American Dad!
Adult animationAnimation aimed squarely at grown-ups.This show: 10/10SatiricalComedy sharpened into social and political critique.This show: 8/10Long-runnerA show whose sheer longevity shapes how it's watched.This show: 8/10AbsurdistSurreal, logic-bending comedy.This show: 8/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10SitcomClassic comedy rhythm, multi-camera or single.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Seth MacFarlaneWendy SchaalScott GrimesRachael MacFarlaneDee Bradley BakerJeff Fischer
Written by
Seth MacFarlaneMike BarkerMatt Weitzman
Starring
Seth MacFarlaneWendy SchaalScott GrimesRachael MacFarlaneDee Bradley BakerJeff Fischer
Written by
Seth MacFarlaneMike BarkerMatt Weitzman
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American Dad! Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | ||
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| S1 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.6 | ||
| S2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 8.0 | ||||||
| S3 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.8 | |||||||||
| S4 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | |||||
| S5 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 8.2 | |||||||
| S6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 6.9 | ||||||
| S7 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.2 | |||||||
| S8 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 7.5 | ||||||
| S9 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.0 | ||
| S10 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 4.0 | 6.7 | ||||||||||
| S11 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.0 | |||
| S12 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 7.3 | |||
| S13 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.0 | |||
| S14 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.2 | |||||
| S15 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 7.7 | |
| S16 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.5 | |||
| S17 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.3 | |||
| S18 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.0 | |||
| S19 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 7.4 | |||
| S20 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 7.2 | ||||||||||||||
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About
"Suburban satire that mutated into pure gonzo absurdity"
American Dad! follows Stan Smith, a gung-ho CIA agent, his exasperated family, a wisecracking alien named Roger, and a goldfish with a German man's brain trapped in his body. It started as a Bush-era political satire but quickly mutated into something weirder: absurdist, plot-driven episodes that go to strange places fast. The pace is manic, the humor swings from sharp to deliberately dumb, and Roger's ever-changing personas often steal the show. It's less consistent than its creator's other work but has carved out a loyal following for its willingness to get bizarre.
Watch it for
Roger the alien's unhinged personas, which turn every episode into a new costume party.
Maybe skip if
you want tight satire rather than increasingly random, high-concept plots.
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All Seasons
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Season 12005
7.428K238h 26m
From the delightfully twisted creative minds behind 'Family Guy' comes 'American Dad', the animated tour de force featuring CIA operative Stan Smith, his outrageous family and Roger, the alcoholic extraterrestrial who lives with them! Follow the adventures of the Smiths from the California desert, where Stan's wife, Francine, relives her teenage years at the Burning Man festival, to Saudi Arabia, where the entire family is sentenced to death by the Vice and Virtue Police! Whether it's rigging elections, erasing memories, casing sleazy strip clubs, or staging "bum fights", it's all in a day's work for Stan, and it's all here in the side-splittingly hilarious first season of 'American Dad'!
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Season 22005
7.519K196h 55m
Terrorists (and all you bed-wetting hippie-liberal types) beware! Ultra-right-wing C.I.A. agent Stan Smith is back, taking names, and, well, you know the rest. Join Stan, along with his hilariously off-beat family, as he spans the globe to make the world safe for democracy! If you are ready to support your country, and if you're ready for a widly outrageous animated farce from Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman and Seth MacFarlane, the creative mastermind behind Family Guy, you're ready for American Dad! Volume two. God bless America.
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Season 32006
7.716K165h 52m
C.I.A. weapons expert Stan Smith is back, keeping the homeland secure while alienating his family and terrorising his neighbours in the process. Whether he's saddling up for a mad cow cattle drive or destroying evidence of President Bush's drunken debauchery, Stan does whatever it takes to ensure domestic tranquility and make the world safe for democracy of the ultra-right-wing variety! Join the Smith family and Roger, their alcoholic pet alien, for this hilarious Volume Three of 'American Dad!' God Bless America!
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Season 42007
7.418K207h 36m
Attention, terrorists, pinkos, and hippies: your days are numbered! CIA Agent Stan Smith is back, stopping at nothing to make the world safe for right-wing democracy and provide for his outrageously dysfunctional extended family. Amid botched kidnappings and beefcake body doubles, Stan hosts a torturously funny CIA telethon; his wife, Francine, is reunited with her ex-fiance; and resident-alien Roger hosts a booze-soaked spring break that may just push favorite son Steve all the way through puberty. God bless American Dad!
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Season 52008
7.717K186h 33m
The hilarious, over-the-top adventures of CIA Agent Stan Smith - a red-white-and-blue-blooded, one-man war on terror - and his delightfully dysfunctional family. Volume Five celebrates that great American pastime - revenge! Steve and his friends strike back at Bar Mitzvah boy - Etan Cohen for stealing Steve's girlfriend, Francine puts Stan through the ringer when she finds out he's picked a back-up wife, and Roger unleashes deadly hotdog havoc throughout Langley Falls - all in the name of good old-fashioned vengeance. Getting even is the American way, so don't get mad...get American Dad!
