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Of course another problem is that The Simpsons is 400 episodes old, much longer than normal sitcoms run. They're running out of ideas clearly and I've seen a lot of rehashes within the past few seasons.
Running 400 episodes and 20 years is great and all, but there's a point where you just say "okay, go back to so-and-so episode and get a general idea for an episode". They started going really south around the 300th episode, and it's commendable that they made it that far.
And another thing I want to just mention. People who say "OMG Family Guy stole from the Simpsons" are idiots. Of course they did, everyone does it, they've run for 20 years. But they don't fucking STEAL from them blatantly, the things people complain about are usually general storylines like gambling addiction (Marge/Lois). I'll bet if you go back, you can find at least one show that did this-or-that BEFORE the Simpsons and at least one after the Simpsons. Does it mean they stole directly from them? No. It just means that, as the South Park episode came out and said, The Simpsons already did it.
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