American Dad! (season 12)

American Dad! (season 12)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	15
Release
Original network	TBS
Original release	October 20, 2014 – June 1, 2015

American Dad!'s twelfth season debuted on October 20, 2014. The season consists of 15 episodes.

TBS gave the first episode a two-day preview through social media websites YouTube and Facebook on October 13, 2014. However, the October 20 airdate still applies to the television debut.^[1]

Guest voice actors for the show's 12th season include Dean Norris, Stephen Fry, Kathy Bates, Robert Wuhl, Josh Groban, Carl Reiner, Mickey Rooney in his final television appearance, Stan Lee, Kate Mulgrew, Will Forte, Kristin Chenoweth, Mark Spitz, Ted Danson, Sinbad, Patrick Stewart and Uma Thurman.

Production

American Dad!'s 11th season (2014) was the series' final season on FOX. The cable network TBS picked up the series for its 12th season as announced in July 2013. The following 15 episodes debuted on October 20, 2014.^[2][3][4] TBS has aired reruns of American Dad! in syndication for several years and continues to.^[5] American Dad co-creator and showrunner Mike Barker said show's upcoming network relocation, "It's going to be the same American Dad!, just in a different place."^[6] However, Barker departed the series over creative differences once early production for season 12 commenced in November 2013.^[7]

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
176	1	"Blonde Ambition"	Rodney Clouden	Story by: Evan Sandman & Carlo Hart Teleplay by: Wayne Dublin & Carlo Hart & Evan Sandman	October 20, 2014	9AJN01	1.09[8]
Hayley decides to become a blonde when her efforts to save the planet get no attention. Meanwhile, Stan and Steve go on a journey to search for a new Smith home.
177	2	"CIAPOW"	Jansen Yee	Joe Chandler & Nic Wegener	October 27, 2014	9AJN02	1.15[9]
Stan determines to prove that humans are better than robots when Bullock sends in a drone instead of him and the guys for a mission, while Francine and the family compete in a slow-motion race.
178	3	"Scents and Sensei-bility"	Tim Parsons & Jennifer Graves	Wayne Dublin & Carlo Hart & Evan Sandman	November 3, 2014	9AJN05	1.22[10]
Snot and Steve enroll in a karate class after getting fed up of being bullied. Snot later gets brainwashed by the sensei, and Steve must come to the rescue. Meanwhile, Klaus becomes an outside pet when he gets an odor, but then locks Stan, Francine, and Hayley out of the house.
179	4	"Big Stan on Campus"	Pam Cooke & Valerie Fletcher	Brian Boyle	November 10, 2014	9AJN04	1.16[11]
When the CIA is forced to make cutbacks and he inadvertently volunteers to go on furlough, Stan gets a job as a security officer at Groff Community College and befriends the student body – until a disturbance call makes the students turn on him. Meanwhile, Roger opens a bed and breakfast to boost the family's income and must give in to the demands of an eccentric guest (voiced by Stephen Fry).
180	5	"Now and Gwen"	Chris Bennett	Rachael Bogert & Emily Wood	November 17, 2014	9AJN06	1.31[12]
Hayley suspects that Gwen (Uma Thurman), Francine's sister, is up to no good when she comes to town. Meanwhile, Roger tries to find out the location of a treasure from a guy in a coma, Stan teaches Steve the art of man-hugging, and Klaus shadows Roger's dramatic comments.
181	6	"Dreaming of a White Porsche Christmas"	Shawn Murray	Brian Boyle	December 1, 2014	9AJN08	1.01[13]
In a parody of It's a Wonderful Life, Stan's Christmas wish to have Principal Lewis' swinging bachelor life comes true after sticking a Christmas angel statue on top of the tree – and soon regrets the wish when he and Roger wake up in an alternate world where Principal Lewis is Francine's husband and Steve and Hayley are half-black.
182	7	"LGBSteve"	Joe Daniello	Erik Richter	February 23, 2015	9AJN11	1.10[14]
Steve has a crisis of sexual identity when Hayley tells a roller derby coach that Steve is her lesbian sister and everyone tells Steve that he's more feminine than masculine. Meanwhile, Stan and Francine hire a Jesus-like repairman to fix the backyard, but everything he does makes them angry.
183	8	"Morning Mimosa"	Josue Cervantes	Ali Waller	March 2, 2015	9AJN07	1.14[15]
Steve becomes a star chef after Francine refuses to cook for him and demonstrates his skills on a morning talk show for drunken, middle-aged women. Meanwhile, Stan thinks he can become invisible by snapping his fingers.
184	9	"My Affair Lady"	Joe Daniello	Teresa Hsiao	March 9, 2015	9AJN03	1.14[16]
Hayley falls for a co-worker at her new job and considers having an affair with him. Meanwhile, Francine and Steve go to a mother-son dance and Stan tags along.
185	10	"A Star is Reborn"	Rodney Clouden	Brett Cawley & Robert Maitia	March 16, 2015	9AJN09	1.10[17]
Stan and Francine win a trip to Los Angeles, and Stan, disappointed that Hollywood isn't as glamorous as it used to be, is taken in by an aged starlet and her circle of old Hollywood friends who believe that Stan is the reincarnation of her comedy actor husband who died under mysterious circumstances. Meanwhile, Roger kennel-trains Steve and Hayley when Hayley reveals that she deleted one of his episodes of Bones from his DVR and Steve claims that Bones hasn't been good since season four.
186	11	"Manhattan Magical Murder Mystery Tour"	Jansen Yee	Kirk J. Rudell	March 23, 2015	9AJN10	1.02[18]
The Smiths head to the Big Apple when Francine is nominated for an award for her housewife novella. Meanwhile, Stan and Hayley hang out with actor Robert Wuhl. Elsewhere, Roger and Steve re-create their fictional partnership, Wheels and the Legman.
187	12	"The Shrink"	Pam Cooke & Valerie Fletcher	Brett Cawley & Robert Maitia	March 30, 2015	9AJN12	1.11[19]
After witnessing a newlywed couple die in a taxi crash, Stan sees the CIA's psychologist, who recommends he take up building miniatures to take his mind off the tragedy – and Stan ends up too into his new hobby when he steals a shrink ray so he can live in his perfect, plastic world. Meanwhile, Roger and Klaus study up on becoming world-class wine connoisseurs.
188	13	"Holy Shit, Jeff's Back!"	Tim Parsons & Jennifer Graves	Joe Chandler & Nic Wegener	May 18, 2015	9AJN13	1.17[20]
After being abducted by aliens in "Naked to the Limit, One More Time", Jeff Fischer makes his return from space. Meanwhile, Steve looks after Snot's hamster.
189	14	"American Fung"	Chris Bennett	Greg Cohen	May 25, 2015	9AJN14	0.91[21]
In this episode that has been bought by a Chinese billionaire (and has been re-edited to reflect this), Stan has Francine committed to a mental hospital so he can hide the fact that he once again forgot their wedding anniversary.
190	15	"Seizures Suit Stanny"	Josue Cervantes	Erik Durbin	June 1, 2015	9AJN15	1.11[22]
Stan is put on anti-seizure medication after lying to his doctor that he suffered a seizure while driving (when really he was texting while driving), and the side effects turn him into a Frankenstein's monster with a talking calf named Daniel. Meanwhile, Roger helps Steve with his anxiety of performance.

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