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===Mike Barker's exit=== On November 4, 2013, it was announced that Mike Barker had departed ''American Dad!''<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 4, 2013 |title='American Dad' Co-Showrunner Mike Barker Exits Ahead of TBS Move |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/american-dad-showrunner-mike-barker-652973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109210617/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/american-dad-showrunner-mike-barker-652973 |archive-date=November 9, 2013 |access-date=November 10, 2013 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Barker had served for ten seasons as the show's co-creator/executive and producer/co-[[showrunner]]. Matt Weitzman is now serving as the show's sole showrunner. The news came as early production for season 11 commenced. {{as of|2013|November|}}, the show's production crew was developing its first four episodes for season 11, slated to begin airing on October 20, 2014, when ''American Dad!'' moved to TBS. Barker remained under an overall contract with [[20th Century Fox Television]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=October 30, 2013 |title='American Dad' Executive Producer/Co-Showrunner Mike Barker Exits |url=https://deadline.com/2013/11/american-dad-executive-producerco-showrunner-mike-barker-exits-626426/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105032825/http://www.deadline.com/2013/11/american-dad-executive-producerco-showrunner-mike-barker-exits/ |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |access-date=November 5, 2013 |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 1, 2013 |title='American Dad' Shakeup: Co-Creator Leaving Before TBS Move |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/05/american-dad-shakeup_n_4218021.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107204110/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/05/american-dad-shakeup_n_4218021.html |archive-date=November 7, 2013 |access-date=November 5, 2013 |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com}}</ref> Following Mike Barker's exit, Brian Boyle replaced him as the showrunner for the television series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wickline |first=Dan |date=November 19, 2014 |title=American Dad Is Coming Back For More |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/11/19/american-dad-is-coming-back-for-more/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122072532/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/11/19/american-dad-is-coming-back-for-more |archive-date=November 22, 2014 |access-date=November 22, 2014 |publisher=Bleedingcool.com}}</ref>
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