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Steve Callaghan Named ‘American Dad’ Showrunner

29 January 2013 5:12 PM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »

Exclusive: Family Guy veteran Steve Callaghan is joining American Dad as executive producer and new showrunner. In the showrunner duties, Callaghan succeeds American Dad co-creators Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman who remain executive producers on the series. The changeover is part of Seth MacFarlane‘s strategy of keeping things fresh on his Fox/20th TV animated series by shaking things up at the top. MacFarlane is also known for deep loyalty to his writers, most of whom have been with him for a long time, so while they may move among his various shows, MacFarlane’s writer-producers rarely leave. For example, Callaghan was a member of the original writing staff of Family Guy. He was named executive producer and co-showrunner in 2009. After a three-year stint with Callaghan and Mark Hentemann at the helm, another long-time MacFarlane cohort, Rich Appel, was brought in last fall as new showrunner. (He came from MacFarlane’s third Fox series, »

- NELLIE ANDREEVA

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'Family Guy': See Sunday's 'Monty Python' opening credits -- Exclusive Video

4 January 2013 1:37 PM, PST | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »

And now for something completely different than the normal Family Guy intro: The beginning of Sunday’s episode will pay homage to Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Yes, the animated Fox series has hijacked one of the beloved British sketch comedy’s opening credits sequences and given it a Griffin twist. (Family Guy, of course, has a history of reimagining TV show and movie opening credits, including those from The Incredible Hulk, Law & Order, and The Naked Gun.)

The Python tribute is strictly random fun, and has little to do with the rest of the episode, in which Chris attends »

- Dan Snierson

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