List of American Dad! Episodes
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American Dad is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman, for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Set in the fictional town of Langley Falls, Virginia, the series centers on the eccentric Smith family and their three housemates. The Smith family consists of title character Stan, Francine, Hayley, and Steve, and their three housemates are Roger, an alien whom Stan has rescued from government capture and harbors in the family's attic; Jeff Fischer, Hayley's boyfriend and eventual husband; and Klaus, the family's pet who is really an East German man trapped in a fish's body.
Since its debut on February 6, 2005, American Dad! has broadcast 219 episodes. The series' 11th season was its final season to air on Fox. The show moved to the cable network TBS beginning with the 15-episode 12th season. On November 18, 2014, TBS ordered a 22-episode 13th season, bringing the total number of episodes to 212. On August 27, 2015, TBS announced it had picked up American Dad! for a 14th and 15th season of 22 episodes each, bringing the total number of episodes up to 256.
The 14th season premiered on November 7, 2016.
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
1 | 7 | February 6, 2005 | June 19, 2005 | Fox | |
2 | 16 | September 11, 2005 | May 14, 2006 | ||
3 | 19 | September 10, 2006 | May 20, 2007 | ||
4 | 16 | September 30, 2007 | May 18, 2008 | ||
5 | 20 | September 28, 2008 | May 17, 2009 | ||
6 | 18 | September 27, 2009 | May 16, 2010 | ||
7 | 19 | October 3, 2010 | May 22, 2011 | ||
8 | 18 | September 25, 2011 | May 13, 2012 | ||
9 | 19 | September 30, 2012 | May 12, 2013 | ||
10 | 20 | September 29, 2013 | May 18, 2014 | ||
11 | 3 | September 14, 2014 | September 21, 2014 | ||
12 | 15 | October 20, 2014 | June 1, 2015 | TBS | |
13 | 22 | January 25, 2016 | June 27, 2016 | ||
14 | 22 | November 7, 2016 | TBA |
Episodes
Season 1 (2005)
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Ron Hughart | Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman | February 6, 2005 | 1AJN01 | 15.10 |
2 | 2 | "Threat Levels" | Brent Woods | David Zuckerman | May 1, 2005 | 1AJN02 | 9.47 |
3 | 3 | "Stan Knows Best" | Pam Cooke | Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman | May 8, 2005 | 1AJN03 | 8.23 |
4 | 4 | "Francine's Flashback" | Caleb Meurer & Brent Woods | Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz | May 15, 2005 | 1AJN05 | 7.84 |
Season 2 (2005–06)
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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8 | 1 | "Bullocks to Stan" | Brent Woods | Alison McDonald | September 11, 2005 | 1AJN09 | 7.83 |
Stan finds Deputy Director Bullock, his supervisor, starting a relationship with Hayley. However, he cannot risk saying or doing anything about it because he's up for a promotion at the CIA. He tries to make Jeff tougher so Hayley will take him back, but the plan backfires when Hayley dumps Bullock and takes Jeff back, leading Bullock to order Stan to kill Jeff in order to get his promotion. Meanwhile, Steve finds Dick Cheney's BlackBerry and uses the contact numbers to play pranks on political figures. | |||||||
9 | 2 | "A Smith in the Hand" | Pam Cooke | David Hemingson | September 18, 2005 | 1AJN10 | 8.60 |
Upon finding out that Steve's school is giving a sex education class, Stan volunteers to teach a more wholesome and clean class himself. Stan has never masturbated prior to this and teaches Steve that it is wrong. However, after getting a groin injury and having to rub ointment on himself, he discovers masturbation and becomes addicted to it. Meanwhile, Roger turns the attic into a bar after Hayley accuses him of wasting his life by eating junk food and watching trashy reality TV shows. | |||||||
10 | 3 | "All About Steve" | Mike Kim | Chris McKenna & Matt McKenna | September 25, 2005 | 1AJN08 | 7.63 |
Stan discovers and is ashamed of Steve's geekiness and disowns him, but the stress of this causes damage to Stan's body, causing him to physically revert into a nerd. When Steve breaks the code of a cyber-terrorist, the two must unite to save the world, and Stan comes to accept that nerds can do "macho" jobs such as antiterrorism. Meanwhile, Roger tries to find a suitable way to interact with the outside world. | |||||||
11 | 4 | "Con Heir" | Albert Calleros | Steve Hely | October 2, 2005 | 1AJN11 | 7.43 |
After his father's death, Stan reveals to his family that the man they called Grandpa was not their grandfather. Meanwhile, Steve goes out with his pseudo-grandfather's elderly friend. | |||||||
12 | 5 | "Stan of Arabia: Part 1" | Rodney Clouden | Nahnatchka Khan | November 6, 2005 | 1AJN12 | 7.30 |
After doing a terrible job standing in for Jay Leno at Bullock's anniversary roast, Stan is reassigned to Saudi Arabia. While his family except Steve begins to go through hell, Stan discovers all of his greatest fantasies come true under the male-dominated society. | |||||||
13 | 6 | "Stan of Arabia: Part 2" | Anthony Lioi | Carter Bays & Craig Thomas | November 13, 2005 | 1AJN13 | 7.74 |
Stan has renounced his American citizenship to live in Saudi Arabia, though his family finds themselves in their own awkward situations that lead them to getting sentenced to death by stoning. Meanwhile, Roger is wooed by an Arab prince. | |||||||
Season 3 (2006–07)
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Season 4 (2007–08)
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Season 5 (2008–09)
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The animation and opening sequence was changed starting with this season.
American Dad! (Season 5)
Season 6 (2009–10)
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This is the first season of American Dad to be broadcast in High Definition starting with the 5AJNxx production line (Episode 10) in midseason 2010.
American Dad! (Season 6)
Season 7 (2010–11)
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Season 8 (2011–12)
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Season 9 (2012–13)
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Season 10 (2013–14)
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Season 11 (2014)
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Season 12 (2014–15)
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Season 13 (2016)
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Season 14 (2016)
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