Why Futurama Works Better Than The Simpsons

After being on the air for over 30 years, it's become clear The Simpsons are sort of running on fumes. The Golden Years of the Simpsons are in the past, and the animated sitcom sees no signs of slowing down. On the other hand, Futurama is currently back for it's 3rd reboot after cancellation. With all this time off, the Futurama team was able to rework elements of the show to sustain it's longevity. The Simpsons however, without a gap in episodes ever, has never been able to take a step back and see what's not working. How has this helped Futurama maintain a quality over The Simpsons?
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[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

Fun fact: In the Spanish Dub, Kif and Amy's children are played by the actual children of Kif and Amy's voice actors (They were married)

[@SchmergDergen]

Like Artie Ziff?

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

@@SchmergDergen Sorry. I dont know why I did that. Fixed

[@damianstewart3273]

Nobody watching the Spanish dub 🤣

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

@@damianstewart3273 More than half of the continent does.

[@damianstewart3273]

@ronaldeliascorderocalles You mean viewership? Futurama fans definitely listen to the original actors over the Spanish dub more as it's an American series by default, so by default, most viewers are listening in English basic math 🤣🤣

[@wiidub9225]

Futurama for me was always more appealing because of the simple but affective plotline and pilot episode "pizza delivery boy gets frozen and wakes up in the 31st century" It gives you so much space for improvisation and it lets your imagination go wild and they maximised that.. Forever and ever my favourite animated show..

[@justinarzola4584]

Futurama also has deeper episodes in my opinion, Simpson's was always bogged down by it's comedy.

[@DamanLane1017]

i honestly don’t care for either but man futurama is boring af

[@parrotproductionsYT]

@@DamanLane1017have you met Roberto?!

[@parrotproductionsYT]

@@DamanLane1017it’s not boring

[@realfitzmarker]

The Hulu era is likely going to be the last time the show comes back from the dead, so I hope this era is a very long one.

[@Kewl897]

I thought it was only getting two seasons?

[@MaherandIbrahimsAvengers]

@@Kewl897 it can always get rewnewed if Hulu wants to

[@RaggedViking]

​@@Kewl897there's a rumor thanks to dialogue in the 1st episode of the Hulu season that there's a possibility of picking up for future seasons or a movie.

[@vincenta8652]

Given the quality of the Hulu era I doubt that very much

[@vincenta8652]

It’s funny how the last season of the Simpsons stands heads and shoulders over this season of futurama given the title of this video

[@Easelgames]

We need more sitcom style cartoons with continued continuality! No more resetting every episode. Reset most things, but keep character relationships going forward. This helps immensely with audience retention and keeping things fresh. So good to hear Hulu understood this.

[@BL33NB]

And you also need some filler, not just "heres the pure raw story in 6-8 episodes, enjoy!" stuff... but most we get is either super condensed or reset every episode...

[@TheMetalOverlord]

Netflix made Inside Job, it's a great follow up on Futurama style of cartoon, too bad it got cancelled after they announched a second season, that now we will never see.

[@fixedfunshow]

Eh..... Futurama doesn't have that big of continuity.

[@lordspacedust7021]

Solar opposites is really good and the filler episodes are gold

[@aishabintabubakr4944]

I saw a video a long tine ago that said "The Simpsons was a counter-culture show that became culture"

[@SPcamert]

Futurama was always more appealing to me than the Simpsons. It may be that I never had the nostalgia for the original episodes since my family didn't watch it but when I first discovered Futurama I fell in love almost immediately. Something about the inherent sadness in the characters' humor always touched me on multiple levels. Add in that amazing episodes like the ones mentioned in this video, others like Roswell That Ends Well and Lethal Inspection and the movies themselves continue to be referenced over and over in the later years and you get a rich narrative that actually helps to build the world while simultaneously lampooning it which just makes for an amazing series.

[@joneau261]

Even though Futurama getting canceled multiple times is frustrating, at least it meant it never overstayed it’s welcome. At 160 episodes (plus 10 more this year and 10 more next year) for Futurama versus The Simpsons now at 750 and who knows how many more 22 episode seasons coming, the quantity also comes to mind.

