08)
Ian Maxtone-Graham (2005–2012)
Running time
21–24 minutes
Production company(s)
Gracie Films

Gracie Films (1989–present)
20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox Television
Klasky Csupo

Klasky Csupo (1989–1992)
Film Roman

Film Roman (1992–2016)
Fox Television Animation

Fox Television Animation (2016–present)
The Curiosity Company (2015–present, uncredited)
Distributor
20th Television
Release
Original network
Fox
Picture format
480i/
576i

576i (4:3 SDTV) (1989–2009)
720p

720p (16:9 HDTV) (2009–present)
Audio format
Stereo (1989–1991)
Dolby Surround

Dolby Surround 2.0 (1991–2009)
Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital 5.1 (DVD, broadcast 2009–present)
Original release
December 17, 1989 (1989-12-17) – present
Chronology
Preceded by
The Simpsons shorts

The Simpsons shorts from The
Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman Show
External links
Official website
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening
for the Fox Broadcasting Company.[1][2][3] The series is a satirical
depiction of working-class life, epitomized by the Simpson family,
which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is
set in the fictional town of Springfield and parodies American culture
and society, television, and the human condition.
The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for
a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks. Groening
created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members
of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts
became a part of
The Tracey Ullman Show

The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a
three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time
show and became an early hit for Fox, becoming the network's first
series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–90).
Since its debut on December 17, 1989, 632 episodes of The Simpsons
have been broadcast. Its 29th season began on October 1, 2017. It is
the longest-running American sitcom and the longest-running American
animated program, and, in 2009, it surpassed
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke as the
longest-running American scripted primetime television series. The
Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters
worldwide on July 27, 2007, and grossed over $527 million. On November
4, 2016, the series was renewed for a twenty-ninth and thirtieth
season of 22 episodes each, extending the show to 2019.[4]
The Simpsons

The Simpsons received widespread critical acclaim throughout its first
nine[5][6] or ten[7][8] seasons, which are generally considered its
"Golden Age". Time named it the 20th century's best television
series,[9] and Erik Adams of
The A.V. Club named it "television's
crowning achievement regardless of format".[10] On January 14, 2000,
the
Simpson family

Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
It has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 31
Primetime Emmy Awards, 30 Annie Awards, and a Peabody Award. Homer's
exclamatory catchphrase "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English
language, while
The Simpsons

The Simpsons has influenced many other later
adult-oriented animated sitcoms. Despite this, the show has also been
criticized for what many perceive as a decline in quality over the
years, generally since about the late 1990s.
Contents
1 Premise
1.1 Characters
1.2 Setting
2 Production
2.1 Development
2.2 Executive producers and showrunners
2.3 Writing
2.4 Voice actors
2.5 Animation
3 Themes
4 Hallmarks
4.1 Opening sequence
4.2
Halloween

Halloween episodes
4.3 Humor
4.3.1 Foreshadowing of actual events
5 Influence and legacy
5.1 Idioms
5.2 Television
6 Release
6.1 Broadcast
7 Reception and achievements
7.1 Early success
7.2 Run length achievements
7.3 Awards and accolades
7.4 Criticism
7.4.1 Controversy
7.4.2 Ban
7.4.3 Declining quality
8 Other media
8.1 Comic books
8.2 Film
8.3 Music
8.4
The Simpsons

The Simpsons Ride
8.5 Video games
9 Syndication and streaming availability
10 Merchandise
11 References
11.1 Notes
11.2 Bibliography
12 Further reading
13 External links
Premise
Characters
Main article: List of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons characters
The Simpsons

The Simpsons are a family who live in a fictional "Middle America"
town of Springfield.[11] Homer, the father, works as a safety
inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, a position at odds
with his careless, buffoonish personality. He is married to Marge, a
stereotypical American housewife and mother. They have three children:
Bart, a ten-year-old troublemaker; Lisa, a precocious eight-year-old
activist; and Maggie, the baby of the family who rarely speaks, but
communicates by sucking on a pacifier. Although the family is
dysfunctional, many episodes examine their relationships and bonds
with each other and they are often shown to care about one
another.[12] The family owns a dog, Santa's Little Helper, and a cat,
Snowball V, renamed
Snowball II

Snowball II in "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot".[13] Both
pets have had starring roles in several episodes.
The Simpsons

The Simpsons sports a vast array of secondary and tertiary characters.
The show includes an array of quirky supporting characters:
co-workers, teachers, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople
and local celebrities. The creators originally intended many of these
characters as one-time jokes or for fulfilling needed functions in the
town. A number of them have gained expanded roles and subsequently
starred in their own episodes. According to Matt Groening, the show
adopted the concept of a large supporting cast from the comedy show
SCTV.[14]
Despite the depiction of yearly milestones such as holidays or
birthdays passing, the characters do not age between episodes (either
physically or in stated age), and generally appear just as they did
when the series began. The series uses a floating timeline in which
episodes generally take place in the year the episode is produced even
though the characters do not age. Flashbacks/forwards do occasionally
depict the characters at other points in their lives, with the
timeline of these depictions also generally floating relative to the
year the episode is produced.[15] In a nod to the non-aging aspect of
the show, when asked during the episode "
The Simpsons

The Simpsons Guy" how long
Nelson Muntz

Nelson Muntz has been bullying him, Bart replies "24 years."
Setting
Main article: Springfield (The Simpsons)
The Simpsons

The Simpsons takes place in the fictional American town of Springfield
in an unknown and impossible-to-determine U.S. state. The show is
intentionally evasive in regard to Springfield's location.[16]
Springfield's geography, and that of its surroundings, contains
coastlines, deserts, vast farmland, tall mountains, or whatever the
story or joke requires.[17] Groening has said that Springfield has
much in common with Portland, Oregon, the city where he grew up.[18]
The name "Springfield" is a common one in America and appears in 22
states.[19] Groening has said that he named it after Springfield,
Oregon, and the fictitious Springfield which was the setting of the
series Father Knows Best. He "figured out that Springfield was one of
the most common names for a city in the U.S. In anticipation of the
success of the show, I thought, 'This will be cool; everyone will
think it's their Springfield.' And they do."[20] An astronomer and fan
of the show, Phil Plait, humorously noticed that
The Simpsons

The Simpsons could be
set in Australia, because the moon in Springfield faces the wrong way
to be an American location.[21]
Production
Development
Main articles:
History of The Simpsons

History of The Simpsons and
The Simpsons

The Simpsons shorts
James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks (pictured) asked
Matt Groening

Matt Groening to create a series of
animated shorts for The
Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman Show.
When producer
James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks was working on the television variety
show The
Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman Show, he decided to include small animated
sketches before and after the commercial breaks. Having seen one of
cartoonist Matt Groening's
Life in Hell

Life in Hell comic strips, Brooks asked
Groening to pitch an idea for a series of animated shorts. Groening
initially intended to present an animated version of his Life in Hell
series.[22] However, Groening later realized that animating Life in
Hell would require the rescinding of publication rights for his life's
work. He therefore chose another approach while waiting in the lobby
of Brooks's office for the pitch meeting, hurriedly formulating his
version of a dysfunctional family that became the Simpsons.[22][23] He
named the characters after his own family members, substituting "Bart"
for his own name, adopting an anagram of the word "brat".[22]
The
Simpson family

