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FOX renews "American Dad" to 2008
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Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:19:21 -0400
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David...
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Says Variety
Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball...
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This is puzzling. From everything I've seen, this is the FOX animated
comedy that generates the *least* amount of "heat".
IOW, no one seems particularly positively disposed towards it, unlike
pretty much every other FOX animated comedy.
So why renew the show with no constituency?!...
Araxen...
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DVD sales must have been good. It's the only reason I can think of why
Xcalibur...
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I'm not so sure about that. I purchased American Dad V1 on it's
release date for $34.99 CDN at Best Buy. About 3 weeks later,
it was on sale for $19.99. This could be an indicator of poor
sales.
Rob Jensen...
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Not really. Best Buy does a *lot* of seasonal/holiday/weekly
promotions -- and will even discount a recent set when something
comparable is released. If they were doing some kind of Family Guy
discount promotion that 3rd week later, such as discounting all of the
FG sets to tie into the broadcast of the Stewie straight-to-DVD movie
as the season finale or for a guy-centric holiday like Memorial Day,
then that type of an FG promotion would include American Dad just
because it's done by the same creator.
Also, Fox Home Video does periodic discounting of its first season or
two of *most* of its TV-on-DVD sets down to $20 US as a loss-leader.
Could have been one of those campaigns.
-- Rob
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they renewed it.
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Milhouse Van Houten...
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Certainly no less "heat" than "King of the Hill," which I had to check to
Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball...
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Actually, judging by the posts I've seen about it over the years, KOTH
definitely has a constituency of dedicated fans.
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see was still on (it is, and is rated well below "American Dad"). The
Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball...
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Yeah, well getting preempted by football every other week will tend to
put a crimp in your ratings.
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season-finale of "American Dad," which riffed on George Clooney mercilessly,
was as good as a typical "Family Guy" (which to me is very good).
Uniblab...
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Also, it holds onto its "Family Guy" lead-in pretty well.
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eatfastnoodle...
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The first season was pretty good and refreshing, I haven't missed one
episode, but the second season quickly bored me to the point I missed
several episodes without knowing it, they need to return to their
original emphasis on Dad's Americanness, and they need to kill that
ugly alien, I creep out everytime he opens his disgusting mouth.
Jim Gunn...
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Roger is the best part of the show, and a total Paul Lynde impression
according to Seth M.,
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