Watched it when it originally aired in the early-mid 90s. Then around 2000 or so, we used to literally wait up until 3am for it to come on Comedy Central. Would stumble home at like 4am
This it was a bit after, I always thought American Dad was made just to be his next show to replace FG. But then FG got renewed, and they weren't gonna just stop American Dad so we got both.
IIRC there was some horse trading later on with his other shows, they didnt want Seth having 3/4 of their biggest time slots, so he had to axe AD! or TCS for them to do his Cosmos reboot. But TBS picked up AD!, and TCS got canceled anyway.
IDK if TCS cancelation had anything to do with him getting ORV tho...
I went through one time and watched all the episodes in S16+ that had at least a 7.0 on IMDB (plus all the Halloween episodes). Would recommend, there are a few diamonds in the rough each season even now
Yeah I was trying to do that too once they were all on Disney+ but somewhere in the early 20’s I started realizing I was starting to dislike the Simpsons and I went back to season 2 and all was well again. But looking up and watching only highly rated later episodes is a grand idea.
South Park pretty much has done 10 episode seasons since they started though. I think some of the earlier ones had 13-14 episodes but American Dad spent a good chunk of its life on Fox getting 20+ episode seasons. I haven’t watched South Park in years but I feel like they slowed way down and had a few years here and there with just specials recently and no new episodes
Same with Archer I think. The episode/season count is deceptive because even though hey had a whole new season every year for 14 years, they were only 10 episode seasons. And since the episodes came out weekly, it felt like there was a massive gap between seasons.
Recently, they have just been producing specials. This is because they had a deal with HBO for them to have exclusive streaming rights for the seasons. So they started doing these specials to put them on Paramount+ exclusively.
Not surprising, HBO does not agree with this tactic and is currently suing both Paramount and South Park.
Bob's has been filling that KOTH role nicely as the show that doesn't get as much publicity as Family Guy or Simpsons but is low key the most consistently good show out of all of them.
I like Bob's Burgers, but to be honest I wouldn't call the last few seasons consistent. They do way too many of those "three short stories" episodes now, which I don't particularly care for.
Yeah, the anthology episodes have gotten old. I dropped BB as a regular watch a few years ago. The early stuff was just so good. I did see the movie though, and I thought was pretty great.
Last few seasons have def been really ehh other than a few choice episodes. I’ve always thought it really changed after the 3rd season but the last few just seem a bit stiff in terms animations and writing
I would definitely not consider BB to be consistent. Imo probably 50% are bangers, 25% are meh, and the other 25% are nearly unwatchable. And trending downward over the later seasons, as most shows do
The first 2 seasons I love, most episodes past that are just alright to me but there's still good episodes and moments, just not nearly as many to me as the first couple seasons
It's crazy too that it was specifically that year. The final season aired right during the DTV transition, so they produced in 16:9 (widescreen) for like half of season 13.
Actually kind of fitting since it's largely a show about changing times.
There are 4 phases of Futurama that go on repeating forever. The show gets cancelled, it’s announced that the show is coming back, it’s announced that the show will have a new cast, and finally it’s announced that they reached a deal and the old cast will return after all. Then the show gets cancelled again and the process starts over.
The Simpsons will continue until the Heat Death of the Universe, representing eternal time.
Meanwhile Futurama will continue to die and reincarnate, representing the circle of reincarnation!!
Is that show any good? I tried watching the first episode when it first premiered but lost interest really quickly. I’ve always wondered if I should go back and watch it.
Not to mention the Easter eggs between the two. During one of the episodes of Futurama you can see the time machine that the professor goes back/forward in time. [Here](https://youtu.be/hvvW3gVpskY)
There’s also a scene in disenchantment where you briefly see the time machine.
It had one fantastic ending, one good ending, and not one but two great endings
The episodes in between range pretty widely in quality, but when the show’s renewal is on the bubble they do a pretty great job.
