Nov 7 2016
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It would be safe to say that over the 12-year run of American Dad, it’s been made fairly clear that Stan Smith is…
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Oct 20 2014
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Entering its 11th season and, as it completes its move from Fox to TBS, its second network, American Dad remains…
May 19 2014
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At least American Dad ends its run on Fox’s Animation Domination with a bang. With the network breaking up the…
May 12 2014
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“News Glance With Genevieve Vavance” is an episode of American Dad specifically designed for people as familiar with…
May 5 2014
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Given the frequency with which American Dad puts Stan and Steve into father/son conflicts, it’s probably about time…
Apr 28 2014
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Let’s start with what is unquestionably the best part of “Rubberneckers,” a delightfully creative musical episode…
Apr 14 2014
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Hayley Smith has been stuck in a consistent rut ever since American Dad had Roger send her husband Jeff into space…
Apr 7 2014
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Looking back over episode descriptions from the past few seasons, it’s been at least three years since American Dad…
Mar 30 2014
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Stan and Francine having marital troubles is a wearyingly derivative episode premise at this point. It was the…
Mar 24 2014
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I can’t count the number of new television episodes I’ve watched since the current broadcast network season began…
Mar 16 2014
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The term “stewardess” has been out-of-date for more than a few decades, so for American Dad to go full Charlie’s…
Jan 26 2014
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Episodes that revel in Stan being a jerk are among my least favorite in American Dad’s run. They utilize one of the…
Jan 13 2014
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Disneyland is a rare achievement, a location that popularized and cemented the consistent foothold of an entire…
Jan 6 2014
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Episodes of American Dad rarely wrap up in such a succinct fashion as “Vision: Impossible” does, but every now and…
Dec 16 2013
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Through some strange confluence of winter holiday television synergy, this weekend I’ve reviewed both a Christmas…
Dec 9 2013
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Using Breaking Bad as a loose inspiration for this episode was probably the only choice the American Dad writers…
Dec 2 2013
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At the very least, “Independent Movie” is a riff that lampoon hacks Jason Freidberg and Aaron Seltzer will never…
Nov 25 2013
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I’m struggling to think of an episode of American Dad in the past few years that I’ve disliked as much as I did…
Nov 11 2013
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Last week’s episode focused on the father/son relationship between Stan and Steve, so this week is a bit of smart…
Nov 4 2013
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Most of the time on American Dad Steve Smith’s less-than-manly characterization stems from his lack of sexual…