Simpson family first appeared as shorts in The
Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman Show
on April 19, 1987.[24] Groening submitted only basic sketches to the
animators and assumed that the figures would be cleaned up in
production. However, the animators merely re-traced his drawings,
which led to the crude appearance of the characters in the initial
shorts.[22] The animation was produced domestically at Klasky
Csupo,[25][26] with Wes Archer, David Silverman, and
Bill Kopp being
animators for the first season.[27] Colorist Gyorgyi Peluce was the
person who decided to make the characters yellow.[27]
In 1989, a team of production companies adapted
The Simpsons

The Simpsons into a
half-hour series for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The team included
the
Klasky Csupo

Klasky Csupo animation house. Brooks negotiated a provision in the
contract with the Fox network that prevented Fox from interfering with
the show's content.[28] Groening said his goal in creating the show
was to offer the audience an alternative to what he called "the
mainstream trash" that they were watching.[29] The half-hour series
premiered on December 17, 1989, with "Simpsons Roasting on an Open
Fire".[30] "Some Enchanted Evening" was the first full-length episode
produced, but it did not broadcast until May 1990, as the last episode
of the first season, because of animation problems.[31] In 1992,
Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman filed a lawsuit against Fox, claiming that her show was
the source of the series' success. The suit said she should receive a
share of the profits of The Simpsons[32]—a claim rejected by the
courts.[33]
Executive producers and showrunners
Matt Groening, creator
List of showrunners throughout the series' run:
Season 1–2: Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, & Sam Simon
Season 3–4:
Al Jean

Al Jean & Mike Reiss
Season 5–6: David Mirkin
Season 7–8:
Bill Oakley

Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein
Season 9–12: Mike Scully
Season 13–present: Al Jean
Matt Groening

Matt Groening and
James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks have served as executive producers
during the show's entire history, and also function as creative
consultants. Sam Simon, described by former Simpsons director Brad
Bird as "the unsung hero" of the show,[34] served as creative
supervisor for the first four seasons. He was constantly at odds with
Groening, Brooks and the show's production company
Gracie Films

Gracie Films and
left in 1993.[35] Before leaving, he negotiated a deal that sees him
receive a share of the profits every year, and an executive producer
credit despite not having worked on the show since 1993,[35][36] at
least until his passing in 2015.[37] A more involved position on the
show is the showrunner, who acts as head writer and manages the show's
production for an entire season.[27]
Writing
Main article: List of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons writers
The first team of writers, assembled by Sam Simon, consisted of John
Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti, George Meyer, Jeff Martin, Al Jean, Mike
Reiss,
Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky.[38] Newer Simpsons' writing
teams typically consist of sixteen writers who propose episode ideas
at the beginning of each December.[39] The main writer of each episode
writes the first draft. Group rewriting sessions develop final scripts
by adding or removing jokes, inserting scenes, and calling for
re-readings of lines by the show's vocal performers.[40] Until
2004,[41] George Meyer, who had developed the show since the first
season, was active in these sessions. According to long-time writer
Jon Vitti, Meyer usually invented the best lines in a given episode,
even though other writers may receive script credits.[40] Each episode
takes six months to produce so the show rarely comments on current
events.[42]
Part of the writing staff of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons in 1992. Back row, left to
right: Mike Mendel, Colin ABV Lewis (partial), Jeff Goldstein, Al Jean
(partial), Conan O'Brien, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Mike Reiss, Ken
Tsumura, George Meyer, John Swartzwelder,
Jon Vitti (partial), CJ
Gibson and David M. Stern. Front row, left to right: Dee Capelli, Lona
Williams, and unknown.
Credited with sixty episodes,
John Swartzwelder is the most prolific
writer on The Simpsons.[43] One of the best-known former writers is
Conan O'Brien, who contributed to several episodes in the early 1990s
before replacing
David Letterman
.jpg/440px-David_Letterman_with_his_Individual_Peabody_at_the_75th_Annual_Peabody_Awards_(cropped).jpg)
David Letterman as host of the talk show Late
Night.[44] English comedian
Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais wrote the episode "Homer
Simpson, This Is Your Wife", becoming the first celebrity to both
write and guest star in an episode.[45]
Seth Rogen
_(cropped).jpg/440px-Seth_Rogen_at_Collision_2019_-_SM0_1823_(47106936404)_(cropped).jpg)
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg,
writers of the film Superbad, wrote the episode "Homer the Whopper",
with Rogen voicing a character in it.[46]
At the end of 2007, the writers of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons went on strike
together with the other members of the Writers Guild of America, East.
The show's writers had joined the guild in 1998.[47]
Voice actors
Main articles: List of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons cast members, List of The Simpsons
guest stars, and Non-English versions of The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons has six main cast members: Dan Castellaneta, Julie
Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith,
Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria and Harry
Shearer. Castellaneta voices Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Krusty the
Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby,
Barney Gumble

Barney Gumble and other
adult, male characters.[48]
Julie Kavner

Julie Kavner voices
Marge Simpson

Marge Simpson and
Patty and Selma, as well as several minor characters.[48] Castellaneta
and Kavner had been a part of
The Tracey Ullman Show

The Tracey Ullman Show cast and were
given the parts so that new actors would not be needed.[49] Cartwright
voices Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz,
Ralph Wiggum

Ralph Wiggum and other
children.[48] Smith, the voice of Lisa Simpson, is the only cast
member who regularly voices only one character, although she
occasionally plays other episodic characters.[48] The producers
decided to hold casting for the roles of Bart and Lisa. Smith had
initially been asked to audition for the role of Bart, but casting
director
Bonita Pietila believed her voice was too high,[50] so she
was given the role of Lisa instead.[51] Cartwright was originally
brought in to voice Lisa, but upon arriving at the audition, she found
that Lisa was simply described as the "middle child" and at the time
did not have much personality. Cartwright became more interested in
the role of Bart, who was described as "devious, underachieving,
school-hating, irreverent, [and] clever".[52] Groening let her try out
for the part instead, and upon hearing her read, gave her the job on
the spot.[53] Cartwright is the only one of the six main Simpsons cast
members who had been professionally trained in voice acting prior to
working on the show.[43] Azaria and Shearer do not voice members of
the title family, but play a majority of the male townspeople. Azaria,
who has been a part of the Simpsons regular voice cast since the
second season,[54] voices recurring characters such as Moe Szyslak,
Chief Wiggum,
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon and Professor Frink. Shearer
provides voices for Mr. Burns, Mr. Smithers, Principal Skinner, Ned
Flanders,
Reverend Lovejoy

Reverend Lovejoy and Dr. Hibbert.[48] Every main cast member
has won a
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over
Performance.[55][56]
With one exception, episode credits list only the voice actors, and
not the characters they voice. Both Fox and the production crew wanted
to keep their identities secret during the early seasons and,
therefore, closed most of the recording sessions while refusing to
publish photos of the recording artists.[57] However, the network
eventually revealed which roles each actor performed in the episode
"Old Money", because the producers said the voice actors should
receive credit for their work.[58] In 2003, the cast appeared in an
episode of Inside the Actors Studio, doing live performances of their
characters' voices.
The six main actors were paid $30,000 per episode until 1998, when
they were involved in a pay dispute with Fox. The company threatened
to replace them with new actors, even going as far as preparing for
casting of new voices, but series creator Groening supported the
actors in their action.[59] The issue was soon resolved and, from 1998
to 2004, they were paid $125,000 per episode. The show's revenue
continued to rise through syndication and DVD sales, and in April 2004
the main cast stopped appearing for script readings, demanding they be
paid $360,000 per episode.[60][61] The strike was resolved a month
later[62] and their salaries were increased to something between
$250,000[63] and $360,000 per episode.[64] In 2008, production for the
twentieth season was put on hold due to new contract negotiations with
the voice actors, who wanted a "healthy bump" in salary to an amount
close to $500,000 per episode.[64] The negotiations were soon
completed, and the actors' salary was raised to $400,000 per
episode.[65] Three years later, with Fox threatening to cancel the
series unless production costs were cut, the cast members accepted a
30 percent pay cut, down to just over $300,000 per episode.[66]
In addition to the main cast, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Marcia
Wallace, Maggie Roswell, and
Russi Taylor voice supporting
characters.[48] From 1999 to 2002, Roswell's characters were voiced by
Marcia Mitzman Gaven.
Karl Wiedergott has also appeared in minor
roles, but does not voice any recurring characters.[67] Wiedergott
left the show in 2010, and since then
Chris Edgerly has appeared
regularly to voice minor characters. Repeat "special guest" cast
members include Albert Brooks, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Joe Mantegna,
Maurice LaMarche, and Kelsey Grammer.[68] Following Hartman's death in
1998, the characters he voiced (
Troy McClure

Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz) were
retired;[69] Wallace's character of
Edna Krabappel

Edna Krabappel was retired as well
after her death in 2013.
Episodes will quite often feature guest voices from a wide range of
professions, including actors, athletes, authors, bands, musicians and
scientists. In the earlier seasons, most of the guest stars voiced
characters, but eventually more started appearing as themselves. Tony
Bennett was the first guest star to appear as himself, appearing
briefly in the season two episode "Dancin' Homer".[70] The Simpsons
holds the world record for "Most Guest Stars Featured in a Television
Series".[71]
The Simpsons

The Simpsons has been dubbed into several other languages, including
Japanese, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. It is also one of the few
programs dubbed in both standard French and Quebec French.[72] The
show has been broadcast in Arabic, but due to Islamic customs,
numerous aspects of the show have been changed. For example, Homer
drinks soda instead of beer and eats Egyptian beef sausages instead of
hot dogs. Because of such changes, the Arabized version of the series
met with a negative reaction from the lifelong Simpsons fans in the
area.[73]
Animation
Animation director David Silverman, who helped define the look of the
show[27]
Several different U.S. and international studios animate The Simpsons.
Throughout the run of the animated shorts on The
Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman Show,
the animation was produced domestically at Klasky Csupo.[25] With the
debut of the series, because of an increased workload, Fox
subcontracted production to several local and foreign studios.[25]
These are AKOM,[74] Anivision,[75] Rough Draft Studios,[76]
USAnimation,[77] and Toonzone Entertainment.[78]
For the first three seasons,
Klasky Csupo

Klasky Csupo animated
The Simpsons

The Simpsons in the
United States. In 1992, the show's production company, Gracie Films,
switched domestic production to Film Roman,[79] who continued to
animate the show until 2016. In Season 14, production switched from
traditional cel animation to digital ink and paint.[80] The first
episode to experiment with digital coloring was "Radioactive Man" in
1995. Animators used digital ink and paint during production of the
season 12 episode "Tennis the Menace", but
Gracie Films

Gracie Films delayed the
regular use of digital ink and paint until two seasons later. The
already completed "Tennis the Menace" was broadcast as made.[81]
The production staff at the U.S. animation studio, Film Roman, draws
storyboards, designs new characters, backgrounds, props and draws
character and background layouts, which in turn become animatics to be
screened for the writers at
Gracie Films

Gracie Films for any changes to be made
before the work is shipped overseas. The overseas studios then draw
the inbetweens, ink and paint, and render the animation to tape before
it is shipped back to the United States to be delivered to Fox three
to four months later.[82]
The series began high-definition production in Season 20; the first
episode, "Take My Life, Please", aired February 15, 2009. The move to
HDTV included a new opening sequence.[83]
Matt Groening

Matt Groening called it a
complicated change because it affected the timing and composition of
animation.[84]
Themes
Main articles: Media in The Simpsons, Politics in The Simpsons, and
Religion in The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons uses the standard setup of a situational comedy, or
sitcom, as its premise. The series centers on a family and their life
in a typical American town,[11] serving as a satirical parody of a
middle class American lifestyle.[85] However, because of its animated
nature, The Simpsons' scope is larger than that of a regular sitcom.
The town of Springfield acts as a complete universe in which
characters can explore the issues faced by modern society. By having
Homer work in a nuclear power plant, the show can comment on the state
of the environment.[86] Through Bart and Lisa's days at Springfield
Elementary School, the show's writers illustrate pressing or
controversial issues in the field of education. The town features a
vast array of media channels—from kids' television programming to
local news, which enables the producers to make jokes about themselves
and the entertainment industry.[87]
Some commentators say the show is political in nature and susceptible
to a left-wing bias.[88]
Al Jean

Al Jean acknowledged in an interview that "We
[the show] are of liberal bent."[89] The writers often evince an
appreciation for liberal ideals, but the show makes jokes across the
political spectrum.[90] The show portrays government and large
corporations as callous entities that take advantage of the common
worker.[89] Thus, the writers often portray authority figures in an
unflattering or negative light. In The Simpsons, politicians are
corrupt, ministers such as
Reverend Lovejoy

Reverend Lovejoy are indifferent to
churchgoers, and the local police force is incompetent.[91] Religion
also figures as a recurring theme.[92] In times of crisis, the family
often turns to God, and the show has dealt with most of the major
religions.[93]
Hallmarks
Opening sequence
Main article:
The Simpsons

The Simpsons opening sequence
The music played during the opening sequence. This piece is also known
as
The Simpsons

The Simpsons Theme.
The Simpsons' opening sequence is one of the show's most memorable
hallmarks. The standard opening has gone through three iterations (a
replacement of some shots at the start of the second season, and a
brand new sequence when the show switched to high-definition in
2009).[94]
Each has the same basic sequence of events: The camera zooms through
cumulus clouds, through the show's title towards the town of
Springfield. The camera then follows the members of the family on
their way home. Upon entering their house, the Simpsons settle down on
their couch to watch television. The original opening was created by
David Silverman, and was the first task he did when production began
on the show.[95] The series' distinctive theme song was composed by
musician
Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman in 1989, after Groening approached him
requesting a retro style piece. This piece has been noted by Elfman as
the most popular of his career.[96]
One of the most distinctive aspects of the opening is that three of
its elements change from episode to episode: Bart writes different
things on the school chalkboard,[95] Lisa plays different solos on her
saxophone and different gags accompany the family as they enter their
living room to sit on the couch.[97]
Halloween

Halloween episodes
Main article: Treehouse of Horror
Bart Simpson

Bart Simpson introducing a segment of "
Treehouse of Horror

Treehouse of Horror IV" in the
manner of Rod Serling's Night Gallery
The special
Halloween

Halloween episode has become an annual tradition.
"Treehouse of Horror" first broadcast in 1990 as part of season two
and established the pattern of three separate, self-contained stories
in each
Halloween

Halloween episode.[98] These pieces usually involve the family
in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting and often
parody or pay homage to a famous piece of work in those genres.[99]
They always take place outside the normal continuity of the show.
Although the Treehouse series is meant to be seen on Halloween, this
changed by the 2000s, when new installments have premiered after
Halloween