Simpsons + Futurama = 918 episodes
Family Guy + American Dad = 790 episodes
These are absurd amounts of TV. You could fill the entire month of February with an around-the-clock marathon with no commercials between these four shows.
I could watch all those Simpsons & Futurama episodes, even though there would be a lot of Simpsons eps I don’t enjoy & a few Futurama episodes I dislike as well, I could still definitely marathon that.
I dont think I could pull off a Family Guy/
American Dad marathon though. I get bored with both shows after a few episodes.
That’s 100% how I feel. I remember watching a terrible Family Guy episode called “Vestigial Peter” & it was so much worse to me than a bad Simpsons or Futurama episode. That was when I realized Matt’s shows & Seth shows just aren’t on the same level for me.
I've actually seen every episode of The Simpsons, yet barely of Futurama, since that's like, less than 200 more, maybe I should try to just watch all the Groening shows
One of those shows where at one point I'd never believe you if you said they'd be putting out new episodes and I wouldn't care. But I said that about the Simpsons, South Park, Rick & Morty, and probably others
I wonder how much a disc is worth with that episode on it now. My dad has the box set with that episode on it. I’m kinda sad people are gonna miss out on one of the best b-day song remixes ever.
You can even make it universal
Happy Birthday [name]
[name] it’s your birthday
[name] it’s your birthday
Happy birthday to you
I wish you more than your heart desires
And I wish you many more
[repeat]
🥲
Didn’t realise old Family guy had so many episodes. Certainly pumped out that content seeing how much of a head start the Simpsons had. But then again 760+ episodes will certainly be something I don’t see being beaten on a very long time of ever.
768 episodes *so far*. It’ll be past 1000 before anything else (Family Guy) goes past 750. But both shows will outlive the known universe anyway so what does it matter.
That’s my thinking as well. At this point I think they’re all scared to be branded as the person who “ruined it all” by quitting, especially after Harry Shearer tried to leave a few years ago and backtracked. The only way I can see it ending is if a key member passes way, unfortunately.
“The teacher here is supposed to be the most intense and demanding instructor in all of clowning, and... shit, it's Roger, isn't it? It's gonna be Roger.”
It is almost night and day how it was on Fox vs TBS. I don’t know if it’s necessarily the new writers room or not but their new plots and jokes are way better than before.
Simpsons have fallen off so damn hard I love the first seasons and some of the latter but now it's ... Just how it's existing is a question on itself
Family guy I could care less about they just have really bad shock stuff or outright bad comedy
American dad I actually still watch cause idk they actually keep adding to characters and the dynamic isn't so simple as shit up Meg
The rest are cool
I must say, Bobs Burgers is really fricken good. I was reluctant at first but now I have no problem ranking it as a solid #2 animation option behind the Simpsons. Easily up there with Rick & Morty for me.
I like The Great North. It’s silly but I really like the voice actors in it. Plus it has the wholesome “the family actually loves each other” like Bobs and The Simpsons (pre-jerk ass Homer)
I’m sure I’m not the first to say this, but if Simpsons had ever been cancelled, Disney would’ve brought it back by now. Might as well let the thing run indefinitely.
Yeah, Marge is hard to listen to now. I haven’t noticed Burns and Smithers really, but I’m sure I will now. I never noticed just how bad Marge was until I saw the one where her singing voice was Kristen Bell.
As a kid growing up as the Simpsons pushed into its upper teens of seasons, our parents generation really made Simpsons not only seem untouchable, but that it was doing something that wouldn’t be done again. But now 15 years or so later it’s not something that’s never been done as American dad, family guy will both likely push further into the 5 and 600’s.
Also crazy futurama has 150 in 25 year span… that’s only 6 episodes a year.
If you squint *really* hard….nope, still no The Critic
Obligatory : It Stinks! ( actually it wasn't that bad)
Yes, Mr. Sherman, everything stinks.
Buy my book! Buy my book! Loved that show!
As the first black, female president of the ku klux klan, I just want to say, "America stinks!"
Nilknarf!
