American Dad! (Season 1)
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| American Dad! (season 1) | ||
| DVD box set for Volume 1 | ||
| Country of origin | United States | |
| No. of episodes | 7 | |
| Release | ||
| Original network | Fox | |
| Original run | February 6 – June 19, 2005 | |
| Season chronology | ||
| Next → Season 2 | ||
| List of American Dad! episodes | ||
American Dad!'s first season aired from February 6 to June 19, 2005, and consisted of seven episodes. The season is included within the Volume One DVD box set, which was released on April 25, 2006. Nineteen episodes were produced during the first production cycle with production numbers 1AJNxx. However, to continue running episodes for the full season (23 episodes) that began earlier than normal (May versus September) four episodes from the second production cycle (2AJNxx episodes) were aired.
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[edit] Reception
[edit] Pilot
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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[edit] Episodes
- See also: List of American Dad! episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Ron Hughart | Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman | February 6, 2005 | 1AJN01 | 15.10 |
| CIA agent Stan Smith helps his geeky son, Steve Smith, get the attention of a cheerleader by rigging the student council elections in his favor. Meanwhile, Roger (an extraterrestrial living with the Smiths) gets angry when Stan's wife, Francine, cuts off his junk food supply in fearing he might be getting fat and turns to helping Hayley (the community college-attending, socially liberal daughter of the family) finish her term papers in exchange for sweets. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Threat Levels" | Brent Woods | David Zuckerman | May 1, 2005 | 1AJN02 | 9.47 |
| After a deadly virus scare, Francine wishes to do more with her life and becomes a realtor, making Stan feel insecure and unmanly. Meanwhile, Hayley uses one of the houses in her mother's portfolio to set up a homeless shelter, but fights over it with Steve who, initially, wanted to use the house to videotape teenage girls flashing their breasts and "going wild", but teams up with Stan to start a bum fight club. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Stan Knows Best" | Pam Cooke | Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman | May 8, 2005 | 1AJN03 | 8.23 |
| Hayley moves out of the house – and into her boyfriend's van – after having enough of Stan's harsh rules. Meanwhile, Steve claims that Roger is his horribly disfigured burn-victim sister in order to gain sympathy from and ask out a girl to the school dance (and to get her bra on a dare). | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Francine's Flashback" | Caleb Meurer & Brent Woods | Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz | May 15, 2005 | 1AJN05 | 7.84 |
| After forgetting their anniversary, Stan arranges to have the last 20 hours of Francine's memory erased, but a bungling technician accidentally erases 20 years, making Francine think she's a wild and carefree teenager from 1985. Meanwhile, a popular girl will only date Steve if someone goes out with her ugly best friend, Jewel – who finds a mate in a reluctant Roger. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Roger Codger" | Albert Calleros | Dan Vebber | June 5, 2005 | 1AJN04 | 6.09 |
| When Roger slips into a coma after being excoriated by Stan, the Smiths think he is dead and dispose of his body. While the family copes with their "loss", with Francine becoming an atheist, and Steve disowning Stan, Roger awakens in a landfill and journeys home with an old, racist woman who thinks Roger is one of her elderly friends | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Homeland Insecurity" | Rodney Clouden | Neal Boushell & Sam O'Neal | June 12, 2005 | 1AJN06 | 6.85 |
| Stan learns his new neighbors are Iranian and immediately suspects that they are terrorists. Meanwhile, Roger tries to discover any hidden alien powers he may have while Steve is left at the mercy of the Scout Rangers, and Francine tries to reconnect with her neighbors. | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Deacon Stan, Jesus Man" | John Aoshima | Nahnatchka Khan | June 19, 2005 | 1AJN07 | 6.55 |
| Stan, wanting to beat his rival at something, volunteers to become a replacement deacon against him after the previous deacon dies. Meanwhile, Roger is going through his reproductive cycle and, in the process, accidentally impregnates Steve. | |||||||
