Family Guy season 15
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Season 15 | |
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No. of episodes | 20 |
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Original network | Fox |
Original release | September 25, 2016 May 21, 2017 | –
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Family Guy's fifteenth season premiered on Fox in the United States on September 25, 2016, and ended on May 21, 2017. The season contained 20 episodes.
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. The executive producers for the fifteenth production season are Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith and Kara Vallow. The showrunners are Appel and Callaghan.
Guest stars for the season include Kyle Chandler, Stephen Curry, Flea, Rob Gronkowski, Sean Penn, Frank Sinatra Jr., David Tennant, and Jacob Tremblay.[1]
During this season, Peter becomes an Uber driver ("Chris Has Got a Date, Date, Date, Date, Date"),[2] Quagmire discovers Tinder ("The Dating Game"),[3] and also becomes a gigolo ("American Gigg-olo"). Other episode plots include Chris becoming a star baseball player ("Bookie of the Year"), Rob Gronkowski moving in next to Peter with his party bus ("Gronkowsbees"), a homage to three novels commonly taught in high school English classes ("High School English"),[1][4] Peter and Lois deciding not to vaccinate Stewie while joining the anti-vaccination movement ("Hot Shots"),[5] Peter being discovered to have frequented a sperm bank in his youth ("A House Full of Peters"), and a behind-the-scenes episode hosted by James Woods ("Inside Family Guy").[6]
The season premiere includes a cameo by Vinny (voiced by Tony Sirico), the dog who temporarily replaced Brian in season 12.[7]
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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270 | 1 | "The Boys in the Band" | Joseph Lee | Chris Regan | September 25, 2016 | EACX01 | 2.80[8] |
271 | 2 | "Bookie of the Year" | Jerry Langford | Daniel Peck | October 2, 2016 | DACX10 | 3.47[9] |
272 | 3 | "American Gigg-olo" | Mike Kim | Chris Sheridan | October 16, 2016 | DACX19 | 3.68[10] |
273 | 4 | "Inside Family Guy" | Joe Vaux | Andrew Goldberg | October 23, 2016 | DACX20 | 2.49[11] |
274 | 5 | "Chris Has Got a Date, Date, Date, Date, Date" | Brian Iles | Artie Johann | November 6, 2016 | EACX02 | 2.60[12] |
275 | 6 | "Hot Shots" | John Holmquist | David A. Goodman | November 13, 2016 | EACX03 | 3.58[13] |
276 | 7 | "High School English" | Steve Robertson | Ted Jessup | November 20, 2016 | EACX04 | 2.74[14] |
277 | 8 | "Carter and Tricia" | Mike Kim | Patrick Meighan | December 4, 2016 | EACX05 | 3.45[15] |
278 | 9 | "How the Griffin Stole Christmas" | Julius Wu | Aaron Lee | December 11, 2016 | EACX06 | 3.05[16] |
279 | 10 | "Passenger Fatty-Seven" | Greg Colton | Alex Carter | January 8, 2017 | EACX07 | 4.00[17] |
280 | 11 | "Gronkowsbees" | Jerry Langford | Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | January 15, 2017 | EACX08 | 3.55[18] |
281 | 12 | "Peter's Def Jam" | Joe Vaux | Anthony Blasucci | February 12, 2017 | EACX09 | 1.86[19] |
282 | 13 | "The Finer Strings" | Joseph Lee | Shawn Ries | February 19, 2017 | EACX10 | 2.26[20] |
283 | 14 | "The Dating Game" | Brian Iles | Tom Devanney | March 5, 2017 | EACX11 | 2.48[21] |
284 | 15 | "Cop and a Half-wit" | John Holmquist | Ray James | March 12, 2017 | EACX12 | 2.51[22] |
285 | 16 | "Saturated Fat Guy" | Steve Robertson | Damien Fahey | March 19, 2017 | EACX13 | 2.34[23] |
286 | 17 | "Peter's Lost Youth" | Julius Wu | Danny Smith | March 26, 2017 | EACX14 | 2.17[24] |
287 | 18 | "The Peter Principal" | Greg Colton | Steve Callaghan | April 30, 2017 | EACX16 | 2.42[25] |
288 | 19 | "Dearly Deported" | Jerry Langford | Mike Desilets | May 21, 2017 | EACX17 | 2.14[26] |
289 | 20 | "A House Full of Peters" | Joseph Lee | Chris Sheridan | May 21, 2017 | EACX19 | 2.14[26] |
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