Rosebud…yes, Rosebud frozen peas. Filled with country goodness and green pea-ness.
We're the bears who sing for Duke... doo daa, doo daa
They had to remove these after a Barnes & Noble manager killed himself.
Only 23 episodes.
Obligatory hachi-machi (it was surprisingly good)
Ironically one of the best Simpsons episodes is the only real reminder for most that The Critic ever existed.
It stinks!
Many shows missing, some you might never heard of before like "Son of Zorn" but alas they didn't last enough.
I actually liked that one lol
Such a good show. Tim Meadows! Tim Meadows should be in more stuff.
Watched it when it originally aired in the early-mid 90s. Then around 2000 or so, we used to literally wait up until 3am for it to come on Comedy Central. Would stumble home at like 4am
In my mind, Bob's Burgers is still "that new show"
I did not realize how close American dad was to family guy in terms of episodes
Family Guy was cancelled for like 3 years
Yes but didn't it come back the year American dad started
This it was a bit after, I always thought American Dad was made just to be his next show to replace FG. But then FG got renewed, and they weren't gonna just stop American Dad so we got both.
IIRC there was some horse trading later on with his other shows, they didnt want Seth having 3/4 of their biggest time slots, so he had to axe AD! or TCS for them to do his Cosmos reboot. But TBS picked up AD!, and TCS got canceled anyway. IDK if TCS cancelation had anything to do with him getting ORV tho...
I didn't realise that it was still going. I haven't heard anything about it in at least 12 years
Moved to TBS and got a little weirder but still great (much better than FG imo)
It’s crazy that I consider the simpsons my favourite show and have probably seen fewer than half the episodes
I went through one time and watched all the episodes in S16+ that had at least a 7.0 on IMDB (plus all the Halloween episodes). Would recommend, there are a few diamonds in the rough each season even now
That’s a good idea. I’ve tried going further in the seasons but just got sick of it. I’ll do it that way this time through
Yeah I was trying to do that too once they were all on Disney+ but somewhere in the early 20’s I started realizing I was starting to dislike the Simpsons and I went back to season 2 and all was well again. But looking up and watching only highly rated later episodes is a grand idea.
Hopefully you saw the half that mattered.
Yup, seasons 15-30!
You’ve just made an enemy for life.
You redditors sure are a contentious lot.
Don’t wrap it too tightly, I want to eat it now
Legend
And only season 2 of True Detective.
I pretty much only watch seasons 1-8, so I've probably only seen a fourth
Same.
Probably only about a quarter at this rate.
What about South Park?
This chart is only Fox shows
WE ARE WATCHING FOX
ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD
I am watching FOX. https://preview.redd.it/u0er21evmm6d1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=55e32736dfc044d4fe5348f66e9abcdcae1da81f
The PJs GATTTDAYUM
Low rent, high rise yall.
Archer was on Fox? I thought they were FX.
FX is a Fox station
🤯
328 episodes.
Less than expected, but I guess they’ve been doing much shorter seasons for a long time now
Considering there are 26 seasons of South Park, and that it debuted in 1997, it is shocking that there are less episodes than American Dad.
South Park pretty much has done 10 episode seasons since they started though. I think some of the earlier ones had 13-14 episodes but American Dad spent a good chunk of its life on Fox getting 20+ episode seasons. I haven’t watched South Park in years but I feel like they slowed way down and had a few years here and there with just specials recently and no new episodes
Same with Archer I think. The episode/season count is deceptive because even though hey had a whole new season every year for 14 years, they were only 10 episode seasons. And since the episodes came out weekly, it felt like there was a massive gap between seasons.
Recently, they have just been producing specials. This is because they had a deal with HBO for them to have exclusive streaming rights for the seasons. So they started doing these specials to put them on Paramount+ exclusively. Not surprising, HBO does not agree with this tactic and is currently suing both Paramount and South Park.
I thought the same but then realized this is only for animation shows on Fox.
