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title: "Tom Tucker: Quahog 5 News | familyguy.co.uk"
canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/characters/tom-tucker/"
updatedDate: 2026-09-06
author: Alex Moss
description: "Tom Tucker: News anchor. Voiced by Seth MacFarlane. First appeared in Death Has a Shadow."
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# Tom Tucker

News anchor. Voiced by Seth MacFarlane.

## Facts

| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| Household | Quahog 5 News |
| Role | News anchor (draft, awaiting review) |
| First appearance | [Death Has a Shadow](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s01e01-death-has-a-shadow/) (S01E01, 31 January 1999) |
| Wikidata | [Q12339539](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12339539) |

## About

Tom Tucker is the male news anchor at Channel 5, the television station in Quahog. Seth MacFarlane voices him. He is written as arrogant, and he reads the news in a baritone. Before he came to Quahog he worked as an actor. He has been in the series since its first episode, "Death Has a Shadow". In "And Then There Were Fewer", Diane Simmons kills Muriel Goldman for witnessing a plan to murder James Woods and leave Tucker blamed for it.

## Credited appearances

Credited in the principal cast or guest list of 4 episodes across 4 seasons. IMDb records up to ten voice credits per episode, so this is a floor, not a full list.

### Season 2

- S02E06 [Death Is a Bitch](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e06-death-is-a-bitch/) (voiced by Seth MacFarlane)

### Season 5

- S05E02 [Mother Tucker](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e02-mother-tucker/) (voiced by Seth MacFarlane)

### Season 9

- S09E11 [German Guy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e11-german-guy/) (voiced by Seth MacFarlane)

### Season 10

- S10E13 [Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s10e13-tom-tucker-the-man-and-his-dream/) (voiced by Seth MacFarlane)

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## Provenance

- Source: [Wikipedia: Tom Tucker (Family Guy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tucker_(Family_Guy))
- Source: [Wikidata Q12339539](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12339539)
- Source: [Wikipedia: List of Family Guy characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Family_Guy_characters)
- Data refreshed: 2026-09-06
- Note: The profile text was written for this site from the sources listed, by Claude in Claude Code on 2026-09-08, awaiting editorial review. Facts only; no dialogue is reproduced. Role lines are curated on this site; voice actor, first appearance and creator come from Wikidata.

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