Halloween due to Fox's current contract with Major League Baseball's
World Series,[100] however, since 2011, every Treehouse of Horror
episode has aired during the month of October.
Humor
The show's humor turns on cultural references that cover a wide
spectrum of society so that viewers from all generations can enjoy the
show. Such references, for example, come from movies, television,
music, literature, science, and history.[101] The animators also
regularly add jokes or sight gags into the show's background via
humorous or incongruous bits of text in signs, newspapers, billboards,
and elsewhere. The audience may often not notice the visual jokes in a
single viewing. Some are so fleeting that they become apparent only by
pausing a video recording of the show.[102] Kristin Thompson argues
that
The Simpsons

The Simpsons uses a "flurry of cultural references, intentionally
inconsistent characterization, and considerable self-reflexivity about
television conventions and the status of the programme as a television
show."[103]
One of Bart's early hallmarks was his prank calls to Moe's Tavern
owner
Moe Szyslak

Moe Szyslak in which Bart calls Moe and asks for a gag name. Moe
tries to find that person in the bar, but soon realizes it is a prank
call and angrily threatens Bart. These calls were apparently based on
a series of prank calls known as the Tube Bar recordings, though
Groening has denied any causal connection.[104] Moe was based partly
on Tube Bar owner Louis "Red" Deutsch, whose often profane responses
inspired Moe's violent side.[105] As the series progressed, it became
more difficult for the writers to come up with a fake name and to
write Moe's angry response, and the pranks were dropped as a regular
joke during the fourth season.[106][107]
The Simpsons

The Simpsons also often
includes self-referential humor.[108] The most common form is jokes
about Fox Broadcasting.[109] For example, the episode "She Used to Be
My Girl" included a scene in which a
Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel van drove down
the street while displaying a large "Bush Cheney 2004" banner and
playing Queen's "We Are the Champions", in reference to the 2004 U.S.
presidential election and claims of conservative bias in Fox
News.[110][111]
The show uses catchphrases, and most of the primary and secondary
characters have at least one each.[112] Notable expressions include
Homer's annoyed grunt "D'oh!", Mr. Burns' "Excellent" and Nelson
Muntz's "Ha-ha!" Some of Bart's catchphrases, such as "¡Ay,
caramba!", "Don't have a cow, man!" and "Eat my shorts!" appeared on
T-shirts in the show's early days.[113] However, Bart rarely used the
latter two phrases until after they became popular through the
merchandising. The use of many of these catchphrases has declined in
recent seasons. The episode "Bart Gets Famous" mocks catchphrase-based
humor, as Bart achieves fame on the
Krusty the Clown

Krusty the Clown Show solely for
saying "I didn't do it."[114]
Foreshadowing of actual events
The Simpsons

The Simpsons has gained notoriety for including jokes that would later
become reality. Perhaps the most famous example comes from the episode
"Bart to the Future", which mentions billionaire
Donald Trump

Donald Trump having
been
President of the United States

President of the United States at one time. The episode first
aired in 2000, sixteen years before Trump would successfully run for
the position.[115] Another episode, "When You Dish Upon a Star",
lampooned
20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox as a division of The Walt Disney Company.
Nineteen years later, Disney indeed made a deal to purchase the studio
from Rupert Murdoch.[116] Other examples of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons predicting
the future with accuracy include the introduction of the Smartwatch
and autocorrection technology, and even Lady Gaga's acrobatic
performance at the
Super Bowl LI

Super Bowl LI halftime show.[117]
Influence and legacy
Idioms
A number of neologisms that originated on
The Simpsons

The Simpsons have entered
popular vernacular.[118][119] Mark Liberman, director of the
Linguistic Data Consortium, remarked, "
The Simpsons

The Simpsons has apparently
taken over from Shakespeare and the Bible as our culture's greatest
source of idioms, catchphrases and sundry other textual
allusions."[119] The most famous catchphrase is Homer's annoyed grunt:
"D'oh!" So ubiquitous is the expression that it is now listed in the
Oxford English Dictionary, but without the apostrophe.[120] Dan
Castellaneta says he borrowed the phrase from James Finlayson, an
actor in many
Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy comedies, who pronounced it in a more
elongated and whining tone. The staff of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons told
Castellaneta to shorten the noise, and it went on to become the
well-known exclamation in the television series.[121]
Groundskeeper Willie's description of the French as "cheese-eating
surrender monkeys" was used by
National Review

National Review columnist Jonah
Goldberg in 2003, after France's opposition to the proposed invasion
of Iraq. The phrase quickly spread to other journalists.[119][122]
"Cromulent" and "embiggen", words used in "Lisa the Iconoclast", have
since appeared in the Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon,[123] and
scientific journals respectively.[119][124] "Kwyjibo", a fake Scrabble
word invented by Bart in "Bart the Genius", was used as one of the
aliases of the creator of the Melissa worm.[125] "I, for one, welcome
our new insect overlords", was used by
Kent Brockman

Kent Brockman in "Deep Space
Homer" and has become a common phrase.[126] Variants of Brockman's
utterance are used to express obsequious submission. It has been used
in media, such as
New Scientist

New Scientist magazine.[127] The dismissive term
"Meh", believed to have been popularized by the show,[119][128][129]
entered the Collins English Dictionary in 2008.[130] Other words
credited as stemming from the show include "yoink" and
"craptacular".[119]
The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations includes several quotations
from the show. As well as "cheese-eating surrender monkeys", Homer's
lines, "Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson
is never try", from "Burns' Heir" (season five, 1994) as well as "Kids
are the best, Apu. You can teach them to hate the things you hate. And
they practically raise themselves, what with the Internet and all",
from "Eight Misbehavin'" (season 11, 1999), entered the dictionary in
August 2007.[131]
Television
The Simpsons

The Simpsons was the first successful animated program in American
prime time since
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home in the 1970s.[132]
During most of the 1980s, US pundits considered animated shows as
appropriate only for children, and animating a show was too expensive
to achieve a quality suitable for prime-time television. The Simpsons
changed this perception,[25] initially leading to a short period where
networks attempted to recreate prime-time cartoon success with shows
like Capitol Critters, Fish Police, and Family Dog, which were
expensive and unsuccessful.[133] The Simpsons' use of Korean animation
studios for tweening, coloring, and filming made the episodes cheaper.
The success of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons and the lower production cost prompted US
television networks to take chances on other adult animated
series.[25] This development led US producers to a 1990s boom in new,
animated prime-time shows for adults, such as South Park, Family Guy,
King of the Hill,
Futurama

Futurama and The Critic.[25] For
Family Guy

Family Guy creator
Seth MacFarlane, "
The Simpsons

The Simpsons created an audience for prime-time
animation that had not been there for many, many years ... As far
as I'm concerned, they basically re-invented the wheel. They created
what is in many ways—you could classify it as—a wholly new
medium."[134]
The Simpsons

The Simpsons has had crossovers with four other shows. In the episode
"A Star Is Burns", Marge invites Jay Sherman, the main character of
The Critic, to be a judge for a film festival in Springfield. Matt
Groening had his name removed from the episode since he had no
involvement with The Critic.[135]
South Park

South Park later paid homage to The
Simpsons with the episode "Simpsons Already Did It".[136] In
"Simpsorama", the Planet Express crew from
Futurama

Futurama come to
Springfield in the present to prevent the Simpsons from destroying the
future.[137] In the
Family Guy

Family Guy episode "
The Simpsons

The Simpsons Guy", the
Griffins visit Springfield and meet the Simpsons.[138]
The Simpsons

The Simpsons has also influenced live-action shows like Malcolm in the
Middle, which featured the use of sight gags and did not use a laugh
track unlike most sitcoms.[139][140]
Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle debuted
January 9, 2000, in the time slot after The Simpsons. Ricky Gervais
called
The Simpsons

