Fox and Hulu have ordered two seasons of a Family Guy spin-off focused on Stewie Griffin. Photo / Getty Images
Fox and Hulu have ordered two seasons of a Family Guy spin-off focused on Stewie Griffin. Photo / Getty Images
Stewie Griffin is getting his own TV show.
Fox and Hulu have ordered two seasons of a Family Guy spin-off focused on the flamboyant and eccentric baby of Peter and Lois Griffin.
The first batch of episodes is set to air on Fox during the 2027-2028 season, and streaming thenext day on Hulu and to international audiences on Disney+.
According to Deadline, the synopsis for the 20th Television Animation-produced series, titled Stewie, reads: “In the offshoot, after getting the boot from his old preschool, Stewie is forced to enrol in a new one that’s not exactly top-of-the-line.
“It’s attended by a handful of kids he doesn’t know, and a 75-year-old class turtle with a half-cocked theory on just about every subject.
“Stewie’s miserable, the other kids are miserable, and even the turtle is miserable … until Stewie begins rolling out his trusty array of devices to take them anywhere in space and time, turning every boring day at school into an insane and surreal adventure.”
The series, titled Stewie, will air in the 2027–2028 season, with streaming on Hulu and Disney+. Photo / Getty Images
Family Guy’s creator, Seth MacFarlane, 52, will return to voice the cunning Stewie, as well as serve as executive producer for Fuzzy Door Productions, alongside Kirker Butler, 55, and 58-year-old Kara Vallow.
In a statement, MacFarlane thanked Fox for the “incredible opportunity” before he joked: “I’m excited to start pretending I’m collaborating closely with them on the show.”
Butler, who is also the showrunner of Stewie, said: “I am honoured and humbled that Seth, 20th Television Animation, and Fox have trusted me with one of the most iconic animated characters in the history of television.
“I have known Seth for more than two decades, worked with him on half a dozen projects, and I am hopeful this is the one where he finally learns my name.”
Stewie marks the second Family Guy spin-off series, with MacFarlane and Butler having worked on 2009’s The Cleveland Show.
It followed single dad Cleveland Brown (Mike Henry), a single dad who moved to Stoolbend, Virginia, with his son, Cleveland Brown jnr (Kevin Michael Richardson), to start a new life with his high school lover Donna Tubbs-Brown (Sanaa Lathan) and her two children, daughter Roberta (Reagan Gomez-Preston) and son Rallo Tubbs (Henry).
The Cleveland Show ran for four seasons on Fox before it ended in 2013.
Family Guy first aired on Fox in 1999, and after it overcame an early cancellation it has broadcast new episodes since 2005.
The show follows the dysfunctional life of the Griffins – Peter (MacFarlane), Lois (Alex Borstein), Chris (Seth Green), Meg (Mila Kunis), Stewie and their smart dog Brian (MacFarlane) – as they navigate a life full of crazy scenarios.
