User blog:ARTaylor/20 Years of Family Guy

Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the premiere of Family Guy. The series follows the adventures of the Griffin family and features parodies of other shows, movies, popular culture, and politics. The series, which is still in production, currently has three-hundred twenty episodes across sixteen seasons, with another season in production, making it one of the longest running animated series ever made.

The series was a moderately successful hit with Nielsen ratings, and was cancelled after three seasons. The series began airing in reruns on another network where it became a hit with fans. Along with successful home video sales, the series was put back into production. The series has been highly praised and heavily criticized, facing numerous controversies. The series has gone on to inspire a large franchise that includes video games, several direct-to-video features, crossovers with similar series The Simpsons, and two spin-offs.

The series features the talents of Seth Green as main character Chris Griffin, Lacey Chabert as the original voice of main character Meg Griffin, Adam West as Mayor Adam West, Chris Cox as George W. Bush, Kevin Michael Richardson as Jerome, Lori Alan as Diane Simmons, Phil LaMarr as Ollie Williams, Tara Strong as Amanda, Dee Bradley Baker as a Demagorgon, Carlos Alazraqui as Mr. Weed, David Boat as Rupert, Jane Lynch as Dotty Campbell, Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo character Fred Jones, Hank Azaria as Simpsons character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Michael Dorn as himself and his Star Trek character Worf, Dwight Schultz as a clerk, LeVar Burton as himself, Jim Parsons as a gay-jacker, Jonathan Frakes as himself and his Star Trek character William T. Riker, Neil Patrick Harris as his How I Met Your Mother character Barney Stinson, Mary Kay Bergman as Sherry, Edward Asner as Steve Bellows, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry as a ship's computer referencing her Star Trek role, Michael Bell as Allstar Seaworthy, June Foray as her The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends character Rocket J. Squirrel, Luke Perry as himself, Mark Hamill as his Star Wars character Luke Skywalker, Ty Burrell as himself, Maurice LaMarche as Ralph Kramden, Maya Rudolph as Chloe, Todd James Miller as Volcano, Brent Spiner as himself, Tom Kenny as Death, Jeff Bennett as an announcer, Jim Cummings as his Disney character Winnie the Pooh, Clancy Brown as a toilet announcer, along with Fred Tatasciore, Wally Wingert, Billy West, Alan Tudyk, and Thomas F. Wilson doing additional voices.