American Dad! (season 12)

American Dad! (season 12)
Country of origin	United States
Broadcast
Original channel	TBS
Original run	October 20, 2014 (2014-10-20) – present

American Dad!‍‍ '‍s TBS era debuted on October 20, 2014. The season, consisting of 15 episodes, is currently in progress on the cable network.

TBS gave the first episode a two day preview through social media websites YouTube and Facebook on October 13, 2014. However, the October 20 airdate still applies to the television debut.^[1]

Guest voice actors for the show's 12th season include Dean Norris, Stephen Fry and Uma Thurman.

Production

American Dad!‍ 's 11th season (2014) was the series' final season on Fox. The cable network TBS picked up the series for its 12th season as announced in July 2013. The following 15 episodes debuted on October 20, 2014.^[2]^[3]^[4] TBS has aired reruns of American Dad! in syndication for several years and continues to.^[5] On the show's upcoming network relocation, Barker stated, "It's going to be the same American Dad!, just in a different place."^[6] However, Barker departed the series over creative differences once early production for season 12 commenced in November 2013.^[7]

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
176	1	"Blonde Ambition"	Rodney Clouden	Story by: Evan Sandman & Carlo Hart Teleplay by: Wayne Dublin & Carlo Hart & Evan Sandman	October 20, 2014 (2014-10-20)	9AJN01	1.09^[8]
Hayley decides to become a blonde when her efforts to save the planet get no attention, while Stan and Steve go on a journey to search for a new Smith home.
177	2	"CIAPOW"	Jansen Yee	Joe Chandler & Nic Wegener	October 27, 2014 (2014-10-27)	9AJN02	1.15^[9]
Stan determines to prove that humans are better than robots when Bullock sends in a drone instead of him and the guys for a mission, while Francine and the family compete in a slow-motion race.
178	3	"Scents and Sensei-bility"	Tim Parsons & Jennifer Graves	Wayne Dublin & Carlo Hart & Evan Sandman	November 3, 2014 (2014-11-03)	9AJN05	1.22^[10]
Snot and Steve enroll in a karate class after getting fed up of being bullied. Snot later gets brainwashed by the sensei, and Steve must come to the rescue. Meanwhile, Klaus becomes an outside pet when he gets an odor.
179	4	"Big Stan on Campus"	Pam Cooke & Valerie Fletcher	Brian Boyle	November 10, 2014 (2014-11-10)	9AJN04	1.16^[11]
When the CIA is forced to make cutbacks and go on furlough, Stan volunteers and takes a position as a college campus security guard. Meanwhile, Roger opens a bed and breakfast to boost the family's income.
180	5	"Now and Gwen"	Chris Bennett	Rachael Bogert & Emily Wood	November 17, 2014 (2014-11-17)	9AJN06	1.31^[12]
Hayley suspects that Gwen (Uma Thurman), Francine's sister, is up to no good when she comes to town. Meanwhile, Stan teaches Steve the art of hugging, and Klaus shadows Roger's dramatic comments.
181	6	"Dreaming of a White Porsche Christmas"	Shawn Murray	Brian Boyle	December 1, 2014 (2014-12-01)	9AJN08	1.01^[13]
In a parody of It's a Wonderful Life, Stan wishes he could have Principal Lewis' life. His wish comes true, and Lewis gets the whole Smith family.
182	7	"LGBSteve"	Joe Daniello	Erik Richter	February 23, 2015 (2015-02-23)	9AJN11	1.10^[14]
Hayley wants to join a roller derby team, but can only play if her "sister" Steve gets to play. Meanwhile, Stan and Francine hire a magical repairman to fix their garden.
183	8	"Morning Mimosa"	Josue Cervantes	Ali Waller	March 2, 2015 (2015-03-02)	9AJN07	1.14^[15]
Francine refuses to cook for Steve after he curses her out. Soon after, Steve becomes a master chef and appears on a popular cooking show. Meanwhile, when snapping his fingers, Stan thinks he can become invisible.
184	9	"My Affair Lady"	Joe Daniello	Teresa Hsiao	March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09)	9AJN03	1.149^[16]
Hayley falls for a co-worker at her new job and considers having an affair with him. Meanwhile, Francine and Steve go to a mother-son dance and Stan tags along.
185	10	"A Star is Reborn"	Rodney Clouden	Brett Cawley & Robert Maitia	March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16)	9AJN09	1.106^[17]
Stan believes he is the reincarnation of a dead Hollywood celebrity, after being convinced so by the dead man's wife on a trip to Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Hayley and Steve are kennel-trained by Roger.
186	11	"Manhattan Magical Murder Mystery Tour"	Jansen Yee	Kirk J. Rudell	March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)	9AJN10	1.02^[18]
The Smiths head to the Big Apple in New York when Francine is nominated for an award for her housewife novel. Meanwhile, Stan and Hayley hang out with actor Robert Wuhl. Elsewhere, Roger and Steve re-create their fictional partnership, Wheels and the Legman.
187	12	"The Shrink"	Pam Cooke & Valerie Fletcher	Brett Cawley & Robert Maitia	March 30, 2015 (2015-03-30)	9AJN12	1.11^[19]
After witnessing a newlywed couple die in a taxi crash, Stan sees the CIA's psychologist, who recommends he take up building miniatures to take his mind off the tragedy – and Stan ends up too into his new hobby when he steals a shrink ray so he can live in his perfect, plastic world. Meanwhile, Roger and Klaus study up on becoming world-class wine connoisseurs.
188	13	"Holy Shit, Jeff's Back!"			May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18)^[20]	9AJN13
Jeff returns from space. Meanwhile, Steve watches after Snot's hamster.
189	14	"American Fung"			May 25, 2015 (2015-05-25)^[21]	9AJN??