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Season 62009
7.516K197h 6m
Trigger-happy CIA operative Stan Smith will stop at nothing to defend everything that makes this country great – from strip bars to that most sacred of American institutions, crack cocaine! Whether he's trading brains with a racehorse or rescuing Roger from bloodthirsty revolutionaries, Stan will do whatever it takes to secure the blessings of liberty in this over-the-top salute to the greatest nation on Earth.
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Season 72010
7.516K186h 36m
It's a time once again to let it all hang out with an all-new volume of animated outrageousness! From the disturbed comic minds of Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, comes the always insane adventures of CIA operative Stan Smith and his wonderfully twisted family. In the 100th episode, Hayley elopes with Jeff! Other episodes include Stan on jury duty, Steve walking in on his amorous parents, Roger dating Steve's best friend, and yet another American Dad Christmas classic. Plus, there are serial killers, Turkish amphetamines, and evil clones! So, you know, the usual!
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Season 82011
7.416K197h 6m
Let your American freak flag fly when you watch this all-new collection of outrageous episodes from the comic minds of Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. Follow the adventures of CIA operative Stan Smith's quirky family as they deal with Stan and Francine's killer hot tub, Steve's lucky panties, Hayley and Jeff adopting an evil child, and Roger wrestling his way into the record books. Loaded with celebrity guest voices, including Sarah Michelle Gellar, CeeLo Green, Alyson Hannigan, Patrick Stewart, Amy Sedaris and more, American Dad! Volume 8 is a star-powered salute to patriotic parody and hardcore hilarity!
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Season 92012
7.319K238h 14m
Take a “Stan" against boring, bipartisan comedy with this all-new collection of hilariousuncensored American Dadl episodes from the infinitely creative minds of Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. This outrageous assortment finds Stan and Klaus switching bodies, Steve joining a boy band, Jeff being held prisoner in space, and Roger falling hard for his latest crush...Hayley!
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Season 102013
6.712K155h 30m
Belly-laugh up to the bar, folks… and satisfy your thirst for hilarity with the all-new collection of uncensored American Dad! episodes from the spirited minds of Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. Loaded with celebrity guest voices, including Mariah Carey, Terry Crews, Mark Cuban, Zooey Deschanel, Danny Glover and Olivia Wilde, this intoxicating assortment finds Stan fired from the CIA, Francine haunted by a sex-starved ghost, Steve kidnapped by a Christmas demon, and Roger and Klaus on a 100,000-mile road trip. Please watch responsibly.
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Season 112014
7.314K227h 42m
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Season 122014
7.013K227h 42m
Get ready for full-scale hilarity and huge laughs with this all-new collection of American Dad! episodes from the comically oversized minds of Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman and Family Guy Creator Seth MacFarlane. Bulging with celebrity guest voices, including Kristin Chenoweth, Ted Danson, Kim Kardashian, Dean Norris, Mickey Rooney and Uma Thurman, this outrageous assortment finds Stan miniaturized after seeing a shrink, Steve embraces his inner lesbian, Roger crushing on a crash-landed alien , and the return of Jeff from space?.
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Season 132016
7.012K227h 42m
Run for your lives! Or better yet, "Stan" your ground and enjoy this all-new collection of American Dad! episodes from the explosive comic minds of Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. Stuffed with celebrity guest voices, including Billy Bob Thornton, Joan Cusack, Sam Elliott, Oliver Platt, and not heavy metal rock god James Hetfield, this hilarious assortmend finds the Smith family in a flood of trouble aboard Stan's modern-day ark, a time-travelling Steve trying to save his cool future self, Roger deciding to quit all his personas, and everyone fighting to survive the post-apocalyptic 200th episode.
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Season 142016
7.211K207h
Celebrate the wit, wisdom and wild absurdity of your favorite all-American family with this all-new collection of American Dad! episodes. Crammed with celebrity guest voices, including Susan Sarandon, Jennifer Coolidge, Alfred Molina, Allison Janney and Danny Trejo, this sidesplitting assortment finds Stan shooting his mouth off in the Old West, Francine transformed into a sexy super-spy, Steve spellbound by a book of witchcraft, Jeff reborn as a full human, and Roger having a very fishy affair...with Klaus!
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Season 152017
6.912K248h 3m
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Season 162019
6.810K227h 42m
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Season 172020
6.812K227h 42m
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Season 182021
6.910K227h 42m
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Season 192022
6.97K227h 42m
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Season 202023
6.92K144h 2m
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Season 222026
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Season 23
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Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Seth MacFarlane Roger the Alien, Stan Smith, Greg Corbin
Wendy Schaal Francine Smith, Francine Smith as Sexpun T'Come, Becky
Scott Grimes Steve Smith, Midget Assassin, Frat Guy
Rachael MacFarlane Hayley Smith, Barb Hanson, Hayley Smith as Ms. Peacenickel
Dee Bradley Baker Klaus, Monopoly Hobo, Pillow Hands McGraw
Jeff Fischer Jeff Fischer, Camp Sniper, Donnie
Curtis Armstrong Snot Lonstein, Eli Weisel, Snot as S' Assistant
Patrick Stewart Avery Bullock, Avery Bullock as B, Avery Bullock Sr.
Kevin Michael Richardson Principal Lewis, Billy, Nameless Bum
Mike Barker Terry Bates, Sanders, Chuck White
Crew
Matt Weitzman
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