I think the correct question is: What the hell is going on with the past ten years of The Simspons?

Seriously, the show hasn't been goot since about season 12 or 13. The storylines are getting more outlandish and ridiculous to seem 'new', the characters are now annoying caricatures of themselves, and the humor does seem to be copying Family Guy (ugh. seeing such cut-away gags in The Simpsons is just painful).