American Dad! - Volume 6 - Region 2 DVD

American Dad! centres around the character of Stan Smith, who just happens to work for the CIA, and attempts to keep the world a safe place. He’s accompanied by an alien and a goldfish, and it’s the character of Smith that really gets the show through its quieter moments. Him, and the astounding supporting cast, who generate laughs out of the slightest of situations.

Not that it has too many quieter points to paper over. In this collection of discs, you get 18 episodes in all, and there’s plenty to enjoy. In fact, American Dad! is very firmly in its stride here, with the maturity of the show working in its favour. It’s a little American-centric at times, as you might expect from the show’s title and origin, but it’s still always accessible.

In fact, it’s more than that. American Dad! is arguably one of the most underappreciated television shows of the modern era. And if you’re in any doubt of that, there’s an abundance of evidence in this box set waiting to be uncovered. --Jon Foster