When did The Simpsons get bad?

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The Simpsons has less episodes than a lot of popular anime, it's easily possible to watch them all still. If people can binge watch 500-1000+ ep anime this is possible.

A quick google search tells me that The Simpsons has 758 episodes as of today.

You're right that, let's say, One Piece has more episodes than The Simpsons. It broke the 1000 episode barrier not that long ago even. But that's a series with very strong continuity, story arcs and a plot that's been consistent from the day one. Plus, it's an adaptation of a manga comic series. The Simpsons is an episodic comedy series about a family of 5 people. A bit harder to marathon a massive show of such format and genre. Hell, FW TMNT has 194 episodes or something, and it can get tiresome to marathon it mainly due to seasons 3 and 4 being huge. Put together those 2 seasons have almost 100 episodes. And watching nearly 100 episodes of episodic nature with the same formula will feel like a slog.

I could see myself marathoning the first 10 Simpsons seasons or so, but I really doubt I'd be able to watch the past 20 seasons or so.

Regardless, even if the cartoon series eventually ends, the property isn't going to die or get shelved, I feel. They'll keep on making merchandise and ivdeo games, I'm sure.