[@salt-emoji]

There's some really interesting psychology behind "the availability of wanted media" networks strategically cut and snip more popular shows to maintain interest in their profit babies. (Tldr it's more cost effective to cut a newer show before producing merch, to boost existing merchandise sales, followed by flagship merch for the canceled show to gauge interest in a re launch, fox did this almost exactly for Futurama, American dad, and a few other shows) Advertising psychology is pretty wild, and I'm not even very knowledgeable about it frankly.

[@josephdurham4950]

I've always said this! Always leave them waiting more!

[@SSSharpeProductions]

@@salt-emoji That's pretty much what Nickelodeon does for SpongeBob and any show that's competing with it.

[@justinarzola4584]

Futurama didn't need to have a comback.

[@EnderSword]

I've never understood this mentality at all, if you don't want to watch new episodes....don't. I'll literally never get the mentality that some how doing more seasons or movies or whatever somehow makes the older ones retroactively worse.

[@kirsty7669]

The episode with Fry's dog Seymour is probably one of the most beautiful animated episodes I've ever seen

[@amicaaranearum]

I both love and hate that episode; it makes me cry every time.

[@dropelaves]

That punches me in the chest everytime I recall it. It's beautiful, yes. But in a very VERY sad way.

[@jameskenny963]

That episode made me feel things I did t know I had 😂😂

[@football8897]

Futurama will always be my favorite animated comedy. I’m so happy the Hulu gave it another go. However Meanwhile is still one of the greatest endings of a show I’ve ever seen. I remember watching it live on CC when it aired and them immediately playing the first episode after. It was like poetry, it fit so well as a paradox. I haven’t watched all of the new season yet (because I’ve been rewatching from the beginning) but am so excited to see how it ends up being

[@alexisw8662]

i’m a huge futurama fan, it’s one of my favorite shows and i’ve watched it all the way through multiple times. i really likes the new episodes too, i felt like they stayed true to the characters and had the same feeling/tone carried through the original two runs. i’ve never been a big fan of the simpsons tho, it’s never really drawn me in enough to watch more than the occasional episode

[@justinarzola4584]

I always preferred futurama too,the characters are more likeable and down to earth.

[@sirmel11]

I've never been into The Simpsons.

[@lolokbr]

I've always thought Futurama was superior to The Simpsons, and would go so far as to say it's one of the best TV shows of all time, regardless of genre. Though I agree the cancellations helped the show for all the reasons you mentioned, I think the main reason for its success is that it was just a better canvas for the creators to tell stories. The futuristic sci-fi Earth setting allows the show to get pretty crazy, while still tackling relevant issues satirically.

[@settheory2219]

So, are you going to vote for Jack Johnson or John Jackson?

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

It's easier to think about new ideas for episodes when you have the whole universe with different planets and sci-fi concepts. You cannot do that much with The Simpsons, who has to keep itself inside a comfort zone and cant use that kind of bizarre concepts

[@BL33NB]

And are banned to travel to most states xD

[@Otokichi786]

So, How does "Bob's Burgers" compare to "The Simpsons"?

[@austenmoore7326]

Also the Simpson’s had 10 seasons of the golden age and futurama doesn’t even have 10 seasons.

[@raymondtrabulsy7294]

While I really liked the Simpsons as a kid, Futurama was the show that really stuck with me. I loved every stop and restart.

[@autonomouscollective2599]

I think you hit the crux of the difference between The Simpsons and Futurama. Despite its pop culture and inside jokes, the Simpsons has primarily been a kids show, whereas Futurama aims for a more mature and intellectual audience.

[@chrisdesjca]

I think if they started letting the Simpson characters age, there would be more story options. Maybe 7 years, Bart and Lisa would be in High school, Maggie would be 8 or 9, they would be able to ground the stories in actual family dynamics, instead of following a similar formula as Family Guy. I find myself restarting The Simpsons after I get to Season 12 or 13, I prefer everything before season 8.

[@jcohasset23]

Even if it was only ageing the Simpson's one year every 5 seasons I think that would have helped keep the writing a bit fresher. There are only so many stories that can be told with Bart 10, Lisa 7 (or is she now 8?), and Maggie an infant (beyond the fact that keeping everyone roughly the same age has forced the writers to regularly reset Marge and Homer's past).

