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 "Inside the CIA", an "American Dad" short film to promote the show, seen in "Fever Pitch".  
The episode drew 5.3 million viewers, trailing "American Dad!"
by .5 million viewers to become the lowest-rated show of the evening. 
When asked what first spurred the idea for "American Dad!"
Seth MacFarlane answered, "It was right after the , and me and co-creator Matt Weitzman were so frustrated with the Bush administration that we would just spend days bitching and complaining, and we figured we should channel this into something creative and hopefully profitable."
In early February 2005, Barker stated, "About a year and a half ago, Seth called and asked if Matt and I would be interested in working on a show about a right-wing CIA agent and his liberal daughter.
It was right up our alley, and everything just fell into place."
On September 14, 2003, "Variety" reported that Fox Broadcasting had ordered a pilot presentation of the then tentatively titled "American Dad!"
and "If greenlit, "American Dad!"
could launch as early as fall 2004."
At the time, Fox was aiming to develop a new lineup of adult animated sitcoms.
"American Dad!"
had a mid-season debut.
Its first episode, titled "Pilot", was originally shown directly following Super Bowl XXXIX on February 6, 2005.
The rest of the first season, however, would not launch until May 1, 2005, on Fox's Animation Domination lineup which had its debut on that date.
Initially, it was a replacement for the originally failed series "Family Guy" (1999–2002).
"American Dad!"
was originally intended to be Fox's answer to the hordes of fans left behind from the original failure of MacFarlane's previous animated venture.
Just three short months after "American Dad!
"s debut however, "Family Guy" was revived, leaving "American Dad!"
with a formidable expectation: whether the series could distinguish itself from its counterpart and succeed on its own merits.
Instead of taking over creative direction of the series, MacFarlane left the job largely in the hands of Barker and Weitzman so as to distinguish "American Dad!
"In its early going, "American Dad!"
brought in strong ratings but fought an uphill battle in gaining widespread acceptance and approval from viewers and critics alike.
The popularity of MacFarlane and his involvement with "Family Guy" have led to foregone conclusions and prejudices against "American Dad!"
as a rip-off of the predecessor.
Many of these prejudgments have even predated "American Dad!"
Critics had already written off "American Dad!"
prior to its birth as nothing more than a pale imitation of "Family Guy" and MacFarlane's attempts to get his old show back on the air.
One example, prior to the "American Dad!"
series debut, a writer of "The Washington Post" published a piece that reads "But those same executives have also given MacFarlane a whole new animated half-hour to play with in the disappointing "American Dad!"
The new series officially premieres in May but has a sneak preview tomorrow night in the coveted post-Super Bowl time period ...
The look and pace of "American Dad!"
is the same as "Family Guy"."
In actuality, however, the program's beginnings take cues from the TV series "All in the Family," almost a farcical animated version of the live action sitcom.
Both shows make use of political satire, bigotry, ludicrous expressions of Conservatism from their paternal main character (Stan likened to Archie Bunker), and sensible expressions of Liberalism from their daughter character (Hayley likened to Gloria Stivic).
Moreover, the daughter in both series each have a Liberal hippy boyfriend turned husband (Jeff likened to Michael Stivic) of whom the daughter's Conservative father is antagonistic towards (Stan likened to Archie).
Also in both, the daughter lives in her parents' home with her boyfriend turned husband as a housemate.
"American Dad!"
in its original form was even said to have been inspired by "All in the Family".
In "American Dad!
"s initial seasons, however, MacFarlane was described as focusing more attention on his coexisting obligation of "Family Guy."
This was to the extent that "American Dad!"
was completely secondary to him, and he did not understand the show.
Because he was not getting the show at the time, he was described as "just going along for the ride."
Likewise, the rest of the show's creators Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman were also trying to figure out the show and where it was going.
After "American Dad!
"s initial couple of seasons and as it progressed, the show began to increasingly develop its very own distinct approach and identity, becoming more and more distinguished from all other programs on the air.
Standing out from its counterparts increasingly with each passing season, the series has been described as eventually becoming the weirdest show in network prime time.
It has been characterized as serving up distinguishing blasts of surrealism.
As the series progressed, MacFarlane realized that Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman were on to something uniquely appealing; moreover, he realized they were on to something that sharply contrasted from "Family Guy", which audiences appreciated.
After the show's first several seasons, MacFarlane not only came to fully understand and appreciate "American Dad!
"s value but also came to consider himself a huge fan of the series.
Taking note of his Twitter followers increased fanaticism and excitement over "American Dad!"
and the "Roger" character, MacFarlane began putting considerable amounts of his time and efforts into the series, more so in the last several seasons than ever before (this observation made in fall 2012).
