The season 8 premiere of Family Guy will take place on September 27th, 2009 at 9.00pm. This will follow the series premiere of The Cleveland Show on the same night at 8.30pm; the season 5 premiere of American Dad! will follow at 9.30pm.

The fact that Family Guy has only been allotted a regular 30 minute slot on that night means that “Something, Something, Something, Dark Side” may not be the season 8 premiere after all.