The eighteenth season of ''

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'' was announced on February 12, 2019. It aired on

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from September29, 2019, to May17, 2020. The series follows the dysfunctional

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, consisting of father

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, mother

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, daughter

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, son

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, baby Stewie, and family dog

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, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The season included a crossover with ''

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'', guest-starring

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reprising his roles as

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and

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. In April 2020, the show joined the rest of Fox's

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lineup in a partnership with

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for the ''AniDom Beyond Show'', a recap show hosted by

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. The hour-long program featured interviews with guests and live interactivity with fans online, with recaps for the episodes that aired through April and May. The ''Family Guy'' episode aired on May10, 2020, featuring

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, and Michael K Hunt. On May18, 2020,

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joined the show with other writers from the Fox Animation Domination lineup. Due to the debuts of freshman animated sitcoms ''

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'' and '' Duncanville'' taking the 8:30pm time slot, which bumped ''

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'' to 9:00pm, the show moved to 9:30pm. The season's executive producers were

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Alec Sulkin Alexander Matthew Sulkin (born February 14, 1973) is an American screenwriter, producer, and voice actor known for his work on ''Family Guy'' and ''The Cleveland Show''. Career Sulkin began as a writer for '' The Late Late Show with Craig Kilb ...

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, Danny Smith,

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, Patrick Meighan and

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. The season's showrunners were Sulkin and Appel. The season aired in the UK from October14, 2019, to June1, 2020, on

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20th Anniversary

In February 2019, Fox released a trailer for Season 18, both acting as a teaser for the upcoming episodes, but also as a way of celebrating 20 years of the series. On April 15, 2019, TBS aired twenty episodes of the series, handpicked by Seth MacFarlane. A

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compilation set containing 20 episodes, titled Family Guy's 20 Greatest Hits, was released on January 8, 2019.

Episodes

References

External links

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