"American Dad!" (2005) TV series 2005-????

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Creators:

Mike Barker
Seth MacFarlane
Matt Weitzman

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | unknown

Release Date:

6 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

From the creator of "Family Guy" comes a man who will stop at nothing to protect his country.

Plot:

The random escapades of Stan Smith, an extreme right wing CIA agent dealing with family life and keeping America safe, all in the most absurdist way possible.

Plot Keywords:

CIA | Goldfish | Alien | German | CIA Agent

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 9 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Nov. 8	7:30 PM	Fox	Man in the Moonbounce	#5.5
Fri. Nov. 13	11:30 PM	TOON	Surro-Gate	#3.7

Cast

Seth MacFarlane	...	Stan Smith / ... (84 episodes, 2005-2009)
Wendy Schaal	...	Francine Smith / ... (84 episodes, 2005-2009)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Klaus / ... (84 episodes, 2005-2009)
Scott Grimes	...	Steve Smith / ... (83 episodes, 2005-2009)
Rachael MacFarlane	...	Hayley Smith / ... (83 episodes, 2005-2009)
Mike Barker	...	Terry / ... (50 episodes, 2005-2009)

Runtime:

30 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Ireland:12 (some episodes) | UK:12 | Ireland:15 (some episodes) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-13 (DVD) | New Zealand:M (season 3) | Canada:G (Quebec) (DVD rating) | USA:TV-PG (some episodes)

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Klaus's voice is based on Peter Lorre.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In one episode Toshi marries the Russian mail order bride. Yet he claimed in an earlier episode he had an arranged marriage waiting for him in his homeland.

Quotes:

Newspaper Headline: Israel pulls out of Gaza; Gaza not pregnant.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: The Italian Bob (#17.8)" (2005)

Is To Family Guy What Futurama Is To The Simpsons

Seth MacFarlane proves he's not a one trick pony with his innovative follow up to the smash hit Family Guy. American Dad! is unfortunately misunderstood as a rip off of it's own predecessor but it is by far not. American Dad! is completely different to Family Guy the only similarities are the art and the amount of characters.

While Family Guy focuses on random humour and pop culture references American Dad! takes satirical aim at politics and has many qualities that make me prefer it over Family Guy. Unlike Family Guy, American Dad! follows one plot line and one sub plot without random things popping in and out. That already makes it extremely different from Family Guy which has lately been following 3 or 4 sub plots per episode with the random pop-ins. This show is great because it throws every stereotype and every exaggeration of a Rebublican and a Democrat and forces them to live in the same house together.

Again for those comparing it to Family Guy I will elaborate on the character differences. Peter Griffin is a pop culture obsessed dim wit while Stan Smith is an overly republican jerk who is racist, homophobic, and overly patriotic. Lois Griffin is a caring wife whose party girl side is always coming out while Francine Smith doesn't enjoy the spotlight and does basically whatever Stan tells her. Chris Griffin is a slow, stupid, lummox while Steve Smith is a sex crazed, nerdy teenager who o thinks he's cool. Meg Griffin is a lonely, near suicidal loser, while Haylie Smith is a pot smoking, liberal, who will save a cat before her father. Stewie Griffin is a possibly homosexual baby bent on world domination while Roger is a fruity, television addicted, alien who doesn't shut up. Brian Griffin is an alcoholic, witty dog while Klaus is a sex crazed, loud, obnoxious, German fish.

American Dad! has been pretty successful for the two seasons it's been on and i look very forward to watching it's third one this fall however due to the return of King Of The Hill and the moronic time-slot for The Sarah Connor Chronicles American Dad! will air Sundays at 7:30 which is dead air time and may face unfair cancellation next year hmmm just like Futurama...weird.