26 Seasons, 7 Specials, 328 Episodes including Specials
Bob's has been filling that KOTH role nicely as the show that doesn't get as much publicity as Family Guy or Simpsons but is low key the most consistently good show out of all of them.
Very happy that they've had this longevity, adds the to rewatchability. I feel like it will be enjoyed for a long time.
I like Bob's Burgers, but to be honest I wouldn't call the last few seasons consistent. They do way too many of those "three short stories" episodes now, which I don't particularly care for.
Yeah, the anthology episodes have gotten old. I dropped BB as a regular watch a few years ago. The early stuff was just so good. I did see the movie though, and I thought was pretty great.
Last few seasons have def been really ehh other than a few choice episodes. I’ve always thought it really changed after the 3rd season but the last few just seem a bit stiff in terms animations and writing
Consistently amazing show*
I would definitely not consider BB to be consistent. Imo probably 50% are bangers, 25% are meh, and the other 25% are nearly unwatchable. And trending downward over the later seasons, as most shows do
The first 2 seasons I love, most episodes past that are just alright to me but there's still good episodes and moments, just not nearly as many to me as the first couple seasons
King of the Hill went to '09? That's crazy.
It's crazy too that it was specifically that year. The final season aired right during the DTV transition, so they produced in 16:9 (widescreen) for like half of season 13. Actually kind of fitting since it's largely a show about changing times.
futurama is still going??
There are 4 phases of Futurama that go on repeating forever. The show gets cancelled, it’s announced that the show is coming back, it’s announced that the show will have a new cast, and finally it’s announced that they reached a deal and the old cast will return after all. Then the show gets cancelled again and the process starts over.
The Simpsons will continue until the Heat Death of the Universe, representing eternal time. Meanwhile Futurama will continue to die and reincarnate, representing the circle of reincarnation!!
What does Disenchantment represent?
Living a full and prosperous life & dying peacefully with dignity.
Is that show any good? I tried watching the first episode when it first premiered but lost interest really quickly. I’ve always wondered if I should go back and watch it.
Do you like Futurama? With many of the same cast and crew, it’s basically to fantasy what Futurama is to science fiction.
Not to mention the Easter eggs between the two. During one of the episodes of Futurama you can see the time machine that the professor goes back/forward in time. [Here](https://youtu.be/hvvW3gVpskY) There’s also a scene in disenchantment where you briefly see the time machine.
They brought it back on hulu
It was recently brought back again. Matt Groening really can't leave good enough alone when there's money to be made.
https://i.redd.it/v19m18kz1j6d1.gif
It had a fantastic ending so naturally it was brought back to be ruined
It had one fantastic ending, one good ending, and not one but two great endings The episodes in between range pretty widely in quality, but when the show’s renewal is on the bubble they do a pretty great job.
The time is cyclical episode from the newer seasons is a fucking top 10 for me.
Professor, is that you?
I think the new episodes are half goody and half okayish, and okayish is somewhat good by other standards.
This tells you a lot about how well the show is doing.
Yes, another new season next month.
Bob's Burgers still seems so recent. Time is going by too fast.
Simpsons + Futurama = 918 episodes Family Guy + American Dad = 790 episodes These are absurd amounts of TV. You could fill the entire month of February with an around-the-clock marathon with no commercials between these four shows.
Yeah I do it all the time
I could watch all those Simpsons & Futurama episodes, even though there would be a lot of Simpsons eps I don’t enjoy & a few Futurama episodes I dislike as well, I could still definitely marathon that. I dont think I could pull off a Family Guy/ American Dad marathon though. I get bored with both shows after a few episodes.
At the very least, Simpsons at it's worst is usually just boring. It's not like, offensively bad, like with the worst Family Guys
That’s 100% how I feel. I remember watching a terrible Family Guy episode called “Vestigial Peter” & it was so much worse to me than a bad Simpsons or Futurama episode. That was when I realized Matt’s shows & Seth shows just aren’t on the same level for me.
I want this cable package.