References

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American Dad!

Characters	Stan Smith Francine Smith Steve Smith Hayley Smith Roger Klaus

Seasons	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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American Dad! episodes

Season 1	"Pilot" "Threat Levels" "Stan Knows Best" "Francine's Flashback" "Roger Codger" "Homeland Insecurity" "Deacon Stan, Jesus Man"

Season 2	"Bullocks to Stan" "A Smith in the Hand" "All About Steve" "Con Heir" "Stan of Arabia: Part 1" "Stan of Arabia: Part 2" "Stannie Get Your Gun" "Star Trek" "Not Particularly Desperate Housewife" "Rough Trade" "Finances with Wolves" "It's Good to Be Queen" "Roger 'n' Me" "Helping Handis" "With Friends Like Steve's" "Tears of a Clooney"

Season 3	"Camp Refoogee" "The American Dad After School Special" "Failure is Not a Factory-Installed Option" "Lincoln Lover" "Dungeons and Wagons" "Iced, Iced Babies" "Of Ice and Men" "Irregarding Steve" "The Best Christmas Story Never Told" "Bush Comes to Dinner" "American Dream Factory" "A.T. the Abusive Terrestrial" "Black Mystery Month" "An Apocalypse to Remember" "Four Little Words" "When a Stan Loves a Woman" "I Can't Stan You" "The Magnificent Steven" "Joint Custody"

Season 4	"The Vacation Goo" "Meter Made" "Dope & Faith" "Big Trouble in Little Langley" "Haylias" "42-Year-Old Virgin" "Surro-Gate" "The Most Adequate Christmas Ever" "Frannie 911" "Tearjerker" "Oedipal Panties" "Widowmaker" "Red October Sky" "Office Spaceman" "Stanny Slickers II: The Legend of Ollie's Gold" "Spring Breakup"

Season 5	"1600 Candles" "The One That Got Away" "One Little Word" "Choosy Wives Choose Smith" "Escape from Pearl Bailey" "Pulling Double Booty" "Phantom of the Telethon" "Chimdale" "Stan Time" "Family Affair" "Live and Let Fry" "Roy Rogers McFreely" "Jack's Back" "Bar Mitzvah Hustle" "Wife Insurance" "Delorean Story-an" "Every Which Way But Lose" "Weiner of Our Discontent" "Daddy Queerest" "Stan's Night Out"

Season 6	"In Country...Club" "Moon Over Isla Island" "Home Adrone" "Brains, Brains and Automobiles" "Man in the Moonbounce" "Shallow Vows" "My Morning Straitjacket" "G-String Circus" "Rapture's Delight" "Don't Look a Smith Horse in the Mouth" "A Jones for a Smith" "May the Best Stan Win" "The Return of the Bling" "Cops and Roger" "Merlot Down Dirty Shame" "Bully for Steve" "An Incident at Owl Creek" "Great Space Roaster"

Season 7	"100 A.D." "Son of Stan" "Best Little Horror House in Langley Falls" "Stan's Food Restaurant" "White Rice" "There Will Be Bad Blood" "The People vs. Martin Sugar" "For Whom the Sleigh Bell Tolls" "Fart-Break Hotel" "Stanny Boy and Frantastic" "A Piñata Named Desire" "You Debt Your Life" "I Am the Walrus" "School Lies" "License to Till" "Jenny Fromdabloc" "Home Wrecker" "Flirting with Disaster" "Gorillas in the Mist"

Season 8	"Hot Water" "Hurricane!" "A Ward Show" "The Worst Stan" "Virtual In-Stanity" "The Scarlett Getter" "Season's Beatings" "The Unbrave One" "Stanny Tendergrass" "Wheels & the Legman and the Case of Grandpa's Key" "Old Stan in the Mountain" "The Wrestler" "Dr. Klaustus" "Stan's Best Friend" "Less Money, Mo' Problems" "The Kidney Stays in the Picture" "Ricky Spanish" "Toy Whorey"

Season 9	"Love, AD Style" "Killer Vacation" "Can I Be Frank with You" "American Stepdad" "Why Can't We Be Friends?" "Adventures in Hayleysitting" "National Treasure 4: Baby Franny: She's Doing Well: The Hole Story" "Finger Lenting Good" "The Adventures of Twill Ongenbone and His Boy Jabari" "Blood Crieth Unto Heaven" "Max Jets" "Naked to the Limit, One More Time" "For Black Eyes Only" "Spelling Bee My Baby" "The Missing Kink" "The Boring Identity" "The Full Cognitive Redaction of Avery Bullock by the Coward Stan Smith" "Lost in Space" "Da Flippity Flop"

Season 10	"Steve & Snot's Test-Tubular Adventure" "Poltergasm" "Buck, Wild" "Crotchwalkers" "Kung Pao Turkey" "Independent Movie" "Faking Bad" "Minstrel Krampus" "Vision: Impossible" "Familyland" "Cock of the Sleepwalk" "Introducing the Naughty Stewardesses" "I Ain't No Holodeck Boy" "Stan Goes on the Pill" "Honey, I'm Homeland" "She Swill Survive" "Rubberneckers" "Permanent Record Wrecker" "News Glance with Genevieve Vavance" "The Longest Distance Relationship"

Season 11	"Roger Passes the Bar" "A Boy Named Michael" "Blagsnarst, a Love Story"

Season 12	"Blonde Ambition" "CIAPOW" "Scents and Sensei-bility" "Big Stan on Campus" "Now and Gwen" "Dreaming of a White Porsche Christmas" "LGBSteve" "Morning Mimosa" "My Affair Lady" "A Star is Reborn" "Manhattan Magical Murder Mystery Tour" "The Shrink"