 In the United Kingdom , Family Guy premiered in September 1999 , originally on Channel 4 and Sky One . In January 2005 , FX ( now Fox ) began broadcasting the show . From October 2005 , BBC Two started screening Family Guy before switching to BBC Three on September 2006 . In March 2015 , it was announced that season 14 of Family Guy and all of MacFarlane 's other cartoons will transfer to ITV2 , premiering on February 29 , 2016 , while the BBC would continue to hold the rights until 2017 for older episodes . 
