Family Guy third season first aired on the
Fox network in 22 episodes from July 11, 2001, to November 9, 2003, before being released as a DVD box set and in syndication. It premiered with the episode "
The Thin White Line" and finished with "
When You Wish Upon a Weinstein". The third season of
Family Guy continues the adventures of the dysfunctional
Griffin family—father
Peter, mother
Lois, daughter
Meg, son
Chris, baby
Stewie and
Brian, the family pet, who reside in their hometown of
Quahog. The
executive producers for the third production season were
Dan Palladino and series creator
Seth MacFarlane. The aired season also contained nine episodes which were holdovers from season two, which were produced by MacFarlane and
David Zuckerman.