The Real Question
When will some enterprising young Frenchman from La Barre realize that I'd pay extra to have a case of Chateau Picard in my cellar?

Does your scenario involve an emotional adolescence for Data? …cause that could get scary and/or annoying real fast.

Nah cause you know, the younger one always gets all these high falutin ideas and shows you up at the science fair. Damn you Jean Luc!

@chopin - except in Golden Girls, where it is awesome.

I reckon 'traditionalist' means something rather different in the 24th century. Given advances in healthcare and medicine (enterprise crew notwithstanding) one child is probably enough to carry on your line. And I'm sure that worked our really well for Robert and Rene…

I don't watch much other TV, but it seems to me the only thing separating modern simpsons from 2.5 Men is the laugh track.
Formulaic, repetitive plots? Check.
Absurd contrivances? check.
flavor of the week guest stars? Check.
"Characters" who've become increasingly one dimensional? CHECK

Season 2? C'mon! That is silly.

I'd second workout and slurm's comments. Family guy is and always has been pretty terrible. I don't buy the whole 'can i watch it an get a few chuckles on a sunday night' metric. If I wanna get a few unthinking, slapstick laughs in, i'll watch looney toons or 3 stooges. At least those writers knew how to maintain…