The fourth season of the American TV series ''

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from September 30, 2007, to May 18, 2008, and consisted of sixteen episodes. The first half of the season is included within the Volume Three DVD box set, which was released on April 15, 2008, and the second half is included within the

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DVD box set, which was released on April 28, 2009. The fourth season consisted of one 2AJNxx holdover episode while the remaining episodes of the season were from 3AJNxx production line. This is the final season that composer Ron Jones worked for the score before leaving the show to work on the music for ''

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'' until season 12. He was later replaced by

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, who frequently collaborated with MacFarlane and worked on the series' musical score, along with

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, ever since. Because of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, there was a shortage of episodes this season. Much like

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of ''

'', the episodes that were shown during the WGA strike were done so without permission from Seth MacFarlane, since MacFarlane showed support for the writers by not finishing any planned episodes until the strike ended.

Episodes

Reception

The season was nominated for a Teen Choice Award. Reviews were mostly positive.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:American Dad! Season 4 American Dad! season 4 episodes, * 2007 American animated television seasons 2008 American animated television seasons