American Dad!

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American Dad
Image:American Dad characters.png
From left: Roger, Francine, Stan, Steve and Hayley.
Format Animated sitcom
Created by Seth MacFarlane
Mike Barker
Matt Weitzman
Starring Seth MacFarlane
Wendy Schaal
Scott Grimes
Rachael MacFarlane
Dee Bradley Baker
Country of origin  United States
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 78 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time approx. 21 minutes
Production company(s) Fuzzy Door Productions and Underdog Productions
In Association With 20th Century Fox Television
Broadcast
Original channel FOX
Picture format 480i (SDTV)(2005-2009)
HDTV 720p (2009-)
Original run February 6, 2005 – present
External links
Official website

American Dad is a satirical American animated series owned by Underdog Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions and produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television.

It was created by Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy, as well as two former Family Guy writers, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman. The pilot episode aired in the United States on Fox on February 6, 2005, thirty minutes after the end of Super Bowl XXXIX; the regular series began May 1, 2005, after the season premiere of Family Guy. American Dad follows the events of CIA agent Stan Smith and his family.

Contents

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of American Dad episodes

[edit] Opening sequence

Similar to other animated shows' opening sequences, American Dad! features a recurring gag that is changed for every episode, except for "Office Spaceman", which started with the sequence interrupted early. After Stan wakes up singing "Good Morning, U.S.A." and has breakfast with his family, he heads out his front door and picks up the newspaper waiting on his front porch. He then cartwheels into his car and drives to his CIA office. The front page headline on the newspaper is different for each episode, like in The Simpsons (e.g. couch gags, Bart's chalkboard gags or Lisa Simpson's saxophone piece). It is usually a topical joke such as "Child obesity up, pedophilia down" ("Four Little Words"), "Economy turns corner, falls down stairs" ("Roger Codger"), "Bush finally gets joke about last name" ("Deacon Stan, Jesus Man"), "Iran changes flag to middle finger" ("Black Mystery Month"), or "Israel pulls out of Gaza, Gaza not pregnant" ("A Smith in the Hand"). These headlines are satirical in nature, usually directed at the United States Government, the media or current affairs. A notable exception is the episode "Office Spaceman", whose headline, "ALIEN SPOTTED!" (featuring a picture of Roger on the front page), shifts the sequence directly into the episode itself.

As of season 4, the opening sequence has been replaced with a new one, starting with the episode "1600 Candles". While featuring the same music, most of the interaction with the family has been changed,and instead of Stan picking up the newspaper, Klaus kicks the car keys to Stan and he directly proceeds to his car. Replacing the newspaper gag used in the first three seasons is Roger who pops up next to Stan in the family's SUV and sings the penultimate "Good Morning, U.S.A.!", wearing a different costume every time. Roger's sudden appearance causes Stan to end the sequence by crashing into the flagpole at the C.I.A. building. In the episode Tearjerker, the opening sequence was a parody and homage to James Bond movies.

[edit] Crossovers with Family Guy

Certain characters and locations have been featured in select episodes of Family Guy, another animated comedy created and produced by Seth MacFarlane.

  • Roger makes a last-minute cameo in the episode "Meet the Quagmires", asking the Griffins "Who ate all the Pecan Sandies?". His line is a reference to a line he said early in the American Dad! pilot episode, asking Francine if she bought Pecan Sandies while she was out shopping.
  • Roger appears in the hour-long Star Wars parody "Blue Harvest" in the cantina scene, socializing and sipping red wine.
  • Stan Smith and Avery Bullock, as well as the CIA Headquarters, appear in the episode "Lois Kills Stewie". When they meet, Stewie calls Stan "Joe", then explains that he looks like someone he knows.

