 Family Guy and its cast have been nominated for thirteen Emmy Awards , with five wins . MacFarlane won the Outstanding Voice @-@ Over Performance award for his performance as Stewie ; Murphy and MacFarlane won the Outstanding Music and Lyrics award for the song " You Got a Lot to See " from the episode " Brian Wallows and Peter 's Swallows " ; Steven Fonti won the Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation award for his storyboard work in the episode " No Chris Left Behind " ; and Greg Colton won the Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation award for his storyboard work in the episode " Road to the Multiverse " . The show was nominated for eleven Annie Awards , and won three times , twice in 2006 and once in 2008 . In 2009 it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series , becoming the first animated program to be nominated in this category since The Flintstones in 1961 . The Simpsons was almost nominated in 1993 , but voters were hesitant to pit cartoons against live action programs . The show was nominated for a Grammy in 2011 . Family Guy has been nominated and has won various other awards , including the Teen Choice Awards and the People 's Choice Awards . In the 1,000th issue of Entertainment Weekly , Brian Griffin was selected as the dog for " The Perfect TV Family " . Wizard Magazine rated Stewie the 95th @-@ greatest villain of all time . British newspaper The Times rated Family Guy as the 45th @-@ best American show in 2009 . IGN ranked Family Guy at number seven in the " Top 100 Animated Series " and number six in the " Top 25 Primetime Animated Series of All Time " . Empire named it the twelfth @-@ greatest TV show of all time . In 2005 viewers of the UK television channel Channel 4 voted Family Guy at number 5 on their list of the 100 Greatest Cartoons . Brian was awarded the 2009 Stoner of the Year award by High Times for the episode " 420 " , marking the first time an animated character received the honor . In 2007 TV Guide ranked Family Guy number 15 in their list of top cult shows ever . Family Guy has garnered six Golden Reel Awards nominations , winning three times . In 2013 , TV Guide ranked Family Guy the ninth Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time . 
