True but it is almost unfair to talk about it the DCAU here as it truly started more than 12 years ago...

But aw hell why not. Oh and by the way Batman: Beyond was freaking incredible. The Return of The Joker was one of the best stories I've seen in a cartoon. Also, the episode 'Epilogue' in Justice League Unlimited makes Batman: Beyond ten times cooler.

Yeah I gave Batman Beyond lots of shit since it's original premise was basically "Batman's too old to be Batman anymore so he invests his time to turn some kid into a night-prowling Iron Man plus batarangs."

But after digging into it a bit and seeing some of the underlying themes along with Terry's progression as a superhero and a Batman successor, I kind of like it now and it deserves alot more credit than I gave it.

The Mighty B. My sister started Tivoing this, and finally trapped me into watching an episode. I love it, the humor is ridiculous, and reminds me of the good old days when cartoons were enjoyable and not just a way to kill away the hours. Sort of a combination of Ren & Stimpy and Jimmy Neutron.

I guess honorable mention for American Dad. I rarely watch Family Guy these days, but what I've seen is crap compared to the more recent episodes of American Dad. The show has spunk.

I don't think I've ever encountered anybody who prefers American Dad to Family Guy, although it's not totally shocking if you aren't a fan of the cut-away humour in Family Guy. American Dad is more like a traditional sitcom whereas at this point Family Guy basically just uses the plot as a vehicle for its cut-away gags. I personally still prefer Family Guy, though.

American Dad has the advantage of keeping on-topic and incorporating some of the better writing as opposed to Peter's infamous "Just like..." cutaway.

Both are great but it's apples and oranges.

American Dad and Family Guy are made by Seth MacFarlane. People assume this means that they are very similar and therefore one is clearly better than the other. However, they are two rather different shows, and in my opinion have no more similarities than any two random sitcoms these days.

And agree'd on Mighty B. I like what little I've seen of it. Plus, in my opinion, if an already well-known adult actor, known for live action or whatever they do, does voice acting for a kids show, both that show and the actor are probably way cooler.

Unfortunately, it's already over and practically off the air, but Teen Titans was pretty great when it was on the air. It had its ups and downs, but I think people can agree that for an Americanime, it pulled it off really well.

Teen Titans put me off because of its lack of connection to the rest of the DC shows going on at the time. It seemed rather dumbed-down it a lot of ways, which I don't think is necessary because kids would have still enjoyed it otherwise.

I tried really hard to hate hate hate Family Guy, and am loathe to admit that its pretty funny. But American Dad is just pathetic.

I was going to mention Chowder and Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack when I walked into this thread, but I'm walking right back out with more shows to start watching; I babysit kids during the day, and get stuck watching shows with them. Now I know what we need to start watching >.>

I watched Teen Titans almost obsessively for the first couple seasons, but after the whole Terra arc I figured it was as good a time to quit as any. From what I've been told by my friends, I didn't miss much.

And if we're going to discuss Batman Beyond, we need to discuss Static Shock, which was out around the same time. Both shows were awesome, and I watched them every chance I had.

I disagree but I'd hardly think that Family Guy is a "kid's show" therefore it's pretty off topic, and yes I know I contributed to it's OT-ness.