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At least the Simpsons hit its peak. It's far more famous and popular than Family Guy, even if it's not as great of a show as it was when it began. The Simpsons influenced a whole new media in cartoon shows, including Family Guy. Seth MacFarlane himself said, "The Simpsons created an audience for prime-time animation that had not been there for many, many years. As far as I'm concerned, they basically re-invented the wheel. They created what is in many ways—you could classify it as—a wholly new medium."

And at least Matt Groening doesn't have three shows with the exact same cast (Family Guy, American Dad!, and The Cleveland Show all revolve around disfunctional families with idiot fathers, stay at home mothers, oldest-child daughters that have conflict with the fathers, struggling sons, an obscure third family member, and a talking animal.)