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Right. I just don't see how it would be any different from when 20th Century Fox / News Corp. had its stake in American Dad & Futurama prior to the Disney sale...

Many of those shows you mentioned have/had 3 or fewer seasons or have faded into obscurity. So some of them, I wouldn't exactly consider highlights of the 2010s / 2020s best. Say what you will about the quality/formula of 1970s cartoons (they sucked, I'll grant that), but today, with a few...

That's the nice part "what if" questions are about right? We all get to speculate on what could have been, lol. You could be right, but it's still a good question though IMO because I also doubt Nickelodeon would have greenlit other cartoons from them after Aaaahhh! Real Monster came to a...

If you really want to get technical, "Fox" (as in the network) didn't produce any of the animated shows prior to Disney acquiring 20th Century Fox and its IP. It was all handled under 20th Century Fox Television, which was a sister entity to the Fox network under the News Corporation and 20th...

*What if Family Guy was never resurrected after its planned post-Season 2 cancellation? In all likelihood, MacFarlane's entire career would have been effectively neutered and he'd be a relative nobody in the industry. *What if Fox had picked up South Park when they had the chance? It likely...

It's still early for this decade, but I'd argue the 2010s and 2020s are worse. The only standouts that aren't zombie productions, new installments of old franchises or spinoffs are a small handful of CN productions: *TAWOG *Regular Show *Adventure Time *Steven Universe *Craig of the Creek...

Back in the day, the Sunday night block would stretch 3 hours (from 7pm to 10pm ET) to accommodate all of the shows. However, the biggest issue with that was the shows in the 7pm to 8pm timeslot would often get preempted and screwed over (ratings-wise) when NFL games went into overtime. This is...

Not sure why the bolded should matter. Back when American dad moved to TBS (funny how that has now come around full circle, and it almost happened with KOTH too) and Futurama moved to Comedy Central, Fox was still co-producing it as well. That said, 97 episodes is good enough for future rerun...

Who asked for this (a 2nd Simpsons Movie)? :rolleyes:

Season 1 Episode 5 just aired with the short version of the 1987 Group W Productions logo intact. It's the first appearance thus far on MeTV Toons.

Ben Bocquelet is another one with The Amazing World of Gumball.

Rocket Power wasn't terrible from a writing standpoint, although it was choke full of cliche tropes and the plots have aged horribly since it was based entirely around the Southern California and extreme sports culture (which has long since been played out) during the late 90s / early 2000s. It...

TTG is one of the few shows that actually gets better as the series progress, but especially *AFTER* the original creators depart. Seasons 6-9 lean much heavier into meta-humor, versus the toilet humor that was standard in the first few seasons.

The advertising firm, Dancer Fitzgerald Sample (who we best know under the moniker DFS Program Exchange), literally had an entire TV syndiction arm for cartoons in order to push commercials on General Mills' behalf. Dennis The Menace (the cartoon) only existed for this single purpose.

I nearly broke my neck tripping to run in here to say Scooby Doo...:lol: TAWOG doesn't bother me as much because its writing / plots / pacing, at least with the original series, is reminiscent of early Simpsons + South Park episodes. Some other honorable mentions: *Spongebob *Tom & Jerry