AmericanDad!isanAmericananimatedsitcomcreatedbySethMacFarlaneMikeBarkerandMattWeitzmanfortheFoxBroadcastingCompany.TheseriescentersontheSmithsadysfunctionalfamilyconsistingofparentsStanandFrancineandtheirchildrenbuddingadolescentSteveandnew-agehippieHayley.OthermaincharactersincludeHayley’sstonerhusbandJeffFischer;thefamily’spetKlausamaninafish’sbody;andRogeranalienwhoStanhasrescuedfromgovernmentcaptureandharborsinthefamily’sattic.TheshowissetinthefictionaltownofLangleyFallsVirginiaintheWashingtonD.C.metroareawhichisagestureofparodyoftheactualtownofLangleyVirginiahometotheheadquartersoftheCIA.UnlikeitssistershowFamilyGuyAmericanDad!doesnotusecutawaygagsbutratherfocusesmoreonsituationalhumorandnonsequiturs.SinceitsdebutonFebruary62005theshowhasbroadcast136episodesandbeganairingseason8onSeptember302012.[1]AmericanDad!hasbeennominatedforawardsmostprominentlytwoPrimetimeEmmyAwardsandtwoAnnieAwards.[2]AmericanDad!hasalsoreceivedmixedreviewsmirroringthereceptionofFamilyGuyandhasbeencriticizedbywatchdoggroupssuchastheParentsTelevisionCouncil.[3]ItholdsaTV-14ratingforsuggestivedialogue(D)offensivelanguage(L)moderatetostrongsexualcontent(S)andgraphicviolence(V).