Hulu Orders Two “Family Guy” Holiday Specials; Teases S23 Episode At PaleyFest 2024

Paleyfest 2024’s celebration of 25 years of Family Guy was a raucous occasion that will most likely be repeated in three years when the show celebrates 25 seasons on the air and featured cast and crew singing, dancing, and even a table read for an upcoming season 23 episode.

First the news. While show creator Seth MacFarlane has been teasing the Family Guy movie for almost the entirety of the show’s 25-year-run, he tells the audience that he at least knows WHAT the film is going to be. In what could be testing waters for this, Hulu has ordered two Family Guy holiday specials slated to premiere later this year, one Halloween, and one Christmas. Unlike what Disney+ has been doing with specials inspired by The Simpsons, these Family Guy specials are expected to be of regular length if not a tad longer given that they have a bit more room to breathe on a streaming service. No word yet if the episodes would be uncensored and potentially a little more crass given the platform?

In any event, one episode that will be a part of the show’s 23rd season is entitled “The Edible Arrangement” and in it both Stewie and Lois take some of Brian’s gummies that will allow Lois to hear Stewie talk for the first time allowing the two to discuss why Stewie used to have a vendetta against his mother for all of those years.

FOX’s Upfronts happens next month, so we should have more news about the upcoming season premiere and more happening by the end of 2024. In the meantime, Animation Domination has a number of new episodes for various series including The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, Krapopolis, The Great North, and Grimsburg through the end of Spring.

Synopsis:

Entering its 22^nd season, Family Guy continues to entertain its die-hard fan base with razor-sharp humor, spot-on parodies, spectacular animation and orchestra-backed original music. Since its debut in 1999, the series has reached cult status among fans, and its breakout star, a talking baby, has become one of the greatest TV characters of all time. Family Guy has racked up numerous awards, including an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, only the second animated series in television history to be honored with such a distinction. Most recently, series creator and lead voice actor Seth MacFarlane (voices of “Peter Griffin,” “Stewie Griffin,” “Brian Griffin” and “Glenn Quagmire”) was nominated for the 2021 Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance and won the 2019 Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Cast member Alex Borstein (voice of “Lois Griffin”) won the 2018 Emmy Award in the category. MacFarlane also was nominated that year. He won the 2017 and 2016 Emmy Award in the category, and was nominated from 2013 to 2015.

Season 22 will continue to provide a humorous take on current events and will see Peter getting a job at the Stop n’ Shop and taking a vacation to Florida with Lois. Additionally, Stewie and Brian help each other get over their mutual fear of showers and compete for sales against Bruce at the flea market. Also this season, Meg agrees to be Bruce and Jeffery’s surrogate and Lois joins Chris’s school as a substitute teacher.

Family Guy is a 20th Television Animation production. Seth MacFarlane is creator and executive producer. Rich Appel and Alec Sulkin serve as executive producers and showrunners, while Steve Callaghan, Tom Devanney, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann, Patrick Meighan and Alex Carter are executive producers.