i hear it wasnt cancel but the writer of the show says it is time to stop making the show as for he is running outta ideas for new shows. an dwnats to leave while the show si still strong. instead of when it goes bad. also i heard it is ending round the time season 2 comes out on dvd. that might explain why it was delayed to aug.... just rumors i hear...so not sure just what i heard

I feel the same way. Every show goes downhill at some point. I already know that I won't buy any season DVD sets after Season 8. There were a few good episodes sprinkled in here and there in the subsequent seasons, but after season 10, every episode I watched, I hardly laughed. I watched the cartoon book episode last week and could not believe this was the same show as it was the early-mid 90s.

as someone said above, i believe.

even at it's worst, The Simpsons, is still better than pretty much everything on TV. I hope it keeps on going, as it is my favorite television show, but we all know it can't last forever.

[Marge Simpson voice]Well DUH![/Marge Simpson voice]

While it admittedly isn't what it used to be, I still plop myself down to it every Sunday night in the hopes that an episode like last weeks is on. "The Angry Dad" cartoons? COME ON! Funny stuff. My particular favorite lines:

Principal Skinner: "And now the father of the kid that hangs out with Bart Simpson."

Nelson: "Ah! Amuse juste!"

Krusty: "This cartoon could kill us! (into phone)Quick, book that act that likes to bite me in the crotch!"
Secretary: "You mean, Susan Anton?"
Krusty: "No! That lemur!"

Bart: "What's 520 million times zero? And DON'T say ZERO!"

I wouldn't mind them cancelling it as long as they PROMISE to do at least two specials a year - Tree House of Horrors and Christmas episodes. They should have no problem cranking out two high quality episodes a year.

For a show that nobody seems to like anymore it sure as hell pulls in great ratings. I see no problem with the show in the fact that it has been on for 13 seasons and is still going strong. Not many other shows can claim that.

Clearly, they have run out of ideas. I would like to see them producing only a few new shows a year with the few good ideas that they come up with though.

Actually, I came away from that CNN article with the impression that Groening is playing hardball with Fox over Futurama.

Just because it has die hard fans that refuse to give up on the show does not mean the past few seasons have been good. Heck, even the creators of the show seem to be feeling the strain of keeping this thing going. I kept on turning to the show for a while even after I felt the quality had waned because I also wanted the show to get better, and I felt they were just in a slump there for a while. But they have been in a slump for the past couple years, and where in the past they had a bad show or two a season, it's more like now we get a good episode or two each season.

I am glad this show still has it's followers. I have been known to stick with shows that lost fans when the quality waned or things were changed. I stuck with Night Court to the very end, even tho fans despised the changes in Dan's character and when Harry and Christine got together. So I've been the one who has stuck with shows when other fans were wondering why I did, so I can appreciate the Simpsons fans who are sticking to it. All the power to you, but I would rather see Futurama continue on than to see Simpsons go on, and when Futurama gets cancelled and the Simpsons continues to deterorate and rot away, that tells me something is wrong.

I once looked forward to the idea of a Simpsons feature film with great delight, but now the prospect scares me. I hope we didn't see them exhaust all their good material on the show and I hope the movie (when and if it comes out) redeems these weaker seasons.

Can you honestly tell me that reality shows are better than the Simpsons?

It goes by taste, I wouldn't watch survivor if you held a knife to my throat, I would gladly let myself be killed before watching a reality show.

If Simpsons sucks so much, why can I catch it about 5 times a day and a total of about 45 times or more during the week

Only thing it will do if Simpsons is cancelled is another reason to not get cable.

To be fair, the syndicated episodes are mainly from when the show was GOOD and they deserve to be seen multiple times per week. Hell, they deserve to be seen multiple times PER DAY.

Better than Simpsons circa 1990-1998. Absolutely not.

Better than Simpsons today? Some of them definitely are, at least to me.

I could watch Simpsons episodes until the cows come home, but only if they are Season 8 and prior (with a few of the newer ones sprinkled in - very few though). I've seen each of those episodes at least 10 times over. I record the syndicated Simpsons everyday. If they are classic ones, I love watching them. If they are newer ones, I just delete them.

Give me the Osbournes over any current run of the Simpsons any day. And that is an example of a reality show that is actually better.

The Simpsons are still better than 75% of the programming available on the major networks.

Maybe that is true, but count out the number of prime-time hours on the 4 major networks. How much do you watch? That is 81 hours of prime time programming on the major networks. I watch 13 hours (so basically 1/6) of programming/week on the 4 major networks (and that includes overlapping shows that I tape). To me, the rest (including, sadly The Simpson presently) is not that entertaining.

I think it's safe to say that only about 20% of what is on TV at any given time is actually good. So I can see how people could bump even the lamest episode of the Simpsons into that good category, but IMO, there is still 19.99% of stuff still more entertaining than the Simpsons.

it appears reports of their death were grossly exaggerated

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._simpsons_dc_4

thank god!

Good find! Thank you

What about Futurama! Its so much better than Simpsons, but it keeps getting treated as the bastard child!

I was thinking that the first article kinda contradicted the hilarious song at the end of their most recent clip show. You know, the parody of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" that went, "They'll Never Stop the Simpsons"

I heard this on the radio yesterday, and then heard today that Matt said the comments were taken out of context, and the Simpsons will continue on for "years and years".

everyone knows better than to think that a show that can continue to bring in such strong ratings will end while still at the top.

they have already finished 300+ episodes.. which means if they stopped right now.. they already have 10 episodes complete for season 14.. odds are, they are even past 300 by now, and I would say there is a pretty good chance they are pretty close to starting on the eps for season 15. They have been good about having at least a season or so finished ahead of time.. so even if the point ever comes where matt decides not to write anymore.. fox will have a couple seasons to release, while matt comes back to his senses

Very true.

I get more laughs out of Futurama than i do the Simspons. The recent "Star Trek" episode had me laughing till my eyes watered...Simpsons haven't made me do that since the episode where Homer & Marge had sex all over Springfield.

I'm sorry, but i feel the Simpsons are past thier prime. And i think its sad that Fox is clinging to this show and canceling a host of other shows without giving them the support they gave the Simpsons.

but there arent near as many people that feel this way
everyone I know, loves simpsons.. I dont know anyone that likes futurama (except a couple people on this board of course).
Ive tried watching futurama, and every once in awhile, it will bring a chuckle, but rarely much more.
but I guess thats why futurama's ratings lead to its cancellation.

there are obviously people that really love the show.. thats obvious by reading the threads in here.. but there are 1000 times more people that still love the simpsons, even if the show is not as great as it was in its prime

syndication is still showing the "bad episodes". Just out of curiosity, what are your favorite and least favorite episodes?

mine are: favorite: Homer and the monorail, and the people of new york vs. homer simpsons (two episodes that syndication in my area have not played in at least 10 months.

least favorite: 25 short stories about springfieldians, and all singing and dancing