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American Dad!
''American Dad!'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Since 2014, the series has been airing new episodes on TBS. ''American Dad!'' is the first television series made to premiere on Fox's Animation Domination block. The series premiered on February 6, 2005, following Super Bowl XXXIX, with the rest of the first season airing three months later beginning May 1, 2005. ''American Dad!'' is a joint production between Underdog Productions, Fuzzy Door Productions and 20th Television Animation and syndicated by 20th Television. Creative direction of ''American Dad!'' had largely been guided by Barker (prior to his departure from the show in season 10) and Weitzman as opposed to MacFarlane, resulting in a series that is different from its counterparts. Unlike MacFarlane's other shows, '' Family Guy'' and, to a lesser extent, ''The Cleveland Show'', ''American Dad!'' does not lean as heavily on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Smith (American Dad!)
Steven Anita "Steve" Smith is a fictional character in the animated television series ''American Dad!'', voiced by Scott Grimes. He is Stan and Francine Smith's 14-year-old son and Hayley's younger brother as well as the youngest of the series' six main characters. Steve only has three human geeky friends that always stand by his side no matter what crazy scenario is going on. However, he has the strongest friendship with the family alien Roger, as they frequently go on wild adventures together. The character was initially voiced by Ricky Blitt and was designed as geeky and physically gawky. Halfway through production of the first season, Grimes replaced Blitt and Steve's design was made to be more physically attractive, so he would be less comparable to Neil Goldman from ''Family Guy''. Personality At 14 years old, Steve is the youngest member of the Smith family. He is and is approximately which is relatively short for his age. Upon the series’ 2005 premiere, Steve w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dee Bradley Baker
Dee Bradley Baker (born August 31, 1962) is an American voice actor. Much of Baker's work features vocalizations of animals and monsters. Baker's roles include animated series such as ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'', '' Codename: Kids Next Door'', ''Gravity Falls'', ''Steven Universe'', ''Phineas and Ferb'', ''Ben 10'', '' The Legend of Korra'', '' The 7D'', and '' American Dad!'' His voice work in live-action series includes '' Legends of the Hidden Temple'' and '' Shop 'til You Drop'', as well as films such as ''Space Jam'' and ''The Boxtrolls''. Baker has also voiced characters in video games such as ''Halo'', '' Gears of War'', ''Viewtiful Joe'', '' Spore'', ''Destiny'', and '' Overwatch''. He is especially known for his work on various ''Star Wars'' television series, mainly as the voice of Captain Rex and other clone troopers in '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', '' Star Wars: The Bad Batch'', and '' Star Wars: Rebels''. Early life Baker was born in Bloomington, Indiana, on A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Television
20th Television (formerly 20th Century Fox Television, 20th Century-Fox Television, and TCF Television Productions, Inc.) is an American television production company that is a division of Disney Television Studios, part of The Walt Disney Company. The original incarnation of 20th Television was the syndication and distribution arm of 20th Century Fox Television until it was folded into Disney–ABC Domestic Television in 2020. 20th Television was part of The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of the majority of 21st Century Fox's assets in 2019. The company's current name was adopted in 2020 when Disney dropped "Fox" from the names of acquired 21st Century Fox assets. Divisions 20th Television has divisions from pre-Disney and post-Disney. *20th Century Fox Television Distribution (2011-2020) - a television distribution arm of 20th Century Fox Television for all Fox-produced and/or acquired programming. The company operates from 2011 to 2020. * FNM/FWP (1990-1994) - the TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuzzy Door Productions
Fuzzy Door Productions is an American film and television production company founded by Seth MacFarlane in 1998. The company's productions include animated series ''Family Guy'', ''American Dad!'', the ''Family Guy'' spinoff ''The Cleveland Show'', the live-action sitcom '' The Winner'', the science documentary series '' Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey'' and the sci-fi comedy drama series '' The Orville''. More recently, it signed a deal with NBCUniversal. The company will move from its longtime home at the 20th Century Fox Studios lot in Century City to NBCUniversal's Universal City Studios in Universal City. Erica Huggins will continue to head Fuzzy Door as president. MacFarlane's two animated series ''Family Guy'' broadcast on Fox and ''American Dad!'' broadcast on TBS will continue to be produced on the Fox studios lot while his live action series ''The Orville'' which is scheduled to air its second extended season on Hulu will continue to be filmed at Universal City Studios an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kara Vallow
Kara Vallow is an American television animation producer who works with Seth MacFarlane on the four television series produced by Fuzzy Door Productions for Fox, '' Family Guy'', '' American Dad!'' (now moved to TBS), ''The Cleveland Show'', and '' Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey''. Career Vallow worked at the New York City-based studio Broadcast Arts, best known for set design for ''Pee-wee's Playhouse''. She eventually moved to Los Angeles to work at Hyperion Pictures as the supervisor of the production layout department on the feature ''Bébé's Kids'', a multi-cultural animated feature film. Over the next few years, Vallow found herself at Murakami-Wolf as producer of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' TV series during its waning years. She worked at Hanna-Barbera, where she produced the series ''Johnny Bravo'', and where she met Seth MacFarlane. Vallow then went on to Sony to produce their first primetime series, ''Dilbert'', with Larry Charles, which ran on UPN for two sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Callaghan
