| Diane Simmons | |
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| Diane Seidelman | |
| Name | Diane Simmons |
| Age | 40 (deceased) |
| Job(s) | News Anchor
Host of the talk show Diane! |
| Relatives | Hank Simmons (husband) Mrs. Seidelman (mother) |
| Voice | Lori Alan |
| Episodes | Various episodes from "Death Has a Shadow" to "And Then There Were Fewer", ... where she dies. |
Diane Simmons (née Seidelman) (1969 or 1968 - August 30, 2009) was a major antagonist of Family Guy. She was Tom Tucker's co-anchor on the Quahog 5 News. She was voiced by Lori Alan.
Appearance[]
Diane is an adult woman that has a brown hair and wears red clothes.
Biography[]
In "The King is Dead", it was revealed that Diane's maiden name is "Seidelman". Simmons is also a dedicated actress having done some pretentious student films in college. At one point, she was set to play the role of Anna in The King and I having stolen the role from Loretta Brown, during Lois Griffin's first theatrical production. Unfortunately, Peter Griffin, who stole control of the show from Lois as producer, later changed the script so massively much that even Diane couldn't stand the direction the show was taking and quit. Peter took over the role personally, turning Anna from a British female school teacher, into a male, cybernetic assassin from the future.
In "Patriot Games", it was revealed that she once had a husband, before he committed suicide, as commented once by Tom on the air, causing her to break down crying. She admits to being a bit of a bigot, such as once openly joking on the air that she is racist against black people, though she believed they were off the air since Peter Griffin had cut off Quahog's television signal. During the Special People's Games in "Ready, Willing, and Disabled" she and Tom commented together how watching the game would give them all a sick sort of laugh, and how all of them were most likely going to hell for it.
In "And Then There Were Fewer", Diane reveals she has turned 40, and becomes the murderer of James Woods, Muriel Goldman, Derek Wilcox, Priscilla Woods and Stephanie. She explains her plan to murder Woods and frame her co-anchor, Tom Tucker, to Lois, nearly murdering her as well. It was revealed that she dated Woods and Tom successfully convinced the network to replace her at the news desk. After Woods dumped her, it resulted in Diane to seek vengeance, by using young intern Priscilla to seduce Woods, as a part of revenge. Diane also ordered her to become a born-again Christian and make amends with everyone he wronged with. However, before pulling the trigger, she is shot and killed by Stewie and falls off of a cliff to her death; Stewie then declares only he is allowed to kill Lois.
In "Excellence in Broadasting", Joyce Kinney, replaced her as co-anchor on the news, following Diane's death.
In "Da Boom", Tom and Diane eat Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa.
She also hosted a talk show called The Diane Simmons Show, on which the Griffin Family were guests and exposed their secrets. The show was first seen in "15 Minutes of Shame".
Relationships[]
Tom Tucker[]
When the series started, she and Tom seemed to have a healthy and at times possibly sexual relationship, that quickly changed to where they instead bicker a lot on the air, and she soon became the butt of his jokes. This relationship started spiraling around the time of her 40th birthday. Diane became too old for the likes of the young and handsome Tom Tucker, and dumped her both in his personal, and business life, planning on replacing her with a younger, prettier co-worker/girlfriend, this being Joyce Kinney.
Joyce Kinney[]
Joyce debuted right after Diane died, so they never actually interacted, but since Joyce has been described as a "sexier, younger, less washed up, replacement for Diane", it only makes sense that she would hate her with a burning passion.
Ollie Williams[]
Given her thinly-hidden prejudice toward black people, it's certain she's got a real hatred Ollie.
Episode Appearances[]
- Death Has a Shadow
- I Never Met Mr. Deaddy
- Do and Die
- Love Your Trophy
- Brian Griffin: Portrait of a Dog
- Death is a Bitch
- Wasted Talent
- Brian in Love
- The King is Dead
- Holy Crap
- Da Boom
- Running Mates
- If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'
- Lethal Weapons
- Neighbor Pains
- Let's All Go to the Hop
- To Love and Die in Dixie
- The Kiss Seen Around the World
- Ready, Willing, and Disabled
- Death Lives
- One if by Clam, Two if by Sea
- Mr. Saturday Knight
- A Cheater Runs Through It
- Flights of Disaster
- The Courtship of Stewie's Father
- Hell Comes to Quahog
- Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows
- Family Guy Viewer Mail #1
- North by North Quahog
- Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High
- Blind Ambition
- Don't Make Me Over
- Breaking Out is Hard to Do
- 15 Minutes of Shame
- Petarded (Cameo)
- The Father, The Son, and The Holy Fonz
- PTV
- Deep Throats
- Patriot Games
- E. Peterbus Fargnum
- You May Now Kiss the ... Uh ... Guy Who Receives
- Petergeist
- Untitled Griffin Family History
- Stewie Loves Lois
- Prick Up Your Ears
- Barely Legal
- Boys Do Cry
- Padre De Familia
- Stewie B. Goode
- Peter's Daughter
- Dog Gone
- Dog and Dumber
- Mad Mex (Cameo)
- The Juice is Loose
- 420
- Peterotica
- Stewie Kills Lois
- Lois Kills Stewie (Cameo)
- Go, Stewie, Go!
- Dial Meg for Murder
- Tales of a Third Grade Nothing
- Not All Dogs Go to Heaven
- Extra Large Medium
- April in Quahog
- How Farg is Heaven?
- And Then There Were Fewer (Dies)
- Excellence in Broadcasting (Mentioned)
- And I'm Joyce Kinney (Mentioned)
- Tom Tucker: A Man and His Dream (Mentioned)
- Replaced: Brian's Story (Cameo; As a Ghost)
- A New Lease on Death (As a Ghost)
Trivia[]
- In "I Never Met Mr. Deaddy", Diane admits she straight-out hates black people.
- In "The King is Dead", it was revealed her maiden name is "Seidelman".
- In "Patriot Games", she cried over the death of her ex-husband with the first name "Harold", meaning she is the widower of a man named Harold Simmons.