20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About American Dad

5. One Episode Was Delayed For A Year

With episodes taking years to produce, written long before the official airdate is decided, there's always going to be some discrepancies between production order and release order. American Dad reportedly has a backlog of episodes and with only a fleeting attempt at narrative they can air in pretty much any order. Still, you'd think once an episode had its release scheduled nothing could stop it being unleashed on the world.

Not so - although it may seem like MacFarlane and co. aren't the most sensitive types, it turns out there are limits. Minstrel Krampus, which features gun violence, was due to air only a couple of days after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and was pulled out of sensitivity. And, as it was a Christmas special and would be illogical at any other time, it wasn't aired until a year later.