
There he created his thesis film The Life of Larry, which his professor at RISD later submitted to Hanna-Barbera this led to MacFarlane being hired by the company. Seth MacFarlane conceived the idea for Family Guy in 1995 while studying animation at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Seth MacFarlane conceived the idea for Family Guy while working on his thesis film for college.
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While working on the series, Larry and his dog Steve slowly evolved into Peter and Brian the rest of the series characters were added later. Executives at Fox saw the Larry shorts and contracted MacFarlane to create a series based on the characters entitled Family Guy. There, he created his thesis film The Life of Larry, which his professor at RISD later submitted to Hanna-Barbera this led to MacFarlane being hired by the company. MacFarlane conceived the idea for Family Guy in 1995, while studying animation at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). The series has since been released in syndication. The Volume One DVD box set, including all seven episodes and the second season, was released in Region 1 on April 15, 2003, Region 2 on November 12, 2001, and Region 4 on October 20, 2003. The series received praise from most critics, particularly " I Never Met the Dead Man" and " Brian: Portrait of a Dog", however some critics disliked the themes of the episodes. The series premiere, " Death Has a Shadow", was broadcast directly after Super Bowl XXXIII and was watched by 22.01 million viewers.
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It is also the only full season to feature Chabert, before she was replaced by Mila Kunis for the rest of the series' run, starting with the season two episode " Da Boom". The executive producers for the first season were David Zuckerman and MacFarlane. The show features the voices of series creator Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, and Lacey Chabert in the roles of the Griffin family. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family-father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, son Stewie and their anthropomorphic dog Brian, all of whom reside in their hometown of Quahog. The first season of Family Guy aired on Fox from January 31 to May 16, 1999, and consisted of seven episodes, making it the shortest season to date.
