Sigh...
Naruto...
I used to defend naruto because, for the first 130 episodes, it had VERY little filler. Sure, it tending to do the whole flashback thing WAY too often, to the point where there would be flashbacks to events that happened IN THE SAME EPISODE, but that was forgivable.
After the naruto vs sasuke fight, it's all filler and not worth watching until shippuden. Well, I take it back, there is a SINGLE episode worth watching, and that is where sakura realizes that she is useless. That is probably the only redeeming feature of naruto filler.
The anime is still going strong in Japan, and most of us just watch the fansubs. I have NO doubt that cartoon network will NOT stop showing it in the US, because they know it is extremely popular. The dub isn't great, but at least it isn't 4kids retarded version of One Piece.
As for Bleach... This show is awesome, but has some serious filler issues. The filler is retarded. The filler characters make you want to murder babies. They actually changed the main story to go into a filler arc, then when they were back on track they had to explain that the last 20 episodes didn't actually happen...