Emmy-Winning Episode

"Emmy-Winning Episode"
Family Guyepisode
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Episodeno.	Season 16 Episode 1
Directed by	James Purdum Dominic Bianchi Peter Shin James R. Bagdonas (live-action sequence)
Written by	Aaron Lee
Production code	FACX06
Original air date	October 1, 2017(2017-10-01)
Guest appearances
Asa Akiraas herself (live-action sequence) Julie Bowenas herself Ty Burrellas himself (live-action sequence) Louis C.K.as himself Frances CallierasShonda Rhimes Jonathan KiteasAlec Baldwin Bill Maheras himself Miriam MargolyesasMaggie Smith's Right Eyeball Ryan O'Nealas Tim Madden (uncredited archive footage fromTough Guys Don't Dance) Christina Picklesas Maggie Smith's Left Eyeball Sofía Vergaraas herself

"Emmy-Winning Episode"is thesixteenth seasonpremiere of the Americananimated sitcomFamily Guy,and the 290th episode overall. It aired onFoxin the United States on October 1, 2017, and was written by Aaron Lee and directed by James Purdum,Dominic Bianchi,andPeter Shin,with James R. Bagdonas directing the live-action chicken fight. Guest voices includeLouis C.K.,Jonathan Kite,Bill Maher,Miriam Margolyes,Christina Pickles,Modern Familycast membersTy Burrell,Julie Bowen,andSofía Vergara,and a live-action cameo fromAsa Akira.

Plot

As theGriffin familyis watchingVedderCall Saul,Peteris displeased thatFamily Guyhasn't won a singleEmmysince it debuted in 1999, and thecrossover withThe Simpsonsdidn't help.Loiseven mentions that they shouldn't do another episode withThe Simpsonsbecause it only helped the other show (or madeFamily Guylook bad when fans condemnedThe Simpsonsfor agreeing to the crossover at all). Peter then embarks on his ownFor Your Considerationcampaign by spoofing other shows who won the award.

Peter first aims at winning an Emmy for Best Comedy, which includesModern Family,Girls,andTransparentand other comedy traits (with two beingSofía Vergarataking Lois' role, Lois portraying a delivery person, Chris acting likeSheldon CooperfromThe Big Bang Theory,a pass-by fromTracy Morgan,and Peter playingtransgender). He even encountersLouis C.K.outside the Drunken Clam, where the comedian says he's glad his career has cooled off just enough that Peter was able to get him to make a cameo on the show. When Peter goes into the bar, everyone greets him in the style ofNorm PetersonfromCheers.After that, Peter is sent to the hospital, whereDr. Hartmancomes in to change his sex. Peter insists that it was just a gag, and Hartman continues on anyway. His final narration on that has him stating "And that's how I became your mother."

The comedy submission fails, as the Emmy producers hate it and say thatFamily Guynow owestheman Emmy. Brian insists on moving to Best Drama in which spoofs ofBreaking Bad,The Wire,Homeland,The Sopranos,Orange Is the New Black,House of Cards,andGame of Thronesfollow. The sketch ends with theNight Kingabout to attack Peter with an undeaddragon.It is watched by two people and a dragon, who feels that he and his fellow dragons were accurately represented.

The drama submission also fails, because a message from the Emmy board demands that Peter stop, but he refuses and continues trying to make more Emmy spoofs including stunts, documentaries, reality shows and castings in a comedy series - enough for him to do some interaction with a live-actionAsa Akira.After doing a spoof ofThe Daily Show,he is called aside byBill Maher,who states thatFamily Guywill never win an Emmy, due to the fact that the same shows other than it win the award every year. Taking Maher's tip-off, Peter goes to the library, where he sees a lot of names and shows that won Emmys.

Peter returns home to tell Lois about it where she reveals that they have a selection of Emmy winners visiting them: C.K.,Alec Baldwin,Julie Bowen,Tina Fey,Kelsey Grammer,Julia Louis-Dreyfus,Shonda Rhimes,andAaron Sorkin.They pick at the show's faults such as constantly plagiarizing other media, that many minority characters are voiced by white actors, the contrived episode wrap-ups and that the show is just a complete waste of time.

Realizing thatFamily Guywill never win an Emmy, Peter finally gives up and is happy to have his family as his award. Anemailthat Peter reads from achemotherapypatient mistakes the show forThe Simpsons,with the fan stating how he liked theepisode where Homer stays home from church.Peter ends the episode with a live-action sequence ofTy Burrellfighting and strangling arubber chicken.The hand of an unidentified man presents him with an Emmy Award, but Burrell tells the man that he does not have any more room in his house for it.

Reception

The episode was watched by audience of 2.80 million viewers, making it the fourth most-watched show on Fox that night afterGhosted,The SimpsonsandBob's Burgers.

Jesse Schedeen ofIGNgave the episode a 7.6/10. He noted "LikeThe Simpsons,Family Guykicked off its new season with a themed episode tonight. Surprisingly, of the two it wasFamily Guythat emerged the clear winner. This series tends to have a solid track record whenever it gets unusually meta, and 'Emmy-Winning Episode' was no exception ". Schedeen praised the first and second acts; however, he criticized the third act.

External links

• "Emmy-Winning Episode"atIMDb