American Dad
Season 20 Premiere:
TV14
Animated
Sitcom
Follows a conservative CIA agent and his eccentric family in suburban America, including an alien and a talking goldfish with the brain of a German athlete.
Cast & Crew
Seth MacFarlane Stan Smith/Roger
Wendy Schaal Francine Smith
Rachael MacFarlane Hayley Smith
Scott Grimes Steve Smith
Dee Bradley Baker Klaus
Seth MacFarlane Creator
Mike Barker Creator
Matt Weitzman Creator
Seth MacFarlane Executive Producer
Matt Weitzman Executive Producer
Brian Boyle Executive Producer
Mike Barker Executive Producer
Rick Wiener Executive Producer
Kenny Schwartz Executive Producer
Nahnatchka Khan Executive Producer
David Zuckerman Executive Producer
Jordan Blum Executive Producer
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Wednesday, December 31
Every Which Way But Lose
Season 4 • Episode 17
Steve joins a junior football team, but when Stan becomes head coach, Steve is kicked off the team;.
Wednesday, December 31
Weiner of Our Discontent
Season 4 • Episode 18
When Stan accuses Roger of being worthless, Roger confesses that he's the decider of man's fate.
Wednesday, December 31
Daddy Queerest
Season 4 • Episode 19
Terry's father doesn't know Terry is gay and has adopted a baby girl with Greg.
Wednesday, December 31
Stan's Night Out
Season 4 • Episode 20
Stan finds himself in compromising situations during a guys' night out.
Friday, January 2
In Country... Club
Season 5 • Episode 1
Steve is asked to sing the national anthem at the Langley Falls Veterans Day celebration.
Friday, January 2
Moon Over Isla Island
Season 5 • Episode 2
Stan tries to persuade the dictator of Isla to sign a treaty.
Friday, January 2
Home Adrone
Season 5 • Episode 3
Steve and his friends find and play with what they think is a video game in his father's study.
Friday, January 2
Brains, Brains and Automobiles
Season 5 • Episode 4
Hayley and Steve leave for summer fun; Francine looks forward to her newfound alone time with Stan.
Saturday, January 3
A Song of Knives and Fire
Season 17 • Episode 8
Stan and Francine inject some much-needed fire into their relationship.
Saturday, January 3
The Curious Case of the Old Hole
Season 17 • Episode 9
Wheels and the Legman try to hunt down the perpetrators who destroyed Steve's secret swimming hole.
Saturday, January 3
Gold Top Nuts
Season 17 • Episode 10
While returning from vacation, the Smith's airplane crashes and the family washes up on an island.
Saturday, January 3
The Three Fs
Season 17 • Episode 11
Francine's newfound friendship with a frog brings excitement to the whole Smith household.
Saturday, January 3
Smooshed: A Love Story
Season 17 • Episode 12
Steve goes on a class trip to Philadelphia, where he hopes to fall in love.
Saturday, January 3
The Fast and the Spurious
Season 17 • Episode 13
Roger is forced to confront himself after a series of accidents; Klaus and Jeff bond.
Saturday, January 3
A League of His Own
Season 17 • Episode 14
Steve profiles Stan for an essay contest at school; Francine uses a port-a-potty.
Saturday, January 3
You Are Here
Season 17 • Episode 15
Roger and Steve try to save a dying mall.
Saturday, January 3
I Heard You Wanna Buy Some Speakers
Season 17 • Episode 16
Barry blows out his dad's speakers and Snot helps him replace them.
Sunday, January 4
Shallow Vows
Season 5 • Episode 6
Stan takes drastic measures when Francine asks to renew their vows.
Sunday, January 4
My Morning Straitjacket
Season 5 • Episode 7
After following Hayley to a concert, Stan becomes obsessed with the band and turns into a groupie.
Monday, January 5
G-String Circus
Season 5 • Episode 8
Upset when Hayley no longer wants his advice, Stan decides to prove that she is missing out.
Monday, January 5
Rapture's Delight
Season 5 • Episode 9
Stan is furious when he cannot get a good seat at church; Francine tries to ease his frustration.
Monday, January 5
Don't Look a Smith Horse in the Mouth
Season 5 • Episode 10
Francine wants Stan to get rid of his gas-guzzling SUV; Steve tries to help an old friend.
Tuesday, January 6
Love, AD Style
Season 8 • Episode 1
When Roger hires Hayley as a singer in his new bar, he becomes enthralled by her voice.
Tuesday, January 6
Can I Be Frank With You?
