List of Family Guy writers
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The following is a list of writers who have worked on the FOX animated television series Family Guy in the order of first credited episode (by broadcast). As of 7 December 2014, 60 people have been credited with writing or co-writing at least one episode of Family Guy.
List of writers
# | Writer | Number written | Duration | Seasons | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Seth MacFarlane |
3
|
2002 | 1, 3-4 | One co-written with Gene Laufenberg, Michael Shipley and Jim Benstein |
2 | Chris Sheridan |
14
|
1999-2001, 2005-2007, 2010, 2012-2014 | 1-4, 6, 8-12 | One co-written with Gary Janetti and one with Danny Smith |
3 | Danny Smith |
13
|
1999, 2001, 2005, 2007-2012, 2014 | 1-12 | One co-written with Chris Sheridan |
4 | Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan |
4
|
1999-2000 | 1-2 | |
5 | Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman |
8
|
1999-2002 | 1-3 | |
6 | Ricky Blitt |
5
|
1999-2001, 2003 | 1-3 | |
7 | Gary Janetti |
11
|
1999-2001, 2006, 2010-2013 | 1-4, 8-11 | One co-written with Chris Sheridan |
8 | Craig Hoffman |
3
|
2000 | 2 | |
9 | Steve Callaghan |
18
|
2000-2001, 2005-2014 | 2-6, 8-12 | One co-written with Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard |
10 | Dave Collard |
3
|
2000-2001 | 2-3 | All co-written with Ken Goin |
11 | Ken Goin |
4
|
2000-2001, 2005 | 2-4 | Three co-written with Dave Collard |
12 | Bobby Bowman |
1
|
2000 | 2 | |
13 | Jim Bernstein & Michael Shipley |
2
|
2001-2002 | 3 | One co-written with Gene Laufenberg and Seth MacFarlane |
14 | Mike Henry |
6
|
2001, 2005-2008 | 3-5, 7 | One co-written with Alex Borstein and one with Patrick Henry |
15 | Mark Hentemann |
14
|
2001-2002, 2005-2012, 2014 | 3-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13 | One based on a short story by Richard Matheson |
16 | Alex Borstein |
4
|
2001, 2006-2007 | 3-5 | One co-written with Mike Henry |
17 | Alex Barnow & Marc Firek |
1
|
2001 | 3 | |
18 | Allison Adler |
1
|
2002 | 3 | |
19 | Daniel Palladino |
2
|
2002, 2013 | 3, 11 | |
20 | Gene Laufenberg |
2
|
2002, 2005 | 3-4 | One co-written with Seth MacFarlane, Jim Bernstein and Michael Shipley |
21 | Patrick Henry |
1
|
2005 | 4 | Co-written with Mike Henry |
22 | Alec Sulkin |
14
|
2005-2007, 2009, 2011-2012, 2014 | 4-12 | Four co-written with Wellesley Wild and one with Tom Devanney and Deepak Sethi |
23 | Wellesley Wild |
13
|
2005-2006, 2008-2013 | 4-12 | Four co-written with Alec Sulkin |
24 | Patrick Meighan |
14
|
2005-2014 | 4-5, 7-13 | |
25 | Tom Devanney |
11
|
2005-2012, 2014 | 4-6, 8-12 | One co-written with Alec Sulkin and Deepak Sethi |
26 | John Viener |
7
|
2005-2011 | 4, 6-9 | |
27 | Matt Fleckenstein |
2
|
2005, 2009 | 4, 7 | |
28 | Kirker Butler |
5
|
2005-2007, 2010 | 4-6, 8 | |
29 | Michael Rowe |
1
|
2006 | 4 | |
30 | Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard |
1
|
2006 | 4 | Co-written with Steve Callaghan |
31 | Cherry Chevapravatdumrong |
13
|
2006-2007, 2009-2014 | 4-5, 7-13 | One co-written with David A. Goodman |
32 | David A. Goodman |
5
|
2006-2007, 2011-2012 | 4, 6, 9-10 | One co-written with Cherry Chevapravatdumrong |
33 | Andrew Goldberg |
8
|
2007, 2009-2011, 2013-2014 | 6-12 | Two co-written with Alex Carter |
34 | Brian Scully |
6
|
2008, 2010-2013 | 7-12 | |
35 | Alex Carter |
8
|
2008-2013 | 7-12 | |
36 | Richard Appel |
1
|
2009 | 7 | |
37 | Spencer Porter |
2
|
2010, 2012 | 8, 10 | |
38 | Matt Harrigan & Dave Willis |
1
|
2011 | 9 | |
39 | Anthony Blasucci |
4
|
2011-2013 | 9, 11-12 | All co-written with Mike Desilets |
40 | Mike Desilets |
5
|
2011-2014 | 9, 11-13 | Four co-written with Anthony Blasucci |
41 | Artie Johann & Shawn Ries |
3
|
2011, 2013-2014 | 10-12 | |
42 | Dave Ihlenfeld & David Wright |
3
|
2011-2012, 2014 | 10-12 | |
43 | Julius Sharpe |
4
|
2012-2014 | 10-12 | |
44 | Deepak Sethi |
1
|
2012 | 10 | Co-written with Tom Devanney and Alec Sulkin |
45 | Ted Jessup |
3
|
2013-2014 | 11-13 | |
46 | Kristin Long |
1
|
2013 | 11 | |
47 | Teresa Hsiao |
2
|
2013-2014 | 11-12 | |
48 | Dominic Bianchi & Joe Vaux |
1
|
2013 | 12 | |
49 | Kevin Biggins & Travis Bowe |
1
|
2014 | 12 | |
50 | Steve Marmel |
1
|
2014 | 13 |
Timeline of producers and showrunners
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