American Dad! season 21

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American Dad!
Season 21
No. of episodes14
Release
Original network TBS
Original releaseOctober 28, 2024 (2024-10-28) –
present
Season chronology
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Season 20
List of episodes

American Dad! 's twenty first season premiered on TBS on October 28, 2024. The season will feature guest appearances from Kevin Bacon, Charles Barkley, Bret Hart, Gabriel Iglesias, Michael Imperioli, Leslie Jones, Neal McDonough, Joel McHale and Kyra Sedgwick. [1]

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		Title  [2] Directed byWritten byOriginal release dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
3671"The Grocery Store Bank"Shawn MurrayBrett Cawley & Robert MaitiaOctober 28, 2024 (2024-10-28)JAJN010.23 [3]
Stan, Francine, and Roger come up with a seemingly perfect plan to rob a bank located inside a grocery store. They meticulously plan every detail, but ultimately decide not to go through with the heist. Their decision to abandon the plan leads to a peaceful resolution.
3682"Brown Lotus"John O'DayNic WegenerNovember 4, 2024 (2024-11-04)JAJN020.22 [4]
Hayley and Jeff decide to take a staycation at a nearby luxury resort where Jeff learns from Roger to be rude to the employees to secretly get Hayley what she wants. She eventually catches on and tries it herself but goes too far. Meanwhile, the CIA gets defunded and addresses its unpopularity by rebranding as a cake company.
3693"I've Got a Friend in Me"Jansen YeeJeff KauffmannNovember 11, 2024 (2024-11-11)JAJN030.23 [5]
After a freak accident, Stan and Roger end up stuck together in the worst possible way. Meanwhile, Klaus has to deal with an impostor.
3704"Touch the Sun: A Chimborazo Adventure" Joe Daniello Zack RosenblattNovember 18, 2024 (2024-11-18)JAJN040.26 [6]
The Smith family sets out to fulfill their dream of climbing Mount Everest. However, Stan, always looking to save money, opts for a cheaper alternative and takes them to Chimborazo, a volcano in Ecuador. The family quickly realizes that this mountain is far more challenging and dangerous than they anticipated, leading to a series of chaotic and humorous events.
3715"Under (and Over, and Beside) the Boardwalk"Jennifer GravesParker DeayNovember 25, 2024 (2024-11-25)JAJN050.27 [7]
The Smith family is excited about the grand reopening of the old Langley Falls boardwalk. However, what starts as a fun family outing quickly turns chaotic. Stan's attempt to win an oversized stuffed animal leads to unexpected trouble, including a riot among disgruntled carnival workers.
3726"The Violence of the Clams"Tim ParsonsTim SaccardoDecember 2, 2024 (2024-12-02)JAJN060.30 [8]
Being the only one of his friends to not like a new fast-food restaurant drives Steve to madness. Meanwhile, Stan and Francine go on a quest to return mistakenly delivered mail.
3737"An Adult Woman"Chris BennettNicole ShabtaiDecember 9, 2024 (2024-12-09)JAJN070.24 [9]
After Hayley is deemed a "big child" by The Lady from The Hamster Rescue Society, she gets involved with two Roger personas who have a complicated family dynamic in an effort to prove that she is an adult woman.
3748"Piece by Piece"Josue CervantesAlisha KetryDecember 16, 2024 (2024-12-16)JAJN080.23 [10]
Steve reveals his talent for playing the cello, which unlocks repressed childhood trauma in Roger's maestro persona, leading Roger to travel to Germany to confront his real father. Meanwhile, Hayley takes up butchery as an outlet for her anger, and Jeff builds a luxury birdhouse.
3759"Nasty Christmas"John O'DayJoel HurwitzDecember 23, 2024 (2024-12-23)JAJN100.26 [11]
Disappointed by his boss's CIA Christmas party, Stan and Klaus crash Bullock's private Christmas party in which Santa Claus himself is a musical performer. Santa becomes jealous of Mrs. Claus when he sees Stan as her plus one, and leaves the gig to go live with the Smiths. Stan can't handle Mrs. Claus's drug-fueled lifestyle and escapes the North Pole. Santa realizes his mistake and rekindles his love with Mrs. Claus and resumes his role.
37610"Idiot Rich"Shawn MurrayAndrew RoseDecember 30, 2024 (2024-12-30)JAJN090.23 [12]
The Smiths want a Bugatti and realize Jeff's mooching is preventing them. Jeff gets a job in construction but instantly gets injured. A settlement lawyer cuts Jeff a big check. Jeff wants to invest the money in Hollywood, but in court Roger wins conservatorship over Jeff's money. Roger's scheme to take advantage of Jeff fails and the money is lost in Roger's bad casino investment scheme.
37711"Killer Mimosa"Jansen YeeSoren BowieJanuary 6, 2025 (2025-01-06)JAJN110.32 [13]
Hayley gets an internship at a morning talk show. She suspects the talk show's guest of murdering his wife but the hosts are reluctant to let her break the story. Eventually they give in and unintentionally uncover the true culprit of the crime. Meanwhile back at home, the rest of the Smith family get food poisoning and count on Jeff to get them cured.
37812"The Legend of Mike Madonia, the Rototiller Man"Joe DanielloPaul StroudJanuary 13, 2025 (2025-01-13)JAJN120.23 [14]
Francine joins the Langley Falls Garden Club, annoying her neighbor and longtime member Tuttle, who doesn't see her as a real gardener. Aided by Roger's rototiller persona, Francine enters a gardening competition, but accidentally unleashes chaos when her steroid fertilizer turns the earthworms into graboids. Meanwhile, the rest of the Smith family try the power of positivity by saying yes to everything.
37913"The Clearview Motel"Jennifer GravesSam BrennerJanuary 20, 2025 (2025-01-20)JAJN130.23 [15]
Francine feels shut out by her family and drives to a friend's funeral in hopes of making a human connection. She leaves disappointed and meets Roger on the long drive home. The two stay at the Clearview Motel and realize they're being peeped at through the ceiling vents by an elderly man, who they accidentally frighten to death. They hide his body and, starved for human connection, can't stop themselves from likewise peeping on the other guests. After many days they've had enough but a curse over the motel prevents them from leaving.
38014"The Girl Who Cried Space Jam"Tim ParsonsCurtis CookJanuary 27, 2025 (2025-01-27)JAJN140.28 [16]
Hayley gets fired for being a poser and attends a Hippie boot camp to try get back to her roots, but fails and instead turns to devil worship. She manages to summon demons who challenge her to a Space Jam-style basketball game for Langley Falls' souls. The demons privately reveal they were just kidding, call Hayley a poser devil worshiper, and leave. Hayley decides to fake a demons-vs-public domain cartoon character basketball game anyway in hopes of winning back her reputation.
38115"Get Him to the Greek Lifestyle"Chris BennettKevin TylerFebruary 3, 2025 (2025-02-03)JAJN150.26 [17]
The Smiths adopt the healthy Mediterranean diet and lifestyle so they can live longer, but Stan decides to take it ever further and with Roger's help uses biohacking to try to become immortal. His extreme health regiments take their toll on the rest of the Smith family and eventually backfire when an overdose leaves him with only 3 days to live. Stan hurries to do everything on his bucket list, but fails. At the last minute Roger saves the day with a medical solution.
38216"The Mystery of the Missing Bazooka Shark Babe"TBATBAFebruary 10, 2025 (2025-02-10)JAJN16TBD
38317"Pork 'N Feelings"TBATBAFebruary 17, 2025 (2025-02-17)JAJN17TBD
38418"O Brothel, Where Art Thou?"TBATBAFebruary 24, 2025 (2025-02-24)JAJN18TBD
38519"The Sickness"TBATBAMarch 3, 2025 (2025-03-03)JAJN21TBD
38620"Silicon Steve"TBATBAMarch 10, 2025 (2025-03-10)JAJN20TBD
38721"What Great Advancements!"TBATBAMarch 17, 2025 (2025-03-17)JAJN19TBD
38822"Guardian"TBATBAMarch 24, 2025 (2025-03-24)JAJN22TBD