[@channingchills]

Futurama had (IIRC) the very first ever time slot when Adult Swim premiered. I was in 2nd grade, and it quickly became my favorite show. I’m now 30, and it’s probably my favorite “adult” animated show.

[@PC2000]

Adult Swim was already 2 years old when Futurama joined the block.

[@user-yr8mu1ce1m]

@@PC2000 Yeah, the first program, I believe was either Cowboy Bebop or Home Movies.

[@jliller]

I think the Simpsons being stuck in this weird limbo where the main family remains the same age, but their background keeps getting retconned plus new technology like smartphones are introduced plus characters around them get married, have kids, and/or die is the biggest reason the Simpsons is in a rut. The show needed to move forward a long time ago.

[@amicaaranearum]

The Simpsons should have been canceled two decades ago, because that’s about when it stopped being funny. It’s sad to watch what the show has become.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Matt Groening did a better job with Futurama after it got cancelled

[@SchmergDergen]

Wah? Most of Futurama's best episodes were before the cancellation.

[@108asf]

Did you mean David X. Cohen?

[@dmkq9554]

Hulu did it justice, i was so so Happy to see how Well they handled it so far. Any complains i have are overshadowed by how funny, smart and well written this latest season is so far.

[@SchmergDergen]

Lol sounds like a Hulu exec. A lot of it was rough and only 3 episodes could've fit in with the Fox era.

[@dicksavage9366]

Hulu absolutely did not do it justice. There lame excuse for a season was the worst in series history

[@katieb3172]

To balance out the rude levels of negativity above… I agree with you!! There is a lot to love!! I hated the anthology episode this season but that’s about it.

[@SchmergDergen]

@@katieb3172 no one had to balance out the negativity after the Fox run wrapped up because it was much better than this season.

[@dmkq9554]

@@katieb3172 theres plenty i didnt like sure, but the overall package is so far great. It really feels like it was written by people who know and love this universe and characters.

[@fireaza]

The Simpsons should have been cancelled years ago and Futurama allowed to take its place. The Simpsons having a more grounded setting sorta puts limitations on the jokes you can make, while anything can happen in Futurama because "it's the future". You can see evidence of this in the number of times The Simpsons did something wildly unrealistic in later seasons that they would have never done in the classic seasons.

[@BigApeBooks]

Futurama has limitless potential due to its science fiction setting. That and its humor, and great characters are what I really like about it. The Simpsons, however, really should have come to a close twenty years ago. It's spent its wad, it's done.

[@aceofaces0007]

What always struck me as interesting about Futurama's fantastical aspect is that, despite being 1,000 years in the future with the corresponding technological advances, life is generally the same from a narrative standpoint. This allows the show to pull from current events, but reskin them in ways that make them feel different yet familiar at the same time, taking naturally absurd things in reality to their equally absurd conclusions, all without feeling out of place because of the futuristic setting. This includes the ability to write any celebrity, past or present, into the narrative as a head in a jar, or reskinning other celebrities/fictional characters (such as Zap Brannigan being a parody of Captain Kirk, or Elzar as a parody of Emeril Lagasse). I don't think the Simpsons could ever do this because it is meant to be set in the present, and therefore has to be somewhat grounded, thereby restricting what can and cannot be done with its writing. Though as this video pointed out, in addition to being comedy, Futurama expertly works in sincere emotional storytelling. Despite a growing trend online for labeling things as "cringe," I think deep down audiences want authenticity, which Futurama delivers at the right times.

[@Craxin01]

It also doesn't hurt that the Futurama writing crew has a lot of highly educated science and math majors, which is great for a sci-fi show. The Simpsons has a lot of out-of-touch writers trying to keep a show going that people stopped caring about a LONG time ago.

[@SchmergDergen]

They really lowered the bar with some of the new writers they brought on for the Hulu season though.

