Content guide
Heavy — skip for under 16
Family Guy S9 E9, “9. And I'm Joyce Kinney”, scores 3/5 for violence, 5/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16. Lois becomes friends with Joyce Kinney, the new local news anchor, and Joyce convinces Lois to let her do a story on her as the model American housewife. The television story makes Lois look terrible, and Joyce is unapologetic, leaving Lois no choice but to right a wrong.
Across the episode we counted 24 flagged moments in 8 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (2); Porn / strippers / sex work (7); Violence & injury (4); Suicide & self-harm (1); Swearing (3); Alcohol & drugs (3); Slut-shaming (2). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S9 E9:
And that's why whenever I have sex without protection, I call it, "Taking a John Chancellor.
The very word conjures up images ofred-light districts, unprotected sex, and of course, the turn-of-the-century pornograph machine.
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S9 E9:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
Now, kids, you all know that your mommy once gave special on-camera penis kisses for money.
Porn / strippers / sex work 7 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Family Guy S9 E9:
AII right, well, when I was in college, I was in an adult film.
Oh, my God, you did a porno? PIease, please, please do not say a word to anybody.
Whoa, ho, ho! Sweet Mary! But it seems pornography has finally found its way to our neighborhood.
Tom? I can't believe this! Lois, you were in a porno? She totally betrayed me! I thought girlfriends were supposed to support each other.
One day I was cleaning a bird cage, and a porn producer came in, and, well, the rest you know.
Am I a porn baby? Oh, I'm sure not.
And who was she? A prostitute.
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S9 E9:
The creature is wanted for a murder he didn 't commit.
And after what I went through with Diane Simmons, well, Iet me just say it's nice to be standing here with no one trying to murder me.
And Julie Andrews pleaded not guilty, saying that she brought the gun to the nightclub for protection.
I mean, he's still gay, but now it's no fun to joke about it, because he He beat us to the punch.
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Family Guy S9 E9:
Then an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry.
Swearing 3 moments
How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S9 E9:
My God! That Iittle pole-smoker's a fucking genius! and so did the Corinthians finally write back to Saint Paul, saying, "Dude, enough with the Ietters.
- FEMALE SINGER
Channel Five We're there for you When times are tough We'll help you through With news and sports and weather We'll always be together We're with you through it all Channel Five Holy shit, that just turned out awful.
I know I'm a man of God, but that shit is hot! Oh, Iook at that.
Alcohol & drugs 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S9 E9:
I feel Iike I'm horking all your cocaine.
Hey, you, go easy on the communion wine today.
Don't want another one of your drunken mishaps.
Slut-shaming 2 moments
How Slut-shaming shows up in Family Guy S9 E9:
Your mom's in a porno! I saw her boobs! -Shut up! -Hey, Griffin, your mom's a whore! Come on, guys, knock it off! Yeah, Griffin, your mom's gross and nasty! -Hey! -Not cool! That's a dude's mom! Well, she's also my mom.
Your mom's a whore! -Yeah! Suck it! -You're a whore-daughter! -Yeah, Griffin gets it! Boy, I'm really Iooking forward to this.
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