South Park was relatively forward thinking: the old (as in 15 years ago) episodes tended to purely deal with potty jokes. Moving the show to dealing with topical affairs was wise and has indeed helped the show stay relevant.
Simpsons sadly: is very poor now in my opinion. It's not that it's outstayed it's welcome, the nature of it has changed. Rather than focusing on smaller scale stories, well structured... Now, the plot-lines don't even make sense or have any constraint, many of the episodes features celebrities for the sake of having them.
I always thought "King Of The Hill" was more in tune with older Simpsons episodes: it was small scale stories with a moral compass. Unlike the Simpsons the humor was very understated and dry i.e. not obvious, which is why it doesn't seem to appeal to many Americans compared to the British. It's abit of a tragedy that show got canned.
Family Guy has always been shit.
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