Family Guy is a 1999 English-language Animation Comedy series developed by Seth MacFarlane and David Zuckerman. The show was Produced by Shannon Smith, Julius Sharpe, Kara Vallow, Steve Marmel and Sherry Gunther under the banner of Fox Television Animation in collaboration with Fuzzy Door and 20th Century Fox Television. airing on Fox. The show premiered on January 31, 1999. Sick, twisted and politically incorrect, the animated series features the adventures of the Griffin family. Endearingly ignorant Peter and his stay-at-home wife Lois reside in Quahog, R.I., and have three kids. Meg, the eldest child, is a social outcast, and teenage Chris is awkward and clueless when it comes to the opposite sex. The youngest, Stewie, is a genius baby bent on killing his mother and destroying the world. The talking dog, Brian, keeps Stewie in check while sipping martinis and sorting through his own life issues. Written by Jwelch5742. Family guy features Seth Macfarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Mike Henry, John Viener and David Sheftell. The music was composed by Ron Jones along with Walter Murphy. Editing was done by Mike Elias. The show has a running time of 20-23 minutes,45 minutes for each episode. The show has a total of 349 episodes during it's run of 18 seasons. Distribution rights for the series were acquired by 20th Television.