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i_c_weiner
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American Dad is a carbon copy of Family Guy. The backrounds in house may be a little altered, but the dining room table is the exact same from the one angle that's sort of a long view. Plus, the dad is stupid, once again, like in all other family cartoons on Fox. The pet likes the wife. The pet talks. The son doesn't have many friends. The daughter tries to seperate herself from her parents. It's pretty much an exact copy of Family Guy.
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HomerJBrannigan
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Season two will begin on Sunday, September 11th. Season one was very short - only seven episodes, like the first season of Family Guy.
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BenderIsGreat24
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the whole show is about making fun of the conservitive dad and how close minded they are. (I dont like conservtives very much) so half the public wont get the show, I like it.
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i_c_weiner
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The May 1st airing got a 4.7, May 8th a 3.7, May 15th a 3.6, June 5th a 3.0, June 12th a 3.3, June 19th a 3.3, and June 26th a 3.2.
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i_c_weiner
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Second.
I looked at those ratings, then the ratings on cable. Some of the cable ratings were alot better than AmD's. In short, AmD's ratings suck. The only ratings worse were on the WB, but that's normal with every show, even Pauly Shore's sitcom.
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futurefreak
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American Dad...worst...cartoon...ever. ..if you're gonna air a show by the same creator as another cartoon, why don't you make it a good one? *cough* Futurama *cough* heh speaking of timeslots, anyone see where MITM is going? it wont even be on Sunday anymore in the fall, itll be on at 8:30 on Fridays. you could tell that show was winding down anyways, oh well, it had a good run and actually, I just looked it up again, American Dad will have the same timeslot in the fall as it does now at 9:30 pm not to link you to an evil fox site, but here's the 2005 fall schedule: http://www.fox.com/schedule/schedule_fall.htm
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i_c_weiner
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7PM / 6C -Animation Encores
Wonder what they might air there...or at 8:30 later in the same season when The War at Home gets cancelled...
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futurefreak
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yeah, isn't the war at home just an MITM spinoff?
i have no idea what animation encores is, if it's just a rerun of one of their animated shows it's a waste of a timeslot
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futurefreak
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the show would be great...without the politics (haha - subtle joke) i'm not a fan of FG either. it seems like most episodes revolve around crude humor like fart jokes. as said in the commentaries, futurama had more layers than an onion, and thats what made it so good
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Beamer
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I like both shows for different reasons. Futurama is better to appreciate, though, and episodes can be re-watched MANY times, whereas Family Guy is a good sit-back-and-laugh-your-ass-off show, where episodes are good the first 2 or 3 times you watch them, then quickly lose their affect. Obviously, I like Futurama more, but Family Guy is hilarious, and still beats most of the crap on TV.
As for American Dad, I've seen every episode of Season 1 now apart from the last one. So far, there have been some good episodes, but the show's been less-than-consistent. I just don't think the political jokes work for it - the satire is weak, tries too hard and just isn't edgy or funny enough. Plus, episodes are made months before they air - resulting in dated satire, too. Thanks, American Dad, but if I want decent political & social satire in cartoons, I'll stick to South Park.
However, the show DOES have merits of its own. The characters CAN be good when played the right way, and there are plenty of good non-political jokes in the show to make an episode funny. You have to remember that one season is not long enough for any show to reach its full potential (perhaps Arrested Development excluded, there) and even Family Guy's first season sucked balls in comparison to Seasons 2-4. So, I think the show needs a bit of time before it truly finds itself. Until then, I'm not going to stop watching it, but I do hope that it improves. It's definitely got the potential to do so.
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i_c_weiner
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Your points are true, but we're talking about Fox. The channel that has kept on The Simpsons for almost two decades because it's their only show and has cancelled about 1,000 since The Simpsons debuted. They're the channel that's average show doesn't last a season. I don't think that American Dad will get the time to make itself into a consistently funny show. Personally, I don't like it too much, but I'd rather it have another season to see what happens and I'd rather it be on than The Simple Life.
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futurefreak
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« Reply #344 on: 07-12-2005 02:49 »
« Last Edit on: 07-12-2005 02:49 »
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I saw the first episode of American Dad and was unimpressed. I haven't watched it since then (yay - Desperate Housewives on at 9pm!) but I did catch one the other week. I think I am generally easygoing when it comes to jokes, but some of them were just offensive. I don't mean politically either. I forgot what they were talking about...but it was the episode with the dad boxing at the end or something. I would think that FOX would be getting numerous complaints about the show's slanders on various ethnic groups. I remember this one preview for another episode of the show that they kept reairing...calling Mexico "God's blind spot"...it wouldn't be so weird if they hadn't kept reairing that same clip over and over on the station during the commercials of other shows I gave the show a try...it just isn't my cup of tea. speaking of "blind spots" though...how can FOX premiere these half-hour sitcoms when the average viewer at home can tell from the previews that it won't make it? I mean seriously...did anyone thingk Quintuplets or Hot Dog on a Stick would come back for another season? the only reason "Stacked" is coming back is because of FOX's unofficial motto: "sex sells" edit: p.s., some of you might bring up that "hecho in mexico" comment made by Bender in Futurama and question its offensive nature, well, truth is mexico makes some shoddy merchandise and shame of you for badmouthing futurama!
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Beamer
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American Dad the most offensive show on TV? I assume you're leaving out cable shows there...
Anyway, American Dad does have some pretty offensive stuff, but you just have to look at the source. The characters are morons with no tolerance or understanding of other cultures. I think that if one of the smart characters said something offensive, THEN you'd have a reason to get offended, but when characters like Stan, that racist old lady or the idiots at the CIA say intolerant things, you really don't have anything to complain about. The joke isn't what they're saying, it's the fact that they're stupid enough to think it.
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Beamer
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I thought that Pilot, Stan Knows Best, Francine's Flashback and Roger Codger were good. Threat Levels sucked, Homeland Insecurity was fairly average, and I've still yet to see Deacon Stan, Jesus Man.
But, compare it with Family Guy's first season. I Never Met The Dead Man and Chitty Chitty Death Bang were good, Death Has a Shadow, Mind Over Murder and Brian: Portait of a Dog were fairly average, and The Son Also Rises and A Hero Sits Next Door sucked monkey balls.
I hate comparing shows, but hey - they're by the same creator and they both had 7 episodes in their first broadcast season, and American Dad's first season was far better than Family Guy's. So, at the end of the day, American Dad might not be brilliant, but it's nowhere near as bad as everyone keeps saying it is, and there's always chances it'll improve.
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i_c_weiner
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Name one. South Park.
I think Futurama got 13 production episodes in its first season because it came from Matt Groening, and Fox can risk it with him. We all know why it only got 9 episodes broadcasted that season. On Family Guy and American Dad, I think the Family Guy 7 episode first season was because it was a new guy for Fox. I'm not sure on American Dad. Fox may have thought it was risky because of its plot or its creator or its characters and wanted to test it with a short first season.
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Beamer
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Originally posted by Eyedol7513: Oh, and an unrelated question. Why did Futurama's first broadcast season get nine episodes? (And why did their first production season get thirteen episodes?) Did American Dad and Family Guy have more than seven episodes for their first production season? Shows tend to have very short first seasons, especially nowdays. Don't quite know why, but there you go. Anyway, yes, American Dad had 19 episodes for its first production season, and Family Guy had 15. In Family Guy's case, all the lost Season 1 episodes aired during the second broadcast season, but severely out of order. I assume it'll be the same for American Dad.
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Beamer
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Comments like that are pretty fucking dated given reality TV's low popularity at the moment.
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