 MacFarlane has served as an executive producer during the show 's entire history , and also functions as a creative consultant . The first executive producers were David Zuckerman , Lolee Aries , David Pritchard , and Mike Wolf . Family Guy has had many executive producers in its history , including Daniel Palladino , Kara Vallow , and Danny Smith . David A. Goodman joined the show as a co @-@ executive producer in season three , and eventually became an executive producer . Alex Borstein , who voices Lois , worked as an executive and supervising producer for the fourth and fifth seasons . A more involved position on the show is the show runner , who acts as head writer and manages the show 's production for an entire season . 
