TBS Renews 'American Dad' for a 12th Season

TBS took American Dad off of FOX's hands, and the result has been a major success for the cable network.

The show, which is pretty much the best of the Seth MacFarlane animated programs, scored solid ratings in its first season with TBS, averaging over 3 million viewers for each new episode.

"By ordering a new season while the current season is early in its run, we're ensuring that Seth MacFarlane and his team will have the freedom to take the misadventures of the CIA agent Stan Smith and his family to a whole new level," said Deborah K. Bradley, executive vice president, head of program acquisitions, content strategy and licensing for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., in an official statement.

"TBS has been a spectacular home for this terrific series, and its continued success is a testament to the brilliance of the show, as well as the passion of the network," commented Jonnie Davis, Twentieth Century Fox Television president of creative affairs. "We join the loyal fans of American Dad in hoping this is the first of many renewals because Seth, Brian and Matt have many more stories to tell."

The show has been renewed for a full 22-episode season since, as the renewal announcement on Facebook put it, you have to #GoBigorGoHome.

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