American Dad! is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman that debuted on February 6, 2005 for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Set in the fictional town of Langley Falls, Virginia, the series centers on the eccentric Smith family. The Smith family consists of title character Stan, Francine, Hayley, Steve, Roger (an alien whom Stan has rescued from government capture and harbors in the family's attic), Jeff Fischer (Hayley's boyfriend, now husband), and Klaus (the family's pet who is really an East German man trapped by the CIA in a fish's body). The series' eleventh season was its final season to air on Fox;[1][2] the show moved to the cable network TBS beginning with the twelfth season.
On December 16, 2021, the series was renewed for its twentieth and twenty-first seasons. The twentieth season premiered on March 27, 2023.[3] As of December 18, 2023,[update] 366 episodes of American Dad! have aired, currently in its twentieth season.
