# Family Guy season 23

The twenty-third season of the American animated television series Family Guy premiered with a holiday special on Hulu on October 14, 2024, followed by another holiday special on November 25, 2024 on Hulu, with the season officially premiering on February 16, 2025, on Fox.
The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin 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.
Season twenty-three started the run of the twenty-second production season, which is executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, Richard Appel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann, Tom Devanney, Patrick Meighan, and Alex Carter. Sulkin and Appel returned as the series' showrunners.

## Production

On January 26, 2023, Fox announced that Family Guy had been renewed for a 22nd and 23rd season.
It was announced in April 2024 that the season would air two holiday specials exclusively on Hulu and Disney+ internationally. The trailer for Season 23 was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con. This marks the first time since the eighth-season episode "Partial Terms of Endearment" in 2010 that an episode of the series has not aired on Fox.
In May 2024, it was announced that a full season would be broadcast in 2025.
This season sees the show returning to air new episodes on Sundays instead of Wednesdays; this time the series airs at an 8 PM timeslot; the February 16, 2025 broadcast, however, would air at 10 PM due to extended broadcasting of the 2025 Daytona 500 in some markets.

### 25th anniversary

The series celebrated its 25th anniversary on April 19, 2024, at PaleyFest LA in which the cast and crew did a live table reading of an upcoming episode of the series. The holiday specials premiering on Hulu were announced the following day. The Halloween and Christmas episodes Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater and Gift of the White Guy were released in celebration of the series' 25th anniversary. In addition, Peter guest starred in an episode of Hot Ones.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| Specials ||||||||
| 425 | – | "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater" | Joe Vaux | Travis Bowe | October 14, 2024 (2024-10-14) | NACX19 | N/A |
| Joe intends to enter a local giant pumpkin contest, which he has repeatedly lost to Patrick McCloskey (Glen Powell), but when Peter, Quagmire, and Cleveland get fed up with his obsession, they decide to sabotage him by hiding his entry, only to accidentally break it. Peter hides inside the pumpkin as an apology, and his weight nets Joe first place. McCloskey catches Joe cheating before it turns out that all entrants, including McCloskey himself, lied by hiding obese men inside their pumpkins. Meanwhile, Stewie intends for himself and Brian to go trick-or-treating as Sonny & Cher, but a falling out prompts Brian to walk out and try looking for some new friends to hang out with. Stewie brings Rupert (voiced by Derek Jacobi) to life, who hears his venting about wanting Brian dead and attempts to murder him. Stewie catches on to this and confronts Rupert, who is hurt that he always comes second to Brian and wants to eliminate the competition. Stewie reluctantly drowns Rupert in a toilet, reverting him to normal as Brian admits he has no other friends and apologizes for his selfishness. In the end, Stewie receives Rupert from the dryer and tells him everything that went down. ||||||||
| 426 | – | "Gift of the White Guy" | Jerry Langford | Joanna Quraishi | November 25, 2024 (2024-11-25) | NACX20 | N/A |
| Peter is mandated to attend a white elephant gift exchange at the brewery, but forgets to bring a gift until the last second. He ends up giving away a Christmas tree brooch that Lois received as a child, which ends up in the hands of Preston's mother, Widow Lloyd (Debra Wilson). Peter infiltrates the senior home with help from Joe, Cleveland, and Quagmire by dressing up like pest control guys, and the brooch is recovered without any complications. Meanwhile, after Brian hints that he might be on Santa Claus' naughty list, Stewie strives to be good, throwing away all his weapons and performing good deeds in order to get his desired gifts. After Meg finds his discarded vaporizer, however, the two wrestle with it, accidentally zapping Meg. Although initially concerned with covering up the mess, Stewie feels remorse and writes the truth in his letter to Santa, giving up his other requests in exchange for getting Meg back. On Christmas Day, Meg turns up alive under the tree, albeit with her legs on backwards. Peter returns Lois' brooch and explains what went wrong, with Lois ultimately deciding to return it to Widow. The two unknowingly stab her while trying to put it back on Widow Lloyd causing her to bleed to death. ||||||||
| Season ||||||||
| 427 | 1 | "Fat Gun" | Greg Colton | Artie Johann | February 16, 2025 (2025-2-16) | NACX16 | 1.44 |
| In a parody of Top Gun, Maverick (Peter) and Goose (Joe) are aspiring Naval pilots attending the titular flight school with Charlie (Lois) as their instructor who is also in a relationship with Maverick. After one of their missions ends in failure, Maverick feels guilt over the death of Goose and resigns to grieve for thirty-five years by playing out scenes in other Tom Cruise movies. Upon his return, he is tasked with instructing a new generation of pilots, including Goose's son Rooster (Chris) who is resentful over the death of his father as well as having his mother written out of the sequel. The two men succeed at their mission and manage to reconcile after a scorned Charlie shoots them down and captures them. After escaping in a stolen jet and being saved by a supposedly dead Iceman (Stewie), Maverick and Rooster return to base and are hailed as heroes. In the final scene, Peter mentions how well Top Gun: Maverick performed as he jumps out of an airplane with Tiny Tom Cruise. ||||||||
| 428 | 2 | "Live, Laugh, Love" | Brian Iles | Mike Desilets | February 23, 2025 (2025-2-23) | NACX13 | 1.02 |
