american dad?

[Stormy]

I caught the last two (literally) minutes of the Superbowl, et cetera, the Simpsons, and then this. Like a lot of you said, it definitely wasn't worth the hype. The jokes used in the commercials probably shouldn't have been, because they could have been funny otherwise. A big part of the problem is that the two shows are done in such a similar drawing style that, simply looking at the screen, one expects Family Guy. Changing that up slightly could possibly alter people's initial reaction to the show (i.e. there's a possible psychological problem with recognition/categories), but that would need to be done in addition to refreshening the script with less recycled humor. And while the show obviously uses FG's "crazy familly full of ironic people" gimmick, were it to veer slightly off the path of its infamously wonderful predecesor, and include humor more original to its own themes (while not sticking too close to MOCK AMERICA USA) it might have potential.