“Lucky there’s aFamily Guy…” Yes, Seth MacFarlane’s hilarious and highly successful animated television series which follows the shenanigans of the Griffins turns 25 years old today. The very first episode ofFamily Guy, which is titledDeath Has a Shadow, originally aired on June 10, 2025. MacFarlane can’t believe 25 years have passed, and the show’s creator said in an exclusive interview withThe Wrap:
“As far as Family Guy is concerned, yeah, it’s still surviving and thriving. It’s strange that we’re coming up on 25 years because I’ve just been going kind of at a dead run ever since the show premiered. So, between then and now just sort of feels like one really long day to me [laughs]. There is now so much of it that there are episodes that I don’t remember. I go back, and I’ll look at a show — and I have a vague memory of making it.”
MacFarlane added:
“And it’s an odd kind of… you’re faced with the reality of the passage of time. And at some point in the past, this episode, this scene, this moment, frame by frame was so important that I had to get it exactly right. And now I can’t remember what happens next. I mean, there’s like 400 of these things. It’s like, ‘Who can keep track?’”
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Family Guy Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Whether it’sStewie trying to kill Lois, Peter battling Ernie the Giant Chicken, or Brian trying to write any number of mind-numbing novels,Family Guyhas been entertaining fans for 25 years now. And creatorSeth MacFarlanecouldn’t help but bring up a classic sitcom,The Honeymooners,while discussingFG’sSilver Anniversary. MacFarlane said in the same interview:
“As far as how it endures… look, I would never ever compare these two shows because The Honeymooners is the Honeymooners. But I always loved the answer that [Jackie] Gleason gave when he was asked about how that show endured — with only 39 episodes. And he just said, ‘Because they were funny.’ And I don’t know that our answer would be any different.”
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“I think that the goal of the show, at the end of the day, is just to make people laugh. That’s really all it’s out to do. It delves into social allegory and politics now and then without question, as a good primetime animated show should. But that’s always secondary. It’s a room full of comedy writers who just want to f—ing laugh.”
MacFarlane also tells The Wrap that the series won’t “end anytime soon.” At the time of this writing,Family Guyhas been renewed through season 23. And fans can enjoy the high jinks of the Griffins when the show’s 22nd season returns for its 10th episode on Wednesday, March 6, as theFGtradition of airing on Sunday nights comes to an end. For those who love torewatchFamily Guy, the show is streaming on FOX and Hulu, at the time of this writing.
