The Simpsons are on for 2 more years...again!

Only two scripted TV Series have produced more episodes:

It's just it hasn't been as good in years.

So? When will they get funny again? That's all I want to know.

regulus wrote: Only two scripted TV Series have produced more episodes:   1. Gunsmoke (1955-1975 - 635 Episodes)   2. Lassie (1954-1973 - 591 Episodes)

Jimbo wrote: musicman wrote: Lisa and Bart have been in the same grade in school for all 100 seasons.   So? The coyote fell off giant cliffs, got flattened by huge trucks & blown to smitereens by TNT hundreds of times & always got back up & resumed trying to catch the roadrunner.   You can do otherwise impossible stuff like that when you're a CARTOON CHARACTER.   And I won't even go into some of the things that happened to Yosemite Sam....   I'm just sayin.....

I've tried watching The Simpsons, honestly. Fair enough, I wasn't around for the big heyday of The Simpsons. But what I've seen, it's nothing special anyway. And infact, I avoid watching it, for many reasons.

1. The show tries to maintain a realistic basis of events, as in, the characters all have slight mental developments based upon their experiences and most everything follows of a chronological timeline. However, as time goes on, these characters have not physically aged at all and their psyches have not developed whatsoever overall.

2. The jokes fall flat. Any joke that could possibly be misunderstood or slightly subtle, they have to trot out the joke and show it in the most obvious ways possible. The writers apparently assume that their viewership is stupid and naive and cannot comprehend a joke properly unless it's shoved right in their face. Given that this isn't true, getting an obvious joke shoved right in your face makes it alot less funny.

3.  Most of the characters are annoying, and the recurring characters have been the same for years and years. They just continue to return forever.

Overall, I don't see why this got renewed for another 2 seasons. King of the Hill, a vastly superior show, got canceled? What the f**k is up with that? Maybe it was because King of the Hill contained mature subjects, character development, and actual morals. I'd rather watch the Cleveland Show or the new Family Guy than watch The Simpsons.

Admittedly, I wasn't around for the so-called 'Golden Age' of The Simpsons, but from what I've seen, I think that most everything else on Sunday nights is superior to The Simpsons. As it stands, I just think The Simpsons is still on due to nostalgia and the fact that it's a little more entertaining than staring at a brick wall, which most other programming cannot overcome...

The voice actors just took huge paycuts to continue the series - this show just can't be killed, it seems.

And as for worst animated show - it's not King of the Hill. Take a simple look at any of McFarLAME's shows for that.

I used to like the Simpsons... but please FOX, do the right thing: kill them. I bet Matt already wants it cancelled... 

Seriously? Futurama gets canceled (though eventually brought back) but The Simpsons is still around? I was delighted when I found out they were ending...and I thought Matt Groening said 20 seasons and that's it...but at this point give me a break. I stopped watching around 1999-2000. I will say I enjoyed the movie though.