The eleventh season of the animated comedy series Family Guy aired on Fox from September 30, 2012, to May 19, 2013. The season consisted of 22 episodes.
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. The executive producers for the tenth production season are Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith, Mark Hentemann, Steve Callaghan, Alec Sulkin, and Wellesley Wild. The showrunners are Callaghan and Sulkin, with Sulkin replacing previous showrunner Hentemann.
Guest voices for this season include J. J. Abrams, Mark Burnett, Dick Wolf, Jon Hamm, Elizabeth Banks, Sandra Bernhard, Dan Castellaneta, Anne Murray, Christina Milian, Lacey Chabert, and Johnny Depp.
Background In this season, the Griffins decide to climb Mount Everest ("Into Fat Air"); Lois has a mid-life crisis ("Lois Comes Out of Her Shell"); Meg falls for a boy who turns out to like her brother Chris ("Friends Without Benefits"); and Brian and Stewie leap into action after they discover the company owned by Lois's dad, Carter Pewterschmidt, has found the cure for cancer ("The Old Man and the Big 'C'"). This season also featured the 200th episode of the series.
Further episode plots were revealed at Comic-Con 2012. Quagmire accidentally marries a hooker ("The Giggity Wife"), on episode 21, Peter becomes a meth dealer ("Farmer Guy"), and Chris moves in with Herbert ("Chris Cross"). Also, Brian and Stewie travel to Vegas by teleportation, but instead the device malfunctions and ends up cloning them, where two pairs of Brian and Stewie both go on a road trip to Vegas, with each pair having different experiences, in another '"Road to ..."' episode as part of the season finale ("Roads to Vegas").
A Valentine's Day episode, aired on February 10, 2013, in which Stewie rounds up all of Brian's ex-girlfriends, who take delight in pointing out Brian's flaws ("Valentine's Day in Quahog").
The episode "Jesus, Mary and Joseph!" was scheduled to air on December 16, 2012, but was replaced by a repeat of "Grumpy Old Man" out of sensitivity for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The episode aired the following week on December 23, 2012.
It was the last season to air while the show's owner 20th Century Fox was still part of News Corporation, as on June 28, 2013, various entertainment assets of News Corporation were spun off into a new company called 21st Century Fox, with News Corporation retaining its print assets and Australian media assets.
On July 21, 2013, the season started on BBC Three in the UK.
Voice cast and characters
Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Tom Tucker, Carter Pewterschmidt, Dr. Hartman, Seamus, Stan Smith, Roger Smith Alex Borstein as Lois Griffin Seth Green as Chris Griffin Mila Kunis as Meg Griffin Mike Henry as John Herbert, Bruce, Consuela
Supporting characters H. Jon Benjamin as Carl Johnny Brennan as Mort Goldman, Horace Gary Cole as Principal Shepherd Julie Hagerty as Carol Pewterschmidt-West Christine Lakin as Joyce Kinney Martha MacIsaac as Patty Natasha Melnick as Ruth Christina Milian as Esther Kevin Michael Richardson as Jerome Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson Adam West as Mayor Adam West
Guest Star Characters Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson Wendy Schaal as Francine Smith Rachael MacFarlane as Hayley Smith Scott Grimes as Steve Smith Dee Bradley Baker as Klaus
Episodes
Reception The season received mixed reviews. Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club gave a C+ rating for the season. +Review grades#TitleAir dateTheA.V. Club(A-F)TVFanatic(5)Sources1"Into Fat Air"C3.32"Ratings Guy"B-3.43"The Old Man and the Big 'C'"B3.04"Yug Ylimaf" C4.25"Joe's Revenge"B4.06"Lois Comes Out of Her Shell"B-3.67"Friends Without Benefits"B2.38"Jesus, Mary and Joseph!"C3.59"Space Cadet"B-3.010"Brian's Play"A-4.011"The Giggity Wife"C-2.212"Valentine's Day in Quahog"B4.613"Chris Cross"C1.514"Call Girl"C-3.215"Turban Cowboy"D2.516"12 and a Half Angry Men"B-17"Bigfat"C2.818"Total Recall"C-3.419"Save the Clam"B3.020"Farmer Guy"B2.021"Roads to Vegas"B+4.4 22"No Country Club for Old Men"C+1.5 SeasonC+2.4 AverageC+3.1Average
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