| Family Guy | |
|---|---|
| Season 10 | |
 DVD cover for Volume 11 | |
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | September 25, 2011 – May 20, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
The tenth season of Family Guy premiered on the Fox network from September 25, 2011, to May 20, 2012 with a one-hour broadcast of two episodes.[1] The series follows the Griffin family, a dysfunctional 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, a fictional city in Rhode Island.
The executive producers for the ninth production season, which began in season ten, are Seth MacFarlane, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith, Mark Hentemann, Steve Callaghan, Alec Sulkin, and Wellesley Wild. The showrunners are Hentemann and Callaghan.
During this season, Peter becomes friends with Ryan Reynolds (guest-voicing as himself), the Griffins win the lottery, Meg falls in love with an Amish boy as Peter goes to war with his family, Stewie starts driving Brian's car and accidentally crashes it, Meg dates Quagmire on her 18th birthday, Chris dates a girl who looks like Lois (voiced by Elliot Page), Quagmire asks Peter and Joe to help him kill his sister's (voiced by Kaitlin Olson) violently abusive boyfriend (voiced by Ralph Garman), Peter befriends a dolphin (voiced by Ricky Gervais[2]), Kevin Swanson (voiced by Scott Grimes) surprisingly returns to Quahog on Thanksgiving, Lois kidnaps Stewie's sick friend, Brian gets a blind girlfriend who hates dogs, James Woods makes a shocking return after being killed last season when Peter becomes an agent to Tom Tucker, Meg delivers a few home truths while scolding her family for all the abuse she personally suffered, Peter has another showdown with his mortal enemy, and Brian and Stewie travel back in time to the premiere Family Guy episode.[3]
Also, the hurricane-themed episode, "Seahorse Seashell Party", that was scheduled to air on May 1, 2011 as part of the ninth season, ended up being aired on October 2, 2011 as the second episode of this season and during a crossover called Night of the Hurricane with The Cleveland Show and American Dad!. It was put on hold because of the 2011 Super Outbreak, which killed an estimated 346 people in the Southern United States around the time of the planned original release date.[4]
- ^ Silberman, Lindsay (March 19, 2012). "Fox Announces Season Finale Dates". TV Guide. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ^ "Ricky Gervais plays dolphin in US comedy show Family Guy". The Telegraph. August 5, 2011. Archived from the original on August 6, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
- ^ "FOX 2011 Returning Shows - Family Guy". Fox.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
- ^ McPherson, Sam (May 1, 2011). "Tornados Postpone Family Guy Crossover Episode". TV Overmind. Ultimate Magazine Theme. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.