How in the hell...

[Andy]

Are both Family Guy and American Dad still on the air?  Terrible, terrible stuff.

[Jason]

I like Family Guy.
American Dad is shite but if anything deserves to die its the Simspons.

[Sploops]

I love[d] the Simpsons but seriously it needs to be euthanized already.  It had a chance to die with dignity around 1999-2000 but they were too greedy to lose that fat paycheck.  At the very least it should have ended after the movie (which was surprisingly pretty good, I thought.)

[Andy]

now that you mention it, I haven't seen a new Simpsons in a long, long time.  I wonder why my DVR hasn't been taping them?

I was hoping that once the movie was out, the writing on the TV show would get back to where it was previously.  

I used to be a fan of Family Guy and honestly I still watch it every week, but once someone pointed out to me that about 75% of the jokes are flashback/reference jokes it just drives me nuts.

I've never gotten in to American Dad.

[Forrest]

I've never gotten in to American Dad.

Hey, what it lacks in quality it makes up for in its bold originality.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I've never understood the appeal of either of those shows.  I'm young enough to have a few friends who like Family Guy (for some reason it seems to speak to people born after the Bicentennial) but I've always thought of it as unspeakably boring and lame, bafflingly so, as otherwise intelligent people with good senses of humor have sworn by it.  I've even gone back to check it out again, just to make sure.  I agree that The Simpsons is way past its expiration date, but at least it was good at one time...

[Forrest]

  I agree that The Simpsons is way past its expiration date, but at least it was good at one time...

Here here. I'm not gonna throw The Simpsons under the bus cause it was only good for a decade.

[Ason]

Anybody else notice the Simpsons trying to be more "edgy" lately?

[Phantom Hugger]

I used to be a fan of Family Guy and honestly I still watch it every week, but once someone pointed out to me that about 75% of the jokes are flashback/reference jokes it just drives me nuts.

A third ingredient in the FG formula of comedy is the awkward pause/silence that lingers a little too long. Not even funny once.

Maybe we can compile a list of ingredients that combine to make an episode of FG and create a Mad Lib type program that can churn out episodes by the bale.

[dave from knoxville]

I love[d] the Simpsons but seriously it needs to be euthanized already.  It had a chance to die with dignity around 1999-2000 but they were too greedy to lose that fat paycheck.  At the very least it should have ended after the movie (which was surprisingly pretty good, I thought.)

Imagine that, people working all their lives to get to the point where their fat paycheck allows them to live the life they only dreamed, and they want to hold on to that lifestyle. HOW DARE THEY!

I get your point, Sploops, but it's not like the people pulling in that fat paycheck are out on the streets every night showing off their privates, falling flat on their faces in clubs, driving through red lights as if the laws did not apply to them. They're also not paving the way for their future riches by throwing young people under the war bus.

Thinking the writing is lazy is one thing; decrying their greed is a whole other thing, innit?

Big hug!

[dave from knoxville]

I am here to openly and unapologetically declare for now and forevermore, if the gravy train ever stops to pick me up, and I am not hurting anybody in the process, I am never getting off. That's just the kind of lazy guy I am!

[Stan]

I am here to openly and unapologetically declare for now and forevermore, if the gravy train ever stops to pick me up, and I am not hurting anybody in the process, I am never getting off. That's just the kind of lazy guy I am!

 Save me a seat, Dave.

[John Junk]

If the Simpsons had gone out "with dignity", Matt Groening would just end up a creep and a thug like Jerry Seinfeld. 

Family Guy is not funny.

[Gilly]

Family Guy has it's moments that are hilarious but there's way too much crap in between. It's only a half hour out of my week, so I watch it. American Dad is terrible but I'm sure Fox has no desire to get egg in their face again.

The Simpsons wasn't terrible last year. I think a lot of people turned away from it because of the really bad years but I thought there were some pretty good episodes last year. For a couple years they were getting really political and forgetting about creating good plots and storylines. Last year, they kind of got back to just putting a good story out there. This year has been kind of a disappointment though and last nights show was one of the worst ever.

[Jason]

I'm sure we've had this argument at least once before.
King of the Hill always gets overlooked but is consistently brilliant.