Season 8 • Episode 3
Francine thinks Stan spends too much time with his friends; a boy band recruits Steve for a video.
Tuesday, January 6
American Stepdad
Season 8 • Episode 4
When Stan invites his recently widowed mother to move in, she and Roger fall in love and wed.
Tuesday, January 6
Why Can't We Be Friends?
Season 8 • Episode 5
When Stan decides that Snot isn't cool enough to be Steve's best friend, he tries to separate them.
Tuesday, January 6
A Smith in the Hand
Season 1 • Episode 9
When Steve brings home a permission slip to take sex education, Stan decides to teach the class.
Tuesday, January 6
All About Steve
Season 1 • Episode 10
When the CIA organizes a father-son baseball game, Stan is determined to win.
Wednesday, January 7
Adventures in Hayleysitting
Season 8 • Episode 6
When Steve's baby sitter is unavailable, Stan and Francine decide to leave him with Hayley.
Wednesday, January 7
National Treasure 4: Baby Franny: She's Doing Well: The Hole Story
Season 8 • Episode 7
A talk show reveals that Francine was the toddler who was rescued from a well by a firefighter.
Wednesday, January 7
Finger Lenting Good
Season 8 • Episode 8
The Smiths get drunk at Roger's Mardi Gras party and make a pact with Bullock.
Wednesday, January 7
The Adventures of Twill Ongenbone and His Boy Jabari
Season 8 • Episode 9
Francine regrets deciding to teach Roger the value of hard work; Steve interviews Stan.
Thursday, January 8
Blood Crieth Unto Heaven
Season 8 • Episode 10
When Francine invites Stan's father to a party, a dark secret about the family's past is revealed.
Thursday, January 8
Max Jets
Season 8 • Episode 11
Roger announces that Max Jets, a character who showers the Smith family with money, is returning.
Thursday, January 8
Naked to the Limit, One More Time
Season 8 • Episode 12
Roger pretends to be Jeff's imaginary friend so he can roam around the house without a disguise.
Thursday, January 8
Spelling Bee My Baby
Season 8 • Episode 14
Francine tries to rig the school spelling bee so that Steve will win.
Thursday, January 8
Hayley Was a Girl Scout?
Season 17 • Episode 17
Stan is forced to co-lead a scouts troop with Hayley while Steve blunders in his fantasy world.
Thursday, January 8
Please Please Jeff
Season 17 • Episode 18
Jeff's people-pleasing nature gets in the way of his relationship with Hayley.
Thursday, January 8
Jambalaya
Season 17 • Episode 19
When Francine successfully grows a garden, it reminds Roger he knows a recipe for jambalaya.
Thursday, January 8
Gernot and Strudel
Season 17 • Episode 20
Hoping to teach the value of sharing, the family recreates a television show from Klaus' childhood.
Thursday, January 8
Echoes
Season 17 • Episode 21
Steve starts a work-study program and discovers that not all is what it seems at Channel 3 News.
Thursday, January 8
The Grounch
Season 17 • Episode 22
When Roger has his famous Christmas sex party stolen from him, the results are monstrous.
Thursday, January 8
The Professor and the Coach
Season 18 • Episode 2
Hayley tries to help Roger write a book.
Thursday, January 8
Fellow Traveler
Season 18 • Episode 1
A lunar misstep sends Roger on an unexpected detour to New Mexico.
Thursday, January 8
Viced Principal
Season 18 • Episode 3
Steve and Principal Lewis face a dangerous situation; the rest of the family make a new friend.
Thursday, January 8
The Pleasanting at Smith House
Season 18 • Episode 4
Klaus and Jeff's friendship is threatened by Klaus' girlfriend from another realm.
Friday, January 9
The Missing Kink
Season 8 • Episode 15
Francine tries to get Stan to take on a different mission; Hayley tries to get back into dating.
Friday, January 9
The Boring Identity
Season 8 • Episode 16
When Stan gets amnesia, Francine tries to turn him into her ideal husband.
Friday, January 9
The Full Cognitive Redaction of Avery Bullock by the Coward Stan Smith
Season 8 • Episode 17
Steve is told that Deputy Director Bullock is showing signs of dementia and needs his memory erased.
Friday, January 9
Lost in Space
Season 8 • Episode 18
Jeff must prove his love for Hayley to Emperor Zing in order to find his way home.
Saturday, January 10
Stretched Thin
Season 18 • Episode 5
When Jeff finds out that the family thinks he makes terrible decisions, he decides to take a job.
