OK, everyone. Microwave your popcorn, grab your favorite beverage and gather around the TV. (If that's inconvenient, fire up the DVR and watch at your leisure.)

9:30 p.m. Sunday on Fox. It's the latest episode of the animated sit-com "American Dad", the popular series from the people who bring you "Family Guy".

"American Dad" (9:30 p.m. Sunday on Fox) is about the adventures of CIA agent Stan Smith (a 21st century Archie Bunker), his wife, two kids, a talking fish and an alien. (I said it was a cartoon.)

What makes this episode (9:30 p.m. Sunday on Fox) special?

(Warning: Shameless plug to follow.)

Why, it was scripted by the crack writing team of Matt Fusfeld (that would be the younger of my two sons) and Alex Cuthbertson.

"American Dad" (9:30 p.m. Sunday on Fox) consistently ranks in the top third of the Nielsen ratings (higher in the coveted young male demographic).

The World Series is over. (Nobody watched it anyway.)

Sunday night NFL? Fugeddabout it.

"Cold Case" and "Desperate Housewives"? Enough.

"American Dad" at 9:30 p.m. Sunday on Fox? What better way to spend a quiet evening?

Why, there might even be a character named after me.