Family Guy season 5

*Family Guy*
Family Guy
Season 5
	DVD covers for Volumes 5 and 6
Starring	Seth MacFarlane; Alex Borstein; Seth Green; Mila Kunis; Mike Henry;
No. of episodes	18
Release
Original network	Fox
Original release	September 10, 2006 –; May 20, 2007
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 4 Next →; Season 6
	List of episodes

The fifth season of Family Guy first aired on the Fox network in eighteen episodes from September 10, 2006 to May 20, 2007 before being released as two DVD box sets and in syndication. It premiered with the episode "Stewie Loves Lois" and finished with "Meet the Quagmires". The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family—father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and Brian, the family pet, who reside in their hometown of Quahog, a fictional city in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The executive producers for the fifth season were David Goodman, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith and series creator Seth MacFarlane. Sheridan and Goodman served as showrunners for the fifth season.

The season received positive reviews from critics, who praised that the series saw "no sign of tiring", and had "as many funny moments as ever."^[1] Some criticism went to the cite of a lack of original writing.^[2]

Season five contains some of the series' most acclaimed episodes, including "Barely Legal", "Airport '07" and "No Chris Left Behind".^[3]^[4]^[5] The fifth season won an Annie Award at the 35th Annie Awards for storyboarding and was nominated for three more, including writing and voice acting. It also won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation.

The Volume Five DVD box set was released in Region 1 on September 18, 2007, Region 2 on October 15, 2007 and Region 4 on November 25, 2009. Thirteen of the eighteen episodes are included in the volume. The remaining five episodes of the season were released on the Volume Six DVD box set, released in Region 1 on October 21, 2008, Region 2 on November 10, 2008 and Region 4 on November 25, 2009.

^ Kanetkar (October 18, 2008). "Fox Family Guy Season 6 DVD". Smart house.com.au. Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
^ Haque, Ahsan (June 13, 2007). "Family Guy: Season 5 Review". IGN. Archived from the original on July 8, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2008.
^ Iverson, Dan (December 18, 2006). "Family Guy: "Barely Legal" Review". IGN. Archived from the original on November 25, 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2009.
^ "Seth MacFarlane on Family Guy #100". Craveonline.com. August 25, 2007. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
^ "Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Emmy Award Winners in Costumes for a Variety or Music Program ad Individual Achievement in Animation". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. August 21, 2007. Archived from the original on December 19, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2010.

[Smarthouse-1] Kanetkar (October 18, 2008). "Fox Family Guy Season 6 DVD". Smart house.com.au. Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2008.

[IGN-2] Haque, Ahsan (June 13, 2007). "Family Guy: Season 5 Review". IGN. Archived from the original on July 8, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2008.

[blreview-3] Iverson, Dan (December 18, 2006). "Family Guy: "Barely Legal" Review". IGN. Archived from the original on November 25, 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2009.

[Craveonline-4] "Seth MacFarlane on Family Guy #100". Craveonline.com. August 25, 2007. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2008.

[fontiemmy-5] "Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Emmy Award Winners in Costumes for a Variety or Music Program ad Individual Achievement in Animation". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. August 21, 2007. Archived from the original on December 19, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2010.

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