Steve Callaghan is an American screenwriter, producer and voice actor, best known for his work on '' Family Guy''. He is a graduate of the Department of Public Policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs. Callaghan started his career in 1999 as a writers' assistant for ''Family Guy'', and has since worked as a writer and producer on a variety of televisions shows such as ''3 South'', '' Yes, Dear'' and ''American Dad!''. Callaghan was offered a job as a writers' assistant on the animated series ''Family Guy'' in 1999, and became one of the first members of the original writing staff of the show. He served as co-executive producer during the show's fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons, and as executive producer during the show's eighth season. During the show's cancellation from 2003 to 2005, Callaghan wrote for the CBS television sitcom ''Yes, Dear'' and the animated television series ''3 South'' on MTV. In 2009, it was announced that Callaghan would begin serving as executive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David A
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahnatchka Khan
Nahnatchka Khan (born June 17, 1973) is an American television writer and producer. She created and executive produced the ABC comedy series '' Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23'' (2012–2013) and '' Fresh Off the Boat'' (2015–2020), and the NBC comedy series '' Young Rock'' (2021– ). She also directed the 2019 Netflix film '' Always Be My Maybe''. Early life Khan's parents immigrated to the United States from Iran. She was born in Las Vegas and grew up in Hawaii. She attended the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. While in college, she interned at '' National Lampoon'' and Fox. Career Khan started her writing career on 20th Century Fox's '' Malcolm in the Middle''. She also worked for Disney Television Animation, including Disney's 1990s animated sitcom, ''Pepper Ann'', the division's first series created by a woman. According to Khan, ''Pepper Ann's'' "Sue Rose wanted to do this show about this 12-year-old girl raised by a single mom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Appel
Richard James Appel (born May 21, 1963) is an American writer, producer and former attorney. Since 2012, he has served as an executive producer and co-showrunner of ''Family Guy'' on Fox. He attended Harvard University and Harvard Law School. As an undergraduate, he wrote for the '' Harvard Lampoon''. Following in his mother's footsteps, Appel became a lawyer. After attending law school, he started out as a law clerk for Judge John M. Walker Jr. before becoming a federal attorney, serving as assistant U.S. attorney for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for three years. In 1994, he moved into comedy writing when he was hired for ''The Simpsons'', writing seven episodes of the show including " Mother Simpson". He moved on to become showrunner and executive producer of '' King of the Hill'' before creating the sitcom ''A.U.S.A.''. He then worked on '' The Bernie Mac Show'', ''Family Guy'' and ''American Dad!'' before co-creating ''The Cleveland S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Zuckerman (TV Producer)
David J. Zuckerman (born August 28, 1962) is an American television producer and writer and is best known as the original showrunner and executive producer of the animated comedy series ''Family Guy'', as well as the creator of the American adaptation of the Australian television series of the same name, '' Wilfred''. A native of Danville, California, Zuckerman is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles. Zuckerman first wrote for the sitcom ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', and then went on to write and produce episodes for the Fox animated series ''King of the Hill.'' In 1999, along with writer and producer Seth MacFarlane, he developed another Fox animated series, entitled ''Family Guy''. He subsequently worked on MacFarlane's second series, ''American Dad!'', before adapting the Australian live action series '' Wilfred'' and producing it under the same name for FX. Early life and education Zuckerman was born and raised in Danville, California, and is a gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Jones (composer)
Ronald Jones (born July 7, 1954) is an American composer who has written music for several television shows, including '' Star Trek: The Next Generation,'' '' Duck Tales'', ''American Dad!'', and ''Family Guy''. He composed the theme song for Nickelodeon's '' The Fairly Odd Parents'' with series creator, Butch Hartman, as well as music for the show's pilots. He lives in Stanwood, Washington, where he opened SkyMuse studios, a recording facility designed for post-production and music recording. Early life and Career Jones was born in Kansas City, Kansas. After receiving a degree in music composition and music theory, he moved to Los Angeles, California, to enroll in the Dick Grove School of Music.Ron Jones; Internet Movie Database Accessed: 11 October 2009 He studied under Academy Award- and Emmy Award-nominated composer Lalo Schifrin after Schifrin asked Jones to copy a concerto for guitar and orchestra."Ron Jones Interview;" Reel Cool Published: 7 August 2008; Accessed: 11 Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
