
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
U.S. viewers (million) |
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| 99 | 1 | "Blue Harvest" | Dominic Polcino | Alec Sulkin | September 23, 2007 | 5ACX16/5ACX22 | 10.86[5] |
| Peter retells the story of Star Wars in this hour-long episode of Family Guy. When Princess Leia is captured by the evil Darth Vader the droids C-3PO and R2-D2 escape to the planet Tatooine to find help from the Rebel Alliance. There they encounter Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca and Obi-Wan Kenobi who infiltrate the Death Star then rescue the captive princess from the Death Star and return to aid the Rebellion in its fight against the Galactic Empire. | |||||||
| 100 | 2 | "Movin' Out (Brian's Song)" | Cyndi Tang | John Viener | September 30, 2007 | 5ACX14 | 7.95[6] |
| Peter convinces Brian to move in with his girlfriend Jillian and Stewie tags along to help pay the rent but he tries to interfere with their relationship. Meanwhile Meg and Chris get jobs at the convenience store where Chris befriends the manager Carl who leaves Meg to do all the work. Carl soon fires her and promotes Chris to the co-boss. | |||||||
| 101 | 3 | "Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air" | Julius Wu | Andrew Goldberg | October 7, 2007 | 5ACX15 | 8.39[6] |
| Joe, feeling his disability is affecting his marriage, regains the ability to walk after a leg transplant. He decides to play extreme sports and spends most of his time with more athletic people forsaking Peter, Quagmire and Cleveland who set all out to re-cripple him to bring him back to wheelchair Earth. | |||||||
| 102 | 4 | "Stewie Kills Lois" (Part 1) | John Holmquist | David A. Goodman | November 4, 2007 | 5ACX17 | 10.50[7] |
| Lois leaves the family behind to go on a cruise with Peter. Jealous that he does not get to come with them, Stewie begins to plot his diabolical revenge. Brian is skeptical, saying Stewie will never go through with it, so Stewie stows on board the ship and apparently kills Lois, sending her overboard. A year later, Brian discovers what Stewie did and tries looking for evidence. Stewie throws away all evidence pointing to his crime, which is found by Peter's suspicious friends, who conclude that Peter murdered Lois. Peter is put on trial, but before he is sent to jail, Lois returns alive and points Stewie out as her killer. | |||||||
| 103 | 5 | "Lois Kills Stewie" (Part 2) | Greg Colton | Steve Callaghan | November 11, 2007 | 5ACX18 | 10.42[8] |
| Returning from her presumed death, Lois reveals her attempted killer to be Stewie. Now on the run from the police for attempting to murder Lois, Stewie holds his family hostage and sets out to put his diabolical plans of world domination into motion. Stewie blackmails the C.I.A. into naming him President of the World, allowing him to reign supreme. Desperate to put Stewie's reign of terror to an end, Lois goes to kill Stewie. After a heated battle, though, Lois is unable to bring herself to kill her baby. Stewie tries to kill Lois, but ends up being killed by Peter. In the end, everything is revealed to be part of a computer simulation Stewie was running to see what would have happened if he had tried to kill Lois on the cruise. | |||||||
| 104 | 6 | "Padre de Familia" | Pete Michels | Kirker Butler | November 18, 2007 | 5ACX20 | 10.53[9] |
| Peter takes so much pride in being an American citizen that he starts an anti-immigrant campaign in town—until he discovers that he himself is actually an illegal immigrant born in Mexico. Unable to prove or obtain his citizenship, he loses his job and must work at Carter Pewterschmidt's estate as a servant. | |||||||
| 105 | 7 | "Peter's Daughter" | Zac Moncrief | Chris Sheridan | November 25, 2007 | 5ACX21 | 9.60[10] |
| After recovering from a coma Meg finds herself interested in a Medicine student who treats her at the hospital. Peter however has grown protective of her during her stasis and feels very uncomfortable with her new boyfriend. Meanwhile, Brian and Stewie buy and plan to renovate a dilapidated house only to blow it up later on. | |||||||
| 106 | 8 | "McStroke" | Brian Iles | Wellesley Wild | January 13, 2008 | 5ACX19 | 11.50[11] |
| Peter saves a fast-food restaurant owner from a fire and accepts his offer of unlimited burgers as a reward for saving his life, but Peter suffers a stroke after eating too many at once. After recovering Peter strives to expose the evils of the company, finding help in the form of a talking cow (voiced by Ricardo Montalban). | |||||||
| 107 | 9 | "Back to the Woods" | Brian Iles | Tom Devanney | February 17, 2008 | 6ACX02 | 7.23[12] |
| James Woods returns to Quahog to seek revenge against Peter by stealing his identity and his family after finding his wallet left behind at a Barry Manilow concert. Though he is left with nothing Peter counters against his treacherous former friend by ruining the actor's career and public image. | |||||||
| 108 | 10 | "Play It Again, Brian" | John Holmquist | Danny Smith | March 2, 2008 | 6ACX01 | 7.80[13] |
| Feeling their marriage has hit a snag Peter and Lois take Brian's offer to go with him for a relaxing vacation at Martha's Vineyard. However as Peter gets drunk Brian loses his self-restraint and professes his love for Lois. Peter and Brian must now test their friendship over the woman of their dreams. | |||||||
| 109 | 11 | "The Former Life of Brian" | Pete Michels | Steve Callaghan | April 27, 2008 | 6ACX04 | 8.49[14] |
| Brian discovers that he is the illegitimate father of an old flame's unruly son, Dylan, who is dropped off at the Griffins' house so Brian can raise him. He manages to turn Dylan's life in the right direction, though Brian himself becomes a bit stuck-up as a parent, much to Peter and Lois' concern. Dylan then decides to turn around his mother's life just like Brian did to his. | |||||||
| 110 | 12 | "Long John Peter" | Dominic Polcino | Wellesley Wild | May 4, 2008 | 6ACX06 | 7.68[15] |
| Peter steals a parrot from the vet and becomes convinced that he's a pirate. He becomes the scourge of the neighborhood, terrorizing every corner of Quahog until he accidentally kills his beloved bird. Chris falls in love with the lovely vet intern Anna and turns to Peter for some advice. | |||||||
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