2. “Futurama”
So many shows about the future are utopian or dystopian. “Futurama” dares to imagine a future that’s pretty similar to the present, but with a bunch of crazy technology and space travel. Phillip J. Fry wakes up on the verge of the year 3000, and the story begins from there. He befriends robots and aliens and mutants. “Futurama,” in addition to looking great, is hilarious. The show is filled with classic characters like Bender, Zoidberg and, of course, Scruffy the janitor. In some parallel universe, the kind that Professor Farnsworth keeps in a box, “Futurama” tops this list. In our universe though.
1. “The Simpsons”
This was the most obvious choice. You start with “The Simpsons” and you go from there. It’s in the running for the best show ever, full stop. The first nine seasons on “The Simpsons” are as good as anything, and since then there have been hundreds of more episodes, many of them really good. Homer Simpson is the best character in the history of television. You could have a conversation entirely in “Simpsons” quotes at this point if you really wanted to. No animated show is funnier. No animated show is better. “The Simpsons” ran away with this list.