American Dad! - Wikipedia. American Dad! is an Americananimated sitcom created by Seth Mac. Farlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company.[2][3]American Dad!

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Animation Domination.[4] The series premiere aired on February 6, 2. Super Bowl XXXIX, three months before the rest of the first season aired as part of the Animation Domination block, commencing on May 1, 2.

Creative direction of American Dad! Barker (prior to his exit from the show in season 1. Weitzman as opposed to Mac.

Farlane, resulting in a series that is different from its counterparts.[7] Unlike its sister shows, Family Guy and The Cleveland Show, American Dad! The show is not as heavy on pop cultural allusions as Mac.

Farlane's Family Guy, and is more concerned with telling stories while maintaining the integrity and realism of the family members.[2] While the core issues and resolutions are relatable in most episodes, the show nonetheless weaves in fantastical elements, pitching the tone of the show somewhere between observational comedy and farce.[8] The plots are often absurd, but they are grounded by family stories and real- world issues.[9]American Dad! Primetime Emmy Awards and two Annie Awards. In June 2. 01. 3, it was awarded as top television series by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Since its debut, American Dad! September 2. 01. 7). The total number of seasons and organization of episodes within these seasons are in dispute because of a discrepancy in how official sources report this information. One model suggests the first season of American Dad!

TBS picked up the series for the 1. Fox as the 1. 1th season.

American Dad!'s TBS run began on October 2. TBS has also renewed the series for a 2. January 2. 5, 2. 01.

On August 2. 7, 2. TBS announced it had picked up American Dad! The 1. 4th season premiered on November 7, 2. Premise[edit]The series focuses on the eccentric upper middle class Smith family in the fictional community of Langley Falls, Virginia and their three housemates: [3] Father, husband, CIA Agent, Republican, and breadwinner. Stan; his wife and homemaker/housewife, Francine; their liberal, hippie, college- aged daughter, Hayley; and their dorky high- school- aged son, Steve.

There are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend/husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's unusual goldfish, Klaus, who has the mind of an East German athlete; and Roger, the alien, who is a deceitful, self- serving master of disguise.[1. Stan's boss Avery Bullock, the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, is a recurring character. Cast and characters[edit]Voice cast[edit]The voice actors are not assembled as a group when performing the lines of their characters; rather, each of the voice actors perform their lines privately. The voice actors have stated that because of their personalities and tendency to goof off when together as a group, they would never get anything completed if they performed their lines collectively.[1.

Main characters[edit]American Dad! Stan Smith, his immediate family, and their three housemates. Adding to all the ridiculousness and absurdity are the various personality traits of all the show's eccentric main characters, listed as follows: Production[edit]Early seasons and comparison with Family Guy and All in the Family[edit]When asked what first spurred the idea for American Dad! Seth Mac. Farlane answered, "It was right after the [2. Matt Weitzman were so frustrated with the Bush administration that we would just spend days bitching and complaining, and we figured we should channel this into something creative and hopefully profitable."[7][1. In early February 2. Barker stated, "About a year and a half ago, Seth called and asked if Matt and I would be interested in working on a show about a right- wing CIA agent and his liberal daughter.

It was right up our alley, and everything just fell into place."[5][1. On September 1. 4, 2. Variety reported that Fox Broadcasting had ordered a pilot presentation of the then tentatively titled American Dad! If greenlit, American Dad!

At the time, Fox was aiming to develop a new lineup of adult animated sitcoms.[1. Mike Barker: co- creator and co- showrunner from seasons 1 through 1.

American Dad! had a mid- season debut. Its first episode, titled "Pilot", was originally shown directly following Super Bowl XXXIX on February 6, 2. The rest of the first season, however, would not launch until May 1, 2. Fox's Animation Domination lineup which had its debut on that date.[6][9][2. Initially, it was a replacement for the originally failed series Family Guy (1.

American Dad! was originally intended to be Fox's answer to the hordes of fans left behind from the original failure of Mac. Farlane's previous animated venture.[2] Just three short months after American Dad!'s debut however, Family Guy was revived, leaving American Dad! Instead of taking over creative direction of the series, Mac. Farlane left the job largely in the hands of Barker and Weitzman so as to distinguish American Dad![7]In its early going, American Dad! The popularity of Mac. Farlane and his involvement with Family Guy have led to foregone conclusions and prejudices against American Dad!

