Like Family Guy this show found it's own identity when it first started. My favorite characters are Roger because of his multiple personalities and over the top craziness, Francine with her history of being raised by a Chinese family and also harboring a secret life of stealing valuable items for 20 years, and Steve's awesome singing voice and energetic attitude of bringing new stuff to the table when his family are bored. Stan, Hayley, and Klaus are interesting characters as well. Who doesn't want a gungho CIA agent, a hardcore liberal activist and a German guy trapped in a fish body? I do because I love this show to death after family Guy. I love both shows for different reasons but I love them for their common interests to make me laugh out loud and enjoy these awesome shows.

First off, this show isn't even funny - unless you like black humour. The jokes in this show are horrible! If you think South Park has offensive jokes, well this has way more offensive jokes! Also, calling your own wife a $lut??? How is that funny??? Well,I guess people just like horrible jokes! Either that,or you probably aren't listening to any of the jokes definitions and just laughing at the funny jokes. Ah, yes, the funny jokes...there is lots of hilarious jokes in this show,I will admit it. Once I even got a slight laugh out of one of them. But these funny jokes are very rare and not even that funny, they're just a little bit funny. However, the rest of the show is just about making fun of people, r@pe jokes, r@cism (even more than Family Guy) and $exism. If you want a decent show, go watch The Simpsons, Family Guy, Robot Chicken, maybe even Bob's Burgers if you're bored...but not this! This show is complete $hit, however, some jokes are relatively funny so 4/10!

Now, out of the two shows, I still find "Family Guy" to be the superior one. However, I find that after 9 or 10 seasons, it has become somewhat stale. There are still some funny moments, but there's a lot more crap to go through."American Dad!" at first I thought lacked that edge, that dark humour that "Family Guy" had. Now? It still lacks it... But at the time, I didn't realise that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. I do now. "American Dad!" has a lot more creativity with their humour, though, I have found, in comparison with later seasons of "Family Guy", and in some cases, some episodes of the old "Family Guy." It still has the occasional shock humour, but not doesn't take it as far. It's humour could be compared to something like "Futurama", only not as funny, but a bit more out there... sometimes. But unlike the later "Family Guy" seasons it's not relying just on violence, gross-out humour and cutaway gags that barely go anywhere.Because the main character is a secret agent, and in the attic they house an Alien, a lot of the plots are more ludicrous than "Family Guy." There's also a talking fish, too. And a talking koala.The main characters themselves are generally quite funny. The three standouts are Stan Smith, Roger the alien and Klaus the fish. The other members in the family do have their funny moments, too. And the supporting cast, especially Patrick Stewart as CIA boss Avery Bullock, Jeff Fischer (Played by Jeff Fischer. No really!), and a talking Koala, have great moments. Even characters you'll only see for one episode have some very memorable gags, too. Sometimes they're funnier than the main characters themselves.There are some emotional aspects, too, though I think "Family Guy" handles them better. Like for example, Brian and the elderly woman he looks after as part of community service, or, once again, when Brian is hit by a car and dies, and is written out of the show for three episodes or so. Even though he wasn't gone for good, that moment is heart-breaking. But when "American Dad!" does them, they are actually pretty good moments.All in all, "American Dad!" isn't as ground-breaking as it's sister show, but the quality of it doesn't seem to have been getting worse. In fact, it seems to get better as it goes on.

At first glance this show may look like a dodgy Family Guy copy but with different characters but it is far from that. American Dad focuses more on political humor and jokes that never fall flat. In a way it is Seth McFarlanes' Futurama. By this I mean its a show made by him that looks like his other show but has a completely different vibe. Fans of Family Guy constantly hate on this show because it has a different style of humour and tone. It still has curses, crude humor, violence and sexual references like Family Guy but focuses on making fun of political situations and current events. I say definitely check out American Dad if you want a nice satisfying half an hour of comedy. It is well worth watching.