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Family Guy ''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 31, 1999, following Super Bowl XXXIII, with the rest of the first season airing from April 11, 1999. Th ...
'' first aired on the
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network in 22 episodes from July 11, 2001, to November 9, 2003, before being released as a
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box set and in syndication. It premiered with the episode "The Thin White Line" and finished with "Family Guy Viewer Mail #1". An episode that was not part of the season's original broadcast run, "
When You Wish Upon a Weinstein "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" is the twenty-second episode and season finale of the third season of the American animated series ''Family Guy'', and the 50th episode overall. The episode was intended to air on Fox in 2000, but Fox's executiv ...
", was included in the DVD release and later shown on both
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and s is an American adult-oriented television programming block that airs on Cartoon Network which broadcasts during the evening, prime time, and Late-night television, late-night Dayparting, dayparts. T ...
and Fox. The third season of ''
Family Guy ''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 31, 1999, following Super Bowl XXXIII, with the rest of the first season airing from April 11, 1999. Th ...
'' continues the adventures of the dysfunctional
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—father
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, mother
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, daughter
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, son
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, baby Stewie and
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, the family dog, who reside in their hometown of
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s for the third production season were Dan Palladino and series creator
Seth MacFarlane Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. He is best known as the creator and star of the television series ''Family Guy'' (since 1999) and ''The Orvill ...
. The aired season also contained nine episodes which were holdovers from season two, which were produced by MacFarlane and David Zuckerman. Although ''Family Guy'' was initially canceled in 2000 due to low ratings, following a last-minute reprieve, the series returned for a third season in 2001. The season's first 10 episodes aired on Wednesday nights, before airing them on Thursdays; one episode, "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas," would air on a Friday, before concluding by airing Thursdays. The series was canceled again in 2002; however, high ratings on Adult Swim and high DVD sales renewed Fox's interest in the series. The series returned for a total of 30 new episodes in 2005. The episode "
Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows "Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows" is the seventeenth episode of ''Family Guy''s third season, and the 45th episode overall. It originally aired on Fox on January 17, 2002. In the episode, Brian is sentenced to community service and must look ...
" won an
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for Primetime Emmy Award for Best Song. Creator MacFarlane, the recipient of the award, noted that the episode's director
Dan Povenmire Dan Povenmire ( ; born September 18, 1963) is an American animator, voice actor, writer, director, and producer. With Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Povenmire co-created the Disney Channel animated series ''Phineas and Ferb'' and '' Milo Murphy's Law'', i ...
Callaghan, pp. 192 deserved to have received the award for the contribution the visuals made to the episode's win. Povenmire responded humorously, "That's a nice sentiment and all, but did he offer to give me his? No! And it's not like he doesn't already have two of his own just sitting in his house!"Callaghan, pp. 194


Production

''Family Guy'' was first canceled in 2000 following the series' second season, but following a last-minute reprieve, it returned for a third season in 2001. In 2002, the series was canceled again after three seasons due to low ratings. Fox attempted to sell the rights for reruns of the show, but it was difficult to find networks that were interested;
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eventually bought the rights, " basically for free", according to the president of 20th Century Fox Television Production. When the reruns were shown on Cartoon Network's
Adult Swim Adult Swim (stylized as
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in 2003, ''Family Guy'' became Adult Swim's most-watched show with an average 1.9 million viewers an episode. Following ''Family Guy''s high ratings on Adult Swim, the first two seasons were released on DVD in April 2003. Sales of the DVD set reached 2.2 million copies, becoming the best-selling television DVD of 2003 and the second highest-selling television DVD ever, behind the first season of
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''. The third season DVD release also sold more than a million copies. The show's popularity in both DVD sales and reruns rekindled Fox's interest in it. They ordered 35 new episodes in 2004, marking the first revival of a television show based on DVD sales. Fox president
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said that it was one of her most difficult decisions to cancel the show, and was therefore happy it would return. The network also began production of a film based on the series.
Dan Povenmire Dan Povenmire ( ; born September 18, 1963) is an American animator, voice actor, writer, director, and producer. With Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Povenmire co-created the Disney Channel animated series ''Phineas and Ferb'' and '' Milo Murphy's Law'', i ...
, who became a director on ''
Family Guy ''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 31, 1999, following Super Bowl XXXIII, with the rest of the first season airing from April 11, 1999. Th ...
'' during the series' second season, took a more prominent role in directing by the third season, having directed five episodes. Creator
Seth MacFarlane Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. He is best known as the creator and star of the television series ''Family Guy'' (since 1999) and ''The Orvill ...
granted Povenmire substantial creative freedom. Povenmire recalled that MacFarlane would tell him "We've got two minutes to fill. Give me some visual gags. Do whatever you want. I trust you." Povenmire praised this management style for letting him "have ..fun." Povenmire brought realism, and material from his own experiences, to the visual direction of ''Family Guy''. Callaghan, p. 174 Callaghan, p. 142 For "One If by Clam, Two If by Sea", several characters carried out fosse moves in prison — Povenmire went into the office of a color artist, Cynthia Macintosh, who had been a professional dancer, and had her strike poses in order for him to better illustrate the sequence. In the episode "
To Love and Die in Dixie "To Love and Die in Dixie" is the 12th episode of the third season of the animated comedy series ''Family Guy'', and the 41st episode overall. The episode aired on Fox on November 15, 2001. Country music singer Waylon Jennings, who died thre ...
" Callaghan, p. 171 Povenmire drew on his childhood in the deep south to sequence a background scene where the "
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" character nonchalantly kicks a
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into the nearby
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. The episode, When You Wish Upon a Weinstein was supposed to premiere in 2000, but Fox executives were worried that the episode could be interpreted as antisemetic, and prohibited the episode from airing after it completed post production. That episode later aired on Adult Swim in 2003 and then on Fox in 2004.


Episodes


Reception

The episode "
Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows "Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows" is the seventeenth episode of ''Family Guy''s third season, and the 45th episode overall. It originally aired on Fox on January 17, 2002. In the episode, Brian is sentenced to community service and must look ...
" won an
Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...
for Best Song. Creator MacFarlane, the recipient of the award, noted that the episode's director
Dan Povenmire Dan Povenmire ( ; born September 18, 1963) is an American animator, voice actor, writer, director, and producer. With Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Povenmire co-created the Disney Channel animated series ''Phineas and Ferb'' and '' Milo Murphy's Law'', i ...
deserved to have received the award for the contribution the visuals made to the episode's win. Povenmire jokingly responded "That's a nice sentiment and all, but did he offer to give me his? No! And it's not like he doesn't already have two of his own just sitting in his house!" The third season has received positive reviews from critics. In his review for the ''Family Guy'' Volume 2 DVD, Aaron Beierle of
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stated "Often brilliant, extremely witty and darkly hilarious, ''Family Guy'' was unfortunately cancelled after Fox bumped it around six or seven different time slots. Although this third season wasn't as consistent as the first two, it's still hilarious and fans of the show should definitely pick up this terrific set."


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