The sixteenth season of ''

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'' aired on

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in the United States from October 1, 2017, to May 20, 2018. The series follows the dysfunctional

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, consisting of father

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, mother

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, daughter Meg, son

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, baby Stewie, and the family dog

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, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The executive producers for the sixteenth production season are

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Richard Appel Richard James Appel (born May 21, 1963) is an American writer, producer and former Attorney at law, attorney. Since 2012, he has served as an executive producer and co-showrunner of ''Family Guy'' on Fox. He attended Harvard University and Harvar ...

Alec Sulkin Alexander Matthew Sulkin (born February 14, 1973) is an American screenwriter, producer, and voice actor known for his work on ''Family Guy'' and ''The Cleveland Show''. Career Sulkin began as a writer for ''The Late Late Show (CBS TV series)#C ...

Steve Callaghan Steve Callaghan is an American screenwriter, producer and voice actor, best known for his work on ''Family Guy''. He is a graduate of the Department of Public Policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs. Callaghan started his career in 1999 as a ...

, Danny Smith, and

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. Sulkin returns after a two-season absence as the new showrunner for the series, replacing previous showrunner Callaghan. Appel continues to serve as showrunner alongside Sulkin. The season features guest appearances from

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, and ''

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'' cast members

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, and

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. The season also marks the final appearances of Adam West and

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following their deaths, as well as the show's 300th episode ("Dog Bites Bear"). Episodes this season include: A three-episode arc where a seemingly offensive Tweet turns Brian into a social pariah ("The D In Apartment 23", "Petey IV", and "Crimes and Meg's Demeanor") which was inspired by the non-fiction book "So You've Been Publicly Shamed" by

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, a ''Christmas Carol'' parody where Patrick Swayze's ghost shows Peter what will happen if he never gets his Christmas spirit ("Don't Be a Dickens on Christmas"), Meg becoming a problem drinker ("Crimes and Meg's Demeanor"), the Griffins pulling every TV trope and trick in the book in order to win an Emmy ("Emmy-Winning Episode"),

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guest starring as a child therapist who has Stewie as a patient ("Send in Stewie, Please"), a send-up of ''Sherlock Holmes''-style Victorian mysteries ("V is for Mystery"), Brian playing the stock market ("The Woof of Wall Street"), Quagmire losing his penis in an accident ("The Unkindest Cut"), ''Family Guy'' being reimagined as a sitcom that's been on TV since the 1950s ("''Family Guy'' Throughout The Years"), and Peter meeting God again ("Are You There, God? It's Me, Peter"). The season includes the 300th episode of the series (“Dog Bites Bear”) where Stewie's friendship with Brian is nearly destroyed when he drunkenly tears apart his teddy bear Rupert. As of season sixteen, the series' first-run cable syndication rights have switched from

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and often abbreviated as s is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television Television channel, channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programme ...

and TBS, who had premiered the first fifteen seasons, over to

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-owned Freeform and

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, who will continue to premiere new episodes on cable with the coming seasons. Freeform and FXX began exclusively broadcasting the first fifteen seasons starting in September 2021 when ''Family Guy'' officially went off Adult Swim and TBS.Family Guy is leaving Adult Swim, the network that saved it, tonight
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Marketing

Fox celebrated the series' 300th episode with a character customization website titled ''familyguyyourself.com'' in which users could create versions of themselves in the show's art style.

Episodes

References

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