The Simpsons an influence on The Office,[141] and fellow
British sitcom
Spaced

Spaced was, according to its director Edgar Wright, "an
attempt to do a live-action The Simpsons."[142] In Georgia, the
animated television sitcom The Samsonadzes, launched in November 2009,
has been noted for its very strong resemblance with The Simpsons,
which its creator Shalva Ramishvili has acknowledged.[143][144][145]
Release
Broadcast
In the United States Fox owns the rights to broadcast the show,
whereas in the United Kingdom
Sky One

Sky One owns the pay-TV rights and
Channel 4

Channel 4 owns the Terrestrial rights.[146]
Reception and achievements
Season
No. of
episodes
Originally aired
Viewership
Season premiere
Season finale
Time Slot (ET)
Avg. viewers
(in millions)
Most watched episode
Viewers
(millions)
Episode Title
1
1989–90
13
December 17, 1989
May 13, 1990
Sunday 8:30 PM
27.8
33.5
"Life on the Fast Lane"
2
1990–91
22
October 11, 1990
July 11, 1991
Thursday 8:00 PM
24.4
33.6
"Bart Gets an F"
3
1991–92
24
September 19, 1991
August 27, 1992
21.8
25.5
"Colonel Homer"
4
1992–93
22
September 24, 1992
May 13, 1993
22.4
28.6
"Lisa's First Word"
5
1993–94
22
September 30, 1993
May 19, 1994
18.9
24.0
"
Treehouse of Horror

Treehouse of Horror IV"
6
1994–95
25
September 4, 1994
May 21, 1995
Sunday 8:00 PM
15.6
22.2
"
Treehouse of Horror

Treehouse of Horror V"
7
1995–96
25
September 17, 1995
May 19, 1996
15.1
19.7
"
Treehouse of Horror

Treehouse of Horror VI"
8
1996–97
25
October 27, 1996
May 18, 1997
Sunday 8:30 PM (Episodes 1–3)
Sunday 8:00 PM (Episodes 4–25)
14.5
20.9
"The Springfield Files"
9
1997–98
25
September 21, 1997
May 17, 1998
Sunday 8:00 PM
16.3
19.8
"The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
10
1998–99
23
August 23, 1998
May 16, 1999
13.5
15.5
"Maximum Homerdrive"
11
1999–2000
22
September 26, 1999
May 21, 2000
8.8
18.4
"The Mansion Family"
12
2000–01
21
November 1, 2000
May 20, 2001
15.5
18.6
"Worst Episode Ever"
13
2001–02
22
November 6, 2001
May 22, 2002
Tuesday 8:30 PM (Episode 1)
Sunday 8:00 PM (Episodes 2–20)
Sunday 7:30 PM (Episode 21)
Wednesday 8:00 PM (Episode 22)
12.5
14.9
"The Parent Rap"
14
2002–03
22
November 3, 2002
May 18, 2003
Sunday 8:00 PM (Episodes 1–11, 13–21)
Sunday 8:30 PM (Episodes 12, 22)
14.4
22.1
"I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can"
15
2003–04
22
November 2, 2003
May 23, 2004
Sunday 8:00 PM
11.0
16.3
"I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot"
16
2004–05
21
November 7, 2004
May 15, 2005
Sunday 8:00 PM (Episodes 1–7, 9–16, 18, 20)
Sunday 10:30 PM (Episode 8)
Sunday 8:30 PM (Episodes 17, 19, 21)
10.2
23.07
"Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass"
17
2005–06
22
September 11, 2005
May 21, 2006
Sunday 8:00 PM
9.55
11.63
"
Treehouse of Horror

Treehouse of Horror XVI"
18
2006–07
22
September 10, 2006
May 20, 2007
9.15
13.90
"The Wife Aquatic"
19
2007–08
20
September 23, 2007
May 18, 2008
8.37
11.7
"
Treehouse of Horror

Treehouse of Horror XVIII"
20
2008–09
21
September 28, 2008
May 17, 2009
7.1
12.4
"
Treehouse of Horror

Treehouse of Horror XIX"
21
2009–10
23
September 27, 2009
May 23, 2010
7.1
14.62
"Once Upon a Time in Springfield"
22
2010–11
22
September 26, 2010
May 22, 2011
7.09
12.6
"Moms I'd Like to Forget"
23
2011–12
22
September 25, 2011
May 20, 2012
6.15[147]
11.48
"The D'oh-cial Network"
24
2012–13
22
September 30, 2012
May 19, 2013
5.41[148]
8.97
"Homer Goes to Prep School"
25
2013–14
22
September 29, 2013
May 18, 2014
5.02[149]
12.04
"Steal This Episode"
26
2014–15
22
September 28, 2014
May 17, 2015
5.61[150]
10.62
"The Man Who Came to Be Dinner"
27
2015–16
22
September 27, 2015
May 22, 2016
4.0[151]
8.33
"Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles"
28
2016–17
22
September 25, 2016
May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)[152]
4.80[153]
8.19
"Pork and Burns"
29
2017–18
22
October 1, 2017
Early success
The Simpsons

The Simpsons was the Fox network's first television series to rank
among a season's top 30 highest-rated shows.[154] In 1990, Bart
quickly became one of the most popular characters on television in
what was termed "Bartmania".[155][156][157][158] He became the most
prevalent Simpsons character on memorabilia, such as T-shirts. In the
early 1990s, millions of T-shirts featuring Bart were sold;[159] as
many as one million were sold on some days.[160] Believing Bart to be
a bad role model, several American public schools banned T-shirts
featuring Bart next to captions such as "I'm Bart Simpson. Who the
hell are you?" and "Underachiever ('And proud of it,
man!')".[161][162][163]
The Simpsons

The Simpsons merchandise sold well and
generated $2 billion in revenue during the first 14 months of
sales.[161] Because of his popularity, Bart was often the most
promoted member of the
Simpson family

Simpson family in advertisements for the show,
even for episodes in which he was not involved in the main plot.[164]
Due to the show's success, over the summer of 1990 the Fox Network
decided to switch The Simpsons' time slot so that it would move from
8:00 p.m. ET on Sunday night to the same time on Thursday, where
it would compete with
The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show on NBC, the number one show at
the time.[165][166] Through the summer, several news outlets published
stories about the supposed "Bill vs. Bart" rivalry.[160][165] "Bart
Gets an F" (season two, 1990) was the first episode to air against The
Cosby

Cosby Show, and it received a lower Nielsen ratings, tying for eighth
behind The
Cosby

Cosby Show, which had an 18.5 rating. The rating is based
on the number of household televisions that were tuned into the show,
but
Nielsen Media Research

Nielsen Media Research estimated that 33.6 million viewers watched
the episode, making it the number one show in terms of actual viewers
that week. At the time, it was the most watched episode in the history
of the Fox Network,[167] and it is still the highest rated episode in
the history of The Simpsons.[168] The show moved back to its Sunday
slot in 1994 and has remained there ever since.[169]
The Simpsons

The Simpsons has been praised by many critics, being described as "the
most irreverent and unapologetic show on the air."[170] In a 1990
review of the show, Ken Tucker of
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly described it as
"the American family at its most complicated, drawn as simple
cartoons. It's this neat paradox that makes millions of people turn
away from the three big networks on Sunday nights to concentrate on
The Simpsons."[171] Tucker would also describe the show as a
"pop-cultural phenomenon, a prime-time cartoon show that appeals to
the entire family."[172]
Run length achievements
On February 9, 1997,
The Simpsons

