The nineteenth season of ''

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'' aired on TBS in twenty-two episodes from January 24, 2022, to December 19, 2022, before being released in syndication on

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. It premiered with the episode "Langley Dollar Listings" and finished with "The Grounch". The series continues to focus on the eccentric

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Smith family in a fictionalized version of

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and their eight housemates: Father, husband,

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agent, and Republican, Stan; his wife and

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; their liberal, hippie, college-aged daughter, Hayley-

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; their dorky high-school-aged son,

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; the family's unusual goldfish,

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; flamboyant, master of disguise alien,

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;

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, Hayley Smith's stoner husband who resides with the Smith family; And Roger's ex-tumor son Rogu. Season nineteen contains " Gold Top Nuts", one of the series' most acclaimed episodes. It has been renewed for seasons 20, 21 and 22.

Production

At Comic-Con 2022, showrunner

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revealed the penultimate episode of Season 19, "Echoes" was intended to serve as the series finale, amid the restructuring of

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's content, at the time leaving the show's fate in jeopardy.

Episodes

Notes

References

External links

* {{American Dad!, 2 2022 American animated television seasons American Dad! season 19 episodes