Production
The episode was co-written by Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. Patrick Meighan, John Viener, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, Tom Devanney and Kirker Butler acted as staff writers in the episode. The episode was shown in the William S. Paley TV Fest. The plot of "PTV" is a parody of the FCC's measures after Janet Jackson's incident in the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy. In an interview MacFarlane was asked where the inspiration to the episode’s plot came from, in his response he commented that "In the case of 'PTV' it came out of rage. Rage over all the crap we have to deal with since Janet Jackson showed her 67 year old boob."
The episode was directed by Dan Povenmire, while Peter Shin contributed as supervising director. Various scenes in "PTV" were taken out of the episode due to Fox's international censors. As the writers worked on the episode the producers ended up, as the Chicago Tribune describes it, "horse trading" with FOX, removing a body-part reference in exchange for a dirty word. While the writing staff of the show was disappointed with the number of scenes that were removed from the episode, they were happy with the final result. The opening sequence, of which Family Guy's creator Seth MacFarlane was particularly proud, was added into the episode after the producers discovered the episode ran three minutes short. The episode contained a montage which showcased the most bawdy moments of the previous seasons; Povenmire recalled the sequence; about it he stated that "I just found those off the DVD and digitized them and edited them in. Basically because I didn't want to draw all those things! I found the most disgusting images from the first three seasons. And we actually got network notes on two of them saying, 'You're gonna have to cut that!' And I went, 'This has been on the air! And I'm only showing 8 frames of it!' And it turns out we cut them now when they're on the air. So apropos for the FCC episode."
"PTV" along with the thirteenth other episodes from Family Guy's fourth season, was released on a three-disc DVD set in the United States in Europe and Australia on November 16, 2006, April 24, 2006 and May 29, 2006 respectively. The DVDs included brief audio commentaries by Seth MacFarlane, various crew and cast members from several episodes a collection of deleted scenes, a special mini-feature that shows director Peter Shin drawing Stewie. The episode was shown in the William S. Paley TV Fest, which various writers, directors and voice actors of the show assisted to.
All the main Family Guy cast members lent their voices to the episode, along with semi-regulars Lori Alan, Patrick Warburton, Adam West, John G. Brennan, Ralph Garman, Gary Cole and Phil LaMarr. Staff writers Chris Sheridan and John Viener also had a minor speaking roles. Guest appearances included voice actors Keith Ferguson and Fred Tatasciore, actors Hunter Gomez, Wally Wingert and actress Stacey Scowley. Like most episodes, the music in the episode was composed by Walter Murphy, including the song titled "The Freaking FCC". The music was edited by Ron Jones.
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