The following is a list of writers who have worked on the Fox animated television series Family Guy in the order of first credited episode (by broadcast). As of 7 December 2014, 60 people have been credited with writing or co-writing at least one episode of Family Guy.
Head Writers
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List of writers
edit| # | Writer | Number written | Duration | Seasons | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seth MacFarlane | 3
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1999, 2002, 2005 | 1, 3-4 | One co-written with Gene Laufenberg, Michael Shipley and Jim Benstein |
| 2 | Chris Sheridan | 14
|
1999-2001, 2005-2007, 2010, 2012-2014 | 1-4, 6, 8-12 | One co-written with Gary Janetti and one with Danny Smith |
| 3 | Danny Smith | 13
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1999, 2001, 2005, 2007-2012, 2014 | 1-12 | One co-written with Chris Sheridan |
| 4 | Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan | 4
|
1999-2000 | 1-2 | |
| 5 | Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman | 8
|
1999-2002 | 1-3 | |
| 6 | Ricky Blitt | 5
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1999-2001, 2003 | 1-3 | |
| 7 | Gary Janetti | 11
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1999-2001, 2006, 2010-2013 | 1-4, 8-11 | One co-written with Chris Sheridan |
| 8 | Craig Hoffman | 3
|
2000 | 2 | |
| 9 | Steve Callaghan | 18
|
2000-2001, 2005-2014 | 2-6, 8-12 | One co-written with Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard |
| 10 | Dave Collard | 3
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2000-2001 | 2-3 | All co-written with Ken Goin |
| 11 | Ken Goin | 4
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2000-2001, 2005 | 2-4 | Three co-written with Dave Collard |
| 12 | Bobby Bowman | 1
|
2000 | 2 | |
| 13 | Jim Bernstein & Michael Shipley | 2
|
2001-2002 | 3 | One co-written with Gene Laufenberg and Seth MacFarlane |
| 14 | Mike Henry | 6
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2001, 2005-2008 | 3-5, 7 | One co-written with Alex Borstein and one with Patrick Henry |
| 15 | Mark Hentemann | 14
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2001-2002, 2005-2012, 2014 | 3-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13 | One based on a short story by Richard Matheson |
| 16 | Alex Borstein | 4
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2001, 2006-2007 | 3-5 | One co-written with Mike Henry |
| 17 | Alex Barnow & Marc Firek | 1
|
2001 | 3 | |
| 18 | Allison Adler | 1
|
2002 | 3 | |
| 19 | Daniel Palladino | 2
|
2002, 2013 | 3, 11 | |
| 20 | Gene Laufenberg | 2
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2002, 2005 | 3-4 | One co-written with Seth MacFarlane, Jim Bernstein and Michael Shipley |
| 21 | Patrick Henry | 1
|
2005 | 4 | Co-written with Mike Henry |
| 22 | Alec Sulkin | 14
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2005-2007, 2009, 2011-2012, 2014 | 4-12 | Four co-written with Wellesley Wild and one with Tom Devanney and Deepak Sethi |
| 23 | Wellesley Wild | 13
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2005-2006, 2008-2013 | 4-12 | Four co-written with Alec Sulkin |
| 24 | Patrick Meighan | 14
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2005-2014 | 4-5, 7-13 | |
| 25 | Tom Devanney | 11
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2005-2012, 2014 | 4-6, 8-12 | One co-written with Alec Sulkin and Deepak Sethi |
| 26 | John Viener | 8
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2005-2011, 2018 | 4, 6-9, 16 | |
| 27 | Matt Fleckenstein | 2
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2005, 2009 | 4, 7 | |
| 28 | Kirker Butler | 5
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2005-2007, 2010 | 4-6, 8 | |
| 29 | Michael Rowe | 1
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2006 | 4 | |
| 30 | Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard | 1
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2006 | 4 | Co-written with Steve Callaghan |
| 31 | Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | 13
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2006-2007, 2009-2014 | 4-5, 7-13 | One co-written with David A. Goodman |
| 32 | David A. Goodman | 5
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2006-2007, 2011-2012 | 4, 6, 9-10 | One co-written with Cherry Chevapravatdumrong |
| 33 | Andrew Goldberg | 11
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2007, 2009-2011, 2013-2017 | 6-15 | Two co-written with Alex Carter |
| 34 | Brian Scully | 6
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2008, 2010-2013 | 7-12 | |
| 35 | Alex Carter | 8
|
2008-2013 | 7-12 | |
| 36 | Richard Appel | 1
|
2009 | 7 | |
| 37 | Spencer Porter | 2
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2010, 2012 | 8, 10 | |
| 38 | Matt Harrigan & Dave Willis | 1
|
2011 | 9 | |
| 39 | Anthony Blasucci | 4
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2011-2013 | 9, 11-12 | All co-written with Mike Desilets |
| 40 | Mike Desilets | 5
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2011-2014 | 9, 11-13 | Four co-written with Anthony Blasucci |
| 41 | Artie Johann & Shawn Ries | 3
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2011, 2013-2014 | 10-12 | |
| 42 | Dave Ihlenfeld & David Wright | 3
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2011-2012, 2014 | 10-12 | |
| 43 | Julius Sharpe | 4
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2012-2014 | 10-12 | |
| 44 | Deepak Sethi | 1
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2012 | 10 | Co-written with Tom Devanney and Alec Sulkin |
| 45 | Ted Jessup | 5
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2013-2014 | 11-13 | |
| 46 | Kristin Long | 1
|
2013 | 11 | |
| 47 | Teresa Hsiao | 2
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2013-2014 | 11-12 | |
| 48 | Dominic Bianchi & Joe Vaux | 1
|
2013 | 12 | |
| 49 | Kevin Biggins & Travis Bowe | 1
|
2014 | 12 | |
| 50 | Steve Marmel | 1
|
2014 | 13 | |
| 51 | Billy Domineau | 1
|
2018 | 17 |
Timeline of producers and showrunners
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