FOX Keeps American Dad! Duo in Stable - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 07-05-2007, 10:45 PM

Rick Wiener and Kenny Schwartz, exec producers of the hit FOX animated series American Dad!, have signed on to stay with the show for another two years, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As part of their seven-figure, two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV Studio, the pair will also develop new projects.

American Dad! Delves into the dysfunctional family life of Stan Smith, a conservative government agent who harbors a Roswell alien in his attic and keeps a talking goldfish that was once part of a government experiment. The show is the brainchild of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and former Family Guy scribes Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman. The three serve as exec producers on the series, along with Wiener, Schwartz and David Zuckerman.

Schwartz and Wiener return to the FOX TV talent stable after co-creating the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl with Danny Jacobson ten years ago. The also created and exec produced the Warner Bros. sitcoms Do Over and Like Family, and have been part of the American Dad! team since the show’s 2005 debut.

Already Gone · 07-06-2007, 09:22 AM

That's great news! Thanks for posting that article

comedyfreak · 10-18-2007, 05:46 AM

They've got a hit on their hands and the show is growing on me. I didn't like it at first and now I do.

07-05-2007, 10:45 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	FOX Keeps American Dad! Duo in Stable Rick Wiener and Kenny Schwartz, exec producers of the hit FOX animated series American Dad!, have signed on to stay with the show for another two years, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As part of their seven-figure, two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV Studio, the pair will also develop new projects. American Dad! Delves into the dysfunctional family life of Stan Smith, a conservative government agent who harbors a Roswell alien in his attic and keeps a talking goldfish that was once part of a government experiment. The show is the brainchild of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and former Family Guy scribes Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman. The three serve as exec producers on the series, along with Wiener, Schwartz and David Zuckerman. Schwartz and Wiener return to the FOX TV talent stable after co-creating the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl with Danny Jacobson ten years ago. The also created and exec produced the Warner Bros. sitcoms Do Over and Like Family, and have been part of the American Dad! team since the show’s 2005 debut.
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07-06-2007, 09:22 AM	#2
Already Gone Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 2,587	That's great news! Thanks for posting that article