American Dad Season 7 is approaching fast, and Rachael MacFarlane (Hayley Smith’s voice) sat down with us to discuss the show.
American Dad airs on TBS after initially being canceled on Fox in 2014.
Created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman, American Dad follows the Smith family to deal with never-ending antics.
Stan Smith (Seth MacFarlane) is a CIA agent painfully dedicated to homeland security.
His home life includes doting wife Francine (Wendy Schaal), a ditzy housewife, liberal daughter Hayley (Rachael MacFarlane), and socially awkward teenage son Steve (Scott Grimes).
Living with the family is Klaus (Dee Bradley Baker), a goldfish with the brain of an East German Olympic ski jumper, and Roger (Seth MacFarlane), an escaped alien from Area 51.
The Smiths have already gone through a lot of shenanigans, like Hayley’s boyfriend Jeff (Jeff Fischer) being sent to space, Roger “birthing” a mini-alien named Rogu (Baker), and plenty of other science-fiction occurrences.
After hitting 300 episodes in season 15 (becoming the 25th scripted primetime show in history to achieve that mark), we wonder if American Dad will run out of wackiness.
Luckily, it doesn’t seem like it because the show is already renewed for Season 18 and Season 19.
Rachael MacFarlane gave TV Fanatic an inside look at Season 17 and the feelings going into another year of this long-running animated sitcom.
We also discussed her successful career as a voice actress and her recording process for Hayley Smith.
Rachael MacFarlane is no stranger to vocal work and has worked as a voice actress for over 20 years.
She’s lent her voice to classic children’s animated series like The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Family Guy, and many more animated shows!
A fun fact, she originated the role of Meg Griffin in the original pitched pilot.
Check out the interview below!
American Dad enters its 17th Season (and year) as the number 3 cable comedy.
Luckily, the Smith family isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
American Dad’s Season 17 premieres on TBS Monday, January 24th at 10 pm.
Are you up-to-date on American Dad?
Are you excited about the new Season?
Let us know in the comments below!
Michael Stack is a staff writer for TV Fanatic. Follow him on Twitter.
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