The Simpsons surpassed
The Flintstones

The Flintstones with the
episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" as the
longest-running prime-time animated series in the United States.[173]
In 2004,
The Simpsons

The Simpsons replaced The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
(1952 to 1966) as the longest-running sitcom (animated or live action)
in the United States.[174] In 2009,
The Simpsons

The Simpsons surpassed The
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet's record of 435 episodes and is now
recognized by
Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records as the world's longest running
sitcom (in terms of episode count).[175][176] In October 2004,
Scooby-Doo

Scooby-Doo briefly overtook
The Simpsons

The Simpsons as the American animated show
with the highest number of episodes.[177] However, network executives
in April 2005 again cancelled Scooby-Doo, which finished with 371
episodes, and
The Simpsons

The Simpsons reclaimed the title with 378 episodes at
the end of their seventeenth season.[178] In May 2007, The Simpsons
reached their 400th episode at the end of the eighteenth season. While
The Simpsons

The Simpsons has the record for the number of episodes by an American
animated show, other animated series have surpassed The Simpsons.[179]
For example, the Japanese anime series Sazae-san has over 7,000
episodes to its credit.[179]
In 2009, Fox began a year-long celebration of the show titled "Best.
20 Years. Ever." to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the premiere of
The Simpsons. One of the first parts of the celebration is the
"Unleash Your Yellow" contest in which entrants must design a poster
for the show.[180] The celebration ended on January 10, 2010 (almost
20 years after "Bart the Genius" aired on January 14, 1990), with The
Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!, a
documentary special by documentary filmmaker
Morgan Spurlock

Morgan Spurlock that
examines the "cultural phenomenon of The Simpsons".[181][182]
As of the twenty-first season (2009–2010),
The Simpsons

The Simpsons became the
longest-running American scripted primetime television series, having
surpassed Gunsmoke. However, Gunsmoke's episode count of 635 episodes
surpasses The Simpsons, which will not reach that mark until some time
in its 29th season or so, under normal programming
schedules.[174][183] However, since
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke was a full-hour series
for its latter fourteen seasons,
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is the longest-running
half-hour series in primetime television. In May 2015, Fox renewed the
show up to the end of a 28th season.[184][185] On November 4, 2016,
The Simpsons

The Simpsons was renewed for season 29 (2017-18) and season 30
(2018-19), surpassing
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke for the most episodes of a scripted
primetime TV series.[186] During Season 29,
Norman Lear

Norman Lear will make a
cameo as himself in a scene involving the theme song from one of his
TV shows[187] and
Shaquille O'Neal
.jpg/440px-Shaquille_O'Neal_in_2011_(cropped).jpg)
Shaquille O'Neal will make a cameo in an episode
where Homer asks for his help.[188]
Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran will guest star as
Brendan, a musician with whom Lisa becomes smitten in the episode
"Haw-Haw Land", a spoof of the movie La La Land.[189] Nikolaj
Coster-Waldau will guest star on "The Serfsons", which executive
producer
Matt Selman

Matt Selman describes as “a love letter to the fantasy
genre of books and movies and TV shows.”[190]
Awards and accolades
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons has been awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The Simpsons

The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series,
including 31 Primetime Emmy Awards,[71] 30 Annie Awards[191] and a
Peabody Award.[192] In a 1999 issue celebrating the 20th century's
greatest achievements in arts and entertainment, Time magazine named
The Simpsons

The Simpsons the century's best television series.[193] In that same
issue, Time included
Bart Simpson

Bart Simpson in the Time 100, the publication's
list of the century's 100 most influential people.[194] Bart was the
only fictional character on the list. On January 14, 2000, the
Simpsons were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[195] Also
in 2000,
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly magazine TV critic Ken Tucker named The
Simpsons the greatest television show of the 1990s. Furthermore,
viewers of the UK television channel
Channel 4

Channel 4 have voted The Simpsons
at the top of two polls: 2001's 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows,[196] and
2005's The 100 Greatest Cartoons,[197] with
Homer Simpson

Homer Simpson voted into
first place in 2001's 100 Greatest TV Characters.[198] Homer would
also place ninth on Entertainment Weekly's list of the "50 Greatest TV
icons".[199] In 2002,
The Simpsons

The Simpsons ranked #8 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest
TV Shows of All Time,[200] and in 2007 it was included in Time's list
of the "100 Best TV Shows of All Time".[201] In 2008 the show was
placed in first on Entertainment Weekly's "Top 100 Shows of the Past
25 Years".[202] Empire named it the greatest TV show of all time.[203]
In 2010,
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly named Homer "the greatest character of
the last 20 years",[204] while in 2013 the Writers Guild of America
listed
The Simpsons

The Simpsons as the 11th "best written" series in television
history.[205] In 2013,
TV Guide

TV Guide ranked
The Simpsons

The Simpsons as the greatest TV
cartoon of all time[206] and the tenth greatest show of all time.[207]
Television critics
Alan Sepinwall
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Alan Sepinwall and
Matt Zoller Seitz ranked The
Simpsons as the greatest American TV series of all time in their 2016
book TV (The Book).[208]
Criticism
Controversy
Bart's rebellious, bad boy nature, which underlies his misbehavior and
rarely leads to any punishment, led some people to characterize him as
a poor role model for children.[209][210] In schools, educators
claimed that Bart was a "threat to learning" because of his
"underachiever and proud of it" attitude and negative attitude
regarding his education.[211] Others described him as "egotistical,
aggressive and mean-spirited".[212] In a 1991 interview, Bill Cosby
described Bart as a bad role model for children, calling him "angry,
confused, frustrated". In response,
Matt Groening

Matt Groening said, "That sums up
Bart, all right. Most people are in a struggle to be normal [and] he
thinks normal is very boring, and does things that others just wished
they dare do."[213] On January 27, 1992, then-President George H. W.
Bush said, "We are going to keep on trying to strengthen the American
family, to make American families a lot more like the Waltons and a
lot less like the Simpsons."[161] The writers rushed out a
tongue-in-cheek reply in the form of a short segment which aired three
days later before a rerun of "Stark Raving Dad" in which Bart replied,
"Hey, we're just like the Waltons. We're praying for an end to the
Depression, too."[214][215]
Various episodes of the show have generated controversy. The Simpsons
visit Australia in "Bart vs. Australia" (season six, 1995) and Brazil
in "Blame It on Lisa" (season 13, 2002) and both episodes generated
controversy and negative reaction in the visited countries.[216] In
the latter case, Rio de Janeiro's tourist board—which claimed that
the city was portrayed as having rampant street crime, kidnappings,
slums, and monkey and rat infestations—went so far as to threaten
Fox with legal action.[217] Groening was a fierce and vocal critic of
the episode "A Star Is Burns" (season six, 1995) which featured a
crossover with The Critic. He felt that it was just an advertisement
for The Critic, and that people would incorrectly associate the show
with him. When he was unsuccessful in getting the episode pulled, he
had his name removed from the credits and went public with his
concerns, openly criticizing
James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks and saying the episode
"violates the Simpsons' universe." In response, Brooks said, "I am
furious with Matt, ... he's allowed his opinion, but airing this
publicly in the press is going too far. ... his behavior right
now is rotten."[135][218]
"The Principal and the Pauper" (season nine, 1997) is one of the most
controversial episodes of The Simpsons. Many fans and critics reacted
negatively to the revelation that Seymour Skinner, a recurring
character since the first season, was an impostor. The episode has
been criticized by Groening and by Harry Shearer, who provides the
voice of Skinner. In a 2001 interview, Shearer recalled that after
reading the script, he told the writers, "That's so wrong. You're
taking something that an audience has built eight years or nine years
of investment in and just tossed it in the trash can for no good
reason, for a story we've done before with other characters. It's so
arbitrary and gratuitous, and it's disrespectful to the
audience."[219]
Ban
The show has reportedly been taken off the air in several countries.
China banned it from prime-time television in August 2006, "in an
effort to protect China's struggling animation studios."[220] In 2008,
Venezuela

