Season 22 · Episode 9 · First aired 17 December 2023
The Return of the King (of Queens)
Episode 9 of Family Guy season 22 (S22E09), the 418th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Alex Carter and directed by Greg Colton. First broadcast on 17 December 2023.
Story
Lois sells the family television to pay for Christmas, and Peter is talked into trying a streaming service. Kevin James, voiced by Josh Robert Thompson, appears to complain that losing his last viewer has cost him his career. Peter takes him in, but his body begins to fade as his fame does. Dr Hartman prescribes the applause of a live audience, so Peter casts him in the Nativity play at Town Hall. A speech in praise of broadcast television wins the crowd over and restores him. Meanwhile Stewie and Brian pitch a sitcom idea to a studio, only to find that Chris has got there first.
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Patrick Warburton | Joe Swanson |
| Arif Zahir | Cleveland Brown |
| Steve Callaghan | Crowd Member #3 |
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
- Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson
- Damien Fahey as Additional Voices
- Mike Desilets as Additional Voices
- Travis Bowe as Additional Voices
- Josh Robert Thompson as Additional Voices
- Ralph Garman as Additional Voices
- Rachael MacFarlane as Additional Voices
- John Viener as Additional Voices
- Danny Smith as Additional Voices
- Carlos Alazraqui as Additional Voices
- Michaela Dietz as Additional Voices
- Pete Holmes as Additional Voices
- Steve Callaghan as Townsperson #3
Season 22: episode 9 of 15
- E1Fertilized Megg
- E2Supermarket Pete
- E3A 'Stache from the Past
- E4Old World Harm
- E5Baby, It's Cold Inside
- E6Boston Stewie
- E7Snap(ple) Decision
- E8Baking Sad
- E9The Return of the King (of Queens)You are here
- E10Cabin Pressure
- E11Teacher's Heavy Pet
- E12Take This Job and Love It
- E13Lifeguard Meg
- E14Fat Actor
- E15Faith No More
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 22 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
Facts only- Data refreshed
- 6 September 2026
- Verification
- Checked against IMDb: title, year, 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.