The nineteenth season of '' Family Guy'' aired on

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from September 27, 2020, to May 16, 2021. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father

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, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son

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, baby Stewie, and the family dog

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, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. Season nineteen premiered the run of the eighteenth production season, which was executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, Richard Appel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith,

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and Patrick Meighan. Sulkin and Appel returned as the series' showrunners. During this season, Stewie says his first word ("Stewie's First Word"),

becomes an

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("La Famiglia Guy"), Peter finds out his mortal enemy

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is dying ("Fecal Matters"), Quahog gets a new mayor, voiced by

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("Wild Wild West"), Meg adopts a cat ("Family Cat") and

and Stewie go on a ''

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''-esque adventure to save Stewie's life ("PeTerminator").

Production

Casting

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launched a campaign to become Mike Henry's replacement. It was later announced on September 25, 2020 that actor and

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personality

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, who is known for voicing Cleveland in several fan videos, would be the new voice for the character. This makes Season 19 the final season in which Cleveland Brown is voiced by Mike Henry.

Release

The season premiered on September 27, 2020, airing on Sundays as part of Fox's Animation Domination programming block, along with ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. The season premiered on ITV2 in the UK on October 26, 2020. The season is available to stream internationally in the UK, Australia and Canada on

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's Star hub.

Episodes

Notes

References

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