Have the Simpsons/South Park/Family Guy overstayed their welcome?

I'd say no for The Simpsons

eh. stop watching then

I never liked them.

The Simpsons? Yes. Quality has been waning however, I haven't kept up with recent episodes. Perhaps it has gotten better.

South Park? No. We need more.

Family Guy? Yes. Should have stayed cancelled.

South Park is still funny and sometimes thought provoking in it's own subversive sort of way.

Simpsons and Family Guy should have ended 10 years ago. Though I wouldn't mind the Simpsons being allowed to go on until it becomes the longest running scripted tv series of all time. Has it set that record yet?

I haven't been an avid Simpsons fan since the 1990's.

I never been a huge South Park/Family Guy to the point where I have to stop everything I'm doing and focus on it.

Yes to all.

Yes to all, but South Park is doing better than the other two.

The Simpsons and South Park? No. While still not near the quality of the first 10 seasons, the latest ones have been pretty decent. (The Simpsons)

Family Guy? Yes.

If viewers weren't watching those shows in sufficient numbers, the TV networks would've cancelled them already.

Old-timers may get tired of those shows. But, there's always a new crop of viewers coming up who aren't tired of them yet.

I've watched The Simpsons all the way back when it was just a sideshow in the Tracy Ullman Show. I'm not tired of it yet.

LOL

The Simpsons would have to run for 58 years for it to hit that record. The current longest-running scripted TV series of all time is Guiding Light, which ran for 57 years.

no, they still get decent ratings

Yeah, though I think South Park is still good. Simpsons isn't funny anymore and Family Guy was never funny to begin with.

No, there's so much television packed in all the various channels at any time of the day I'm hardly at the point that I'm saying "such-n-such network needs to remove this show and pack this into its time slot".

No, there's nothing really to replace them.

If they make money, then no of course not.

@toast_burner: "Yes to all, but South Park is doing better than the other two."

In what ways?

Because every now and then it still has a decent episode.

The Simpsons have overstayed their welcome by at least 10 years.

Family Guy is alright.

Don't watch too much South Park so can't comment about that one.

Simspons should have stopped years ago...

I still enjoy Family Guy & South Park.

No

There all still pretty good

South Park has gotten far better in last few years, the show is better written than ever now.

The Simpsons has drastically changed its humour in last 5-10 years to stay competitive with Seth McFarlenes shows, its worked the simpsons is better now than the early days

Family Guy has always been decent, but with an overuse of cutaway gags, out of the 3 shows family guy is the one I'm growing tired of.

I would have voted yes if it was just Family Guy.

South Park and The Simpsons I don't think I mind as much still running.

Family Guy feels like its been having too many crappy episodes in all seasons since, I dunno either maybe 4 or 5.

I definitely think the very first season was the best.

First of all American Dad is in another league compared to Family Guy and the Simpsons now, they should end. I do like South Park though.

Simpsons is eh and family guy recycles jokes. South Park I still enjoy most of the time.

Simpsons? Hell yes

Family Guy? I feel so

South Park? Absolutely not

No. They're basically the only good things on TV.

Yes, none of those shows are as good as they used to be, ranging from half decent to awful episodes more often with a very, very rare great one that I would rewatch over and over. Family Guy is the worst offender though.

Seasons 2 and 3 were so much better than the 1st season of Family Guy IMO, Seasons 2 episodes like Da Boom, Brian in Love, Love Thy Trophy, I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar, Fifteen Minutes of Shame, Road to Rhode Island, He's Too Sexy for His Fat and Season 3's Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington, One If by Clam, Two If by Sea, And the Wiener Is..., Lethal Weapons, The Kiss Seen Around the World, A Fish Out of Water, To Love and Die in Dixie, Peter Griffin: Husband, Father... Brother?, Ready, Willing, and Disabled, Stuck Together, Torn Apart, Road to Europe and When You Wish Upon a Weinstein are some of my fav episodes of that show! Hell I think Season 3 is the best!!!

@thehig1: "The Simpsons has drastically changed its humour in last 5-10 years to stay competitive with Seth McFarlenes shows, its worked the simpsons is better now than the early days"

What you mean?

I would say the exact opposite. The Simpsons used to be one of my favorite shows and now I can't suffer myself to watch an entire episode.

iirc there are soap opera shows that have been running for like 50+ years

GUIDING LIGHT YES!

The Simpsons? Nah, despite a huge decline in quality they still make some decent episodes and the show itself is basically an icon for cartoons.

South Park? Same story as with The Simpsons but I don't think their show declined that badly in comparison. They still make a lot of good episodes.

Family Guy? Was never good to begin with. In their earlier seasons they were copying The Simpsons a lot, and in later seasons all they do is fart, rape, and recycled jokes.

Its a better show now than it was in the 90s, its evolved over the years and watching later episodes (season 20 onwards) you can tell more of the humour is similar to Family Guy/American Dad

I never watched South Park, watched little Family Guy a few years back and used to watch the Simpsons as a kid. So basically I don't know what's going on with any of them but its not hard to figure out that the quality must be utter shit at this point. No creative work can sustain this number of episodes while maintaining a satisfactory level of quality it just defies how the world in general works and the creative field in particular.

At any rate Futurama trumps all three combined and Rick and Morty trumps all four combined.

To answer your question:

Yes/No/No

family guy yes it is just awful. the simpsons is getting better as of late so i say it can be saved. south park is pretty good but could make some changes.

@thehig1:

You're crazy to say its better than the 90's Simpsons.

Family Guy and the Simpsons have over stayed.

South Park is forever.

Why do you think 90s Simpsons better ?

@thehig1:

They did stories based on their fictional universe while it seems modern Simpsons try to reflect the real world. And yourself said they were keeping up Family Guy.

I think I prefer that type of humour, explains why I prefer modern Simpsons.

It is preference and opinion but I would never dare to compare whatever the hell is that the current impostors Simpsons are doing to 90's Simpsons. And no, that ain't nostalgia talking (mostly).

Why would I want the Simpsons to resemble Family Guy? If I wanted that kind of comedy I would watch....Family Guy.

The Simpsons will NEVER be as "edgy" [even if they were kind of edgy at the beginning relative to their contemporaneous TV norms] and irreverent as Family Guy and that's the point, the Simpsons didn't have to.

The Simpsons style of understated yet powerful and everlasting satirical commentary on American culture was sublime.

Family Guy, in part, is just a more crass, vulgar and over the top version of it. And I don't mind it, I love Family Guy too, I just like them both separately.

The Simpsons has been pretty good lately, and so does South Park. Family Guy has been absolute shit.

I feel like South Park has been on an upswing during the last few seasons. That or I'm super biased because of the Cock Magic episode.

A hell of a lot better I say, episodes even had emotion, something that's missing in newer episodes of The Simpsons.