Fox Orders More Scripts For Animated Comedy 'American Dad'

[Brian Damage]

Fox has picked up more scripts for 2 animated comedy series: veteran American Dad and midseason entry Bob's Burgers. The orders are for 8 American Dad scripts and 6 Bob's Burger's scripts. All episodes from Bob's Burger's original 13-episode order have been read and recorded and are now in various stages of animated production. The script order will keep the show in continuous production and allow for it to return in the fall if renewed by Fox as opposed to midseason if it doesn't have scripts ready because of the long lead production time for animated series. As for American Dad, the extra scripts are in lieu of a full-blown seventh season renewal, which is still expected. But with Bob's Burgers coming out in January and Fox recently ordering 2 new animated series, Napoleon Dynamite and Allen Gregory, Fox seems to be keeping its options open.

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