In describing "American Dad!"
comedy styles, Barker noted that it is not as reference-laden as "Family Guy" or "South Park".
He added that "American Dad!
"s humor more frequently derives from "the human condition and emotions that everyone can relate to: ego, the feds, etc.
And for that reason, I think our humor is a little more evergreen."
MacFarlane has a second long-running, successful adult animated series in "American Dad!"
which has been in production since early 2005.
To date, "American Dad!"
is MacFarlane's only animated series never to have suffered an official cancellation.
Though "American Dad!"
will undergo a network relocation from Fox to TBS in July 2014, following the show's current 10th season (2013–14).
As announced on July 16, 2013, TBS has picked up the adult animation for a 15-episode 11th season.
The purpose of the network relocation is to make room for new animated broadcasts on Fox's "Animation Domination" lineup.
It has been reported that the relocation of "American Dad!"
has allowed room for another animated series from Seth MacFarlane "Bordertown".
"Bordertown" is slated to begin its run in the 2014–15 television season.
While MacFarlane regularly does extensive voice acting work for "American Dad!
", he has left much of the show's creative direction up to Weitzman and Barker.
MacFarlane has credited this move with helping to give the series its own distinct voice and identity.
Though, as announced on November 4, 2013, Barker departed "American Dad!"
after 10 seasons of serving as the show's producer/co-showrunner, resulting from creative differences as production for season 11 on TBS commenced.
"American Dad!"
was first shown after Super Bowl XXXIX, debuting with the episode "Pilot."
This February 6, 2005 series premiere was somewhat of an early sneak preview as the program would not begin airing regularly as part of Fox's Animation Domination until May 1, 2005.
Because of atypical scheduling of the show's first 7 episodes, "American Dad!"
has a controversial season number discrepancy in which many are divided as to how many seasons the program has had.
Beyond division between media journalists and fans, there has been conflicting reports as to what season the show is in even between "American Dad!"
creators and the show's official website from Fox.
At Comic-Con 2013 on July 20, "American Dad!"
co-creator Mike Barker hinted that an "American Dad!"
movie—centering on the Roger character and set from his birth planet—is in the works and partially written.
MacFarlane has described the initial seasons of "American Dad!"
as being similar to "All in the Family", likening title character Stan Smith's originally bigoted persona to Archie Bunker.
MacFarlane has also stated that his inspiration to create "American Dad!"
derived from his and Weitzman's exasperation with George W. Bush's policies as former United States President.
After the early couple of seasons however, the series discontinued using these elements of political satire and began to serve up its own very distinguished brand of entertainment and humor.
MacFarlane was described as having difficulty understanding the series in its early going; however, he heavily warmed up to the series after its early seasons once he felt the show truly came into its own.
His fellow co-creators have sensed this through MacFarlane's greatly increased attention to the series after its early seasons.
MacFarlane has also revealed to being a huge "American Dad!"
fan himself.
He has taken note of the increasing fondness and excitement over the "Roger" character from fans via his Twitter.
The show focuses on the Smith family: Stan Smith, the insanely drastic, endangering, dog-eat-dog, rash and inconsiderate head of the household.
He has an exaggeratedly large chin and masculine manner about him.
As the family's breadwinner, he works as a CIA officer and was initially portrayed in the series as an old-fashioned conservative bigot but has since grown out of these traits (the show known for its story arc elements and other distinguishing plot techniques); Stan's paradoxically moralistic yet simultaneously inappropriate, corrupt wife, Francine; and their two children, new-age hippie daughter Hayley and nerdy son Steve.
Accompanied with the Smith family are three additional main characters, two of which are non-human species: zany, shocking, blithely cruel and rascally alien Roger, who's full of disguises/alter egos and has few if any limits on his behaviors.
He was rescued by Stan from Area 51; Klaus, the man-in-a-fish-body pet.
Klaus's unenviable situation came about from a brain of an East German Olympic skier being shrunk and transplanted into a fish body; and Jeff Fischer, Hayley's boyfriend turned "whipped" husband, known for his infatuation with Hayley's mom, Francine.
Together, the Smiths and their three housemates run what is only at a first glance the typical middle-class American lifestyle, but is anything but.
Seth MacFarlane provides the voices of Stan and Roger, basing Roger's voice on Paul Lynde (who played Uncle Arthur in "Bewitched").
His sister Rachael MacFarlane provides the voice of Hayley. 
"The A.V.
Club" graded the episode a B+, stating "This wasn't, perhaps, the gut-bustingly funny "American Dad" that the show can be at its best, but audacity in musical form is just about as good.
"American Dad" used tonight's season premiere to establish itself as the weird middle sibling of the Fox animated shows.
Right now, it's probably also the best of them".