Reddit AMA Recap: Rachael MacFarlane talks American Dad! on TBS

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Hayley looking fine this week.
Hayley looking fine this week.

 

Yesterday, American Dad’s ‘Hayley’ played by Rachael MacFarlane had a chance to stop by Reddit and do an AMA session talking all about the upcoming season which is set to begin airing this Monday Night @ 9 pm ET/PT only on TBS. During the course of Rachael’s, we get to hear what she thinks about the future of the animated franchise on a new network, as well as notes about what to expect this season.

Favorite Roger alias

That’s such a great question… I think my favorite Roger alias would be Jenny Fromdabloc. And she dated Snot for a while, and the episode is absolutely hilarious. But I also really love Dr. Penguin, and one more: Genevieve Vavance.

 

Best thing about working on American Dad!

You know, I think AMERICAN DAD is one of the smartest, funniest shows right now in animation. And I think people are starting to recognize it, and they’re seeing it no longer as the redheaded stepchild of FAMILY GUY, but as its own unique entity, and really starting to appreciate the writing. And I can honestly say that the episodes we’ve done so far for TBS so far have been some of our best. And it’s just a smart, funny, inventive, fresh show to work on.

On Rachael’s Similarities to her American Dad! character ‘Hayley’

My similarities with Hayley are that I am also very liberal, consider myself to be an environmentalist, and I used to wear Birkenstocks all through high school. I think our differences are that I don’t smoke a lot of weed, and I have a really great relationship with my dad.

 

New season notes:

I will tell you that: “Dude, that shit’s tight” was the first shit that anyone had gotten to say on AMERICAN DAD that is going to air on television, and I was very honored. Obviously that is one of the treats of being on cable, is that we get to say “shit” twice in an episode, and word on the street is that we get to say “Douchebag” once, so it’s pretty exciting to be on cable!

And as far as Hayley goes, I know they mentioned this at Comic-Con, so I think i’m free to say this, but we have an episode called “Holy shit, Jeff’s back!” so that kind of tells you about what Hayley sees and looks like, because her husband comes back from space. Jeff is one of my favorite characters on the show, and I’m super excited he’s back in the picture. There is so much good material when he & Hayley are together!

The differences between FOX’s American Dad and TBS’ American Dad

You know, FOX was a really great home for 9 years, and I think we would all say that they were kind enough to let us stay on the air, to grow our fans, they didn’t yank us after 1 or 2 seasons because we weren’t bringing in massive numbers. They let us grow and find our groove, and we will always be grateful for them for sticking with us as long as they did. Going to TBS feels like a relaunch, it’s the same AMERICAN DAD that everyone has come to know and love, but it just feels amped-up. It feels fresher, it feels like we are able to be the show that we always wanted to be -and not that we had a lOT of restrictions at FOX, but if there were any areas that we had to hold back, we don’t have to do that anymore at TBS. We are all thrilled to be there. And the network has welcomed us with so much enthusiasm and excitement that we are hoping the show does GREAT for them and the fans love what this new partnership is creating!

 

And yes, Rachael thinks a Family Guy movie is happening!

I think the FAMILY GUY movie will happen. I do. I have no idea WHEN, you know? Who knows after TED 2 is done, what will lure Seth? What will entice him? What will be the next project he wants to take on… there’s a possibility that it might be the FAMILY GUY movie, but it’s all gonna depend on when he feels like he’s ready and there’s something to say. But I know that when it does finally materialize, it’s gonna be incredible. Really. Can you imagine FAMILY GUY truly unfiltered? It’s gonna be incredible.

Read the rest of the Reddit AMA here.

 

 

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