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'The Simpsons,' 'Family Guy,' 'South Park,' Adult Swim and More

By Nancy Basile, About.com

Looking for classic episodes of Family Guy or the newest episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force? These web sites allow fans to watch The Simpsons, Family Guy and more cartoons online for free. Well, financially free. You'll have to pay with a piece of your soul by watching some commercials during the stream, but that's a small price to pay to catch up on your favorite animated TV shows.

Fox on Demand

Bart Simpson and His SkateboardTwentieth Century Fox
Fox is finally on board with allowing fans to watch streaming video of their shows. Now you can enjoy full episodes of The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy and American Dad. The episodes are made available after airing on television first.

SouthParkStudios.com

Eric Cartman - 'South Park'Comedy Central
SouthParkStudios.com offers full-length episodes of every South Park from every season. SouthParkStudios.com, from its inception, has offered fans more multimedia than any other major network show, including pictures, sound bites, commentary and behind-the-scenese goodies. Now, SouthParkStudios.com offers full episodes for viewing on your own time. Each episode can be watched almost immediately after it airs.

Adult Swim

Lois GriffinTwentieth Century Fox
Adult Swim has always been on the cutting edge with the shows they air late at night. Adult Swim cartoons use unique animation, adult humor and surrealism to entertain fans. So it's fitting that Adult Swim would be one of the first web sites to offer full episodes of their shows, even before they air. On Friday evenings, you can watch entire new episodes of shows before they air the following Sunday. You could literally spend hours watching TV online with episodes of Family Guy, The Boondocks, The Venture Brothers, Robot Chicken and so many more. Are they the coolest or what?

Comedy Central

'Drawn Together'Comedy Central
Comedy Central, early on, knew the power of the digital age better than their big network competitors. Comedy Central began offering full episodes of their hot shows to watch on their own broadband channel, Motherload. Now every Comedy Central show offers videos to watch, but sadly not full episodes. For Drawn Together, Lil' Bush, Futurama and Freak Show, you can watch several videos from the same episode, and hopefully piece together enough to feel like you've watched the whole thing.

Hulu

Got lost in nostalgia! Hulu, a joint venture of Fox and NBC, offers not only current cartoons like The Simpsons but also old favorites like Pink Panther and Speed Racer.

Jaroo

Jaroo.com claims to be for kids, but it's roster of cartoons seems to play more for kids from the '70s and '80s than today. Watch ol' chestnuts like Liberty's Kids, Super Mario Bros. and Gadget Boy.

ABC Family

Eddie from 'Slacker Cats'ABC Family
Whether you want to or not, you can watch full episodes of Slacker Cats at ABC Family's web site. The show had a very short season and may or may not return. Watch the episodes and you'll know why. However, they're free, so you get what you pay for.

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