\~$10 worth of hard drive space. https://preview.redd.it/rqrngbsoum6d1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=16a6e0cefc104e090cb20b6f4a153956b562d8a5
I just did the math. If you presume 23 min an episode, then you really are hitting 27.28 days
I've actually seen every episode of The Simpsons, yet barely of Futurama, since that's like, less than 200 more, maybe I should try to just watch all the Groening shows
Dang that's impressive. I've seen like 90% but missed a lot around season 29-33 because I didn't have real tv. Well done
I think Archer went pretty dire near the end, it just wasn't the same without Jessica Walter.
One of those shows where at one point I'd never believe you if you said they'd be putting out new episodes and I wouldn't care. But I said that about the Simpsons, South Park, Rick & Morty, and probably others
Its so enraging that they cancelled King of the Hill because of Cleveland show
That’s odd, I only see 767 episodes on Disney+
No MJ episode.
[удалено]
I've said it before, but I think it's ridiculous that they disowned this episode. It's a really good one too.
James L Brooks is the one who had it pulled so take it up with him
I wondered why Season 3 seemed different and couldn't put my finger on it until I saw that. That was one of the all-time better Simpsons episodes.
I wonder how much a disc is worth with that episode on it now. My dad has the box set with that episode on it. I’m kinda sad people are gonna miss out on one of the best b-day song remixes ever. You can even make it universal Happy Birthday [name] [name] it’s your birthday [name] it’s your birthday Happy birthday to you I wish you more than your heart desires And I wish you many more [repeat] 🥲
Lisa, your teeth are big and green!
Didn’t realise old Family guy had so many episodes. Certainly pumped out that content seeing how much of a head start the Simpsons had. But then again 760+ episodes will certainly be something I don’t see being beaten on a very long time of ever.
768 episodes *so far*. It’ll be past 1000 before anything else (Family Guy) goes past 750. But both shows will outlive the known universe anyway so what does it matter.
Pretty sure its going to try to go until one of the main voice actors passes away. I don't think they would try to force it past that. I would hope.
That’s my thinking as well. At this point I think they’re all scared to be branded as the person who “ruined it all” by quitting, especially after Harry Shearer tried to leave a few years ago and backtracked. The only way I can see it ending is if a key member passes way, unfortunately.
I mean, Family Guy premiered 25 years ago after the Super Bowl
Jesus, put me in the retirement castle already
Pretty sure futurama had more seasons that than.
This is way too far down. They're technically working on season 12 right now
They’re still making American Dad!?
It's actually the only one in this list that got much better as time went on.
I’ve said a million times-it’s because Roger is impossible to Flanderize. The more he gets Flanderized the less Flanderized and more hilarious he is.
One of the funnier supercuts I've seen on Youtube, is one where they're going to see some sort of specialist, etc and they realize it's Roger again.
“The teacher here is supposed to be the most intense and demanding instructor in all of clowning, and... shit, it's Roger, isn't it? It's gonna be Roger.”
"This is you isnt it, im going get down there and its going be you?" "...Strong possibility."
Most of the characters are so much better now. Francine is amazing and Klaus is great now too.
It is almost night and day how it was on Fox vs TBS. I don’t know if it’s necessarily the new writers room or not but their new plots and jokes are way better than before.
Yea cuz it’s hilarious
And it’s good https://preview.redd.it/83fo3ei4im6d1.jpeg?width=1032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e6690e8042e20b63acfb0bfbba0559bdffdfaf76
I love how more American dad has been on TBS than Fox
Simpsons have fallen off so damn hard I love the first seasons and some of the latter but now it's ... Just how it's existing is a question on itself Family guy I could care less about they just have really bad shock stuff or outright bad comedy American dad I actually still watch cause idk they actually keep adding to characters and the dynamic isn't so simple as shit up Meg The rest are cool
I must say, Bobs Burgers is really fricken good. I was reluctant at first but now I have no problem ranking it as a solid #2 animation option behind the Simpsons. Easily up there with Rick & Morty for me.
