The series started out on the FOX Network from to Since October , the show now has new episodes on Monday nights and reruns on TBS while additional reruns and encores of the TBS episodes can be seen on Cartoon Network 's [adult swim] line-up. Note: For television broadcast, Season 1 was split into two parts: part one goes from the pilot episode to "Deacon Stan, Jesus Man" while part two goes from "Bullocks to Stan" to "Tears of a Clooney".
However, the DVD version which puts episodes in volumes, not seasons has both parts of Season 1 as one season. There is also a point of contention on whether or not the final three episodes for FOX from "Roger Passes the Bar" to "Blagsnarst: A Love Story" are considered a separate mini-season or the first part of a new season.
On TV and most online sources, it's a separate mini-season. For Netflix, Hulu, and various digital download and streaming services, the FOX finale mini-season and the first season that aired on TBS are all one season. For ease of reference, the production season will be in parentheses next to the broadcast season.
Starting from the season, there are 22 episodes in each season. However, it goes south once Klaus starts hitting on Francine, Hayley's liberal politics are on display, Steve can't stop picking his nose, and Roger reveals himself in the open. Meanwhile, Roger an extraterrestrial living with the Smiths after Stan rescued him from Area 51 gets angry when Stan's wife, Francine, cuts off his junk food supply and turns to helping Hayley the community college-attending, socially liberal daughter of the family finish her term papers in exchange for sweets.
Meanwhile, Steve and his friends try to start their own Girls Gone Wild -type video series and Hayley uses an empty house next door as a homeless shelter. Originally aired May 1, Meanwhile, Steve claims Roger is his horribly disfigured burn-victim sister in order to gain sympathy from and ask out a girl to the school dance and to get her bra on a dare.