Venezuela barred the show from airing on morning television as it was
deemed "unsuitable for children".[221] The same year, several Russian
Pentecostal churches demanded that The Simpsons,
South Park

South Park and some
other Western cartoons be removed from broadcast schedules "for
propaganda of various vices" and the broadcaster's license to be
revoked. However, the court decision later dismissed this
request.[222]
Declining quality
Chart by producer
Sol Harris

Sol Harris showing the decline in quality of the
show from Season 1 to Season 28[223]
Critics' reviews of early Simpsons episodes praised the show for its
sassy humor, wit, realism, and intelligence.[29][224] However, in the
late 1990s, around the airing of season 10, the tone and emphasis of
the show began to change. Some critics started calling the show
"tired".[225] By 2000, some long-term fans had become disillusioned
with the show, and pointed to its shift from character-driven plots to
what they perceived as an overemphasis on zany antics.[226][227][228]
Jim Schembri of
The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald attributed the decline in
quality to an abandonment of character-driven storylines in favor of
and overuse of celebrity cameo appearances and references to popular
culture. Schembri wrote: "The central tragedy of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is that
it has gone from commanding attention to merely being
attention-seeking. It began by proving that cartoon characters don't
have to be caricatures; they can be invested with real emotions. Now
the show has in essence fermented into a limp parody of itself.
Memorable story arcs have been sacrificed for the sake of celebrity
walk-ons and punchline-hungry dialogue."[229]
In 2010, the BBC noted "the common consensus is that The Simpsons'
golden era ended after season nine",[6] and Todd Leopold of CNN, in an
article looking at its perceived decline, stated "for many
fans ... the glory days are long past."[228] Similarly, Tyler
Wilson of
Coeur d'Alene Press has referred to seasons one to nine as
the show's "golden age",[5] and Ian Nathan of Empire described the
show's classic era as being "say, the first ten seasons."[7] Jon
Heacock of
LucidWorks

LucidWorks stated that "for the first ten years [seasons],
the show was consistently at the top of its game", with "so many
moments, quotations, and references – both epic and obscure – that
helped turn the
Simpson family

Simpson family into the cultural icons that they
remain to this day."[8]
Mike Scully, who was showrunner during seasons nine through twelve,
has been the subject of criticism.[230][231] Chris Suellentrop of
Slate wrote that "under Scully's tenure,
The Simpsons

The Simpsons became, well, a
cartoon ... Episodes that once would have ended with Homer and
Marge bicycling into the sunset now end with Homer blowing a
tranquilizer dart into Marge's neck. The show's still funny, but it
hasn't been touching in years."[230] When asked in 2007 how the
series' longevity is sustained, Scully joked: "Lower your quality
standards. Once you've done that you can go on forever."[232]
Al Jean, showrunner since season thirteen, has also been the subject
of criticism, with some arguing that the show has continued to decline
in quality under his tenure. Former writers have complained that under
Jean, the show is "on auto-pilot", "too sentimental", and the episodes
are "just being cranked out." Some critics believe that the show has
"entered a steady decline under Jean and is no longer really
funny."[233] John Ortved, author of The Simpsons: An Uncensored,
Unauthorized History, characterized the Jean era as "toothless",[234]
and criticized what he perceived as the show's increase in social and
political commentary.[235] Jean responded: "Well, it's possible that
we've declined. But honestly, I've been here the whole time and I do
remember in season two people saying, 'It's gone downhill.' If we'd
listened to that then we would have stopped after episode 13. I'm glad
we didn't."[236]
In 2004,
Harry Shearer

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."[237] Dan Castellaneta
responded: "I don't agree, ... I think Harry's issue is that the
show isn't as grounded as it was in the first three or four seasons,
that it's gotten crazy or a little more madcap. I think it organically
changes to stay fresh."[238] Also in 2004 author Douglas Coupland
described claims of declining quality in the series as "hogwash",
saying "
The Simpsons

The Simpsons hasn't fumbled the ball in fourteen years, it's
hardly likely to fumble it now."[239] In an April 2006 interview,
Groening said: "I honestly don't see any end in sight. I think it's
possible that the show will become too financially cumbersome ...
but right now, the show is creatively, I think, as good or better than
it's ever been. The animation is incredibly detailed and imaginative,
and the stories do things that we haven't done before. So creatively
there's no reason to quit."[240]
In 2016, popular culture writer Anna Leszkiewicz suggested that even
though
The Simpsons

The Simpsons still holds cultural relevance, contemporary
appeal is only for the first ten seasons, with recent episodes only
garnering mainstream attention when a favorite character from the
golden era is killed off, or when new information and shock twists are
given for old characters.[241] The series' ratings have also declined;
while the first season enjoyed an average of 13.4 million viewing
households per episode in the U.S.,[154] the twenty-first season had
an average of 7.2 million viewers.[242]
Alan Sepinwall
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Alan Sepinwall and
Matt Zoller Seitz argued in their 2016 book titled
TV (The Book) that the peak of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons are "roughly seasons
[three through twelve]", and that despite the decline, episodes from
the later seasons such as "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" and
"Holidays of Future Passed" could be considered on par with the
earlier classic episodes, further stating that "even if you want to
call the show today a thin shadow of its former self, think about how
mind-boggingly great its former self had to be for so-diminished a
version to be watchable at all."[243][244]
Other media
Main article:
The Simpsons

The Simpsons (franchise)
Comic books
Main article: List of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons comics
Numerous Simpson-related comic books have been released over the
years. So far, nine comic book series have been published by Bongo
Comics since 1993.[245] The first comic strips based on The Simpsons
appeared in 1991 in the magazine Simpsons Illustrated, which was a
companion magazine to the show.[246] The comic strips were popular and
a one-shot comic book titled Simpsons Comics and Stories, containing
four different stories, was released in 1993 for the fans.[247] The
book was a success and due to this, the creator of The Simpsons, Matt
Groening, and his companions Bill Morrison, Mike Rote, Steve Vance and
Cindy Vance created the publishing company Bongo Comics.[247] Issues
of Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson's
Treehouse of Horror

Treehouse of Horror and Bart
Simpson have been collected and reprinted in trade paperbacks in the
United States by HarperCollins.[248][249][250]
Film
Main article:
The Simpsons

The Simpsons Movie
A
Seattle

Seattle
7-Eleven

7-Eleven store transformed into a
Kwik-E-Mart

Kwik-E-Mart as part of a
promotion for
The Simpsons

The Simpsons Movie.
20th Century Fox, Gracie Films, and
Film Roman

Film Roman produced The Simpsons
Movie, an animated film that was released on July 27, 2007.[251] The
film was directed by long-time Simpsons producer David Silverman and
written by a team of Simpsons writers comprising Matt Groening, James
L. Brooks, Al Jean, George Meyer, Mike Reiss, John Swartzwelder, Jon
Vitti, David Mirkin, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, and Ian
Maxtone-Graham.[251] Production of the film occurred alongside
continued writing of the series despite long-time claims by those
involved in the show that a film would enter production only after the
series had concluded.[251] There had been talk of a possible
feature-length Simpsons film ever since the early seasons of the
series.
James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks originally thought that the story of the
episode "Kamp Krusty" was suitable for a film, but he encountered
difficulties in trying to expand the script to feature-length.[252]
For a long time, difficulties such as lack of a suitable story and an
already fully engaged crew of writers delayed the project.[240]
Music
Main article:
The Simpsons