Saturday, January 10
Stan Fixes a Shingle
Season 18 • Episode 8
Francine insists that Steve let her help with his school project; Stan finally fixes that shingle.
Saturday, January 10
Z.O.I.N.C.S.
Season 18 • Episode 15
Stan is missing, so the Smith gang heads to the spooky, abandoned CIA headquarters to investigate.
Saturday, January 10
Cow I Met Your Moo-ther
Season 18 • Episode 7
The judgmental voice in Hayley's head makes it impossible for her to enjoy a girls' night.
Saturday, January 10
Into the Jingleverse
Season 18 • Episode 22
Stan goes to great lengths to regain his title of King of Presents.
Saturday, January 10
Better on Paper
Season 18 • Episode 6
Stan discovers anonymous love letters written to Francine and worries about this secret admirer.
Saturday, January 10
Saving Face
Season 18 • Episode 9
In an attempt to maintain his "prime," Stan explores cosmetic solutions that could not go worse.
Saturday, January 10
Frantastic Voyage
Season 18 • Episode 10
Stan goes too far when he tries to keep his work friend away from Francine.
Saturday, January 10
A Little Mystery
Season 18 • Episode 11
Hayley makes Jeff get a friend to add some mystery to their relationship.
Saturday, January 10
Don't You Be My Neighbor
Season 18 • Episode 12
The Smiths get new neighbors; Roger dreads having to be a little boy's kite for a day.
Sunday, January 11
Steve and Snot's Test-Tubular Adventure
Season 9 • Episode 1
Steve and Snot use the CIA's cloning machine to create dates for prom night.
Sunday, January 11
Poltergasm
Season 9 • Episode 2
Francine's dissatisfaction in the bedroom causes a haunting; Haley introduces her guy to the family.
Monday, January 12
Buck, Wild
Season 9 • Episode 3
Eager to prove he is no longer a child, Steve joins Stan in the annual CIA hunting trip.
Monday, January 12
Crotchwalkers
Season 9 • Episode 4
Francine teaches Steve shoplifting techniques in an effort to look cool.
Monday, January 12
Kung Pao Turkey
Season 9 • Episode 5
Francine invites her adoptive parents to Thanksgiving dinner, ruining Stan's plans.
Tuesday, January 13
Minstrel Krampus
Season 9 • Episode 8
Grandpa Jack tells Steve a story about a demon who punished naughty kids on Christmas.
Tuesday, January 13
Independent Movie
Season 9 • Episode 6
A girl distracts Steve from his mission to help his friend deal with his father's death.
Tuesday, January 13
Faking Bad
Season 9 • Episode 7
When Hayley helps Steve expand his fake ID business they must deal with another fake ID distributor.
Tuesday, January 13
Vision: Impossible
Season 9 • Episode 9
After Roger gets in an accident, he begins having visions of the future.
Tuesday, January 13
Con Heir
Season 1 • Episode 11
Jack Smith convinces Stan to quit the CIA and work for an ultrasecret spy group.
Tuesday, January 13
Stan of Arabia
Season 1 • Episode 12
Stan must plan a party for his boss's celebration, with disastrous consequences.
Wednesday, January 14
Familyland
Season 9 • Episode 10
The cryogenically frozen founder of the Familyland theme park is mistakenly thawed.
Wednesday, January 14
Cock of the Sleepwalk
Season 9 • Episode 11
Stan mistakenly unleashes a good persona who is intent on doing good deeds.
Wednesday, January 14
Introducing the Naughty Stewardesses
Season 9 • Episode 12
Roger comes up with a plan to help Steve date an attractive girl at school.
Wednesday, January 14
I Ain't No Holodeck Boy
Season 9 • Episode 13
Stan is upset that Steve and his friends don't play outside; Hayley purchases Roger's home star.
Thursday, January 15
Stan Goes on the Pill
Season 9 • Episode 14
Stan is turned into a woman when he takes an experimental drug.
Thursday, January 15
She Swill Survive
Season 9 • Episode 16
Afraid that Hayley lacks life skills, Stan makes her take a job as a bartender.
Thursday, January 15
Rubberneckers
Season 9 • Episode 17
Stan learns how to slyly check out other women; Roger and Klaus try to cover up a stain.
Thursday, January 15
Permanent Record Wrecker
Season 9 • Episode 18
When Stan is fired, he is forced to take a job at the store Steve manages.
Thursday, January 15
Productive Panic
Season 18 • Episode 13
Francine becomes an overnight sensation when a famous art dealer discovers her homemade pottery.
