Seth MacFarlane Confirms First New Household Man Spinoff Collection In 13 Years With 2-Season Renewal

Seth MacFarlane’s Household Man universe is formally rising as one of many Griffin household’s most iconic members will get their very own spinoff.

Per Deadline, Fox has now given a two-season order to Stewie, a derivative collection centered round Peter and Lois Griffin’s preschool-aged son voiced by MacFarlane. Stewie is about to premiere throughout Fox’s 2027-2028 TV season, and can stream the day after its community launch on Hulu and Disney+.

Stewie can also be co-created with MacFarlane by Kirker Butler, a seasoned Household Man veteran on the writer-producer sides. In accordance with Deadline‘s report, the present’s episode depend has but to be formally revealed, however will probably be lower than the 15 episodes granted to the earlier twentieth Animation exhibits on Fox.

The animated collection will comply with evil genius Stewie Griffin exploring area and time journey in addition to preschool, with MacFarlane reprising his position because the titular character. When the story kicks off, the youngest member of Household Man‘s Griffins has been kicked out of his previous preschool and compelled to affix an unfavorable new one. Stewie, his classmates, and their class turtle are all “depressing,” till he makes use of his varied units and creations to convey the characters on new adventures throughout area and time.

The brand new Seth MacFarlane TV present will nonetheless make references to the flagship animated collection, however reportedly is not going to intervene with the story and canon of Stewie on Household Man. Somewhat, the spinoff is meant to largely be its personal entity with a separate preschool and characters.

Along with voicing Stewie Griffin, a job he is maintained since Household Man‘s premiere in 1999, MacFarlane will govt produce Stewie below his firm Fuzzy Door. Kirker Butler will govt produce and function showrunner, with Kara Vallow additionally holding an govt producer position.

In a press release addressing Fox’s pickup of Stewie, MacFarlane wittily remarked, “I’d wish to thank Fox for this unbelievable alternative, and I’m excited to begin pretending I’m collaborating intently with them on the present.” Kirker’s assertion adopted, “I’m honored and humbled that Seth, twentieth Tv Animation and Fox have trusted me with one of the iconic animated characters within the historical past of tv. I’ve identified Seth for greater than twenty years, labored with him on half a dozen tasks, and I’m hopeful that is the one the place he lastly learns my identify.”

At present, it is unclear whether or not Stewie‘s spinoff will even characteristic different returning characters from Household Man. Along with quite a few recurring and facet roles, MacFarlane himself voices a number of most important Household Man characters, together with Stewie, his father Peter Griffin, and the household’s canine Brian. In the meantime, Stewie’s mom, Lois, is voiced by Alex Borstein, with Mila Kunis and Seth Inexperienced lending their voices to his older siblings, Meg and Chris, respectively.

Exterior of MacFarlane, the voice forged for Stewie has additionally but to be revealed. With Deadline confirming a brand new slate of characters, nevertheless, it may be anticipated that the animated spinoff will embrace varied new actors for the voice ensemble.

Stewie now turns into the second Household Man spinoff collection after over 25 years on the air. The brand new comedy follows Household Man‘s unique spinoff, The Cleveland Present, which centered on the Griffin household’s neighbor, Cleveland Brown (voiced by Mike Henry), after leaving Quahog. After airing for 4 seasons on Fox, The Cleveland Present was canceled in 2013.

Whereas awaiting extra particulars on Stewie‘s first two seasons forward of its meant 2027-2028 premiere, Household Man season 24 is at present releasing new episodes Sundays on Fox. As of now, Household Man has been renewed on Fox by season 27.

Launch Date

January 31, 1999

Community

FOX

Showrunner

Seth MacFarlane

Administrators

Peter Shin, Pete Michels, John Holmquist, Greg Colton, Brian Iles, Julius Wu, Joseph Lee, Joe Vaux, Mike Kim, Steve Robertson, Dan Povenmire, James Purdum, Dominic Bianchi, Dominic Polcino, Bob Bowen, Monte Younger, Zac Moncrief, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bert Ring, Seth Kearsley, Scott Wooden, Chuck Klein, Brian Hogan, Gavin Dell

Writers

Steve Callaghan, Patrick Meighan, Mark Hentemann, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, Tom Devanney, Alex Carter, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild, Gary Janetti, Andrew Goldberg, Mike Desilets, Anthony Blasucci, Matt Weitzman, Kirker Butler, Damien Fahey, John Viener, Brian Scully, Ted Jessup, Chris Regan, Matt Pabian, Garrett Donovan, Ricky Blitt, Aaron Lee, Julius Sharpe

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  Seth MacFarlane

  Peter Griffin / Brian Griffin / Stewie Griffin / Glenn Quagmire / Tom Tucker (voice)

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  Alex Borstein

  Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)