UPDATE 3/21: Per Deadline, American Dad! has been picked up by Fox once again. New episodes will air on the network after the current season concludes on TBS.
Original story: The future of American Dad! is now up in the air.
American Dad! is the adult animated sitcom series created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman. The show originally aired on Fox in 2005 but then moved over to TBS for its twelfth season in 2014.
With the show having now run for 388 episodes, TVLine has revealed that American Dad!’s future on TBS is coming to a close.
The future of Seth MacFarlane’s American Dad! is now unclear
According to the outlet, the upcoming American Dad! season finale — which airs on Monday, March 24, 2025 — will be the last time a new episode of the show premieres on TBS. Reruns of American Dad! will still be shown on TBS and Adult Swim through 2030.
This means that the show’s future is now unclear, as it will need to find a new network to air on should it continue.
“American Dad! actually is ultimately the last scripted original to air on TBS; its most recent two-season renewal was handed out by the previous regime ahead of the WBD merger in 2022,” TVLine’s article notes. “Of note: Another 20th Television-produced cartoon, Futurama, also made the jump from Fox to basic cable (Comedy Central) before it eventually landed at Hulu.”
The synopsis for American Dad! reads, “Stan Smith is a CIA agent painfully dedicated to homeland security. His home life includes doting wife Francine, a ditzy housewife, liberal daughter Hayley, and socially awkward teenaged son Steve. Also living in the family’s Langley Falls, Va., home are Klaus, a goldfish with the brain of an East German Olympic ski jumper, and Roger, an escaped alien from Area 51, who Stan houses in defiance of his employer due to owing Roger a `life-debt’. Sounds just like the typical American family, right? Maybe not.”
MacFarlane voices Stan Smith and Roger on the show, while the main voice cast also includes Wendy Schaal as Francine, Scott Grimes as Steve, Rachael MacFarlane as Hayley, Dee Bradley Baker as Klaus, and more.