American Dad! prior to its birth as nothing more than a pale imitation of Family Guy and Mac. Farlane's attempts to get his old show back on the air.[9] One example, prior to the American Dad! The Washington Post published a piece that reads "But those same executives have also given Mac. Farlane a whole new animated half- hour to play with in the disappointing American Dad! The new series officially premieres in May but has a sneak preview tomorrow night in the coveted post- Super Bowl time period .. The look and pace of American Dad! Family Guy."[2. 1]In actuality, however, the program's beginnings take cues from the TV series All in the Family, almost a farcical animated version of the live action sitcom.[2.

Both shows make use of political satire, bigotry, ludicrous expressions of Conservatism from their paternal main character (Stan likened to Archie Bunker), and sensible expressions of Liberalism from their daughter character (Hayley likened to Gloria Stivic). Moreover, the daughter in both series each have a Liberal hippie boyfriend turned husband (Jeff likened to Michael Stivic) of whom the daughter's Conservative father is antagonistic towards. Also in both, the daughter lives in her parents' home with her boyfriend turned husband as a housemate. American Dad! in its original form was even said to have been inspired by All in the Family.[2. Development of a specific identity[edit]In American Dad!'s initial seasons Mac. Farlane was described as focusing more attention on his coexisting obligation of Family Guy. This was to the extent that American Dad!

Because he was not getting the show at the time, he was described as "just going along for the ride." Likewise, the rest of the show's creators Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman were also trying to figure out the show and where it was going.[9][1. After American Dad!'s initial couple of seasons and as it progressed, the show began to increasingly develop its very own distinct approach and identity, becoming more and more distinguished from all other programs on the air. Standing out from its counterparts increasingly with each passing season, the series has been described as eventually becoming the weirdest show in network prime time. It has been characterized as serving up distinguishing blasts of surrealism.[9] As the series progressed, Mac.

Farlane realized that Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman were on to something uniquely appealing; moreover, he realized they were on to something that sharply contrasted from Family Guy, which audiences appreciated.[9][1. After the show's first several seasons, Mac. Farlane not only came to fully understand and appreciate American Dad!'s value but also came to consider himself a huge fan of the series.

Oppo UDP- 2. 03 Ultra HD Blu- ray player - DVD/Blu- ray. O. P. CEDIA was the place for Oppo to announce their Ultra High Definition bluray player the UDP- 2. Being release in the UK before Christmas this year for approx 6. That means a price here of about $1,5. New chip from Mediatek means that the Oppo has been designed from the ground up for UHD.

Retail, which means around $7. No Chance, I'd be surprised if you could get a 1. Looks like we won't see them until next year now. That what I've heard through the grapevine. Crossing my finger for this year though. I called my av store and they had 2. Dec. Could secure one with a deposit and they wanted $9.

My AV store gave me the same date. I preordered on Sunday. Will it play SACDs or any other fancy formats? Definitely no chance on a "street" price. I reckon 9. 49 isn't too bad considering the price of the 1.

My $9. 49 price included next day courier delivery so not bad at all for a day 1 release. Khan writes.. Will it play SACDs or any other fancy formats. You can throw the kitchen sink at this OPPO and it will play it.. You guys think you've got it rough with an "Aussie tax".

The "kiwi gouge" is even worse. Although at $1. 04. NZD) on this side of the ditch, that's actually not too bad a mark- up compared with Aus.

Will be importing, just as I have with my previous players – my oldest being from 2. Even with the bad exchange rates, there's still money to be saved here. How does this player compare to the Panasonic? How does this player compare to the Panasonic? No idea but I will definitely check out the Oppo at my local AV store when it comes in.

Having said that, the Panasonic to me, has delivered the 4. K goods in all aspects. I am more than happy with the PQ and AQ as well as its ability to upscale 1. It has a full remote and its construction is solid enough.

I have yet to find any issues with it at all. I predominantly use it for 4. K and 1. 08. 0p BR discs. I pre- ordered one a few weeks ago, and just got a shipping notification and tracking number.

Hopefully it will arrive tomorrow! Adam. VF4. 5 writes.. Hopefully it will arrive tomorrow.

Congrats.. you will have no worries with an Oppo. Mine arrived today, just got it home and am part way through setting up as I type this : DI think I saw on Facebook, that Len Wallis have them and are demoing them tonight. There are a few 2. Melbourne too.. if you're close to the city, Carlton Audio Visual have one hooked up.

And it already wants to download a firmware update : DThe update was SUUUUPER quick though (though 1. Mb/s will do that so I can't be sure it will be quick for everyone), And once it was downloaded was only about 3. Frogger. Squared writes.. And it already wants to download a firmware update : DWhat improvement or feature did the firmware update offer? Anyone else having some playback stuttering issues, better get fixed via an update SUPER quick.. PAPO writes.. Anyone else having some playback stuttering issues.