[@dicksavage9366]

Old futurama had science-educated writers, the new season all got their degrees in "social sciences" 😂

[@fluffysharkdatazz9460]

The latest episode with Marge worrying about her children growing up is probably the best episode they came out with in over a decade

[@KoubuPilot]

I thought that was also a really good episode. Probably the best in the last few years

[@Ligatmarping]

Yes there are good episodes, the problem is, if you come with 3 good ideas in a year and make 25 episodes out of them, there will be 22 bad ones xd

[@milkiassamuel780]

I'll be honest I actually think the most recent Simpsons episodes today are actually pretty good and not as bad as people tend to claim, the most recent episode was a very heartwarming Marge episode. However I cannot deny how much Futurama was comedic gold, and truly a fantastic show that may have been constantly cancelled and re-aired once again but never really lost its touch, even the newest season has still had the same magic

[@Magdalena8008s]

I'm with you on this. Same with Family Guy. Both still have spectacular episodes each season in the last 5 or so years.

[@IM-xs3uv]

Futurama shouldn't have been brought back by Hulu. It's an awful season.

[@cjc2010]

Futurama's later seasons are not as funny and lean too much into the schmaltz IMO. I still only rewatch the first five.

[@Chigger]

It feels surreal that we're getting new Futurama in the 2020s. I was born shortly after Y2K, so I was too young to appreciate the Fox era while those episodes premiered. My family didn't have streaming during the Comedy Central era, and my Dad had his own stuff he watched weekly, so I could only catch a few episodes of Futurama then. Fast forward to the Hulu era, and I finally got a chance to get excited for a weekly countdown to new episodes. It's something I wanted since I was a kid.

[@NewBtheonly33]

you sound mature for your age cool

[@Radien]

I think the Simpson's is long past the point where it would have benefited from a cancellation-driven refresh, if that sort of thing would even happen given its different background from Futurama. For one thing, the conceit that it's set in the "present" has given it a shelf-life. Even when we look at Futurama shows that comment on now-dated topics, like the launch of the first iPhone, the idea that it takes place in the far-flung future means that they have to reinvent the topic anyway (such as turning it into a cybernetic "EyePhone" that is installed in your eye). Ironically, that sort of awkward reinvention helps the show weather the passage of time a little better, even if it's often obvious when an episode is old.

[@olly123451]

I’d love to see you go over the remarkably successful example of the two Adventure Time spinoff series, Distant Lands and Fiona and Cake. It’s remarkable how taking a break and allowing the audience to mature allows creators to make something really meaningful.

[@robertmatthews9650]

Simpsons in its heyday was unbeatable. 24 years later I can say with confidence I will not miss it once it’s gone.

[@grapeshot]

Yeah I'm a big fan of Futurama and I was actually quite happy that Hulu said they were going to take a shot at it.

[@AustinCameron]

Smart humor vs bottom-tier Good color palette vs vomit Flexible-time vs modern time

[@poprobert1991]

“We shall teach them our ways of peace. By force!”

[@captaincanaveral]

“Man, I love those 1X robots!”

[@abdelali9279]

Remember when Homer became Krusty's double and during the opening of a new Krusty Burger he thought a hamburglar type of character was a real burglar and proceeded to beat him up, and that one crying kid screamed "Stop! He's already dead!". Well, that's my reaction everytime I see Fox renewing The Simpsons for more seasons.

[@Sandman2007]

There will always be a point where a show has played it’s part and is then just going through the motions. Shows like Family Guy and The Simpsons need to end once and for all.

[@Magdalena8008s]

I don't disagree. But at the same time, there's been a few Family Guy episodes the last 5 years that are absolutely spectacular. And even though 80% of the seasons are meh, when they get gold it makes it all worth it for me. I understand others can feel differently and that's fair. Even when things aren't the best, I still enjoy said things for nostalgic factor to a certain degree.

[@Sandman2007]

@@Magdalena8008swith myself, if I watch something for the nostalgia factor, then I lose sight of where it is currently. That’s why you see entertainment companies continuously peddle nostalgia bait to distract us from the current state of the product.

[@CaptainDixie]

Do you really think those shows were made in a creative vacuum? Make a new show and It’ll just be cut from the same cloth.

[@lee43795]

Family Guy ended twice before though.

[@jeebsunabia7972]

Seymour the dog's episode wrecked my heart. So hard.

[@justinarzola4584]

One of the best episodes.

[@ElvargsBane]

Not a big fan of the newest Hulu episodes. To much references to IRL 2023 that changed it from a fun escape to a repeat of the world. It was a show where anything could happen and then they decided to limit that within bleh references to now. I think the other sibling Disenchantment is partly to blame. That series heavily leaned into the longer-term storylines where the premise of the episodes change during the seasons. As much as having the story progress is nice, that brings an end to the working premise that captures the mind for much of the series value. The Simpsons has 20 seasons and yet Bart is still a kid and never changes. Futurama has that same magic yet actually destroyed it by making Fry & Leela remember, Kif and Amy (Leela) have kids and such. While that works for the long-form story, that isn't what makes the series work. People don't watch for the long-story as much for the shenanigans the environment allows. If the story's progression no longer creates a useful premise to work with, then the progression has made the series worse.

[@colewrld901]

the Simpsons talked about and did everything during its golden age, and then proceeded to overstay its welcome for 20+ years lol. Should've ended with the movie in 04 and stayed gone

[@justinarzola4584]

The movie was released in 2007.

[@ByungSuk]

I am more interested in Futurama for storytelling and World the most shows. Address a lot of the things that I always wanted. I love the situation they always find themselves in and the emotional punch that surrounds them. Not every episode has to be funny for me to enjoy Futurama and that's the way I like it.

[@rykeman916]

I have long held that: Futurama > The Simpsons American Dad > Family Guy

[@SchmergDergen]

Both are shells of their former selves. The new season was 50% duds.

[@battlesheep2552]

The new episodes dont seem as clever as older seasons, i dont think the cancellations did anything to stop the series rot.

[@thescottishaccent]

The original run of Futurama is up there with my all-time favourite tv shows, but this year's comeback (with the exception of a couple of episodes) has been really, really bad. That "toy commercials" episode was one of the worst things I've ever seen. It feels like it's cast aside the genuine heart that always infused Futurama (along with the seriously clever jokes and utter lack of pretention about said cleverness) in favour of zeitgeist-prodding (the Dune episode for instance, was like a Family Guy "look, here's a thing from that thing that's popular" skit and a huge let-down as a semi-sequel to Parasites Lost, which was one of the greatest eps of the original run) and fairly dull meta-jokes. I hope the second half of the series picks up, but thus far it's been a huge let-down.

[@Wolfdogg]

Honestly, I'd just try to wrap up the current incarnation of the Simpsons with a second movie before any of the core six voice actors pass on, then wait five or seven years before rebooting it. Granted, I've been saying that for about five years now.

[@maureencora1]

I Always Watch Futurama More Than the Simpsons.

[@deshaunx776]

Here we go again with the bullsh**. The show that has lasted over 30 years somehow isn’t as good as the one that can’t stay on the air?? At its best, The Simpsons was better. Period. No contest. Seasons 3-8 of the Simpsons is better than anything Futurama ever did. And I can recite EVERY Futurama episode and movie. Futurama is way more niche, the humor is primarily relationship driven rather than situational. Anyone can jump right into the Simpsons without knowing anything. Futurama requires you to start from the beginning to catch everything. It’s like a big inside joke that intentionally leaves new viewers out- which is why they keep getting cancelled. How on Earth can you say it “works better”?? Nonsense. Now, I’ll watch your video 😅

[@INikeAir]

There’s a higher up somewhere that REALLY likes Futurama….. I’m that higher up…. I’m not really, but none of can stop me from saying I am

[@kingemerald4622]

What the fuck is this video? Their both great shows sure the simpsons dropped off in quality over the years, but still. Both are amazing in their own ways, plus their completely different shows conceptually

[@Shanghaimartin]

As a huge Futurama fan, I actually stopped watching the new season after like episode 5. It's just not very good :(

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

It's because (unlike The Simpsons) you can do practically anything with Futurama and it would still make sense and be funny. Therefore, it's easier to come up with good ideas.

[@firstpersonsnooter2519]

I really wish the Simpsons would have stopped so long ago. I love the show to death and seeing it being beaten like a dead horse kills me.

