List of Family Guy writers explained

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.

List of writers

Writer Number written Duration Seasons Notes
1One co-written with Gene Laufenberg, Michael Shipley and Jim Benstein
2One co-written with Gary Janetti and one with Danny Smith
3One co-written with Chris Sheridan
4
5 & Matt Weitzman
6
7One co-written with Chris Sheridan
8Craig Hoffman
9One co-written with Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard
10Dave CollardAll co-written with Ken Goin
11Ken GoinThree co-written with Dave Collard
12
13 & Michael ShipleyOne co-written with Gene Laufenberg and Seth MacFarlane
14One co-written with Alex Borstein and one with Patrick Henry
15One based on a short story by Richard Matheson
16One co-written with Mike Henry
17Alex Barnow & Marc Firek
18
19
20One co-written with Seth MacFarlane, Jim Bernstein and Michael Shipley
21Patrick HenryCo-written with Mike Henry
22Four co-written with Wellesley Wild and one with Tom Devanney and Deepak Sethi
23Four co-written with Alec Sulkin
24
25One co-written with Alec Sulkin and Deepak Sethi
26
27
28
29
30Tom Maxwell & Don WoodardCo-written with Steve Callaghan
31One co-written with David A. Goodman
32One co-written with Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
33Two co-written with Alex Carter
34
35
36
37Spencer Porter
38 & Dave Willis
39Anthony BlasucciAll co-written with Mike Desilets
40Mike DesiletsFour co-written with Anthony Blasucci
41Artie Johann & Shawn Ries
42Dave Ihlenfeld & David Wright
43Julius Sharpe
44Deepak SethiCo-written with Tom Devanney and Alec Sulkin
45
46Kristin Long
47Teresa Hsiao
48 & Joe Vaux
49Kevin Biggins & Travis Bowe
50
51Billy Domineau

Timeline of producers and showrunners

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