Deftones

i assume those ones on Fox were ones they had to burn off before TBS starts showing it, right? somewhat confusing if you aren't paying attention.

RichC2

Yeah, they're episodes 17, 21 and 22 from the 8th production cycle. Unofficially making it Season 11, though American Dad has always had a screwed up season labeling scheme.

One of the episode titles for Season 12 / 9th Production Cycle is "Holy Shit, (spoiler)!" which is definitely a TBS title.

This upcoming Sunday's episode is the actual last produced episode from last season. All 3 eps are Roger centric.

Shazam

Gee that explains that. Two episodes on my DVR. Nice surprise. "A Boy Named Michael" was especially delightfully offensive.

RichC2

Season 12 (or the rest of Season 11, or Season 9 if you're going by production code, some may list it as Season 10)'s first episode will be available to stream this Sunday for 48 hours:

All-New Season of American Dad!
Season Premiere to be Available for 48 Hours
Via Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Starting
Sunday Night, Oct. 12, at Midnight (ET)

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...an-dad/312734/

PatD

Well, Hulu is not showing the current episodes and I don't have cable. So, for those why may have caught the last 3 or 4 episodes--what did you think?

I'm hoping that when the show starts on TBS, the quality will maintain.

The episodes that have broadcast so far (as my understanding):

"Roger Passes the Bar"

"A Boy Named Michael"

"Blargsnarst, a Love Story"

Strangely enough there are some clips on the Hulu site for some of these episodes:

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Jay G.

The first TBS episode is up on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJpuDgUJjhg

windom

Wouldn't FOX have been better off keeping this on after Family Guy instead of putting Mulany there?

RichC2

Whoops?

Deftones

Can't wait to see how much better this will be on cable. Anyone watch the premiere yet?

My Other Self

I wouldn't expect anything different content wise. TBS isn't known for their edgy material.

PhantomStranger

By this point American Dad is a known quantity, it was never going to be a mega-hit. The slot after Family Guy is very valuable for Fox, since that show brings an audience to Fox that isn't watching the channel for much else. Fox hasn't been very good in recent years at developing comedies.

RichC2

There was an utterance of the word "shit" I believe (it may have been ship, but I don't think so). Otherwise it was business as usual for American Dad.

Good business.

Jay G.

Yeah, the idea was that they could gamble on a new show that could potentially become a huge hit, instead of keeping a decent if not spectacular performer there. That it didn't pan out that way is more a mark on their creative development than their business savvy.

Deftones

they are going to allow for cursing, so there's that. i'd imagine that will allow for slightly edgier material, too.

The Valeyard

The one posted on YouTube was an ok episode. Nothing to write home about.

RichC2

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cuz it's easier, should be up another 12 hours or so.

PatD

Is TBS going to post yesterday's episode? (Or was that just a fluke?)

Jay G.

The episode that aired yesterday on TBS was the one they put on Youtube the week before. I think that was a one-time limited promo to advertise the fact that new American Dad episodes are now on TBS.

RichC2

Those episodes aired on Fox, Season 11 was actually a "mini-season" that was only 3 episodes long. The first episode of the TBS run was Blonde Ambition.

So far

TBSE01 - Blonde Ambition - Pretty decent, some funny jokes.
TBSE02 - CIAPOW - Easily the worst, laziest episode I've seen of this entire series.

whotony

Since it wasn;t mentioned it looks like this airs mondays at 9e.

PhantomStranger

Mondays at 9 PM seems so random. I wonder how the ratings are holding up? They have not been repeating these new episodes. They get one airing per week.

whotony

I think that some are being repeated in the afternoon.

whotony

I just noticed CIAPOW is on CNHD right now so they're. also on that channel.

RichC2

The latest episode pulled a 0.6 and 1.2m viewers which is passable, it's like CW numbers.

The funny thing being is it was beaten by a 10 pm American Dad repeat on Adult Swim by 150,000 viewers. (same demo)

They need to put Big Bang as a lead-in, or something.

PatD

Well, I sucked it up and got the iTunes season pass of this season as it is unfortunately the only way for me to catch it. All in all, I got some good chuckles out of the first 7 episodes. There were none that truly stood out, but there were no clunkers either. Looking forward to the rest of the season.