[@CycleKillerlt]

new season sucks it shouldve stayed dead

[@qoobes]

This is a cool video but it doesn't really do much... it's a recap of futurama's history, plus an opinion. It's not an answer to the quesiton of why it works better than the simpsons, it just says "Well they were canceled a few times and it's better now". While I do appreciate the effort, I like nerdstalgic videos that make me think long and hard. I think what makes the channel special is that I can watch a video about a show I know nothing about and come away from it a more learned person, while I can also watch a video about a show I know and love and have the same effect. This one sort of ignores the second criteria. To be clear I do love the content and keep it up, just offering a little unsolicited criticism about what could make it better.

[@puzzlebox420]

simpons 1-10 season was best 🤗

[@AshPrimeDCFC]

Huge Futurama fan, can't even put it into words, but I never really got into season 5 onwards. It didn't seem as funny or clever and ignored the end of Devil's Hands. It just didn't feel right. It never should've been cancelled in the first place and I will never stop being bitter about that.

[@Domihork]

Actually no. Futurama on Hulu no longer works. It really reminded me of the Simpsons...

[@soundrogue4472]

Eh the renewed season sucks.

[@TheOneCleanHippy]

I find it absolutely insane that The Simpsons is still running. I grew up with The Simpsons, through their golden age (seasons 1-11ish). Season 12 was a mixed bag and season 13 was just plain bad. I fell off after that and never looked back. The fact that they are now on their 35th season makes no sense. Who still watches it? I literally don't know anyone that lasted past season 15.

[@amicaaranearum]

I’ve tried to watch a couple of new episodes, and I can’t. It’s sad to see the zombie husk of a show that was once great.

[@marcen12]

Futurama has an advantage because it takes place in the future and the writers could do anything they want. If they stuck by that, the newer episodes would not be so dated. The new season is mid at best.

[@nuancednoise]

Omg thank you, I've been saying this for sooo long. Futurama just has so much more potential for its storylines by nature of it taking place in the future

[@karenfan010]

it also works better then family guy american dad and even rick and morty.

[@karlfroberg520]

I truly hope we get another few seasons. For a few weeks I had the pleasure to say "today a new Futurama episode releases". Futurama is by far my absolute favorite show by a googolplex parsecs!

[@skysthelimitvideos]

New Futurama season was great other than that anthology toy commercial episode. Best one was the simulation theory episode which stands up with the best of the series.

[@MostDope513]

I can only watch the tree house horrors, I am way more of a Futurama fan

[@HueTheo]

I watched Futarama this year and i love it

[@HappyDude1]

I dont think the new futurma show is as good as it was. But i'm happy its back

[@Crow_Rising]

I wouldn't go so far as to say that shows should intentionally get canceled and booted back up repeatedly, but some planned hiatus's from time to time would probably be an overall positive for writing staff. It might be wise to throw shows onto a sort of rotation where you run one show for say, two-three years, then rotate it out for another show for a bit before rotating back to the first, then back to the second, and so on. Maybe throw in a third or fourth into the rotation in some clever and interesting ways, just to help keep things fresh. This would also potentially be good from a marketing standpoint because every time a show comes back from hiatus they can do an "it's back" advertising campaign.

[@autonomouscollective2599]

Maybe, but as a rule shows that come back from a hiatus tend to be seen as reboots and not usually as well received. However, I’m not completely against your idea. First of all, it does seem to work for cartoons. For live action, the fact that it’s a _planned_ hiatus may work in its favor.

[@rickwilliams967]

It's just generally better writing. Don't get me wrong, the Simpsons is great. I even like more recent episodes. Futurama though, is just good on every level. Rarely a bad episode. Amazing cast too.

[@derheadbanger9039]

The latest season of Futurame on Disney+ has been abysmal! Even more so, because the series already had one of the most beloved and perfect endings ever!

[@danmohr100]

I think they’ve stopped basing stories on the shows premise and have started basing stories on random real world stuff - like bitcoin. Why is that a futurama episode?