References

  1. ↑ "TBS' "American Dad!" Returns Monday, October 28 at 10PM ET/PT". Thefutoncritic.com. October 8, 2024. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  2. ↑ "TBS TV Schedule". TBS.com. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  3. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (October 29, 2024). "Monday TV Ratings 10/28/24: American Dad! Ties Low in Return, Poppa's House and NCIS: Origins Slide, World Series Declines Again". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  4. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (November 6, 2024). "Monday TV Ratings 11/4/24: Holiday Baking Championship Returns with a New Low, Poppa's House Slips as The Neighborhood Rises, SNL Election Special Solid". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  5. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (November 12, 2024). "Monday TV Ratings 11/11/24: NCIS: Origins, Poppa's House and Rescue: HI-Surf All Drop to New Lows, The Voice and Holiday Baking Championship Rise". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  6. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (November 19, 2024). "Monday TV Ratings 11/18/24: Rescue: HI-Surf Rises for Midseason Finale, Holiday Baking Championship Jumps Again, The Voice Hits Monday Season Low". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  7. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (November 27, 2024). "Monday TV Ratings 11/25/24: Poppa's House and Brilliant Minds Rise, NCIS: Origins Sinks to Another New Low, Holiday Baking Championship Also Collapses". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  8. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (December 4, 2024). "Monday TV Ratings 12/2/24: Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Special Solid, Superman & Lois Jumps for Finale, NCIS and NCIS: Origins Rise". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
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  10. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (December 18, 2024). "Monday TV Ratings 12/16/24: What We Do in the Shadows Rises for Series Finale, Little Big Town's Christmas At the Opry Low, The Neighborhood and NCIS Soar". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
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  12. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (January 2, 2025). "Monday TV Ratings 12/30/24: The Day of the Jackal Preview Abysmal, Monday Night Football Soars, American Dad Ticks Up". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  13. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (January 7, 2025). "Monday TV Ratings 1/6/25: Kids Baking Championship Returns Higher, Brilliant Minds Slips for Finale, The Neighborhood Encore Leads Broadcast". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  14. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (January 14, 2025). "Monday TV Ratings 1/13/25: Vikings/Rams NFL Wild Card Game Dominates, American Dad! Ticks Up, Kids Baking Championship and The Rachel Maddow Show Tumble". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  15. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (January 22, 2025). "Monday TV Ratings 1/20/25: The Traitors Broadcast Preview Pitiful, College Football Championship Down 15% from 2024, 9-1-1: Lone Star Returns to Series Low". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  16. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (January 29, 2025). "Monday TV Ratings 1/27/25: 50 Years of SNL Music Documentary Solid, The Bachelor Returns to a Series Low, The Neighborhood and NCIS: Origins Rise in Midseason Premieres". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  17. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (February 4, 2025). "Monday TV Ratings 2/3/25: 9-1-1: Lone Star Jumps to Season High for Series Finale, The Voice Returns to Highest Rating Since 2023, The Neighborhood Drops". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
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