https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/american-dad-return-to-fox-tbs-1236345045/#:~:text=Variety%20has%20confirmed%20that%2020th,nearly%20400%20episodes%20to%20date.

Variety has confirmed that 20th Television Animation and Fox Entertainment are nearing a deal (https://www.google.com/search?q=American+Dad!+is+set+to+return+to+Fox&oq=American+Dad!+is+set+to+return+to+Fox&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg80gEINjUwajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBY0KoT0iTOLM&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) to bring the long-running animated sitcom back to the broadcast network on which it launched in 2005. The deal would most likely be a multi-season pickup. The show has aired for nearly 400 episodes to date.

Fox Picks Up FOUR Seasons of Returning "American Dad!" in Mega Deal with Disney TV Studios
by Nellie Andreeva
April 2, 2025


Fox has picked up "American Dad!‘s" return to the network after an 11-year break with a four-season order.

It brings it to Seasons 20 through 23.

https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-simpsons-family-guy-bobs-burgers-american-dad-renewed-1236356360/

"American Dad!" Producers on No Longer Getting to Swear as They Return to Fox; Upcoming Guest Stars Include RuPaul, Chris Pine
by Michael Schneider
July 26, 2025


With “American Dad!” returning to Fox — and broadcast television — the show’s producers admit they’re going to have to adjust to those broadcast standards.

“The only thing that we’re gonna have to get used to is no longer being able to say ‘shit’ and ‘God damn it,'” executive producer Matt Weitzman told the audience at the show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel on Saturday. “But you know what? We don’t have to find creative ways to be entertained.”




“I’m just super excited to be able to say that we’re gonna be making another 56 episodes of ‘American Dad!,'” Weitzman said.

“We’re really happy to really just be able to make more episodes. We were on Fox for eight years, and then we’re on TBS for 10 more years. And I can’t tell you how giddy I was when I found out that we’re going to be back on Fox for four more years. I thought maybe we were going to find another place for a little while, but the fact that we’re going to be back on Fox is super exciting.”




Weitzman also revealed some of next season’s guest stars:

Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson
Joe Mantegna
Chris Pine
Ming Na Wen
RuPaul
Wayne Newton
Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump
Jonathan Frakes
Kyle Maclachlan




Also, “American Dad!” will soon hit its 400th episode and in that episode, per exec producer Matt Weitzman, Stan (voiced by creator Seth MacFarlane) nearly dies on his 400th mission — only to discover that the CIA has already replaced him with a clone.

Other upcoming stories include a space anthology — three different stories that take the show out of its normal world.

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/american-dad-swear-return-fox-guest-stars-rupaul-chris-pine-1236471166/

Fox's Long-Running Hit Animated Series Finally Makes Its Return After 11 Years (https://www.cbr.com/american-dad-fox-return-date-revealed/)

After an 11-year absence, a Seth MacFarlane animated series marks its Fox return.

After 2 Cancellations, This 21-Part Sitcom Is Returning to TV As if Nothing Happened (https://collider.com/american-dad-returning-fox-tv-after-2-cancellations/)

It’s back to where it all started.