With “American Dad!” returning to Fox — and broadcast television — the show’s producers admit they’re going to have to adjust to those broadcast standards. “The only thing that we’re gonna have to get used to is no longer being able to say ‘shit’ and ‘God damn it,’” executive producer Matt Weitzman told the audience at the show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel on Saturday. “But you know what? We don’t have to find creative ways to be entertained.”
The show, entering its Season 20, recently received a whopping four-season order at Fox, alongside four-season renewals for “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” and “Bob’s Burgers” — all shows fomr 20th TV Animation. Fox originally launched the show in 2005, but after it canceled the show, TBS picked it up in 2014. After TBS opted not to renew it, Fox opted to take it back.
“I’m just super excited to be able to say that we’re gonna be making another 56 episodes of ‘American Dad,’” Weitzman said. “We’re really happy to really just be able to make more episodes. We were on Fox for eight years, and then we’re on TBS for 10 more years. And I can’t tell you how giddy I was when I found out that we’re going to be back on Fox for four more years. I thought maybe we were going to find another place for a little while, but the fact that we’re going to be back on Fox is super exciting.”
As “American Dad!” returns to Fox in 2026, Weitzman also revealed some of next season’s guest stars: Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson, Joe Mantegna, Chris Pine, Ming Na Wen, RuPaul, Wayne Newton, Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, Jonathan Frakes and Kyle Maclachlan.
Also, “American Dad” will soon hit its 400th episode and in that episode, per exec producer Matt Weitzman, Stan (voiced by creator Seth MacFarlane) nearly dies on his 400th mission — only to discover that the CIA has already replaced him with a clone. Other upcoming stories include a space anthology — three different stories that take the show out of its normal world.
This repped the first Comic-Con panel for “American Dad!” since the news that it would be returning to Fox after its lengthy run on TBS. Among those on stage: Wendy Schaal (Francine), Scott Grimes (Steve), Dee Bradley Baker (Klaus) and Jeff Fischer (Jeff), along with executive producers Weitzman and Kara Vallow and writer Nic Wegener, who served as moderator.
“American Dad!” centers on super-patriotic CIA agent Stan Smith (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) and the misadventures of his unconventional family in Langley Falls, VA. The family includes mom Francine (Wendy Schaal), left-wing activist daughter Hayley (Rachael MacFarlane), geeky-yet-confident son Steve (Scott Grimes), as well as Roger (MacFarlane), a sassy, sarcastic and routinely inappropriate space alien, and Klaus (Dee Bradley Baker), an attention-starved goldfish with the brain of a German Olympic skier.
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