demoncaterpie
Smash Champion
I don't think Family Guy's that bad. True, the old episodes are much better, but enough of the new episodes are funny enough for me to forget about the truly terrible Simpsons episodes they're showing now.Other than dripping with sarcasm, the show never was really original. They did exactly what South Park was doing well before it with topical humor. Unfortunately, as the show went on, instead of relying on a cohesive storyline, they just used topical flashback references to fill 30 minutes. The show took a turn for the worst once they had their long break and Seth McFarlane began working on Robot Chicken (a 15-minute show of "topical flashbacks") and the quality really went down.
Apart from flat out stealing show concepts from The Simpsons, Family Guy has devolved into a show that is not intelligent, but **** near insulting (of one's intelligence).
As for copying, you could say that The Simpsons copied a lot of stuff from The Flintstones. None of these cartoons are terribly original, but at least they're pretty funny.