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{{short description|American animated sitcom}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = American dad logo.svg
| genre                = [[Animated sitcom]]<ref name="ZapOverview">{{Cite web |title=American Dad |url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/american-dad/SH007164450000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805023333/http://zap2it.com/tv/american-dad/SH007164450000/ |archive-date=August 5, 2016 |access-date=April 22, 2018 |website=[[Zap2it]]}}</ref>
| creator              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Seth MacFarlane]]
* [[Mike Barker (producer)|Mike Barker]]
* [[Matt Weitzman]]
}}
| voices               = {{Plainlist|
* Seth MacFarlane
* [[Wendy Schaal]]
* [[Scott Grimes]]
* [[Rachael MacFarlane]]
* [[Dee Bradley Baker]]
* [[Jeff Fischer (actor)|Jeff Fischer]]
}}
| opentheme            = {{Theme song|"Good Morning, USA"|Seth MacFarlane}}
| endtheme             = "Good Morning, USA"<br />(instrumental)
| theme_music_composer = [[Walter Murphy]]
| composer             = {{Plainlist|
* Walter Murphy
* [[Joel McNeely]]
* [[Ron Jones (composer)|Ron Jones]]
}}
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 21
| num_episodes         = 388
| list_episodes        = List of American Dad! episodes
| executive_producer   = {{Plainlist|
* Seth MacFarlane
* Mike Barker
* Matt Weitzman
* Brian Boyle
* Kenny Schwartz
* Rick Wiener
* [[David Zuckerman (TV producer)|David Zuckerman]]
* [[Richard Appel]]
* [[Nahnatchka Khan]]
* [[David A. Goodman]]
* Erik Sommers
* [[Steve Callaghan]]
* Jordan Blum
* Zachary Rosenblatt
* Joe Chandler
* Nic Wegener
* Joel Kuwahara
* Jeff Mednikow
}}
| producer             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Kara Vallow]]
* Diana Ritchey
* [[Zac Moncrief]]
* [[Michael Rowe (screenwriter)|Michael Rowe]]
* Brian LoSchiavo
}}
| editor               = Rob DeSales
| runtime              = 21–24 minutes
| company              = {{plainlist|
* Underdog Productions
* [[Fuzzy Door Productions]]
* [[20th Television]]{{efn|Credited as 20th Century Fox Television through season 17}} {{small|(seasons 1–18)}}
* [[20th Television Animation]]{{efn|Animation service through season 18; credited as Fox Television Animation through season 17}} {{small|(season 19–present)}}
}}
| network              = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2005|2|6}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2014|9|21}}
| first_aired3         = <!--Only insert start date after the first episode has aired. {{Start date|2026}} -->
| network2             = [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]
| first_aired2         = {{Start date|2014|10|20}}
| last_aired2          = {{End date|2025|03|24}}
}}

'''''American Dad!''''' is an American [[animated sitcom]] created by [[Seth MacFarlane]], [[Mike Barker (producer)|Mike Barker]] and [[Matt Weitzman]] for the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]]. The series premiered on February 6, 2005, following [[Super Bowl XXXIX]], with the rest of the [[American Dad! (season 1)|first season]] airing from May 1 of the same year. The show centers around the [[List of American Dad! characters|Smiths]], a [[dysfunctional family]] consisting of parents [[Stan Smith (American Dad!)|Stan]] and [[Francine Smith|Francine]], their children, [[Hayley Smith (American Dad!)|Hayley]] and [[Steve Smith (American Dad!)|Steve]], as well as a [[goldfish]] named [[Klaus Heisler|Klaus]] and an [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]] named [[Roger (American Dad!)|Roger]]. In the [[100 A.D. (American Dad!)|seventh season]], Hayley's boyfriend (turned husband) [[Jeff Fischer (American Dad!)|Jeff Fischer]] joined the main cast, followed by [[Rogu (American Dad!)|Rogu]], Roger's [[neoplasm|neoplastic]] son who joined in [[American Dad! (season 15)#ep250|season fifteen]]. Unlike MacFarlane's other show, ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''American Dad!'' does not lean as heavily on the use of [[Cutaway (filmmaking)|cutaway gags]], instead deriving its humor mostly from the quirky characters and their relationships. 

The show was conceived by MacFarlane and Weitzman after the two were inspired by the [[2000 United States presidential election]], and Fox Broadcasting ordered a pilot presentation of the series in September 2003. ''American Dad!'' was the first series made specifically for Fox's [[Animation Domination]] block. The series moved to [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]] for its twelfth season in 2014 until the conclusion of its twenty-first season in March 2025. It will return to Fox for its twenty-second season in early 2026 and was renewed through its twenty-fifth season on the network.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Porter |first1=Rick |title=How an "Opportunistic" Fox Reclaimed 'American Dad!' After 10 Seasons on TBS |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/how-fox-landed-american-dad-after-tbs-run-1236213457/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=16 May 2025 |date=12 May 2025}}</ref>

''American Dad!'' has received generally positive reviews and has been nominated for numerous awards. In June 2013, it was awarded as top television series by the [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]]. It has also been nominated for four [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] and two [[Annie Awards]].<!-- Per [[MOS:LEAD]] if cited in article prose, citation is not required for lead. -->