North by North Quahog is the first episode of the fourth season of
Family Guy, following the revival of the series three years after its
cancellation in 2002. It originally aired on the Fox network in the
United States on May 1, 2005, though it had premiered three days
earlier at a special screening at the University of Vermont,
Burlington. In the episode, Peter and Lois go on a second honeymoon to
spice up their marriage, but are chased by Mel Gibson after Peter
steals the sequel to The Passion of the Christ from Gibson's private
hotel room. Meanwhile, Brian and Stewie take care of Chris and Meg at
home.Family Guy had been canceled in 2002 due to low ratings, but was
revived by Fox after reruns on Adult Swim became the cable network's
most watched program, and more than three million DVDs of the show
were sold. Written by series creator Seth MacFarlane and directed by
Peter Shin, much of the plot and many of the technical aspects of the
episode, as well as the title, are direct parodies of the 1959 Alfred
Hitchcock movie North by Northwest; in addition, the episode makes use
of Bernard Herrmann's theme music from that film. The episode contains
many cultural references; in the opening sequence Peter lists 29 shows
that were canceled by Fox after Family Guy was canceled and says that
if all of those shows were to be canceled, they might have a chance at
returning.Critical responses to "North by North Quahog" were mostly
positive, with the opening sequence being praised in particular. The
episode was watched by nearly 12 million viewers and received a
Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Animated Program (for
Programming Less Than One Hour). Shin won an Annie Award for Directing
in an Animated Television Production for this episode.In the cold
open, Peter tells his family that they have "been canceled". He then
lists all 29 shows, like Titus and Andy Richter Controls the Universe,
that were canceled by Fox between the show's cancellation and revival
and says that if all of those shows were to be canceled, they might
have a chance at returning. North by North Quahog Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter