In 2004, Harry Shearer criticized what he perceived as the show's declining quality: "I rate the last three seasons as among the worst, so season four looks very good to me now."
2004年，哈里·希勒对他感觉到的节目下降的质量进行了批评：“我认为最后三季是做得最差的，因此现在对我来说第四季已经是非常好的了。