Family Guy (Season 1)

Family Guy Season 1	Family Guy Season 1
DVD box set for Volume one.	
DVD box set for Volume one.
Series 	Family Guy
Country of origin 	United States
Network 	FOX
Original run 	September 27, 1998 –May 16, 1999
No. of episodes 	7
DVD release date 	Volume One – April 15, 2003 (Box set)
Next season 	Season 2
Family Guy's first season first aired on the Fox network in seven episodes from September 27, 1998 to May 16, 1999 before being released as a DVD box set and in syndication. It premiered with the episode "Death Has a Shadow" and finished with "Brian: Portrait of a Dog". The Family Guy series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family—father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and Brian, the family pet, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The executive producers for the first season were David Zuckerman and series creator Seth MacFarlane.
The season received high praise from critics, who called the season "groundbreaking." Other assessments were that the series was "extremely witty and darkly hilarious," and was "unfortunately" canceled.[2]
Season one contains some of the series' most acclaimed episodes, including "I Never Met the Dead Man" and "Brian: Portrait of a Dog".
The Volume One DVD box set was released in Region 1 on April 15, 2003 and Region 2 on November 12, 2001. All seven of the season's episodes are included in the volume. The second season's twenty-one episodes were also included in the volume.
===Season 1 episodes===
#	Title 	Directed By 	Written By 	Original Air Date 	Production Code	Episode Number	Total	Short Summary
1	"Death Has a Shadow" 	Peter Shin 	Seth MacFarlane 	September 27, 1998	1ACX01 	1 	1 	Peter gets fired from his job and attempts to find a new one, he ends up getting a welfare check from the government, with an unexpected surprise.
2	"I Never Met the Dead Man"	Michael DiMartino	Chris Sheridan 	October 4, 1998 	1ACX02 	2 	2 	Peter takes Meg on a drive and accidentally knocks out the city's cable television. Peter tells Meg that if she takes blame for the incident, he will buy her a new car. Peter than gets bored without television so he makes life his own TV show.
3	"Chitty Chitty Death Bang"	Dominic Polcino 	Danny Smith 	October 11, 1998 	1ACX04 	3 	3 	Peter allows Meg to attend a friend's party the same day as Stewie's first birthday, which upsets Lois. Little does Meg know that she is attending a cult party. The cult leader follows Peter when he picks up Meg, and is mistaken by Stewie as the doctor who he thinks is plotting to put him back in the womb.
4	"Mind Over Murder" 	Roy Allen Smith 	Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan	December 13, 1998 	1ACX03 	4 	4 	Peter punches a pregnant woman he thought was a man during a soccer game and ends up being placed under house arrest. Restless, Peter builds a bar in his basement where Lois ends up stealing the spotlight. Meanwhile, Stewie attempts to build a time machine to avoid the pain of teething, and experiences his first alcoholic misdemeanours.
5	"A Hero Sits Next Door" 	Monte Young 	Matt Weitzman & Mike Barker 	May 2, 1999 	1ACX05 	5 	5 	Peter is initially annoyed when Joe Swanson moves to Quahog with his family, but is forced to recruit him for his company's softball team before realizing he's a paraplegic. Nevertheless, Joe wins the game and the hearts of everyone else and becomes a hero, driving Peter to become a hero himself.
6	"The Son Also Draws" 	Neil Affleck 	Ricky Blitt 	May 9, 1999 	1ACX06 	6 	6 	Peter takes the family to New York to reinstate Chris into the Youth Scouts after he is kicked out. But when Peter makes a pit stop at an Indian casino, Lois develops a gambling habit that costs her the family car, and Peter must go on a vision quest to prove his Native American blood and get it back.
7	"Brian: Portrait of a Dog"	Michael DiMartino	Gary Janetti 	May 16, 1999 	1ACX07 	7 	7 	Brian swallows his pride when Peter convinces him to join a dog show so they can win money for a new air conditioner. But after an argument over a trick gone bad, Brian realizes he's a second-class citizen and runs away from home, but his fight for his civil rights lands him in the pound on the death row.
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