I stopped watching ages ago. 

irony is its not as good as it once was but is still better then the avg fox show, and while i enjoy family guy does anyone really want the ENTIRE sunday night lineup dominated by Seth McFarlane

Good riddance.

Evil Fox.  How is an actor supposed to feed his kids on 4 million dollars for less than a half years work?

Just because the shows not funny anymore, ratings have gone down, and producers can’t cut the budget doesn’t mean these voice actors deserve to live in poverty.

How is it that actors, willing to take a pay CUT for a show that rakes in untold BILLIONS in exchange for a small portion of the back end, are greedy and spoiled yet the executives and producers on the show are free to take home many MANY times that amount of money and no one says boo?

Management deserves every penny yet those who actually WORK on the show don’t?

good riddance homer.  yawn.  the show became boring years ago.

It’s about time. The Simpsons stopped being funny for a decade. 

I’d rather watch a sitcom starring Pauly Shore and Victoria Jackson than anything Seth McFarlane produces, so the answer is no. 

I stopped watching when the Simpson’s became essentially “this week’s Lisa Simpson’s leftist cause” episode after episode.

But you still act like Homer.

D’oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe the actors aren’t that smart when it comes to money. They had no skin in the risk taking or costs of promotion or production and no one forced them to sign the last contract. If you take the risks vs. just showing up to read a few lines every week, why should you benefit equally?

my favorite homer simpson quote:  “stupid democrats!”…  

It won’t end. They will take the pay cut.

It’s amazing the number of things that are still going that should have ended gracefully, or as gracefully as possible, in 1999.

The Simpsons. 60s-revivalist leftist revenge-fantasy ideology (which now runs the White house) Bill Clinton as anything other than a convicted felon…

I don’t care, I stopped watching at least 10 years ago.

Seth MacFarlane has the right idea: spinoffs and common-universe shows. The guy went from having his first show canceled to basically dominating the Fox Sunday lineup. My DVRing on Sunday night doesn’t start till 8:30.

Replace Fox with any other company and most of the commenters here will side with the workers ready to accept a paycut.  But if Fox is involved, of course the workers are greedy for not bending over and accepting whatever their corporate masters are offering.

I like Seth (BTW He created 2& !/2 men too!).But The Simpson has made my family laugh for years. They have and had some of the best writers for tv including Conan O”brien. Not to mention the voices and cameo’s.It was a good run! We”ll aways have reruns! And you know there will be movies!

you seriously think the Simpsons was too political?

Your politics can’t handle the criticism of a 7 year imaginary girl!

How can one parody people as stupid as wingnuts?

Mac    “I thought that commercial for Lemon pledge was too leftist, Suzy’
Suzy  “Oh, hon, I know, I saw drawings for Halloween at the local daycare center and you can tell those kids are Commies by the faces on the pumpkins!  Society is just falling apart.”

Welcome to corporate America

What the f*ck “risks,” you crazy Randian?  What risks is Fox taking?  They already KNOW the show will make millions from DVD’s and syndication.  What “risk” are they taking again?

What the f*ck “risks,” you crazy Randian?  What risks is Fox taking?  They already KNOW the show will make millions from DVD’s and syndication.  What “risk” are they taking again?

What the f*ck “risks,” you crazy Randian?  What risks is Fox taking?  They already KNOW the show will make millions from DVD’s and syndication.  What “risk” are they taking again?

It’s always labor that’s the problem!  The world would be better if Uncle Rupert was doing the voice of Homer, rather than just cashing the checks.

It’s so sad these superman even have to put up with our labor at all….we serfs should be proud we were even allowed to work!

Turk looks to return to the days of the Sultan, when the damn peasants knew their place

You have absolutely no taste or class.

Cool, you fit in well with the average wingnut on this board

I think that as the Simpson’s became political, it became boring.   They were never right wing, but now are thoroughly leftwing and boring.boring.boring.

