Overview
- Showrunner Rich Appel announced the two specials at the Family Guy panel at San Diego Comic-Con on July 25, confirming Hulu exclusives for the U.S. and Disney+ availability in most international markets.
- The Halloween special, titled “Happy Hell-o-ween,” sends Brian and Stewie to Hell and will feature Kieran Culkin as the Devil, with a first-look image of Culkin shared at the panel.
- The Christmas-themed special, “The Peter Clause,” follows Peter and his friends competing to become Quahog’s official Santa and will arrive later in the year on Hulu.
- Season 25 of Family Guy is scheduled to return to Fox in midseason/early 2027 with next-day streaming on Hulu, and a Stewie preschool spinoff is planned for release in 2027.
- The announcements follow a recent pattern from Fox’s animation unit of shifting standalone holiday or bonus episodes to streaming to sustain fan engagement between shorter broadcast seasons.