

Drew Barrymore provided the voice of Jillian for five episodes in the season. The main cast consisted of Seth MacFarlane (Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Quagmire, Tom Tucker), Alex Borstein (Lois Griffin, Loretta Brown, Tricia Takanawa, Barbara Pewterschmidt), Mila Kunis (Meg Griffin), Seth Green (Chris Griffin, Neil Goldman) and Mike Henry ( Cleveland Brown, Herbert). This season, however, was director Dan Povenmire's last season before leaving the show to create his own series, entitled Phineas and Ferb, which would be nominated for three Emmy Awards. Mike Kim, James Purdum, Cyndi Tang, Greg Colton, Pete Michels, Zac Moncrief, John Holmquist and future Blue Harvest director Dominic Polcino all also stayed with the show from the previous season. Julius Wu and Brian Iles received their first directing credits this season.
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Alex Borstein, who serves as the voice of Lois, wrote her last episode, " It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One", and regular writers Ken Goin and Gary Janetti, who returned during season eight, left the series before the beginning of the fifth season.

No new writers were hired after the conclusion of the fourth season. Patrick Meighan, Danny Smith, and future showrunners Mark Hentemann and Steve Callaghan all stayed on from the previous season. Īs production began, Tom Devanney, Kirker Butler, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild, In addition, Goodman served as showrunner throughout the season. Goodman, Seth MacFarlane, Chris Sheridan, and Danny Smith. The season was executive produced by series regulars David A. Production for the fifth season began in 2005, during the airing of the fourth season. Production Seth MacFarlane served as executive producer for the season. 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 Novemand Region 4 on November 25, 2009.

Thirteen of the eighteen episodes are included in the volume. The Volume Five DVD box set was released in Region 1 on September 18, 2007, Region 2 on Octoand Region 4 on November 25, 2009. It also won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. 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. Season five contains some of the series' most acclaimed episodes, including " Barely Legal", " Airport '07" and " No Chris Left Behind". 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." Some criticism went to the cite of a lack of original writing. Sheridan and Goodman served as showrunners for the fifth season. The executive producers for the fifth season were David Goodman, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith and series creator Seth MacFarlane. 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. It premiered with the episode " Stewie Loves Lois" and finished with " Meet the Quagmires". The fifth season of Family Guy first aired on the Fox network in eighteen episodes from Septemto before being released as two DVD box sets and in syndication.
