Television shows and films shown in Season 8
| Screenshot | What's on | Episode | Who's watching | Episode Order | |
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NBA Playoffs | Family Goy | Meg, Chris, Brian, Stewie | 1 | |
| With every other player suspended or arrested, Luke Walton is the only one left in the game. | |||||
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Annoyed and Confused | Family Goy | Peter | 2 | |
| Peter catches some television before bed. | |||||
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Road House | Brian's Got a Brand New Bag | Brian, Peter | 1 | |
| Peter is inspired by Road House. | |||||
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Die Hard | Brian's Got a Brand New Bag | Brian, Rita | 2 | |
| Brian shows Rita his scene in Die Hard. | |||||
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Hannah Montana | Hannah Banana | Brian, Stewie | 1 | |
| Stewie shows Brian Hannah Montana. | |||||
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Security tape | Hannah Banana | Chris | 2 | |
| Chris reviews his surveillance camera footage. | |||||
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World's Wildest Police Videos | Quagmire's Baby | Chris | 1 | |
| Chris finds a tape with the Flintstones episode of World's Wildest Police Videos. | |||||
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Bigoted Songs CD commercial | Jerome Is the New Black | Peter, Joe, Quagmire | 1 | |
| The guys watch a commercial for a CD collection from when bigoted songs were acceptable. | |||||
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Brian's animal rights presentation | Dog Gone | Quahog Community Center attendees | 1 | |
| Brian presents a film for animal rights. | |||||
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Carter's video will | Business Guy | Peter, Lois, Kenneth Gould | 1 | |
| Carter's lawyer presents his video will. | |||||
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Toy commercial | Business Guy | Peter, Lois | 2 | |
| Peter shows Lois what he wants for Christmas. | |||||
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The Big Bang Theory | Business Guy | Carter | 3 | |
| Peter forces Carter to watch The Big Bang Theory. | |||||
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Lawrence of Arabia | Big Man on Hippocampus | Griffin Family | 1 | |
| The family watches Lawrence of Arabia in its original super widescreen format. | |||||
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Peter and Lois' honeymoon video | Big Man on Hippocampus | Griffin Family | 2 | |
| Lois tries to spark Peter's memory by showing him their honeymoon video. | |||||
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Jolly Farm Revue | Go, Stewie, Go! | Stewie, Brian | 1 | |
| Brian is surprised that Stewie continues to watch Jolly Farm Revue. | |||||
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Jolly Farm Revue | Go, Stewie, Go! | Stewie, Brian | 2 | |
| Stewie reviews his performance on the American version of Jolly Farm Revue. | |||||
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TMZ | Peter-assment | Griffin Family | 1 | |
| Peter shows the family when TMZ picks up his footage of Richard Dreyfuss. | |||||
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A Backhand For Sally | Peter-assment | Peter | 2 | |
| Peter watches a film with Robert Mitchum and is surprised when the film talks back to him. | |||||
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Class Holes! | Brian Griffin's House of Payne | Griffin Family, Joe, Bonnie, Quagmire, the cast of Two and a Half Men | 1 | |
| Everyone gathers to see the premier of Brian's show. | |||||
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Big Jaws | Brian Griffin's House of Payne | Peter, Lois, Meg, Chris, Brian | 2 | |
| Peter gets his show on their air. | |||||
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How Henry Kissinger Met Your Mother | April in Quahog | Lois, Chris, Meg, Stewie, Brian | 1 | |
| Everyone gathers to see the premier of Brian's show. | |||||
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Brian Griffin's House of Payne | Peter, Meg, Chris | 2 | |
| The kids want their turn to play the Xbox 360. | |||||
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Dirty joke world monitoring station | The Splendid Source | Peter, Joe, Quagmire, The Dean | 1 | |
| The guys get to see the control room for the world's dirty jokes. | |||||
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Dirty joke world monitoring station | The Splendid Source | Peter, Joe, Quagmire, The Dean | 1a | |
| A Best Man starts to bomb at a wedding reception. | |||||
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The Kitchen | Something, Something, Something, Dark Side | Griffin Family | 1 | |
| The Griffins start to watch a new show from Alan Sorkin. | |||||
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Nature....with a guy named Terry in it | Partial Terms of Endearment | Meg, Chris, Stewie, Brian | 1 | |
| The kids pass the time while Peter and Lois attend her college reunion. | |||||
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Abortion Madness! | Partial Terms of Endearment | Peter | 2 | |
| Peter is shown an anti-abortion video. | |||||