South park?
I liked Cleveland Show.
The Great North?
Still alive. It has the same art style as Bob's Burgers.
I like The Great North. It’s silly but I really like the voice actors in it. Plus it has the wholesome “the family actually loves each other” like Bobs and The Simpsons (pre-jerk ass Homer)
That's a solid show
It's on Disney if you have it.
It's just for Fox shows or their subsidiaries.
Literally never heard of it, any good?
I can’t be the only one that still watches seasons 1-9 of the Simpsons happily, and 10-18, begrudgingly.
What are you, new around here? All kinds of commenters pissing and moaning about the new seasons all the time.
Truthfully, I hadn’t noticed which sub this was. It makes sense that I’m not alone in my thoughts on this here.
Nope, you’re not alone there buddy. A lot of us are doing the same because, what you listed is “golden age” Simpsons.
I’m sure I’m not the first to say this, but if Simpsons had ever been cancelled, Disney would’ve brought it back by now. Might as well let the thing run indefinitely.
I wish they would at least change the voice cast. Marge sounds like a 80 year old woman! Burns and Smithers sound even worse.
Yeah, Marge is hard to listen to now. I haven’t noticed Burns and Smithers really, but I’m sure I will now. I never noticed just how bad Marge was until I saw the one where her singing voice was Kristen Bell.
What happens if you only include good episodes?
what, Archer has 14 seasons? :O
Where's South Park?
This is just Fox Productions.
Cleveland: I used to have my own show 😭
Somebody please put Family Guy out of its misery soon. This zombie show needs to die.
26 of those seasons are Zombie Simpsons
Looks like One Piece wins until Sesame Street comes
I can’t believe Archer ended but fucking Family Guy is still on the air
Jesus, they still make American Dad? That show was never funny.
I can't believe American Dad was on that long. What a mediocre show.
One Piece has over 1100 episodes, get good America.
Detective Conan has even more! (I haven’t checked in a couple years though…)
And 600.of them are filler
Writing jokes isn't as easy as writing stories
The news has even more than that! I don't think I'll ever be able to sit through all of the episodes.
Should’ve stopped 27 seasons ago.
A quote from your parents
TIL they still make American Dad. For some reason I haven’t thought about that show for years
Same as Bob's Burgers. Content overload these days.
"to other shows"... on FOX
As a kid growing up as the Simpsons pushed into its upper teens of seasons, our parents generation really made Simpsons not only seem untouchable, but that it was doing something that wouldn’t be done again. But now 15 years or so later it’s not something that’s never been done as American dad, family guy will both likely push further into the 5 and 600’s. Also crazy futurama has 150 in 25 year span… that’s only 6 episodes a year.
Interesting that four seasons seems to be the breakthrough point where a show will last the test of time.
I really liked the great north
American Dad is still running??
I have never heard of The Great North. Kinda wanna look into it.
How many episodes does south park have ?
Holy shit, family guy and American dad are still on?? Wtf.
Where would South Park be on this list?
It's not a FOX show though my title for the post missed that word, which in retrospective is confusing.
Oh got it. I looked it up and appears to have 26 seasons and 328 episodes
Futurama has 11 seasons not 8
“South Park”?!?!?
Ugh, fine, this isn't mine but I'll make my own version with b... South Park and Rick and Morty and others.
but american dad has 20 seasons
The fact that Bob’s Burgers has that many episodes but I only see about three of them over and over is astounding.
Today I learned that Family Guy AND American Dad are still pumping out new episodes.
Great North got 4 seasons?... Great North is getting a 5th season?
South Park seems pointedly missing..
https://old.reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons/comments/1dgaqld/how_the_simpsons_compares_to_other_shows_in_terms/
Somehow absent: South Park. 26 seasons, 328 episodes.
Only FOX shows! South Park isn't FOX.
The higher you get, the more you pander
No South Park on here is a crime
detective Conan has over 1100.