I think that as the Simpson’s became political, it became boring.   They were never right wing, but now are thoroughly leftwing and boring.boring.boring.

If I have to watch another Simpsons episode about Homer and Marge’s troubled marriage….or Lisa being the lonley smart girl….or bart sounding more and more like an aging woman every year….Yeah, it’s time for the Simpsons to end.

noooooooooooooooooooooo this was one of the best shows
i hate family guy

another network might pick it up

another network might pick it up

I watch South Park.  Then again, I’ve actually been to South Park, right over Hoosier Pass from Breckenridge.

YES, there really is a South Park.

Has anyone seen the episode where Al Gore is searching for a creature he calls: “man, bear, pig?”  Which, of course, was allegory for Global warming. LOL  Good show.  If you lose The Simpsons, try on South Park… 

The Boy’s do a fine job of humiliating those who deserve it!

Purveyor

In every business there are employers and employees.  The employees turn the wrenches and sweep the floor, while at the same time, complain about how their manual labor is more important to the company to the “suits,” contributions.

That is where Socialism comes from!  Guys like you, TIMB116, who do the complaining while guys like me worked hard, got an education, acquired some money and then took “RISKS,” such as hiring guys like you… LOL  

Grab the broom TIMB116, you missed a spot over there…

Purveyor    (Good call KC GRANNY)

Uh, first of all, purveyor, doesn’t answer the question at issue here.

Secondly, I get the feudalism bs argument you present. Do your job, prole, and be glad to be a wage slave.

Lastly, I’m pretty sure only one of us has a doctorate in this discussion. Since I’m the one who worked full time, went to school, and helped raise a family, you know where you can put your feudalism.

Care to write any more hagiographic comments about the Jim Crow South or have you forgotten I read your stuff before

“Feudalism?”

I have been witness to many small businesses (motorcycle) where resentment from the shop toward the front end, parts, accessories and management, doomed the business. Ergo, my story about the employers and the employees.

I could add tid bits, about complicated government regulations and Union nonsense, that only benefitted those doing the complaining, but, why bother… LOL

A “Doctorate” for pushing a broom? I’ve heard of one for using a shovel, but not a broom?

Purveyor

Hmmm…  so murderoch’s minions want to break the contracts and are threatening a lockout if the employees don’t capitulate. I think they should just wait for the faux contracts to run out and peddle the show to another network.

Show has sucked since about 1999 when they changed writers. Had they quit then, they would have had an untouchable run as the greatest show in history. Instead, we’ve seen a sad slide into irrelevance and all they’ve done is pollute the rerun pool with 10+ seasons of crap episodes.

Still, the Simpsons in its prime blows away any of the crap that comes out of Seth MacFarlane.

“Prole”  I had forgot about that!  Good word, although connotes a tragic and/unfortunate fate for the individual.  Thank you for reminding me of such as I’ll add to my repertoire… LOL

20 years ago, I re-read 1984.  Still a powerful piece of work.

Purveyor

The Simpson’s makes fun of both sides of the political isle, just like SNL use to do back in the 70s & 80s  when SNL was a good show.  I love the Simpson’s and have been watching it ever since I first saw it on the Tracy Ullman show.   I record it to DVR every week.  Maybe Comedy Central will pick it up if Fox drops it?

The Simpson’s makes fun of both sides of the political isle, just like SNL use to do back in the 70s & 80s  when SNL was a good show.  I love the Simpson’s and have been watching it ever since I first saw it on the Tracy Ullman show.   I record it to DVR every week.  Maybe Comedy Central will pick it up if Fox drops it?

“Hagiographic”?  You win the award for using an interesting ( never heard of, by me) and obscure word,  timb116d!  Did that come off the top of your head or did you have that page of the dictionary open recently?  I remember looking up ‘prole” last time. LOL

I think their best humor mostly flew in under the radar, like the majority of subversive, irreverent, comedy.  Sadly, most of it was in their “salad days”.

