I'll put it like this. I used to like the simpsons, but like you said, after 16 seasons it's just the name. The humor hasn't changed much, it's just the same thing and seeing such a lack of evolution just kills it as a whole for me. The later episodes remind me of the earlier episodes and vice versa, so it's just something that doesn't bloom for me. Family guy is pretty obviously influenced by the simpsons, but it still seems to have a style of its own and so long as they don't go haywire with it I'm ok. But what does my vote count? I don't even watch tv.