Family Guy (season 19) (Johnsonverse)

The nineteenth season of Family Guy aired on Fox from September 27, 2020, to May 16, 2021.
The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie, Meg's girlfriend Courtney, and the family dogs Brian and Vinny, who reside in their hometown of Quahog.
Season nineteen premiered the run of the eighteenth production season, which was executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, Tim Johnson, Chloe Johnson, Alec Sulkin, Richard Appel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann, Tom Devanney and Patrick Meighan. The Johnson twins replaced Sulkin and Appel as the series' showrunners.
During this season, Stewie says his first word ("Stewie's First Word"), Peter becomes an Italian mob boss ("La Famiglia Guy"), Peter finds out his mortal enemy Ernie the Giant Chicken is dying ("Fecal Matters"), Quahog gets a new mayor, voiced by Sam Elliot ("Wild Wild West"), Meg adopts a cat ("Family Cat") and Brian and Stewie go on a Terminator-esque adventure to save Stewie's life. ("PeTerminator")
==Episodes==
# Meet the Johnsons (written by Tim and Chloe Johnson) - The new owners of the Family Guy property, Tim and Chloe Johnson, come to Quahog to take the townspeople to task for their constant abuse of Meg throughout the years, culminating in Tim outright shooting Connie in the head and beating up Peter until he concedes. Meanwhile, the townspeople start seeing massive changes in their personalities, as well as the mysterious return of several long-deceased characters such as Vern and Johnny, Paddy Tanniger, who Stewie had killed years before. Air date: September 27, 2020.
# Not a Ratings Trap (written by Tim and Chloe Johnson) - Quagmire reveals the real reason he hates Brian: he's a dog, and Quagmire hates all dogs. He attempts to disembowel Brian, causing Joe to arrest him and Courtney to move in with the Griffins. Quagmire, remorseless for what he did, tries to break out of prison and instigate a genocide against dogs so everyone will have no choice but to get a cat, but fails and is shot dead by Stewie as revenge. Air date: October 4, 2020.
# I, Megan (written by Tim and Chloe Johnson) - Meg comes out to announce something big, in the biggest plot twist in the show's history. She comes out as a lesbian who's in a relationship with Courtney, and Lois takes offense to it until she loses to Chloe in a chicken-style fight. The Griffins also adopt Vinny. Air date: October 11, 2020.
# Mister Brown's Neighborhood (written by Mike Henry) - Cleveland's friends from Stoolbend (Lester, Holt, and Tim) visit Quahog, bringing with them their brand of wacky redneck hijinx. They decide to permanently reside in Quahog. Air date: October 18, 2020.
# My Little Vinny (written by Robby Victors) - Vinny
# Face the Music (written by Jennifer Tennville) - With Black Lives Matter on the rise, the Griffins decide to move elsewhere.
# Lois & Pete (written by Mike Henry) - The relationship between
#The Brown Family (written by Tim and Chloe Johnson) - This episode focuses on Roberta (in her first speaking role in the series) and Cleveland Jr.'s lives in Adam West High with Meg and Chris.
#Road to Tokyo (written by Tim and Chloe Johnson) - In a first for the "Road to..." series, this episode focuses on Meg and Courtney, instead of Stewie and Brian, as they travel to the Japanese Isles to get revenge on a sleazy salesman who scammed them. And nothing will stop them. Air date: January 2021.
# PeTerminator (written by Mark Hentemann) - Stewie's attempt to build a robot to destroy Lois completely backfires. Air date: March 7, 2021
==Cast==
* Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Carter Pewterschmidt, Dr. Elmer Hartman, Seamus Levine, Tom Tucker, Jasper, Mickey McFinnigan, and Paddy Tanniger
* Alex Borstein as Lois Griffin, Babs Pewterschmidt, and Tricia Takanawa
* Seth Green as Chris Griffin
* Mila Kunis as Meg Griffin
* Mike Henry as Cleveland Brown, Rallo Tubbs-Brown, John Herbert, Bruce and Jeffrey Straight
* Tony Sirico as Vinny Griffin
* Mandy Moore as Courtney Quagmire
* Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
* Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson
* Christine Lakin as Joyce Kinney
* Phil LaMarr as Ollie Williams
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Cleveland Brown Jr., Lester Krinklesac, and Jerome
* Reagan Gomez-Preston as Roberta Tubbs-Brown
* Sanaa Lathan as Donna Tubbs-Brown
* Jason Sudeikis as Holt Richter and Terry Kimple
* Jess Harnell as Tim the Bear
* Will Forte as Principal Wally Farquhare
* Carrie Fisher as Angela
* Bryan Cranston as Dr. Fist and Bert
* Niecy Nash as Sheila
* Jamie Kennedy as Federline Jones
*Sam Elliott as Mayor Sam Elliott
*Julie Rei Goldstein as Lisa Edmonton
==Production==
===Changes===
The first season to be executive produced by Tim and Chloe Johnson, this season retcons almost every episode and/or event that happened from the seventh to eighteenth seasons (2008-2020). Long-absent recurring characters were also reintroduced, such as Greased Up Deaf Guy, Buzz Killington, and Vern and Johnny, among others, with Courtney from the episode "No Giggity, No Doubt" being promoted to one of the main characters (Mandy Moore reprises her role from that episode), and the Griffins also adopting Vinny as a second dog. Almost all of the writing staff was replaced, the few writers the Johnsons deemed "genuinely good" remaining.
Finally, the animation style of the older seasons was brought back, with the animation now being done in-house by Johnson Television Animation. 
=== Opening sequence ===
opening sequence was reanimated. It now has the character movements of the 1999-2010 intro, with the modern character designs and the lineup of side characters from the 2010-2020 version; even more side characters were added where generic dancers would normally be, and Vinny and Courtney were added.
Here's a list of characters that were added to the opening theme:
* Male dancers on left side: Lester, Holt, Tim, Terry, Mort, Jasper, Bruce and Jeffrey
* Male dancers on right side: Herbert, Jerome, Ollie, Dr. Hartman, Jake Tucker, Jim Kaplan, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo
* Female dancers on bottom row: Kendra, Arianna, Carol, and Dee Dee (left side), Gina, Lisa, Chloe, and Mrs. Richter (right side)
* Female dancers on middle row: Esther, Ruth, and Patty (left side), Consuela, Kimi, and Anna (right side)
* Female dancers on top row: Cecilia and Choni (left side), Roberta and Jillian (right side)
The dancers on the steps were unchanged.
==Reception==
Category:Johnsonverse