Family Guy is an American animated television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the dysfunctional Griffin family, which consists of father Peter (MacFarlane), mother Lois (Alex Borstein), daughter Meg (Lacey Chabert in episodes 1â9, then Mila Kunis in Da Boom onwards), son Chris , baby Stewie (MacFarlane) and Brian (MacFarlane), the family dog.