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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.
The series is currently in its fifth season, which premiered on September 27, 2009. It has been officially renewed for a sixth season; renewals are made ahead of time in order to facilitate the extensive production line of animated shows. Since January 2008, Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim program block reaired the show’s syndication.
The show centers around the domestic life of it’s nominal title character, Stan Smith, a staunchly conservative Republican CIA agent, and self-proclaimed uber-patriot. He is married to Francine Smith, a fairly ditzy housewife who is trying to make up for a wild youth. Their two children are Hayley Smith a passionately left-wing college-aged activist, and Steve Smith, an awkward teenage geek. The Smith family is also in posessesion of two bizarre nonhumans — Roger, an escaped alien from Area 51 who Stan is covertly housing in defiance of his employer, and Klaus, a goldfish whom the CIA implanted with the brain of an East German Olympic skier.
Plots generally center around the misadventures of various family members in their respective realms. Reoccurring themes include Stan’s desire to see Steve mature “properly,” Roger’s desires to establish a life outside of the house, and Hayley’s desire to rebel against her father’s politics.
Opening sequence
Similar to other animated shows’ opening sequences, American Dad! features a recurring gag that is changed for every episode, like The Simpsons’ couch gag and Bart Simpson’s chalkboard punishments.
This originally took the form of a newspaper headline, usually a topical, satirical joke directed at the United States Government, the media, or current affairs. Examples include “Child obesity up, pedophilia down” (“Four Little Words”), “Economy turns corner, falls down stairs” (“Roger Codger”), or “Bush finally gets joke about last name” (“Deacon Stan, Jesus Man”). A notable exception is the episode “Office Spaceman”, which has the headline, “ALIEN SPOTTED!” (featuring a picture of Roger on the front page) that shifts the sequence directly into the episode itself.
As of season 4, the opening sequence has been replaced, starting with the episode “1600 Candles”. While featuring the same music, most of the interaction with the family has been changed. Replacing the newspaper gag used in the first three seasons is Roger popping up next to Stan in the family’s SUV to sing the final “Good Morning, U.S.A.!”, wearing a different costume each time. Roger’s sudden appearance causes Stan to end the sequence by crashing into the flagpole at the C.I.A. building.
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