<Tr> <Td> ← Previous "Partial Terms of Endearment" </Td> <Td> Next → "Excellence in Broadcasting" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Family Guy (season 9) List of Family Guy episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> "And Then There Were Fewer" is the first episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy . This and most of the other season 9 episodes were produced for the eighth production season . It originally aired on Fox in the United States on September 26, 2010 . The episode follows the citizens of Quahog after they are invited by actor James Woods to his stately mansion on a remote island . While there, a series of murders occurs, and the group struggles to determine who committed the mysterious acts, before ultimately attempting to escape from the island, and avoid being murdered themselves . The name of the episode is a parody of Agatha Christie's murder mystery, And Then There Were None . </P> <P> The episode was written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and directed by Dominic Polcino . It received high acclaim from critics, who praised its storyline and cultural references . According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 9.41 million homes in its original airing . The episode features guest performances by Drew Barrymore, H. Jon Benjamin, Max Burkholder, Colin Ford, Patrick Stewart, Ashley Tisdale and James Woods, along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series . It was the first Family Guy episode to air in 720p high definition . The episode was nominated for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards . "And Then There Were Fewer" was released on DVD along with two other episodes from the season on December 13, 2011 . The show confirmed afterwards that it was part of the show's "real" canon and those characters that died (i.e. Diane Simmons, Muriel Goldman etc .) would not be brought back in the future . However, James Woods is seen in the thirteenth episode of season 10, "Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream", in which he tells Peter and Tom that paramedics brought him to a secret science lab made for celebrities and revived him . In the same episode, he hires Peter as his agent after he fired Tucker, but later also fires Peter . </P>

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