Why do people like family guy?

I know people often complain about those who criticize shows, saying that you just shouldnt watch what you dont like, but I still feel the need to talk about family guy.I have watched family guy for a long time now, seen nearly every episode and just watched it ritually, mainly because, often theres very little on tv.Recently though I thought twice about watching it because I realised that not only was it unoriginal and grating, but I also realised that it was VERY unfunny.I watched it because I dint know much better , I was young and easy to please, but now ive begun to see that the show is not very good at all.

theres a # of reasons I came to this conclusion. Firstly, it has stolen every single formally seminal concept from the simpsons. I wouldnt mind if it was simply inspired by the simpsons, but its not.The setup~dysfunctional family(baby,young boy,young girl,dog,mom,dad)is copied and pasted from the simpsons.Its main character is an inferior homer simpson~he is overweight,lazy,bad at his job,incompetent,stupid,a bad husband,has his own catchphrases(hhhhhheeee),a poor father,drunken~the list is infinite.Aswell as that its main ideas,including the random flashback, are again stolen from the simpsons.Its plot arcs are identical ie. starts off with a seemingly irrelavant scene or two,goes to the crux of the story then the alls well denouement.

secondly, the show is extremely repetitive,with the same jokes week in week out.For example, how many times can they lazily useITS TALKING WHEN IT SHOULDNT BE joke.Too often is the joke that HEY its a talking tree stomp/boil/tep/clam/mail boxetc. etc. Aswell as that, the creators have a tedious and irritatingly predictible left wing agenda.They constantly make the same joke about how christians lie(they may well do but you have to be funny aswell a scontroversial),how corporate america is evil, how the government is corrupt and inept etc. etc. Eventually, I just realised that they were swapping `risks` for jokes.Another all to common joke is the RUN ON AND ON joke. This is when a joke takes really long to appen and people are supposed to find it funny,eg. when peter falls and hurts his leg, when lois falls and...,when peter is fighting the chicken,when peter is listing out the failed fox shows( again, many shows have returned having been canceled by fox,but the simpsons was the one that made fox jokes, until the fresh as a breeze family guy)etc.

Thirdly the characters are terrible, with peter being the most dislikable and irritating of all.Imust admit, Stewie is great,and clearly the studio knows that because they constantly use the character because he can make their lacklustre joke seem funnier.Not once did I ever feel any emotion watfamily guy,even though they try to sometimes make it touching,highlighting another weakness.

finally,it is clear to see that the writers of the show are very lazy.Each joke is stretched so far that when it is finished,it is thin as can be.Jokes,even the good ones,are said again and again and go on forever.Aswell as that the jokes often end cheaply, with the bang of somebody hitting the floor or hitting another character always there to be heard.It is lazy humour.