Archer and Frisky Dingo are two other animated shows I find funny.  They are both for adults and on after ten ‘o’clock.  Anyone else like Bob’s Burger’s?

The simpsons have had a great run should end now it has been on for 23 years all good things do come to an end. The Simpsons will live on in reruns & movies I haven’t watched The Simpsons in years.

I’m looking for a word that politely describes the hand job purveyor and his friends give the Jim Crow.  I know what a hagiography is and I get tired of using “paean,” because a) I’m never confident how to pronounce it and b) I am rarely comfortable spelling it. 

So, hagiographic sounded right.  You should hear the guy purveyor was talking to.  I am not claiming purveyor has the follwing views, but purveyor is a bit of a fan of heirarchies and he did not object….Anyway, the guy he was talking to lamented the segregation of public schools in Louisiana.  Said it destoryed the quality fo the schools and he knew because he just graduated.  This guy LAMENTED segregation!  Purveyor did not say a word, but I challenged the guy and STILL purveyor carried on a conversation.

I can only assume, after the drivel he wrote above, that he sort of agreed. Not that he is a racist or anything, but just that he objected to the people on to having to share an education with the people on the bottom.

Interestingly, one of the reasons that the public school declined after segregation is that the nice white folks pulled their kids out of public school and send to private “academies,” which were all church run schools and very segregated and the State gave them money for it.

Still, it was cute that the old man blamed the African-Americans for ruinign the public schools and not the racism which caused their funding to drop

MEZZO from Michigan,

You don’t suffer an existence up dere in da UP do ya, eh?  Sheesh! (that accent kills me. LOL) I grew up in Wisconsin and did A LOT of skiing in in the Upper Peninsula, in Bessemer and Wakefield Mich.

Anyway, “Archer” the inept spy.  Yes I have watched that show.  I’ll take a peek at the others to refer too?  I spent the 25 years in Colorado, oh, about 2 hours from South Park.  Used to ride through on my Motorcycles. (I even have a Cartman Coffee Mug) LOL

I used to race Motorcycles at a track called GRATTAN Raceway, in Grand Rapids.  Then again, I’ve raced at Daytona too…

Purveyor

Luckily, I don’t live in the upper penninsula.  It’s beautiful but, the summers are short.  My grandparents had a cabin on the Au Sable river and I spent a great deal of time in a canoe growing up.  I’m glad you got to see some of nicer local spots.

I’m surprised that South Park has been able to stay funny for as long as it has.  The best ideas eventually will be ”written out” and then entropy sets in.  I just watched their newest episode and it worked for me. 

Luckily, I don’t live in the upper penninsula.  It’s beautiful but, the summers are short.  My grandparents had a cabin on the Au Sable river and I spent a great deal of time in a canoe growing up.  I’m glad you got to see some of nicer local spots.

I’m surprised that South Park has been able to stay funny for as long as it has.  The best ideas eventually will be ”written out” and then entropy sets in.  I just watched their newest episode and it worked for me. 

“Entropy?”  Good word, I had to look it up as at first I thought you meant atrophy?  (no offense)

Entropy: ‘figurative’ “Lack of order or predicability, a gradual decline into disorder.”

Outstanding!  LOL   (I like words)

Purveyor

The Simpsons was a good show and they had a good rating I used to watch it but sometimes I don’t have time to watch it because I go out for a walk so that’s the reason. I like Family Guy and American Dad because their funny I really like The Simpsons alot I started to watch that show in 2007 and I really enjoy it. I’m sad that The Simpsons will end after 23rd Season but I hope they will still be on the air on syndication and I hope The Simpsons will air on cable they should of air The Simpsons on FX in September of this year and that show was funny I really like it. I hope The Simpsons will air on FX sometime in January or February of 2012.

FX has some of the most watched shows out there! I don’t
know what I would do with out my FX channel. I am a huge fan and thanks to
subscribing to DISH I can always watch it. Working for DISH I can tell you that
going through a negotiation like DIRECTV customers are, it isn’t fun missing
your favorite shows.