it seems we share a common ground at last

i watch most of these program that you mention...
Robot Chicken, Family Guy, Simpsons, Futurama, King of the Hill and Married with Children...i cant say i watch South Park very often

i agree that these shows are politically incorrect and celebrate them for precisely that...they are, as you say, full of stereotypes, but in each case they clearly ridicule these same stereotypes...making fun also of the accepted norms and ways of life that are so cherished by the American culture

i dont really find the humour to be crude (well maybe some of it is crude) or low brow (if i understand how low brow means)...its my opinion that the humour is actually well thought out and a bit off the wall...to find the humour in each and every situation that we might encounter in day to day living...i think these programs are a refreshment from the stuff that passes for comedy on the major networks...with the canned laugh tracks...the politically correct jokes and the shallow attempts to be topical

i dont think anyone has to read between the lines on any of these programs...i think the statements each of them make are pretty obvious and sure they are gonna offend people...but those people are too easily offended...i wouldnt say that these programs are marketed to kids either, though my nephew enjoys to watch the Simpsons and his parents and me and my husband will approve that he watch it...its rare that either of us would censor too much of what he watches as long as we are there to watch with him so that he understands what he is watching
we dont do our children any favour to be so protective and to underestimate their intellegence to differentiate between fantasy and reality

what is most difficult for children to understand is hate...why people hate each other...for matters of race...of religion...of sexual preference etc.

i believe still that children see each other differently than adults...children see the naked spirit of every person...they look past what is outside and see inside...only as adults do we have the trouble to see past the skin colour etc