November 4, 2008
Just in time for Election Day, FOX has cast its vote of confidence to American Dad for yet another season. The animated series from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has averaged just fewer than 7 million viewers anchoring the network's Animation Domination Sunday but has proved to be a phenomenal hit.
The renewal of American Dad comes on the heels of the cancellation of the network's long-running animated series King of the Hill, following 13 seasons. For the midseason, the network has a pair of animated comedy offerings, including The Cleveland Show and Sit Down, Shut Up.
August 18, 2008
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Network: FOX
Premiere: Sunday, September 28, 8-10pm
Premise: Once again, FOX leaves its Sunday nights alone, using its two-hour animation block to win over younger audiences. Wisely, the network has avoided scheduling any non-animated shows here, as they typically fail (see: The Loop, Unhitched, The Winner, The War at Home).
October 20, 2007
American Dad fans can expect another satirical episode exploding with humor as the Smiths deal with opposing family issues and the pursuit of some intimate fondling. Comedy ensues when Stan looks for his “birth in-laws” in the episode entitled "Big Trouble in Little Langley," which is scheduled to air on November 4 on FOX.
Read on for more American Dad spoilers.
October 12, 2007
This coming Sunday, fans can expect another round of hilarity as FOX brings forth another segment of its satirized animated comedy, American Dad. Bringing more bawdy humor are Stanley “Stan” Smith, the head of the Smith household who works for the CIA, his devoted and stereotypical trophy housewife, Francine, their ultra-liberal daughter, Haylie, their clever but social outcast son, Steve, the sadistic and perverted family pet goldfish, Klaus, and sarcastic and flamboyantly effeminate space alien, Roger, in the episode entitled “Dope & Faith,” which airs on October 14.
Read on for a sneak peek on the upcoming episode of American Dad.
September 30, 2007
I'm a Family Guy fan. Ever since that very first episode FOX aired after the Super Bowl a few years back and the Kool-Aid guy jumped through the wall of the Quahog court house, I was hooked. The show has its detractors, and gripes that Guy is non-plot centric and that the jokes are uniformly random are valid, but a comedy's supposed to make you laugh, and more often than not that's what Family Guy does. When American Dad came on to the scene, it just felt like a lesser Family Guy, a vehicle for all of the parent show's rejected jokes, Family Guy's B-sides, the minor leagues. I never got into it. Family Guy was enough. However, when we got the chance last week to be present for a special American Dad table read at the FOX Fall press junket in LA, featuring the entire cast in person, I jumped at the chance. How could I not?
September 30, 2007
The third season of FOX's American Dad begins airing tonight with an episode entitled "Vacation Goo." When Francine finds out that all of their family vacations are just fake memories Stan created by sticking them in goo, she demands a real vacation, preferably a cruise.
However, when the vacation seems too good to be true, Francine grows convinced that the CIA is behind everything and causes the entire family to suffer the consequences. Meanwhile, Roger tries his best to become the greatest actor who has ever lived.
September 10, 2007
Premiere Date and Time: Sunday, September 30, 9:30pm
Network: FOX
Time Slot Competition: Desperate Housewives, Sunday Night Football, Cold Case, America's Next Top Model (encore)
Cast: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Rachel MacFarlane, Dee Bradley Baker, Scott Grimes
July 19, 2007
Agent Stan Smith and his obscure family return for another season. Earlier this month, FOX has renewed the satirical animated series American Dad, extending the order through to the 2008-2009 season and bringing the show’s overall episode count to 84.
In line with the extended order of American Dad, executive producers Rick Wiener and Kenny Schwartz have also inked a two-year overall deal with the show’s producer, 20th Century Fox TV Studio. The contract, which has an option for a third year, is reportedly under a seven-figure agreement. Consequently, Wiener and Schwartz will continue working on American Dad as producers, alongside fellow co-creators Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman.