AmericanDad!isanAmericananimatedsitcomcreatedbySethMacFarlane,MikeBarkerandMattWeitzmanfortheFoxBroadcastingCompany.TheseriescentersontheSmiths,adysfunctionalfamilyconsistingofparentsStanandFrancineandtheirchildren,buddingadolescentSteveandnew-agehippieHayley.OthermaincharactersincludeHayley'sstonerhusbandJeffFischer;thefamily'spet,Klaus,amaninafish'sbody;andRoger,analienwhoStanhasrescuedfromgovernmentcaptureandharborsinthefamily'sattic.TheshowissetinthefictionaltownofLangleyFalls,VirginiaintheWashington,D.C.metroarea,whichisagestureofparodyoftheactualtownofLangley,Virginia,hometotheheadquartersoftheCIA.UnlikeitssistershowFamilyGuy,AmericanDad!doesnotusecutawaygags,butratherfocusesmoreonsituationalhumorandnonsequiturs.SinceitsdebutonFebruary6,2005,theshowhasbroadcast136episodesandbeganairingseason8onSeptember30,2012.[1]AmericanDad!hasbeennominatedforawards,mostprominentlytwoPrimetimeEmmyAwardsandtwoAnnieAwards.[2]AmericanDad!hasalsoreceivedmixedreviews,mirroringthereceptionofFamilyGuy,andhasbeencriticizedbywatchdoggroupssuchastheParentsTelevisionCouncil.[3]ItholdsaTV-14ratingforsuggestivedialogue(D),offensivelanguage(L),moderatetostrongsexualcontent(S),andgraphicviolence(V).