Did you find a solution to this issue. Does this happen when playing discs? Very unusual for an Oppo player. Deadpool in 4. K, but also on other stuff.. Got this from OPPOof $us.

Did you use a shipping forwarder? Anyone know if this will play multi region Blu Ray movies ? Or are we looking at a upgrade chip like their previous models. Or are we looking at a upgrade chip like their previous models. This. Frogger. Squared writes.. What was the final total when shipping was included? Anyone have any first hand observations on UHD to a 4.

K TV without HDR? I have a Panasonic 4. K screen but without HDR. Wanting to make the jump to UHD but without HDR unsure if worth jumping into the Oppo now or waiting. Many people, of which I am one, didn't buy our (first) Oppo player(s) as an "Australian Oppo player."As an owner of a 9.

I don't think I could purchase any other player. Have the bugs been ironed out or is there still some work to do? Best price I've seen thus far is $8.

I get any better? Well that's what happens went back to Apollo to purchase and it's back to $9. Cheers. DKcoola. 32 writes.. As an owner of a 9. I don't think I could purchase any other player.

Have the bugs been ironed out or is there still some work to do? Which bugs are you talking about? The '9. 3 is the last Oppo without Cinavia. Frogger. Squared writes.. Which bugs are you talking about?

The '9. 3 is the last Oppo without Cinavia. Okay that didn't appear to go well, I was referring to the 2. Possibly it's a setting issue, I don't know as I don't have one. I was trying to say now I have an Oppo I would like another, there is nothing wrong with my Oppo 9. Cheers. DKcoola. 32 writes.. Best price I've seen thus far is $8. Where is this? And is it overseas or local?

Have the bugs been ironed ou. Not quite yet, I'm still having freezing issues, but I think it's a software issue because I even had a freeze in navigating menus (mainly for a USB drive). If it's not software, they've screwed up SUPER hard, and have failed to put in enough processing power, which means software won't fix it, but at that point I'd say they'd be bordering on needing to do a recall..

But that's a special kind of unlikely, the only people who would do that is Foxtel's hardware team : P it HAS to be a software issue. Are all the bugs fixed yet? Come on people, the player hasn't even been out for two weeks!

I had freezing on the first few discs I watched, but then switched to Source Direct and everything else on Auto (on my 9. I always leave everything set to a specific value), and I haven't seen any issues since then, and I'm really enjoying the speed and picture. The player is telling me it's outputting 4k, 4: 2: 2 at 1. A lot of people have been suggesting that cables are the issue, but people contacting Oppo have been getting a beta firmware that fixes the fault (created in the last days before Christmas, so Oppo are definitely on the case), which means it's clearly a software bug. I expect the fix will be released as an official firmware version in a few weeks. It's amazing these days! We pay top dollar for our electronics, yet we still become beta testers for the manufacturers!

Dot. Com. Dot. AU writes.. It's amazing these days! We pay top dollar for our electronics, yet we still become beta testers for the manufacturers! To be fair, UHD- Blu- ray IS a very complicated thing: 8- bits/1. HDR1. 0 (with 1,0. Dolby Vision, H2.

DCI- P3, Rec. 20. The change from Blu- ray to UHD Blu- ray is far bigger than many folks realise. Absolutely the owners of the 2.

It's a brand new product from a brand new class of technology using many standards that a very very new. Absolutely their will be bugs. I expect in about 6 months to a year all the quirks should be gone (heck most of the big ones should be gone within a short while). I am hanging on to my BDP- 9.

Can this player able to play different region blu- ray and dvd discs? I have to agree, the player is only half baked at this stage and was probably rushed out for the xmas seasonand yes, we are the beta testers, there are some basic problems that should never had made it to retail until resolved, especially at this price point. Secondary HDMI port (hdcp 2. Oppo can't afford to fix all bugs as then they would have nothing left to use as a trojan to remove functionality the studios take a dislike to in retrospect. They can't be too happy that people can watch UHD on 1. TVs as it reduces the uptake of 4k TVs.

Arguably the 2. 03 is a stopgap until Oppo brings out a player with streaming chops to match their previous generation (or better..). But they need more sales to entice the big players to work with them – once that happens, it may be worth the investment. But unless you're desperate or your existing Oppo fails, the argument to upgrade isn't overwhelming. Arguably the 2. 03 is a stopgap until Oppo brings out a player with streaming chops to match their previous generation (or better..). Not all of us have interest in the streaming features, if I wanted to stream content, I wouldn't need the OPPO in the first place.