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Simpsons is written for 8 year olds
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That's a very unfair (and just plain untrue) statement. The Simpsons has employed many incredibly intelligent and creative writers over the years and has a lot of sophisticated verbal and visual humour directed towards older viewers that will go over the heads of many children. I admit that it does have some simplistic and juvenile humour, but it is nicely balanced with the more clever humour.
The presence of both kinds of humour on the show is one of the main characteristics of the show that has made it appeal to such a wide audience. I think a more fair statement would be that Futurama was much more consistent than The Simpsons. I definitely agree that all of the existing seasons of Futurama were more consistently smart, funny, original, and imaginative than the last 8-10 seasons of The Simpsons. I just hope Futurama doesn't sharply decline in quality like Family Guy has when it's resurrected like Family Guy was.