Animation Domination

I am (was? no, am) a fan of Fox's Sunday night animation lineup. The Simpsons has always been on my radar, and when Family Guy first came out, I thought it was really funny and gut-busting. I wasn't too impressed with American Dad, I thought it was too derivative of Family Guy.

My, how times have changed.

I caught the premiere of all three shows last night, and it confirmed to me what I had suspected all throughout last season.

Firstly, The Simpsons. "The Simpsons" is in imminent danger of becoming more of a guest actor winker show instead of a comedy. I mean, I was totally stoked to see Metallica do a spot...but what was the point of it? I love it when Fat Tony and the Sopranos do their mafia thing...but they've done it better on the Simpsons before. It was watchable, but I was more chuckling than laughing out loud. I know that you've done everything before on the Simpsons, but they should keep the stories a lot tighter, I think.

Next, Family Guy (which actually came on at 9 pm after American Dad, but I'll deal with it now). This show has totally lost its humor to me. Peter Griffin has gone from Homer Simpson likeability to "Will someone PLEASE kill this moron!" territory for me. I miss the Family Guy of old, and I hope they get it back. It says volumes that I didn't finish watching the episode, I just turned it off before the half hour finished...and it's not the first time I've done so. I'll keep giving it a shot, but right now they are on borrowed time with me.

I never thought I'd see the day where "American Dad" would be the funniest of the three, but it happened a lot of times last season and it happened again here tonight. This was the only one of the three shows that made me laugh out loud, even though the story here was not the best that it's been either. They've come a long way here, and I hope they keep it up!