Season 15 · Episode 4 · First aired 23 October 2016
Inside Family Guy
Episode 4 of Family Guy season 15 (S15E04), the 273rd Family Guy episode overall. Written by Andrew Goldberg and directed by Joe Vaux. First broadcast on 23 October 2016.
Story
James Woods presents an instalment framed as a look behind the scenes at the making of the programme. Peter is written out and replaced, and he responds by taking a series idea of his own to Fox. The set-up follows the sitcom 8 Simple Rules, in which David Spade was brought into the cast after the family's father departed.
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown |
| Steve Callaghan | Nervous Writer, Tourist Dad |
Principal voice credits as recorded by IMDb, which lists up to ten credits per episode, so recurring characters can be missing here. Guest voices below come from Wikipedia and TVmaze.
Guest voices
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Jerome
- James Woods as James Woods
- Gary Newman as Gary Newman
- Dana Walden as Dana Walden
- David Tennant as Dr. Who
- Fred Tatasciore as Schmidtty
Season 15: episode 4 of 20
- E1The Boys in the Band
- E2Bookie of the Year
- E3American Gigg-olo
- E4Inside Family GuyYou are here
- E5Chris Has Got a Date, Date, Date, Date, Date
- E6Hot Shots
- E7High School English
- E8Carter and Tricia
- E9How the Griffin Stole Christmas
- E10Passenger Fatty-Seven
- E11Gronkowsbees
- E12Peter's Def Jam
- E13The Finer Strings
- E14The Dating Game
- E15Cop and a Half-wit
- E16Saturated Fat Guy
- E17Peter's Lost Youth
- E18The Peter Principal
- E19Dearly Deported
- E20A House Full of Peters
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 15 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
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- 6 September 2026
- Verification
- Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree
- Licence
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- Note
- The story summary and notes were 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. Voice credits: Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Guest cast data from TVmaze (https://www.tvmaze.com), CC BY-SA.