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EXCLUSIVE: As American Dad is ramping up production on its eleventh season and first on TBS, the animated comedy’s co-creator/executive producer/co-showrunner Mike Barker has stepped down. He remains under an 
overall deal at 20th Century Fox TV, the studio behind American Dad. Barker has been running the series with fellow co-creator/exec producer Matt Weitzman (the two co-created it with executive producer Seth MacFarlane). For the time being, Weitzman will serve as sole showrunner. American Dad is in the beginning stages of making the first four episodes of Season 11, which have held their table reads as part of a nine-month production cycle per episode. I hear the change at the helm was made over concerns that the show was not running smoothly. Barker has been on American Dad since the show’s 2005 launch except for a short-term leave last season.
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What happened to Steve Callaghan? With the backlog of episodes and unclear current season number, I have no idea when or if he actually started running the room…
It’s the current best of the Fox animated line-up, sucks to see it going through issues.
Barker is a rare comic talent, and the show will suffer without him.
Sounds like the show was suffering WITH him.
Mike is not only a comedic talent he’s a great guy. Excited to see what he does next! Must have been tough to leave the show but surely he saw the writing on the wall with the move to TBS.
Yeah, what did happen to Steve Callaghan? Wasn’t he running the show?
Damn. I love this show’s weird surreal humor.
And one of its showrunners/co-creators leaving can’t be good.
I wonder if this is because Seth McFarlane wants to bring his guy Steve Gallaghan in from Family Guy to run American Dad.
If that’s the case then thanks a lot Seth for messing up this wonderful show.