Status: Returning Series
Premiered January 31, 1999
Sick, twisted, politcially incorrect and freakin' sweet, the animated series features the adventures of the Griffin family. Peter and Lois have three kids - the youngest is a brilliant, sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and destroying the world. Their talking dog Brian keeps baby Stewie in check while sipping martinis and sorting through his own life issues.
After being cancelled in 2002, an outstanding performance in DVD sales proved its cult value. As a result, the series was added back to the FOX Summer 2005 lineup. Family Guy returned to the small screen with new episodes on Sunday, May 1st, 2005. Info from Tv.com
American Dad
Airs: Sunday 8:30 PM on FOX (30 mins)
Status: Returning Series
Premiered February 6, 2005
Show Category:
Animation ,
Comedy
American Dad! from
Family Guy creator,
Seth MacFarlane, is the animated story of Stan Smith, who works for the CIA and is constantly on the alert for terrorist activity. Stan will go to extremes to protect his beloved America from harm – as evidenced by the terror-alert color code on his fridge, and his frequent knee-jerk reaction of shooting holes in the toaster whenever the toast pops up.
This info is from
Tv.com The Winner
Production Company
20th Century Fox Television
ExecutiveProducers/Writers
Seth MacFarlane
Ricky Blitt
Created By
Ricky Blitt
Director
Terry Hughes
Cast
Rob Corddry as Glen
Keir Gilchrist as Josh
Erinn Hayes as Alison
Julie Hagerty as Irene
Lenny Clarke as Ron
About the Winner
A 43-and-a-half-year-old narrator, who is incredibly rich and successful, looks way back to 1994. It was the magical summer when O.J. was on the run, Snoop Dogg was climbing the charts, and he lost his innocence and started to become a man – at the tender age of 32.
Back in 1994, GLEN ABBOTT (Rob Corddry, “The Daily Show”), still living with his parents, finally steps out into the world and tries to make something of himself when the only girl he’d ever kissed, the radiant ALISON MILLER (Erinn Hayes, “Everwood,” “Kitchen Confidential”), returns to town. True, he went on one date with her when he was 14, but hey, the first love is always the deepest.
Driven by the desire to become a success and win Alison’s heart, Glen goes through his “wonder years” a mere 20 years older than, well, most everyone. But it’s not in vain, as this unlikely underdog will eventually transform from fear-riddled underachiever to the richest man in Buffalo in a mere five years.
Luckily, Glen doesn’t have to go though this awkward period alone. He becomes best friends with the only person he can truly relate to: Alison’s 13-year-old son JOSH (Keir Gilchrist, “A Lobster Tale”). Josh is a fellow hypochondriac, and they help each other survive “puberty.” Glen also receives parental guidance from his absurdly enabling mother IRENE (Julie Hagerty,“Girlfriends,” “Malcolm in the Middle”) and his supportive but quasi-rage-aholic dad RON (Lenny Clarke, “Rescue Me,” “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”).
In THE WINNER, executive producers Seth MacFarlane (“Family Guy,” “American Dad”) and Ricky Blitt (“Family Guy,” “The Ringer”) present a twisted but oddly inspirational tale that will, most decidedly, give hope to late-blooming slackers everywhere.
