Family Guy: Excellence in Broadcasting

When Brian learns that Rush Limbaugh (guest-voicing as himself) is going to be at the Quahog Mall for a book-signing, he decides to go down there and give him a piece of his left-wing mind.
But when Rush unexpectedly comes to Brian’s rescue, Brian has a political change of heart

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Episode Info

Episode number: 9x2
Production Number: 8ACX03
Airdate: Sunday October 03rd, 2010

Director: John Holmquist
Writer: Patrick Meighan

Alternate Airdates:

UK (BBC THREE)

May 15, 2011

Guest Stars

Alec Sulkin voiced Various Recurring	Chris Cox voiced George W. Bush Recurring
Christine Lakin voiced Joyce Kinney Recurring	Danny Smith (1) voiced Various Recurring
Gary Cole voiced Mike Brady Recurring	John Viener voiced Various Recurring
Nana Visitor voiced Nancy Pelosi Recurring	Phil LaMarr voiced Ollie Williams Recurring
Ralph Garman voiced Various Recurring	Rush Limbaugh voiced Himself Recurring
Wellesley Wild voiced Various Recurring	Rainn Wilson voiced Dwight Schrute
Shelley Long voiced Carol Brady

Main Cast

Seth MacFarlane voiced Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glen Quagmire, Tom Tucker, Jake Tucker, Carter Pewterschmidt, Kevin Swanson, Seamus, Dr. Elmer Hartman, Jasper, God, Jesus, Various	Alex Borstein voiced Lois Griffin, Loretta Brown, Tricia Takanawa, Barbara Pewterschmidt, Various
Seth Green voiced Chris Griffin, Neil Goldman, Various	Mila Kunis voiced Meg Griffin

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Episode Notes

“Excellence in Broadcasting” was seen by 7.94 million viewers

This episode was originally titled Peter Griffin is a Big Fat Idiot

The 'Tasteful Nude' photograph was credited to photographer James Stenson

Episode References

After the opening credits, this episode opened with a news report by Tom Tucker reporting on Diane Simmons' death and the intro to his new co-anchor Joyce Kinney

Other Episode Crew

• Creator	Seth MacFarlane
• Developer	Seth MacFarlane \| David Zuckerman
• Executive Producer	Danny Smith (1) \| Mark Hentemann \| Steve Callaghan \| Seth MacFarlane \| Chris Sheridan \| David A. Goodman (1)
• Co-Executive Producer	Alec Sulkin \| Wellesley Wild \| Brian Scully \| Tom Devanney
• Supervising Producer	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong \| Patrick Meighan \| John Viener
• Producer	Shannon Smith
• Co-Producer	Kim Fertman
• Consulting Producer	Jonathan Jacobs \| Gary Janetti
• Editor	Michael Elias
• Casting	Linda Lamontagne
• Staff Writer	A. Spencer Porter \| Alex Carter (1) \| Elaine Ko \| Andy Goldberg
• Music	Walter Murphy
• Music Editor	Stan Jones
• Production Assistant	Kat Purgal \| Chris Martin (2)
• Production Sound Mixer	Patrick Clark (2)
• Production Coordinator	Anne Michaud \| Nick Cofrancesco \| Michael Kennedy (2) \| Stuart Bam
• Assistant Editor	Eric Brown (2)
• Post Production Supervisor	Charles Song
• Storyboard Artist	Won Ki Cho \| Young Lee \| Bao Nguyen
• Character Designer	Ed Acosta \| Ken Hayashi \| Sharon Ross \| Mickey Cassidy
• Supervising Director	Peter Shin \| James Purdum
• Production Manager	Brent Crowe
• Main Title Theme	Walter Murphy
• Casting Assistant	Melissa Aives
• Sound Supervisor	Bob Newlan
• Assistant	Jaydi Samuels
• Casting Associate	Pam Hyatt
• Assistant Director	Rick Del Carmen
• Storyboard Revisionist	Joe Vaux \| Dante Leandado \| Debbie Shin \| Pete Michels (1) \| Louis Gallegos \| Ron Smith \| Kristina Bustamante \| Dave Boudreau
• Writing Assistant	Kristin Long \| David Wright (1)
• Production Controller	Liddane Sanders
• Assistant	Kristy Grant \| David Ihlenfeld \| Lindsay Flinn \| Artie Johann \| Sam Littenberg-Weisberg
• Sound Re-recording Mixer	Jim Fitzpatrick (3)
• Retake Director	Deborah Cone
• Overseas Animation Supervisor	Terry Pike \| Peter Brown

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