American Dad! is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series was moved to TBS in 2014 and continues to air new episodes to this day. American Dad! is the first television series made to premiere on Fox's Animation Domination block. The series premiered on February 6, 2005, following Super Bowl XXXIX, with the rest of the first season airing three months later beginning May 1, 2005.
Mike Barker: co-creator and co-showrunner from seasons 1 through 10
Co-creator and sole showrunner Matt Weitzman
Co-creator Seth MacFarlane
Image: Seth Mac Farlane 2012 cropped and retouched
An animated sitcom is a subgenre of the sitcom that is animated instead of live-action and is generally made or created for adult audiences in most cases. The Simpsons, SpongeBob SquarePants, South Park, and Family Guy are four of the longest-running animated sitcoms.
Photo of Bill Hanna (right) and Joseph Barbera (left) in 1965; Hanna and Barbera were the co-creators of The Flintstones.
The Simpsons cast and crew at a stamp unveiling in Los Angeles, California, in May 2009
Dan Harmon, one of the creators of Rick and Morty, in July 2016
Street-art of Luci, a character from Disenchantment, seen at Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne in November 2018