I for one am happy that Family guy has had it's triumphant return to television. Both new episodes were great. I loved the GI Joe PSA refference in the May 1st episode and the May 8th episode was hillarious.... even making fun of You can't do that on Television. American Dad was good too, though not as inspired.
But the Simpsons.... dull... the 350th episode was unspectacular, uneventful, and anti-climactic. Other than Ray Romano and Steven Hawking appearing, nothing even remotely special, or even memorable. The second episode had the potential for great satire, but lost it all on Fat Camp jokes. They could have parodied the McDonald's law suits, but instead put in another random string of unfunny jokes. LAst night's episodes were equally unimpressive...
The American Idol episode was just a plug for Fox... I liked Krusty's comment on DVD commentary, but that was about it. They could have done something funny, like Homer coaching Bart or even Maggie to become pop stars (satirizing Hillary Duff's and Jessica Simpson's even less talented siblings) but... once agaqin, random string of unfunny gags.
Actually, I did like the parody of all the "World is coming to an end" movies that have seem to have been coming out recently. And the religious zealotism it causes. Last night's second episode was good, actually....
The writing on the Simpsons has become really really uneven.