FOX Teases Return Release Frame For American Dad

FOX’s Animation Domination schedule move for Spring/Summer seasons I think has been a success even with the breaks. For example tomorrow night we get the return of Animation Domination after a two-week break featuring only the returns of Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy with new episodes. That said, having brand-new AniDom during the warmer months is a much better idea than a season of reruns and I’m here for it.

Even with the future of The Great North in doubt, FOX is getting ready to return a big franchise to the Animation Domination lineup in the form of American Dad and we now know that the return will be sometime in Spring 2026 as part of a multi-season order that sees the FOX Network bringing back the entirety of it’s lineup, both Disney-produced and not Disney-produced just sans The Great North at the moment.

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 Stan’s 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 father’s buttons, unlike her dopey, well-intentioned husband Jeff (Jeff Fischer) who doesn’t know much of anything.  Son Steve (Scott Grimes) is a geeky-yet-confident kid who spends his time playing video games and obsessing about the opposite sex. The Smith cabinet 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 animated comedy from 20th Television Animation was created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman, and is executive-produced by co-showrunner Brian Boyle, along with MacFarlane and Weitzman.