| Peter jokes about eating his annual salad while texting the guys, but notices that Joe merely likes his texts whereas Cleveland and Quagmire always laugh. Peter confronts Joe about it and is told that he has never found him funny. Meanwhile, after worrying about the lack of proper supervision on Chris and Meg's field trip to Washington D.C., Lois decides to chaperone the trip, only to embarrass her children and earn scorn from their friends. She bonds with Principal Shepherd over their shared sadness and he opens up about his first love Shellie Barnes (Casey Wilson) whom he broke up with over a disagreement whether to combine Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in their proposed franchise. Peter tries sneaking into Joe's room at night and leaving a "Ha Ha" on his joke for him, but sets off the traps by his bed and gets injured falling down the stairs while running away. In the hospital, Peter apologizes for overreacting. Upon describing the injuries he's received, Joe finally laughs at him as he sheds a tear of joy. Lois discovers that Shellie lives near the hotel and convinces Shepherd to talk to her, only for them to discover that her dream failed and she has let herself go. Although Shepherd's time is ultimately wasted, Lois tells him to take heart in the fact that his life ended up better than hers. ||||||||
| 429 | 3 | "Drunk with Power" | John Holmquist | Julius Sharpe | March 2, 2025 (2025-3-2) | NACX14 | 0.72 |
| Preston orders Peter to start hosting guided tours of the Pawtucket Brewery. After his first attempt goes poorly, Peter is introduced to Brett Kavanaugh (Chris Cox), who is more interested in trying the beer than touring the brewery. The two get drunk and bond together. Upon waking up from his hangover, Peter discovers that Kavanaugh wants to trade lives and has placed his robe on him. At the United States Supreme Court, Peter's shenanigans allow him to befriend Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, John Roberts, Ketanji Brown Jackson (Toks Olagundoye), Samuel Alito (Josh Robert Thompson), and Sonya Sotomayor (Alanna Ubach) until his family calls him out for ditching them. On the same call, Brian tells Peter about an upcoming ruling that may ban same-sex marriage. Meanwhile, Brett manages to befriend Joe, Cleveland, and Quagmire and spends days partying with them. However, he melts down upon witnessing the results of a wet T-shirt contest, claiming that they go against the rules. In an epiphany, he realizes that he can balance his love for beer with his love for rules and returns to the court. Peter convinces everyone to ban straight marriage as well as gay marriage before Kavanaugh interrupts and demands his seat back. Peter manages to get in one last argument, claiming that letting gay people get married actually takes away their freedom, saving gay marriage, before waking up back home after Kavanaugh slips him a Mickey. In the final scene, the Griffins are proud of Peter for preventing the ban on gay marriage before he go to sit at the Lincoln Memorial. Peter talks with the Statue of Abraham Lincoln who asks if the Republican Party is still following the ways of "Honest Abe". It then shows a picture of George Santos as sad trombone music is heard. ||||||||
| 430 | 4 | "Lois C.K." | Steve Robertson | Evan Waite | March 9, 2025 (2025-3-9) | NACX15 | 0.70 |
| Peter is tasked with watching Stewie while Lois attends a 1990s nostalgia concert with Bonnie, Donna, and Elle, featuring Sir Mix-a-Lot (voiced by himself). However, his element shenanigans make her late. While having a drink out, the ladies see Seamus bombing at an open mic and urge Lois to get on stage after she mocks his routine. Channeling her frustration at Peter and deriving jokes from his antics, she quickly finds success as a standup comedienne and takes the stage name Lois C.K., landing weeks of gigs and even a regional special. However, Peter is informed by Joe that Lois has been roasting him and decides to become more straight-laced in order to cut off the flow of new material. Desperate, Lois tries to tell jokes about Joe and Quagmire, but is nearly accosted by the audience. Peter jumps on stage to defend her and the two rapidly reconcile due to a shortage of runtime. In the final scene, Lois tells Peter that Joe has taken her place as people clap at Joe's political humor, much to his annoyance. During the credits, there is a music video of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Lady Kneecaps". ||||||||
| 431 | 5 | "The Chicken or the Meg" | Julius Wu | Emily Towers | March 16, 2025 (2025-3-16) | NACX17 | 0.63 |
| Meg signs up for a dating reality show titled Sex Farm hosted by Corey from Corey's World in hopes of finding love. While dressed like a pig, Meg quickly hits it off with a guy in a chicken suit (Amir Talai). The two are eliminated early much to the dismay of Principal Shepherd dressed as a cow, before Meg's partner reveals that he is not only an actual chicken, but also the son of Ernie the Giant Chicken named Nugget. The two continue to date in secret until Nugget sneaks into Meg's room, accidentally revealing himself to Peter, who is angered by the news. After he gives her an ultimatum, Meg decides to move in with Nugget's family. Despite being excited at first, Peter realizes how much he misses Meg and tries and fails to get her back by trading Brittney Griner (Debra Wilson) for her. When both families see each other at the bowling alley later, Ernie mocks Peter, which makes Meg feel bad for him. When Ernie demands that she either leave or renounce her father, Meg states that the two are just like each other, breaks up with Nugget, and decapitates Ernie before returning home. In the end, everyone is glad to have Meg back, who reveals that Nugget is also gay as evidenced by the abundance of small chickens in his texts. Stewie then surprisingly quotes "Nugget Nugget". ||||||||
| 433 | 6 | "Dog is My Co-Pilot" | TBA | TBA | March 23, 2025 (2025-3-23) | TBA | TBD |
| 434 | 7 | "Pitch Imperfect" | TBA | TBA | March 30, 2025 (2025-3-30) | TBA | TBD |
* ↑ Episodes without an episode number within the season constitute exclusive episodes commissioned and released by Hulu.