American Dad

With the usual humor based on archetypes, pop culture references and random vulgarity that reeks of desperation, American Dad is highly derivative and only occasionally amusing.

I've given it dozens of opportunities at crazy different stages of life - from sex-obsessed high schooler to drunk colleger to chronically depressed working stiff desperate for escapism - and rarely find it redeeming or funny. Possibly never. Something about it embraces what I like least about pop culture these days. And every opportunity I give it with my best attempt at fresh eyes leads to a forced chuckle and a feeling of crushing ennui.

Actually pretty funny, and far better than the Family Guy knock-off people see it as, but I've never enjoyed it enough to seek it out. Great for when you're drunk and TBS is the channel you left on!

Insanely underrated by TV comedy snobs who don't know what they're missing. I REALLY doubt anyone saying this is "just like Family Guy" or whatever has seen ambitious, creative episodes like "Lost in Space," "Rapture's Delight," or "Independent Movie," and went into the show wanting to hate it. Though in the last couple years it has finally, after a near decade-long run of greatness, started to go a little downhill, this show was a vibrant, hilarious and energetic blast for a long time.

After the cut-aways and pop-culture stuff had gotten stale in Family Guy MacFrlane created a new set-up that lent itself more easily to politics, then filled it with exactly the same crap.

It's like Family Guy, but a whole lot shittier.

The most consistent of MacFarlane's shows, almost always delivering some cheap, disposable but entertaining comedy. Never really much stand-out stuff either, but Roger is easily the best character MacFarlane's made and steals every scene he's in.

It's okay. Much like 'Family Guy' it's occasionally very funny, most of the time just passable and every so often awful.

Passes the time, usually with a laugh or two.

more effort than Family Guy, less memorable. If this came out before Family Guy, there likely would be no Family Guy. They never had their own "Season 1 Family Guy" tho. theyve always been mid