Matt Groening wrote:
As to what other people do, what I like about what's going on in animation since "The Simpsons" came along is that there are a few dozen series out there that look like nothing else -- they have their own pacing, they have their own point of view, they have their own style. Now, there's a certain kind of Dumb Dad with Family template, but I don't blame the animators so much as the executives who can't think of anything else but trying to copy that template -- which by the way isn't original with our show. What Seth MacFarlane has done with his shows is not an imitation of "The Simpsons"; it completely goes its own direction, and good for him. If it were, it wouldn't have lasted.