Thursday, January 15
Multiverse of American Dadness
Season 18 • Episode 14
Hayley searches for a runaway Steve so they can go to a Shaggy concert.
Thursday, January 15
A New Era for the Smith House
Season 18 • Episode 16
Klaus house sits for the Smiths while they are away; Roger investigates powerful winds.
Thursday, January 15
Between a Ring and a Hardass
Season 18 • Episode 17
Social Services threatens to take Steve away from the family.
Thursday, January 15
Footprints
Season 18 • Episode 18
Stan and Roger go on a mission; Jeff finally deals with the reality of losing his signature hat.
Thursday, January 15
Steve, Snot, and the Quest for the Og Four Loko
Season 18 • Episode 19
Steve and Snot go on a quest together to find a Four Loko beer to get into a party.
Thursday, January 15
The Pink Sphinx Holds Her Hearts on the Turn
Season 18 • Episode 20
Francine enters the world of poker to learn how to hide her true feelings from Steve and Hayley.
Thursday, January 15
A Little Extra Scratch
Season 18 • Episode 21
A CIA agent does anything to protect his homeland and family.
Thursday, January 15
The Grocery Store Bank
Season 19 • Episode 1
Stan, Francine and Roger concoct a plan to rob a bank but agree never to do it.
Thursday, January 15
Brown Lotus
Season 19 • Episode 2
Hayley and Jeff take a staycation at a nearby luxury resort, while the CIA is forced to rebrand.
Friday, January 16
News Glance With Genevieve Vavance
Season 9 • Episode 19
Hayley takes a job as an intern at a local news station for a reporter.
Friday, January 16
The Longest Distance Relationship
Season 9 • Episode 20
Hayley meets a millionaire who tries to help her move on from her heartbreak.
Friday, January 16
A Boy Named Michael
Season 10 • Episode 2
When Greg and Terry decide to adopt an Asian child, Roger moves into their home.
Friday, January 16
Roger Passes the Bar
Season 10 • Episode 1
After having a heart attack, Roger must sell his beloved attic bar to a restaurant chain.
Saturday, January 17
Blagsnarst, A Love Story
Season 10 • Episode 3
Roger ends up having a fling with an alien who was found in the woods.
Saturday, January 17
Blonde Ambition
Season 10 • Episode 4
Hayley decides she might get more attention if she becomes a blonde; searching for a new home.
Saturday, January 17
CIAPOW
Season 10 • Episode 5
Stan tries to prove that humans are better than robots; a slow motion race in the living room.
Saturday, January 17
Scents and Sensei-bility
Season 10 • Episode 6
Steve and Snot join a karate class; Klaus develops a horrible odor and has to be an outside pet.
Saturday, January 17
I've Got a Friend in Me
Season 19 • Episode 3
Stan and Roger end up stuck together in the worst possible way; Klaus contends with an impostor.
Saturday, January 17
Touch the Sun: A Chimborazo Adventure
Season 19 • Episode 4
The family's dream of climbing Mount Everest turns into a nightmare when Stan tries to save a buck.
Saturday, January 17
Under (and Over, and Beside) the Boardwalk
Season 19 • Episode 5
It's the grand reopening of the old Langley Falls boardwalk; no one's more pumped than the Smiths.
Saturday, January 17
The Violence of the Clams
Season 19 • Episode 6
Steve feels isolated when he dislikes a new fast food restaurant popular among his friends.
Saturday, January 17
An Adult Woman
Season 19 • Episode 7
Hayley gets involved with two Roger personas in an effort to prove that she is an adult woman.
Saturday, January 17
Piece by Piece
Season 19 • Episode 8
Steve and Stan work together to uncover Roger's personas' mysterious past.
Saturday, January 17
Idiot Rich
Season 19 • Episode 10
When Jeff unexpectedly strikes it rich, Hayley must protect Jeff from the family's greed.
Saturday, January 17
Nasty Christmas
Season 19 • Episode 9
Bullock throws a private, star-studded Christmas party the same night as the CIA work party.
Saturday, January 17
Killer Mimosa
Season 19 • Episode 11
A CIA agent will do anything to protect his homeland and family.
Saturday, January 17
The Legend of Mike Madonia, the Rototiller Man
Season 19 • Episode 12
Francine joins Tuttle's club, but he wants her gone; the family practices the power of yes.
Saturday, January 17
The Clearview Motel
Season 19 • Episode 13
Francine and Roger become addicted to peeping in on people at a mysterious motel.
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