american dad characters in real life

American Dad was originally conceived to be a replacement for Seth Macfarlane’s other animated show Family Guy. This idea was birthed after fans were angry at the cancellation of Family Guy, and producers wanted to fill the void by creating a new, similar show. But just as American Dad was starting, the Griffin family were returning. Although it initially seemed like a copycat series, American Dad distinguished itself from being «just like Seth’s other show» thanks to its lack of cutaways, strong characterisations and occasional flavour of science fiction. And some might even say American Dad has now overtaken Family Guy as the superior Macfarlane show (but we’ll leave that debate for now)