--- title: "Facts about Family Guy and Quahog: 16 entries | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Short, sourced facts about Family Guy and Quahog: the town, Spooner Street, cutaway gags, production codes, the cancellation and more." --- # Facts about Family Guy 16 short facts about the programme and about Quahog, each one paragraph with its sources. Facts, not fan theories. ## Facts about Family Guy How the programme is made, numbered and scheduled, and the turns in its history. ### [Cancellation and revival](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/cancellation-and-revival/) (draft) Fox cancelled the show after season 3 in 2002 and revived it in 2005 following strong DVD sales and Adult Swim repeats. Season 4 began on 1 May 2005 with North by North Quahog. Sources: [Wikipedia: Family Guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy), [Wikidata Q5930](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5930). ### [Cutaway gag](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/cutaway-gag/) (draft) A short scene that interrupts the main story to show an event a character has just mentioned or compared something to, then cuts back. Cutaways are the show's signature device and the subject of this site's forthcoming cutaway index. Sources: [Wikipedia: Cutaway (filmmaking)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutaway_(filmmaking)), [Wikipedia: Family Guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy). ### [Episode code](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/episode-code/) (draft) This site's SxxEyy codes give the season and the episode's position within it, as listed on Wikipedia and IMDb. Hulu specials without a broadcast number carry SxxSPnn codes assigned by this site. Sources: [familyguy.co.uk/about/](https://familyguy.co.uk/about/#data). ### [Fuzzy Door Productions](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/fuzzy-door-productions/) (draft) Seth MacFarlane's production company, one of the show's production companies alongside 20th Television and 20th Television Animation. Named in this site's disclaimer, with which it has no connection. Sources: [Wikidata Q1475707](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1475707), [Wikipedia: Fuzzy Door Productions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_Door_Productions). ### [Hulu specials](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/hulu-specials/) (draft) Seasonal episodes released on Hulu rather than broadcast on Fox, starting with Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater on 14 October 2024. Wikipedia lists them within the season tables without an episode number. Sources: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 23](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_23). ### [Production code](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/production-code/) (draft) The code assigned in production, such as 2ACX12 for Road to Rhode Island. The number after the letters is the production order within a production season, which does not always match broadcast order; the digit before ACX is the production season. Shown on episode pages where Wikidata records it. Sources: [Wikidata Property:P2364](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2364), [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_2). ### [Production season](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/production-season/) (draft) Episodes are made in production seasons that overlap the broadcast seasons Fox schedules, which is why a production code's season digit can differ from the broadcast season on the same episode. Sources: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_4). ### [Road to episodes](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/road-to-episodes/) (draft) A run of episodes pairing Brian and Stewie on a journey, beginning with Road to Rhode Island (S02E13, 30 May 2000). Later entries include Road to Europe, Road to Rupert, Road to Germany, Road to the Multiverse, Road to the North Pole, Road to Vegas and Road to India. Sources: [Wikipedia: Road to... (Family Guy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to..._(Family_Guy)). ### [Star Wars specials](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/star-wars-specials/) (draft) Three hour-long episodes retelling the original Star Wars trilogy: Blue Harvest (S06E01, 2007), Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (S08E20, DVD 2009, broadcast 2010) and It's a Trap! (S09E18, DVD 2010, broadcast 2011). Released together as Laugh It Up, Fuzzball. Sources: [Wikipedia: Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laugh_It_Up,_Fuzzball:_The_Family_Guy_Trilogy). ### [The 100th episode](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/hundredth-episode/) (draft) The production marked its 100th episode with Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie in November 2007, counting Blue Harvest as two episodes. By this site's one-entry-per-broadcast numbering the 100th episode is Movin' Out (Brian's Song), 30 September 2007. Both counts are correct for what they count. Sources: [Wikidata Q2900715](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2900715), [familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-6/](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-6/). ### [The Cleveland Show](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/the-cleveland-show/) (draft) A spin-off following Cleveland Brown that ran on Fox from 27 September 2009 to 19 May 2013, after which Cleveland returned to Family Guy. Characters introduced there, such as Donna Tubbs-Brown and Rallo Tubbs, appear in later Family Guy episodes. Sources: [Wikidata Q34397](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34397), [Wikipedia: The Cleveland Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cleveland_Show). ### [Viewer Mail episodes](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/viewer-mail/) (draft) Two anthology episodes framed as answers to viewers' letters, each made of three segments with their own writers and directors: Family Guy Viewer Mail #1 (S03E21, 2002) and Family Guy Viewer Mail #2 (S10E22, 2012). This site merges the segments into one entry per episode and lists every credited writer and director. Sources: [Wikipedia: Family Guy Viewer Mail 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_Viewer_Mail_1), [Wikipedia: Family Guy Viewer Mail 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_Viewer_Mail_2). ## Facts about Quahog The fictional Rhode Island town, its street, its bar and its news team. ### [Quahog](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/quahog/) (draft) The fictional Rhode Island town where the show is set, named after the hard-shell clam common to New England. The Griffins live at 31 Spooner Street. Sources: [Wikipedia: Quahog (Family Guy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quahog_(Family_Guy)), [Wikidata Q2254022](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2254022). ### [Quahog 5 News](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/quahog-5-news/) (draft) The local television news team, anchored by Tom Tucker, with Tricia Takanawa reporting and Ollie Williams on weather. Wikidata lists it as present in the show from the pilot. Sources: [Wikidata Q11701549](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11701549), [Wikipedia: Quahog Channel 5 News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quahog_Channel_5_News). ### [Spooner Street](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/spooner-street/) (draft) The Griffins' street in Quahog, also home to the Swansons, Glenn Quagmire and, for much of the run, Cleveland Brown. Sources: [Wikipedia: Quahog (Family Guy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quahog_(Family_Guy)). ### [The Drunken Clam](https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/the-drunken-clam/) (draft) The Quahog bar where Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland and Joe regularly meet. Wikidata records it as a location present in the show. Sources: [Wikidata Q111442409](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111442409), [Wikipedia: Quahog (Family Guy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quahog_(Family_Guy)). --- Unofficial fan resource. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by FOX, Disney, or Fuzzy Door Productions.