[@lee43795]

​@@danmohr100 It was also like that in the CC run with the Eyephone episode

[@danmohr100]

@@lee43795 true, I didn’t like that and now it’s every episode

[@thepittstop]

take your nostalgia glasses off. It's exactly the same quality as the later seasons. I stopped watching Futurama after the original cancellation. Only this month did I decide to binge watch all of the movies and later seasons. I then went straight to the new season. There is little to no difference. At all. Anyone saying otherwise is just thinking that because they haven't watched the show in 10 years and remember those last seasons fondly. Nothing will satisfy you

[@ludd4411]

Of course the new season is bad as I expected it to be anyways by looking at the trailers. But you people are suddenly acting like the Comedy Central reboot was any good. That has almost the same amount of problems the Hulu reboot had.

[@WilliamTheMovieFan]

Futurama was a superior show to most shows. The writing was great and the comedy was first rate. Just when you thought they would do something silly and low brow, they’d hit you with emotion! I think Groening liked it better he said, “…’Futurama’ is real, and ‘The Simpsons’ is fiction”

[@rawdog7881]

I don’t know man the newest season is pretty grounded in our reality right now. I watch Futurama to escape my present and laugh about the nutty fake future. In 20 years you’ll be able to date the newest season, while the previous seasons are just zany adventures.

[@CaptainDixie]

The Simpsons has gone from being shorts on the Tracey Ullman show to being a pop culture staple running 35 years without fail. Whereas futarama got green light off the Simpsons success and yet managed to get canceled and swapped hands twice and has been on 11 seasons for the Simpsons 24. I fail to see how that works better.

[@CaptainDixie]

@luke5100 ah, yes the old “the Simpsons isn’t novel anymore so therefore it’s inherently bad” approach. I still like the Simpsons and never liked Futurama, given that our personal taste is a natural impasse, I must ask if Futurama is so collectively funny why has it been dead for so long, whereas the Simpsons has yet to die.

[@SturdivantRacing126]

I feel like this video is more of a Futurama history summary, rather than why Futurama works better than the Simpsons...

[@Legitlyyy]

When Meanwhile premiered, after the ending, it played back into the a Pilot and a few episodes after. Showing that they did start over

[@Cynni393]

I am the BIGGEST SIMPSONS FAN EVER!!!! But I'm enjoying Futurama too. They're both good for different reasons

[@codynewton5034]

I always loved the Simpsons and seasons 3-15 are my favourite tv show episodes ever. But that being said it should have gone off the air 15 years ago, all good things must come to an end, and I just haven't been able to watch it since season 20.

[@beck4715]

THERE'S AN EIGHTH SEASON?!!

[@TheDreadedZero]

Idk man. I’ve been watching the new season of Futurama and these episodes have been REALLY bad. The Prince one where they just kept turning into random shit. The one where they were all pixels. They were so boring and cringy it was hard to watch

[@Extinguisher10]

Futurama's peak wasn't near as high as the Simpsons, BUT it's low wasn't nearly as low as the Simpsons' low. And yes I am saying that cancellation would have been better than some of the crap the Simpsons have put out.

[@Jllyrol311]

I always thought Futurama ran for 4 seasons, had the perfect finale, and then just had a TON of bonus content.

[@mournfulgiant502]

The Simpsons jumped the shark. Futurama didn't. 'Nuff said.

[@Pwn3r]

Yes, I would definitely say that new Futurama is better than new Simpsons. I havent found The Simpsons funny in a very long time, while the CC and Hulu seasons of Futurama still have some diamonds here and there that become instant classics.

[@geodaet83]

isn't that quite obvious? You have one show with a very limited scope of what can be done until it becomes unbelievable, since everything needs to be grounded in some earth-like reality. You have another show, where you can do pretty much anything imaginable. Also the first show runs for 35 Seasons now, the second for 11 (or so)... I'm more surprised that Futurama for some part is resorting to ridiculous crap, although the concept should still have more than enough potential (maybe they also blew their load too early, like Rick and Morty?)

[@Respect2theFallen]

Grew up watching Simpsons but when i discovered Futurama in high school I started liking it more. To this day I like Futurama better but Simpsons paved the way and alot of the characters are iconic along with some phrases from the show. Last Futurama season(2023) was kinda disappointing though. It was mostly self depracating and attempting to be pc so it wouldnt get cancelled again and epsiode plots were lackluster

[@Ms12369]

Hold up. It's pronounced like Graining?? Not Groaning??? This whole time???!!! Wtf Matt 😱

[@ronwatkins5775]

Big fan, when I look at Hulu, they list 2023 as season 11 with 10 episodes. The last 2 were pretty weird and I didn't like them that much. They just seemed like filler. I hope they pick-up the writing a bit as the end of season 11 was disappointing.

