The Simpsons Season 35 Continues Its Oldest Problem (That Makes South Park Look Good)

While The Simpsons season 35 will seemingly satirize an infamous viral trend, this storyline is likely to draw attention to a problem that makes South Park look better than its competitor. Since the series began, The Simpsons has been a phenomenally influential show. In the late 1980s and early ‘90s, the outsized success of a ribald adult animated comedy on prime-time television led networks to green-light projects like Fish Police, Capitol Critters, and Family Dog. A few years later, a string of more successful projects like King of the Hill, Beavis and Butthead, South Park, and Family Guy all borrowed elements of The Simpsons formula.