TBS Orders Two More Seasons of Top-Rated Animated Comedy American Dad!
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WarnerMedia TCA Winter 2020 American Dad!
New Season Will Include Milestone 300th Episode Seth MacFarlane's Award-Winning Series From 20th Century Fox Television Will Return in 2020
PASADENA - January 15, 2020 - TBS has ordered two more seasons of the top-rated animated comedy American Dad! part of the network's escapist, lean-back line-up of smart, imaginative programming that tells stories with heart and a comedic edge. Currently ranked as a top 5 cable comedy - with the current season reaching an audience of nearly 18 million viewers across all TBS platforms - American Dad! has been a significant performer ever since joining the network. The series from 20th Century Fox Television will celebrate its momentous 300th episode this year, joining the ranks of only a few adult animated comedies to reach this landmark.
American Dad! has achieved an incredible milestone, said Brett Weitz, General Manager for TNT, TBS, & truTV. Matt and Brian are brilliant writers who consistently overdeliver on big comedy and even bigger absurdity. We look forward to continuing the momentum by giving devoted fans two more seasons of the Smith family.
TBS has been a spectacular partner to us on this hilarious series, and we're thrilled the partnership will continue, said Marci Proietto, Executive Vice President 20th Century Fox Television Animation. It's a win for the show and most of all a win for the millions of fans who love it as much as we do.
Remarked co-creator and co-showrunner Matt Weitzman, After these next two seasons, we will have over 300 episodes. Thus proving that whatever American Dad! lacks in quality, we make up for in quantity.
Added co-showrunner Brian Boyle, So turnt up to be picked up for two years! Making the show for TBS has been a dream because they are easily satisfied with the best!
American Dad! centers on super-patriotic CIA agent Stan Smith (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) and the misadventures of his unconventional family in Langley Falls, VA. Stan applies the same drastic measures used in his job at the CIA to his home life, where Stans blissfully unaware wife, Francine (Wendy Schaal), has an unfaltering loyalty that makes her blind to his unabashed arrogance. His left-wing activist daughter Hayley (Rachael MacFarlane), however, doesn't let him off so easily - and knows just how to push her fathers buttons. Hayleys brother is the geeky-yet-confident Steve (Scott Grimes), a kid who spends his time playing video games and obsessing about the opposite sex.
The Smith family is rounded out by two rather unconventional members: Roger (MacFarlane), a sassy, sarcastic and routinely inappropriate space alien, and Klaus (Dee Bradley Baker), an attention-starved goldfish with the brain of a German Olympic skier.
The award-winning animated comedy was created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman, and is run by co-showrunners Weitzman and Brian Boyle.
About TBS
TBS, a WarnerMedia Entertainment brand, is a top rated destination for television among young adults and known for escapist, lean-back entertainment, featuring smart, imaginative stories with heart and comedic edge. From scripted comedy series to late-night shows, game shows, animated programming and, starting in 2020, drama series, TBS's Originals slate comprises some of the most popular shows on cable - Miracle Workers, CONAN, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, The Last O.G. and American Dad!. TBS's upcoming scripted series include the action dramedy Obliterated and the comedy Chad. The network's slate of premium unscripted series includes the popular game show The Misery Index. TBS's lineup also includes comedy hits like Family Guy and The Big Bang Theory, classic sitcom favorites Friends and Seinfeld, blockbuster movies, and live event coverage of Major League Baseball, the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Championship and ELEAGUE, WarnerMedias eSports gaming competition. Viewers can watch shows on the TBS app, available for iOS, Android, Xbox One and other platforms and devices.
Website: www.tbs.com
About Twentieth Century Fox Television
A division of Disney Television Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Television is one of the industrys most prolific suppliers of entertainment programming, including the No 1. Series on all of broadcast, NBC's THIS IS US; Fox's No. 1 drama, 9-1-1 and No. 1 comedy LAST MAN STANDING, ABC's long running Emmy Award-winner MODERN FAMILY, FX's No. 1 series AMERICAN HORROR STORY; and the longest-running primetime scripted series in the history of television, THE SIMPSONS, in addition to dozens of others. Disney Television Studios, comprised of ABC Studios, Fox 21 Television Studios and 20th Century Fox Television, produces series which reach more than a billion people every day across the world; in as many as 180 countries, across six continents, in 30 different languages.
About WarnerMedia
WarnerMedia is a leading media and entertainment company that creates and distributes premium and popular content from a diverse array of talented storytellers and journalists to global audiences through its consumer brands including: HBO, HBO Now, HBO Max, Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, truTV, CNN, DC, New Line, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and others. WarnerMedia is part of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T).
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TBS Orders Two More Seasons of Top-Rated Animated Comedy American Dad!
16/01/2020
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