Review the Animation Domination Line-Up (2008-2009 season)

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So what did everyone think of all the shows on Fox's Animation Domination this season? Any episodes you particularly liked? Disliked?

Here are my picks:
-The Simpsons: Uh... I only watched six episodes this season (5 if you consider that I didn't even finish "Dangerous Curves"), but the episodes I did see didn't impress me at all. I don't miss watching this show one bit.

-King of the Hill: "Master of Puppets" (the one where Hank and Peggy forget to pick up Bobby) was easily my favorite. It was a good coming of age story, and one of the best Bobby-centric plots we've had in years. Also I guess "Lucky See, Monkey Do" and "George S. Patton [etc.]", simply for the importance of them.

-Family Guy: "Fox-y Lady" and "Stew-Roids" were both hilarious episodes. A shame the rest of the season couldn't be like these two, though... And "Ocean's Three and a Half" was quite amusing at first, but blew it in the second half, sadly.

-American Dad: "1600 Candles", "Phantom of the Telethon", "Wife Insurance", and "Delorean Story-An" were my favorites this season. But please tell me I'm not the only one that didn't find season 4 as strong as the previous two. It wasn't BAD by any means, but something was missing.

-Sit Down, Shut Up: Only watched two episodes and it just didn't click with me. It says something that on the third week, I remembered too late that it came on at 6, but didn't really care that I missed it.
 
Sit Down, Shut Up - Meh first episode, but the other ones had some great Arrested Development "meta-humor"

King of the Hill - A lot of unexpectedly touching moments, fitting for the last season. Very enjoyable.

Family Guy - The political stuff with Brian definitely made me drop the show. I think I'll skip the next season.

American Dad - First time watching the show since around the premier. The humor is very odd but funny, it reminds me a lot of Drawn Together.
 
The Simpsons: Only watched two episodes but both. The Season premier and the newest one with the immigrants. The Season Premier was OK, and the other one was great. ?/10

King of the Hill: I don't watch it. Sorry. ?/10

Family Guy: Very hit or miss. More strikeouts than home runs though. Stewroids was easily the best, but all of the Brian centric/Political centered ones really dragged this season down. 4/10.

American Dad: Easily the best this year. So many touching moments and I loved the "backup wife" episode. What seperates AD from FG is that I actually care about the characters themselves in AD. The characters are likeable and have heart. 9/10.

Sit Down Shut Up: I personally loved this series, premire episode and all. It sucks that it got cancelled because it was actually funny. I would love to see another channel pick this up and make some new episodes. Why does Fox hate cartoons that are not about disfunctional families so much? For the 4 episodes that aired I would give it 8/10.
 
I sort of stopped watching the Simpsons this season, as well as Family Guy (for the most part). I watched a handful of episodes of both, and while the Simpsons seemed a bit up from where it was last year, I was mostly just annoyed at how unfunny and tedious they were. While I enjoy both King of the Hill and American Dad, and they consistently amuse me, for some reason I'm never compelled to watch them unless I'm already watching TV. Actually, I guess most current shows are like that for me... I think entire seasons of shows on DVD has ruined me as a TV viewer.
 
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