[@SamanthaJonesSATC]

Not better than but a Matt Groening series I can still stand to watch. Also, I haven't grown out of Futurama yet as I had done with The Simpsons. 😢

[@cliffhass9158]

One of the major reasons the Simpsons can never be fresh again is when that show came out the vast majority of the fans were kids ranging from Bart and Lisa age up to High School. Homer and Marge were great Representations of exaggerated versions of our parents. . Every knew a Guy like Ned Flanders,, moe the bartender etc.. It resonated with us but then to make Homer and Marge children of the 80s and then the 90s. It doesn't work at all. Homer and Marge are no longer an accurate representation of Parents today. Not even close. The writing tired. I tried watching several times over the years and nothing clicked for me st all

[@amicaaranearum]

At its peak, _The Simpsons_ was brilliant, but it’s been dead for a long time. I’ve tried to watch some of the newer episodes, and I quickly lose interest. It’s just sad to watch zombie Simpsons lumbering along, with its constant retcons of the characters’ backstories and already-stale topical references.

[@zekkhilewis9556]

The reason you guys like Futurama better is because of the future. You care about the future more than the past. Well, I care more about the past than the future because my ancestors were in the past. As a Mexican American, they all spoke Spanish. I want to go in the past. It's a little bit better because the wars were not as violent as today, I get to see my ancestors, and learn Spanish from them. Look, man, just like the Simpsons more. I am a 78-year-old Simpson fan. I'm an old retired entrepreneur already.

[@nathanialmynameisajoke]

Futurama has 3 GOOD seasons and you can pick a good episode or a joke out the slurry of mediocrity that is the rest of it's abysmal run. Which show was cancelled, TWICE??

[@BundyBoy85]

I have watched the Simpsons since I could remember until Futurama.. I ended up liking Futurama over the simpsons and honestly thought it would outdo the Simpsons

[@nathanielbacon2661]

Love them both but The Simpsons is better overall. It was better in it's peak and since the start of the Renaissance it's now experiencing, it's superior again. The Season 33-34 episodes of The Simpsons are much funnier and more moving than the new Futuramas.

[@Solid_Hank]

The Simpsons has more good seasons than total seasons of Futurama, or at least it's close. I don't think this video is fair.

[@dawidscheffler7152]

Biggest difference between Futurama and Simpsons; Characters are allowed to grow in Futurama. Simpsons, on the other hand, have had the kids be kids for as long as the show has been running like some weird groundhog day/year event. Poor Maggie should in and out of school by now but, still a wee baby

[@eshuorishas9987]

4:40 Ug I can’t stand the Leonard episode. I don’t know why but I just don’t find anything funny in that episode. Ever. At least the Seymour episode was funny before it made you cry like a baby.

[@austenmoore7326]

This take is kind of weird since the Simpson’s golden age was 9 or 10 seasons long and futurama isn’t over that yet. I personally thought the Simpson’s held together for 10 seasons way better than Futurama.

[@alm5992]

I disagree that bringing Futurama back again was a good idea. They had the show wrapped up perfectly, just to ruin it ,because no one can just let something die when it's still good!

[@TY-km8hj]

Futurama is one of my favourite animated shows. Its always been better than the simpsons, and I've always felt that even when i first saw futurama as a kid having previously seen Simpsons. Its not just cos its funny as well its got a lot of great characters, an interesting world(universe) and a lot of heart. In the same episode it had u laughing it'll give u a gut lunch like the ep with lucky clover

[@danmohr100]

Gut lunch

[@TY-km8hj]

@@danmohr100 favourite kinda lunch

[@Dowlphin]

The lines are getting thinner.

[@FirstComments]

as my love for Futurama grew, my hate for the simpsons also grew. Around S10 of the simpsons I completly left the show because it felt way too stale & the characters were unlikable.