AmericanDad!isanAmericananimatedsitcomcreatedbySethMacFarlane, MikeBarkerandMattWeitzmanfortheFoxBroadcastingCompany.TheseriescentersontheSmiths, adysfunctionalfamilyconsistingofparentsStanandFrancineandtheirchildren, buddingadolescentSteveandnew-agehippieHayley.OthermaincharactersincludeHayley’sstonerhusbandJeffFischer;thefamily’spet, Klaus, amaninafish’sbody;andRoger, analienwhoStanhasrescuedfromgovernmentcaptureandharborsinthefamily’sattic.TheshowissetinthefictionaltownofLangleyFalls, VirginiaintheWashington, D.C.metroarea, whichisagestureofparodyoftheactualtownofLangley, Virginia, hometotheheadquartersoftheCIA.UnlikeitssistershowFamilyGuy, AmericanDad!doesnotusecutawaygags, butratherfocusesmoreonsituationalhumorandnonsequiturs.SinceitsdebutonFebruary6, 2005, theshowhasbroadcast136episodesandbeganairingseason8onSeptember30, 2012.[1]AmericanDad!hasbeennominatedforawards, mostprominentlytwoPrimetimeEmmyAwardsandtwoAnnieAwards.[2]AmericanDad!hasalsoreceivedmixedreviews, mirroringthereceptionofFamilyGuy, andhasbeencriticizedbywatchdoggroupssuchastheParentsTelevisionCouncil.[3]ItholdsaTV-14ratingforsuggestivedialogue(D), offensivelanguage(L), moderatetostrongsexualcontent(S), andgraphicviolence(V).