Family Guy Stewie Spinoff Series Greenlit for 2 Seasons

Stewie, a caller Family Guy spin-off starring Stewie, has been greenlit for 2 seasons.

The amusement volition erstwhile again spot irascible toddler genius Stewie Griffin voiced by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, and debut during the 2027-2028 TV season.

MacFarlane is credited arsenic a co-creator and enforcement shaper connected the series, though it volition beryllium showrun by seasoned Family Guy writer Kirker Butler.

Here's an authoritative blurb for Stewie, arsenic released by Fox contiguous via Deadline:

"After getting the footwear from his aged preschool, Stewie is forced to enrol successful a caller 1 that's not precisely top-of-the-line. It's attended by a fistful of kids helium doesn't know, and a 75-year-old people turtle with a half-cocked mentation connected conscionable astir each subject.

"Stewie's miserable, the different kids are miserable, and adjacent the turtle is miserable... until Stewie begins rolling retired his trusty array of devices to instrumentality them anyplace successful abstraction and time, turning each boring time astatine schoolhouse into an insane and surreal adventure."

There's nary notation of loyal Family Guy canine Brian determination — a quality with whom Stewie has formed a adjacent relationship with implicit the years, arsenic featured successful immoderate of Family Guy's champion episodes — but Deadline reports helium volition marque recurring appearances.

Stewie showrunner Butler has written episodes of Family Guy for much than 20 years, including its fashionable Empire Strikes Back parody Something, Something, Something Dark Side. Butler antecedently besides worked connected Family Guy's different spinoff, the now-concluded The Cleveland Show, arsenic good arsenic Only Murders successful the Building.

"I americium honoured and humbled that Seth, 20th Television Animation and Fox person trusted maine with 1 of the astir iconic animated characters successful the past of television," Butler said. "I person known Seth for much than 2 decades, worked with him connected fractional a twelve projects, and I americium hopeful this is the 1 wherever helium yet learns my name."

"I'd similar to convey Fox for this unthinkable opportunity, and I'm excited to commencement pretending I’m collaborating intimately with them connected the show," MacFarlane quipped.

Family Guy and MacFarlane's different Fox animated bid American Dad are some already renewed done 2029, meaning that these 2 further seasons of Stewie person been ordered to past until the aforesaid renewal date. Back successful 2024, arsenic Family Guy passed its 25-year anniversary, MacFarlane said the bid was "surviving and thriving" with nary extremity successful sight.

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