AmericanDad!isanAmericananimatedsitcomcreatedbySethMacFarlane,MikeBarkerandMattWeitzmanfortheFoxBroadcastingCompany.TheseriescentersontheSmiths,adysfunctionalfamilyconsistingofparentsStanandFrancineandtheirchildren,buddingadolescentSteveandnew-agehippieHayley.OthermaincharactersincludeHayley'sstonerhusbandJeffFischer;thefamily'spet,Klaus,amaninafish'sbody;andRoger,analienwhoStanhasrescuedfromgovernmentcaptureandharborsinthefamily'satticbbb
TheshowissetinthefictionaltownofLangleyFalls,VirginiaintheWashington,D.C.metroarea,whichisagestureofparodyoftheactualtownofLangley,Virginia,hometotheheadquartersoftheCIA.UnlikeitssistershowFamilyGuy,AmericanDad!doesnotusecutawaygags,butratherfocusesmoreonsituationalhumorandnonsequiturs.
SinceitsdebutonFebruary6,2005,theshowhasbroadcast136episodesandbeganairingseason8onSeptember30,2012.[1]
AmericanDad!hasbeennominatedforawards,mostprominentlytwoPrimetimeEmmyAwardsandtwoAnnieAwards.[2]AmericanDad!hasalsoreceivedmixedreviews,mirroringthereceptionofFamilyGuy,andhasbeencriticizedbywatchdoggroupssuchastheParentsTelevisionCouncil.[3]ItholdsaTV-14ratingforsuggestivedialogue(D),offensivelanguage(L),moderatetostrongsexualcontent(S),andgraphicviolence(V).
