The ninth season of animated television series Family Guy first aired on the Fox network in eighteen episodes from September 26, 2010, to May 22, 2011, before being released as two DVD box sets and in syndication. Family Guy follows the dysfunctional Griffin family—father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and dog Brian, all of whom reside in their hometown of Quahog.
Season nine was the debut of the series' eighth production season, which was executive produced by Chris Sheridan, David Goodman, Danny Smith, Mark Hentemann, Steve Callaghan and series creator Seth MacFarlane. The season's showrunners were Hentemann and Callaghan.
The season received a mixed reception from critics, who called it "a mixture of laugh out loud gags, groan inducing puns, and astonishing 'I can't believe they got away with that' statements." Season nine contains some of the series' most acclaimed episodes, including "And Then There Were Fewer", "Road to the North Pole" and "New Kidney in Town", as well as some of the most controversial episodes, including "And I'm Joyce Kinney", "Friends of Peter G.", and "The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair". This season marks the first time Family Guy aired in 720p high definition and widescreen with a remastered title sequence, marking it the final Fox show to switch to high definition . It was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series, Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series and Animation.
The Volume Nine DVD box set was released in Region 1 on December 13, 2011, and was released in Region 2 on May 9, 2011 (titled Season 10)Family Guy: Season 10: Inflatable Flying Disc: Hmv Exclusive (2011): DVD. hmv.com (2005-12-15). Retrieved on 2011-11-13. and Region 4 on June 15, 2011. Three of the eighteen episodes are included in the volume. The remaining fourteen episodes were included in the Volume Ten DVD box set, released in Region 2 on November 3, 2011, titled Season 11,Family Guy – Season 11 Limited Edition with T-Shirt and Script DVD: Amazon.co.uk: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis: Film & TV . Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-11-13. Region 4 on February 29, 2012, and finally on Region 1 on September 24, 2012. One other episode, "It's a Trap!", was released independently on DVD.
In the UK, the debut episodes were shown on Sunday nights from May to July 2011 on BBC Three. These repeated the Saturday after.
Voice cast and characters
Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Tom Tucker Alex Borstein as Lois Griffin, Tricia Takanawa, Barbara "Babs" Pewterschmidt Seth Green as Chris Griffin, Neil Goldman Mila Kunis as Meg Griffin Mike Henry as Cleveland Brown, John Herbert, Consuela
Supporting characters Lori Alan as Diane Simmons Drew Barrymore as Jillian H. Jon Benjamin as Carl Johnny Brennan as Mort Goldman Gary Cole as Principal Shepherd Barclay DeVeau as Patty Carrie Fisher as Angela Christine Lakin as Joyce Kinney Phil LaMarr as Ollie Williams Natasha Melnick as Ruth Christina Milian as Esther Nicole Sullivan as Muriel Goldman Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson Adam West as Mayor Adam West Lisa Wilhoit as Connie D'Amico
Episodes
Production Production for the ninth season began in 2009, during the airing of the eighth season. The season was executive produced by series regulars Chris Sheridan, David Goodman, Danny Smith, Mark Hentemann and Steve Callaghan, along with series creator Seth MacFarlane. The showrunners for the ninth season were Hentemann and Callaghan, who oversaw the series's transition into 720p high definition in the premiere of the ninth-season episode "And Then There Were Fewer".
As production began, Callaghan, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Hentemann, Patrick Meighan, Brian Scully, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith, Alec Sulkin, John Viener and Wellesley Wild all stayed on from the previous season. Matt Harrigan, Dave Willis, Anthony Blasucci and Mike Desilets received their first writing credit for the series. Series executive producer David A. Goodman returned as a writer for the series, with Goodman leaving immediately afterward to work on the Fox animated series Allen Gregory. Kirker Butler, who wrote five episodes for the show, left the series before the beginning of the ninth season, in order to write for the Fox animated series The Cleveland Show, a spin-off of Family Guy. Writer John Viener left the series at the end of the season to also write for The Cleveland Show. Recurring directors Dominic Bianchi, Greg Colton, John Holmquist, Brian Iles, Jerry Langford, Pete Michels, James Purdum, Cyndi Tang and Julius Wu all stayed with the show from the previous season. Peter Shin briefly returned to the series as a director to direct the sequel to the episode "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side", entitled "It's a Trap!". Shin also served as supervising director for the season, along with James Purdum.
The main cast consisted of Seth MacFarlane (Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Quagmire and Tom Tucker, among others), Alex Borstein (Lois Griffin, Loretta Brown, Tricia Takanawa and Barbara Pewterschmidt, among others), Mila Kunis (Meg Griffin), Seth Green (Chris Griffin and Neil Goldman, among others) and Mike Henry (Cleveland Brown and Herbert, among others).
Home media The remaining episodes of the eighth season and the first three episodes of the ninth season were released on DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in the United States and Canada on December 13, 2011. The DVD release features bonus material including four featurettes, "Who Done It? The Making of 'And Then There Were Fewer'", "Brian & Stewie: The Lost Phone Call", "The History of the World According to Family Guy" and the Family Guy panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, along with audio commentaries, animatics and deleted scenes.
Family Guy Volume Nine / Season 10 Set detailsSpecial features 14 episodes 3-disc set 1.33:1 aspect ratio (first 11 episodes)/Widescreen: 1.78:1 ratio video (last 3 episodes) Languages: English (Dolby Digital 5.1, with subtitles) Spanish (Dolby Digital, with subtitles) French (Dolby Digital, with subtitles) Optional commentary Deleted/extended scenes Animatics for three episodes "And Then There Were Fewer" featurette "Brian & Stewie: The Lost Phone Call" featurette "The History of the World According to Family Guy" featurette Family Guy panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con Release dates Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 June 15, 2011
Family Guy Volume Ten / Season 11 Set detailsSpecial features 14 episodes 3-disc set Widescreen: 1.78:1 ratio video Languages: English (Dolby Digital 5.1, with subtitles) Spanish (Dolby Digital, with subtitles) French (Dolby Digital, with subtitles) Deleted/extended scenes Select-scene animatics for "Baby, You Knock Me Out" and "Trading Places" The Cleveland Show bonus episode ("The Way the Cookie Crumbles" [Region 1], "Beer Walk!" [Regions 2 and 4]) Digital copy: 20 clips-to-go, 5 mash-ups, 15 best moments from Volume 10/Season 11 and 9 downloadable songs Release dates Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 September 25, 2012 November 7, 2011 February 29, 2012
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