American Dad!'s tenth season began airing on the Fox network on September 29, 2013, at 9:30/8:30c. This will be the final season to be broadcast on Fox, as the series is scheduled to move to TBS for its eleventh season in late 2014. On August 2, 2013, it was announced that Mariah Carey will guest voice-star as a redneck character in the show's impending 10th season. On September 24, 2013, Variety and Entertainment Weekly articles reported that Kim Kardashian will guest voice-star as an alien in the 10th season of American Dad! Kardashian's episode is slated to air late in the season. In this episode, the spaceship of Kardashian's alien character crash-lands in the town of Langley Falls. The alien then falls hard for her fellow extraterrestrial Roger. Additional guest voice starring celebrities for American Dad!'s 10th season include Zooey Deschanel, Olivia Wilde, Stanley Tucci and Alison Brie.
C.I.A. Agent Stan Smith is constantly fighting off terrorists who threaten the safety of the USA (sometimes causing more harm than good). His wife Francine is an average house wife with two kids, Hayley, Stan's only daughter, an average rebellious teenager and Steve, Stan's only son, a geek who enjoys Dungeons and Dragons, gaming and comic book conventions. Then there's Roger, the home's illegal (space) alien who the Smith's are keeping protected. Last but not least, there's Klaus, the Smith's wisecracking talking fish (swapped from his human body years ago by the CIA).
C.I.A. Agent Stan Smith is constantly fighting off terrorists who threaten the safety of the USA (sometimes causing more harm than good). His wife Francine is an average house wife with two kids, Hayley, Stan's only daughter, an average rebellious teenager and Steve, Stan's only son, a geek who enjoys Dungeons and Dragons, gaming and comic book conventions. Then there's Roger, the home's illegal (space) alien who the Smith's are keeping protected. Last but not least, there's Klaus, the Smith's wisecracking talking fish (swapped from his human body years ago by the CIA).
American Dad!'s ninth season debuted on the Fox network on September 30, 2012, at 9:30/8:30c, and concluded on May 12, 2013. Guest stars for the season include Mariah Carey, Rupert Grint, Jon Hamm, Alison Brie, Nathan Fillion, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Will Forte, Charlie Day, Shaun White, Wayne Brady, Michelle Dockery & frequent guest star Patrick Stewart. Episode plots include Jeff being stranded on an alien space ship, Klaus finding his human body, Roger becoming Stan's stepfather and Hayley getting a job as a bar singer for Roger, etc. The episode "Minstrel Krampus" was scheduled to air on December 16, 2012, but was replaced by a repeat of "Wheels & the Legman and the Case of Grandpa's Key" out of sensitivity for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. To compensate for this, they aired the episode "National Treasure 4: Baby Franny: She's Doing Well: The Hole Story" early. "Minstrel Krampus" has since been rescheduled for the following season.
American Dad!'s eighth season debuted on the Fox network on September 25, 2011, and concluded on May 13, 2012. On February 23, 2011, it was announced that the series had been renewed for an eighth production cycle. During the season, Roger travels to the Middle East to support the troops and meets Ricky Martin, Francine gets jealous with Stan's old flame and starts a catchphrase legacy, The Smith family adopts a new puppy and buys a new hot tub, Stan is cursed to living life as an old man, and attempts to fulfill his dream of being a best man by making Principal Lewis marry the school's superintendent, Hayley and Jeff adopting a demon baby, and makes a bet with Stan that he and Francine can live on minimum wage for a month. Guest stars of the season include Cee Lo Green, Gabourey Sidibe, Kristen Schaal, Sarah Natochenny, Anjelica Huston, Elisabeth Shue, Andrea Martin, Scott Foley, Sharon Lawrence, Sarah Michelle Gellar, David Boreanaz, Michael Peña and Emily Deschanel. Also, the hurricane-themed crossover episode titled, Hurricane! with The Cleveland Show and Family Guy that would have aired the previous season but was postponed due to tornadoes in the South, aired October 2.
American Dad!'s seventh season began airing on October 3, 2010. It ended after 19 episodes on May 22, 2011. Guest stars of this season include Jason Alexander, Sarah Chalke, Hector Elizondo, Anthony Michael Hall, Hayden Panettiere, Lou Diamond Phillips and Burt Reynolds. The season premiered in the United Kingdom, on FX on Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 9:30pm.
American Dad!'s sixth season premiered on Fox on September 27, 2009. The season consists of nine episodes from production line four and nine from production line five. The entire season was released in the Volume Six DVD box set on April 19, 2011 in Region June 1 27, 2011 in Region 2 and July 13, 2011 in Region 4. The season also marked the series move to airing in 16:9 high definition on January 3, 2010 with the episode "Don't Look a Smith Horse in the Mouth". The season initially ended its 13-episode run on February 21 with the episode "The Return of the Bling" to make room for the new Fox sitcom Sons of Tucson and was set to return to the schedule in September. However, on April 5, it was announced that Sons of Tucson was canceled after a four-episode run. The sixth season of American Dad continued with five more episodes. The season premiered in the United Kingdom, on BBC Three on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 10 pm, with a double bill.
American Dad!'s fifth season originally aired on the Fox network from September 28, 2008 to May 27, 2009. The season consisted of twenty episodes and was released as two DVD box sets and in syndication
American Dad!'s fourth season was originally shown in the USA from September 23, 2007, to May 18, 2008. The season consisted of sixteen episodes. The first half of the season is included within the Volume Three DVD box set, which was released on April 15, 2008, and the second half is included within the Volume Four DVD box set, which was released on April 28, 2009. The fourth season consisted of one 2AJNxx holdover episodes while the remaining episodes of the season were from 3AJNxx production line. Because of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, there was a shortage of episodes this season. Much like Family Guy, the episodes that were shown during the WGA strike did so without permission from Seth MacFarlane, since MacFarlane showed support for the writers by not finishing any planned episodes until the strike ended.
American Dad!'s second season aired from September 11, 2005, to May 14, 2006. The season consisted of sixteen episodes. The season is included within the Volume One DVD box set, which was released on April 25, 2006.
American Dad!'s third season aired from September 10, 2006 to May 20, 2007. The season consisted of nineteen episodes. The first half of the season is included within the Volume Two DVD box set, which was released on May 15, 2007, and the second half is included within the Volume Three DVD box set, which was released on April 15, 2008. The third season consisted of no leftover 1AJNxx 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 1AJxx. However, to continue running episodes for the full season that began earlier than normal four episodes from the second production cycle were aired.