[edit] Related Shows

[edit] Main cast

See also: List of American Dad! characters

[edit] Crew

[edit] DVD releases

DVD Name Release dates Ep # BBFC/IFCO/OFLC Rating Additional Information
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
Volume One April 25, 2006 April 24, 2006 May 24, 2006 13 12/15/M This 3 disc boxset includes the first 13 episodes from Season 1 (Pilot - Stan of Arabia: Part 2). Special features include commentaries, featurettes, and animatics. It was renamed 'Season 1' on region 2 and 4. When a compilation comprising Volumes 1-3 were released in the UK, Season 1 was renamed to Volume 1 much like its US counterpart.
Volume Two May 15, 2007 May 28, 2007 May 21, 2007 19 12/15/M This 3 disc boxset includes the remaining 10 episodes from Season 1 and the first 9 episodes from Season 2 (Stannie Get Your Gun - The Best Christmas Story Never). Special features include commentaries on all episodes, featurettes, multi-angle scene studies, and deleted scenes. An uncensored audio track is also available on the episode "Tears of a Clooney."
Volume Three April 15, 2008 May 12, 2008 May 14, 2008 18 15/15/M This 3 disc boxset includes the remaining 10 episodes from Season 2 and 8 of the first 9 episodes from Season 3 (Bush Comes to Dinner - Frannie 911), though "The Most Adequate Christmas Ever" does not appear on the DVD.[1] Special features include commentaries on all episodes, unrated audio, table read, and deleted scenes.[2]
Volume Four April 28, 2009 April 20, 2009 [3] September 2, 2009 14 15/15/M This 3 disc boxset includes the remaining 8 episodes of Season 3 (including The Most Adequate Christmas Ever) and the first 6 episodes of Season 4. Bonus features include commentary on every episode, storyboards/animatics, multi-angle scene studios, deleted scenes and optional censored audio.
  • The Volume One release was retitled Season One for the Region 2 and 4 releases, however the subsequent releases retained the Volume titles.
  • On the packaging for the Season 1 release on Region 2 DVD, there was no mention of audio commentaries or some of the bonus features whatsoever, leading many to believe they had been omitted from the release.
  • The Region 2 and 4 DVDs do not have censored audio tracks on any episodes, although Volume 3 has so called "uncensored tracks" on the set, which was probably an error from the transfer because the tracks are already automatically uncensored on the set.

[edit] International syndication

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Country TV network(s) Weekly schedule (local time)
 Australia Seven Network (free-to-air) and FOX8 (subscription based) 11:00pm Thursdays (Seven Network)

Sundays 9:30pm & Mondays 2:30pm (FOX8)
 United Kingdom FX (first run rights)(Series 1-3) and BBC Three (terrestrial rights)(series 1-2) Thursdays, 10:30pm (1 episode) FX

Sundays, various times, 2 episodes BBC Three
 Argentina Telefé
FX		 Monday - Friday 01:00am
 Austria MTV Austria Mondays, 10:30pm - Tuesdays, 10:30pm - Wednesdays, 11:00pm (2 episodes)
 Canada (English) Global TV
TVtropolis
Teletoon		 Coincides with the American broadcast on FOX
Saturday 2:00pm, 7:00pm, 12:00am
Monday - Friday 9:30pm
 Canada (French) Télétoon Monday-Friday 09:30pm, 11:30am, 01:00am
 Colombia FX and RCN (Terrestrial rights) Sunday, 9:30pm - Tuesday, 10:30pm (In English and Spanish)
Saturdays, 10:30am
 Denmark TV3+ Sundays, 11:40am
 Estonia MTV Eesti Mondays - Friday, 7:25pm
 France Canal+, NRJ 12 Monday - Friday 7:10pm
 Germany VIVA
MTV Central
Comedy Central Germany		 various times
 South Africa FOX South Africa Mondays, 7:30pm - Tuesdays, 7:30pm - Wednesdays, 7:00pm (2 episodes)
 Hungary TV6 Monday - Friday, 9:00pm - Sunday, 3:55pm–5:35pm (reprise)
 Ireland 3e Mondays, 9:30pm
 Italy FOX Italy Mondays - Fridays, 7:50pm
 Mexico FX, TV Azteca Sunday, 10:30pm - Tuesday 11:30pm (In English and Spanish)
 Latvia MTV Latvija
 Lithuania MTV Lithuania
 Netherlands Comedy Central Monday-Thursday, 8:25pm
 Norway Viasat 4 Monday-Friday, 6:00pm
 Spain Antena 3 and FOX España Saturday - Sunday, 1:00pm
 Thailand TrueVisions Saturday, 9:30pm
 Turkey ComedyMax Every day
 Philippines Jack TV Thursday, 8:30pm

Sunday, 4:30am & 2:30pm
 Belgium JIM TV, 2BE (Dutch)
 Israel HOT3 Wednesday, 10:25pm
 New Zealand C4,Comedy Central Thursdays, 8:00pm,Weekdays
 Brazil FX, Rede Globo Sundays 9:30pm and Fridays 9:30pm (reprise) (FX), Sundays 5:00am (Globo)
 Portugal FOX Portugal Everyday
 Egypt Super Comedy Monday, 12:00am-Friday, 7:30pm
 Peru America Televisión Sundays At night
 Poland Comedy Central Saturdays 10.00pm
 Ukraine ICTV_(Ukraine), RU Music Mn-Fr

[edit] References

  1. ^ American Dad DVD news: Details for American Dad - Volume 3 | TVShowsOnDVD.com
  2. ^ American Dad DVD news: Press Release for American Dad - Volume 3 | TVShowsOnDVD.com
  3. ^ http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/8625432/American-Dad-Season-4/Product.html

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Preceded by
Survivor: All-Stars
2004		 American Dad!
Super Bowl lead-out program
2005		 Succeeded by
Grey's Anatomy
2006
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