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Justin2Krelian
09/06/2025
11:39 AM
#1
I feel like I'm missing one, but whatever. Not asking best overall, just relative to the predecessor.

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HighSeraph
09/06/2025
11:40 AM
#2
Futurama is better than the simpsons imo
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Glob
09/06/2025
11:40 AM
#3
Seasons 1-4 of Futurama were better than peak Simpsons IMO.
TendoDRM
09/06/2025
11:43 AM
#4
Parks and Rec is a much better show than The Office. Futurama and Simpsons are both better, but Simpsons is still at the top.
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Ivany2008
09/06/2025
11:47 AM
#5
TendoDRM posted...
Parks and Rec is a much better show than The Office. Futurama and Simpsons are both better, but Simpsons is still at the top.

That's only because they got away from the Office style format after Season 1. Season 1 of Parks and Rec was a struggle to get through. On topic though, I think Young Sheldon did a pretty good job of being better than Big Bang Theory, but my personal pick is NCIS from West Wing.
Dissident_77
09/06/2025
11:52 AM
#6
Yeah, not sure Parks & Rec should count. It was only a spiritual successor to The Office for it's first short and shitty season.
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xMythic
09/06/2025
11:53 AM
#7
American Dad surpassed Family Guy in season 3, and only got better.
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solosnake
09/06/2025
11:54 AM
#8
Frasier is a good one too
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Dissident_77
09/06/2025
11:56 AM
#9
solosnake posted...
Frasier is a good one too
That's a spinoff. TC said that doesn't count
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McMarbles
09/06/2025
11:57 AM
#10
Park & Rec is better than The Office, but it doesnt shit on it from a great height. American Dad shits on Family Guy from a great height.
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Tyranthraxus
09/06/2025
11:59 AM
#11
If surpassed it most is the bar, then the answer is easily King of the Hill (Beavis and Butthead)
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Starks
09/06/2025
11:59 AM
#12
Futurama tries to be as fresh as South Park but it just can't. It's always a year or two behind, at least.

Still better than most Simpson seasons on average.
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Evening_Dragon
09/06/2025
12:00 PM
#13
Futurama has a tighter set than Simpsons, if anything.
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Tyranthraxus
09/06/2025
12:02 PM
#15
16-BITTER posted...
You mean Daria
Daria is a spin off and wasn't that great tbh
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Evening_Dragon
09/06/2025
12:03 PM
#17
Tyranthraxus posted...
Daria is a spin off and wasn't that great tbh
You shut your jock mouth
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Evening_Dragon
09/06/2025
12:04 PM
#19
16-BITTER posted...
They were both better than King of the Hill
You shut it even harder

Bad opinions are now illegal
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K181
09/06/2025
12:10 PM
#21
On the average, Futurama as a whole is better than The Simpsons as a whole, but peak Simpsons is better than peak Futurama.

American Dad is flat out better than Family Guy, both their respective peaks and overall series averages.
Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.
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Justin2Krelian
09/06/2025
12:12 PM
#22
I actually considered B&B/KotH but thought it was too different in format. Still, option 5 here works for that.
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CRON
09/06/2025
12:15 PM
#23
Incoming objective 100% agreeable facts

Golden-era Simpsons steamrolls Futurama as a whole but the entirety of Futurama including the crappy revivals are better than zombie + current-era Simpsons

Disenchantment is straight ass and worse than the crappy Futurama revivals + zombie/current-era Simpsons

Curb Your Enthusiasm is better than most of Seinfeld

TBS/current-era American Dad is better than most of Family Guy, but current-era Family Guy is better than early FOX-era American Dad

Parks and Rec is worse than most of The Office

Frasier steamrolls the absolute fuck out of the entirety of Cheers

King of The Hill steamrolls the absolute fuck out of Beavis and Butthead and both are better than Daria
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ai123
09/06/2025
12:20 PM
#25
Never got into the US Office, but I love Parks & Rec.
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ReturnOfDevsman
09/06/2025
12:20 PM
#26
HighSeraph posted...
Futurama is better than the simpsons imo
Agree
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TomClark
09/06/2025
12:23 PM
#27
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