Excellence in Broadcasting is the second episode of the ninth season
of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox
in the United States on October 3, 2010. The episode features
anthropomorphic dog Brian, an adamant liberal, confronting
conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh at a book signing in
Quahog, and ultimately having a political change of heart when
Limbaugh convinces him to read his latest book. Brian soon decides to
become a devoted member of the Republican Party, and soon begins
criticizing liberals. This leads Brian to become roommates with
Limbaugh, and begins following him everywhere; Limbaugh eventually
gets annoyed with Brian and ends up disclosing his true political
convictions.The episode was written by Patrick Meighan and directed by
John Holmquist. It received mixed reviews from critics for its
storyline and many cultural references, in addition to receiving both
praise and criticism from conservative news outlets. According to
Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 7.94 million homes in its original
airing. As well as Limbaugh, the episode featured guest performances
by Gary Cole, Christine Lakin, Phil LaMarr, Shelley Long, Nana Visitor
and Rainn Wilson, along with several recurring guest voice actors for
the series. "Excellence in Broadcasting" was released on DVD along
with three other episodes from the season on December 13, 2011.In
light of "And Then There Were Fewer", the Griffins are watching the
news â€" where Tom Tucker reveals that Diane Simmons committed the
murders at James Woods' mansion and is now dead. He then introduces
Diane's successor, Joyce Kinney. As Lois reads the newspaper, she
discovers that conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is
holding a book signing in Quahog. This enrages Brian, who despises
Limbaugh over his political beliefs and decides to confront him at the
signing. There, Limbaugh is criticized by Brian, but he counters by
asking him whether he has read any of his books, leaving Brian
dumbfounded and angry. As he curses Limbaugh to himself on his way
home, Brian is mugged by a gang; Limbaugh abruptly shows up and beats
them all to rescue Brian. Thankful, Brian agrees to read four pages of
Limbaugh's book. This he does, but Brian grows interested enough to
continue reading the book overnight. By then, he becomes a
conservative Republican. Lois questions Brian's conviction, citing his
past liberalism, while Brian defends his ability to change his mind
based on new information. Lois also mentions that Brian goes out of
his way to not agree with the general consensus on many things (for
example, he hated Slumdog Millionaire and Titanic but defends the
movie Cocktail), and accuses him of being a "contrarian" rather than a
genuine believer. Brian meets with Limbaugh to thank him for helping
his political conversion, and the two travel to the Republican
National Headquarters, where they are greeted by former President of
the United States George W. Bush and United States Senator John
McCain.Returning home, Lois is unimpressed when Brian tells her that
Limbaugh will be coming over for dinner. That night, Lois begins
arguing and challenging Limbaugh politically â€" with Peter joining in
as well. She then accuses Limbaugh of brainwashing Brian, and demands
for their dog to go back to the way he used to be. Limbaugh insists
Brian became a conservative on his own terms, and the two sing a
number based on "The Company Way", "Republican Town". Brian, outraged
by Lois' unsupportive behaviour, decides to move out and become
roommates with Limbaugh â€" who reluctantly allows him to move into
his house. Brian soon begins to irritate Limbaugh with his blind
devotion. He replaces many of Limbaugh's possessions with
American-Made versions, which all go wrong. Brian then proceeds to
follow Limbaugh to his radio show, where he attempts to voice his own
political opinions on the air about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
This frustrates Limbaugh, who ends up having Brian thrown out. Despite
this, Brian continues to try and prove his devotion to the
conservative cause by waterboarding Pelosi â€" only to end up getting
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