The Simpsons discography
Collections of original music featured in the series have been
released on the albums Songs in the Key of Springfield, Go Simpsonic
with
The Simpsons

The Simpsons and The Simpsons: Testify.[253] Several songs have
been recorded with the purpose of a single or album release and have
not been featured on the show. The album
The Simpsons

The Simpsons Sing the Blues
was released in September 1990 and was a success, peaking at #3 on the
Billboard 200[254] and becoming certified 2× platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America.[255] The first single from
the album was the pop rap song "Do the Bartman", performed by Nancy
Cartwright and released on November 20, 1990. The song was written by
Michael Jackson, although he did not receive any credit.[256] The
Yellow Album was released in 1998, but received poor reception and did
not chart in any country.[257][258][259]
The Simpsons

The Simpsons Ride
Main article:
The Simpsons

The Simpsons Ride
The Simpsons

The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Florida.
In 2007, it was officially announced that
The Simpsons

The Simpsons Ride, a
simulator ride, would be implemented into the Universal Studios
Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood.[260] It officially opened May
15, 2008 in Florida[261] and May 19, 2008, in Hollywood.[262] In the
ride, patrons are introduced to a cartoon theme park called Krustyland
built by Krusty the Clown. However,
Sideshow Bob

Sideshow Bob is loose from prison
to get revenge on Krusty and the Simpson family.[263] It features more
than 24 regular characters from
The Simpsons

The Simpsons and features the voices
of the regular cast members, as well as Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor
and Kelsey Grammer.[264]
Harry Shearer

Harry Shearer did not participate in the
ride, so none of his characters have vocal parts.[265]
Video games
Further information: List of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons video games
Numerous video games based on the show have been produced. Some of the
early games include Konami's arcade game
The Simpsons

The Simpsons (1991) and
Acclaim Entertainment's The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants
(1991).[266][267] More modern games include The Simpsons: Road Rage
(2001), The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003) and
The Simpsons

The Simpsons Game
(2007).[268][269][270] Electronic Arts, which produced The Simpsons
Game, has owned the exclusive rights to create video games based on
the show since 2005.[271] In 2010, they released a game called The
Simpsons Arcade for iOS.[272] Another EA-produced mobile game, Tapped
Out, was released in 2012 for iOS users, then in 2013 for Android and
Kindle users.[273][274][275] Two Simpsons pinball machines have been
produced: one that was available briefly after the first season, and
another in 2007, both out of production.[276]
Syndication and streaming availability
The cable television network
FXX

FXX has exclusive cable and digital
syndication rights for The Simpsons. Original contracts had previously
stated that syndication rights for
The Simpsons

The Simpsons would not be sold to
cable until the series conclusion, at a time when cable syndication
deals were highly rare. The series has been syndicated to local
broadcast stations in nearly all markets throughout the United States
since September 1993.[277]
FXX

FXX premiered
The Simpsons

The Simpsons on their network on August 21, 2014 by
starting a twelve-day marathon which featured the first 552 episodes
(every single episode that had already been released at the time)
aired chronologically, including
The Simpsons

The Simpsons Movie, which FX Networks
had already owned the rights to air. It was the longest continuous
marathon in the history of television (until
VH1 Classic

VH1 Classic aired a
433-hour, nineteen-day, marathon of
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live in 2015;
celebrating that program's 40th anniversary).[278][279] The first day
of the marathon was the highest rated broadcast day in the history of
the network so far, the ratings more than tripled that those of
regular prime time programming for FXX.[280] Ratings during the first
six nights of the marathon grew night after night, with the network
ranking within the top 5 networks in basic cable each night.[281]
On October 21, 2014, a digital service courtesy of the FXNOW app,
called Simpsons World, launched. Simpsons World has every episode of
the series accessible to authenticated FX subscribers, and is
available on game consoles such as Xbox One, streaming devices such as
Roku

Roku and Apple TV, and online via web browser.[282][283] There was
early criticism of both wrong aspect ratios for earlier episodes and
the length of commercial breaks on the streaming service, but there
are now fewer commercial breaks during individual episodes.[284] Later
it was announced that Simpsons World would now let users watch all of
the SD episodes in their original format.[285]
In July 2017, all episodes were made available for purchase on the
iTunes Store, in the United States.
Merchandise
See also: List of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons books and List of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons home
video releases
The popularity of
The Simpsons

The Simpsons has made it a billion-dollar
merchandising industry.[161] The title family and supporting
characters appear on everything from T-shirts to posters. The Simpsons
has been used as a theme for special editions of well-known board
games, including Clue, Scrabble, Monopoly, Operation, and The Game of
Life, as well as the trivia games What Would Homer Do? and Simpsons
Jeopardy!. Several card games such as trump cards and The Simpsons
Trading Card Game have also been released. Many official or unofficial
Simpsons books such as episode guides have been published. Many
episodes of the show have been released on DVD and VHS over the years.
When the first season DVD was released in 2001, it quickly became the
best-selling television DVD in history, although it was later
overtaken by the first season of Chappelle's Show.[286] In particular,
seasons one through seventeen have been released on DVD in the U.S.
(Region 1), Europe (Region 2) and Australia/New Zealand/Latin America
(Region 4). However, on April 19, 2015,
Al Jean

Al Jean announced that the
Season 17 DVD would be the last one ever produced, leaving the
collection from Season 1 to 17, Season 20 (released out of schedule in
2009), with Seasons 18, 19, and 21 onwards unreleased.[287][288] Jean
also stated that the deleted scenes and commentary would try to be
released to the Simpsons World app, and that they were pushing for
Simpsons World to be expanded outside of the U.S.[287] Two years
later, however, on July 22, 2017, it was announced that Season 18
would be released on December 5, 2017 on DVD.
In 2003, about 500 companies around the world were licensed to use
Simpsons characters in their advertising.[289] As a promotion for The
Simpsons Movie, twelve
7-Eleven

7-Eleven stores were transformed into
Kwik-E-Marts and sold
The Simpsons

The Simpsons related products. These included
"Buzz Cola", "Krusty-O" cereal, pink doughnuts with sprinkles, and
"Squishees".[290]
In 2008 consumers around the world spent $750 million on merchandise
related to The Simpsons, with half of the amount originating from the
United States. By 2009,
20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox had greatly increased
merchandising efforts.[291] On April 9, 2009, the United States Postal
Service unveiled a series of five 44-cent stamps featuring Homer,
Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, to commemorate the show's twentieth
anniversary.[292]
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is the first television series still in
production to receive this recognition.[293][294] The stamps, designed
by Matt Groening, were made available for purchase on May 7,
2009.[295] Approximately one billion were printed, but only 318
million were sold, costing the Postal Service $1.2 million.[296][297]
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The Simpsons

The Simpsons and
Philosophy: The
D'oh! of Homer. Open Court.
ISBN 0-8126-9433-3.
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Religious Elements of The Simpsons. Regent University.
ISBN 0-8126-9433-3.
Keslowitz, Steven (2003).
The Simpsons

The Simpsons And Society: An Analysis Of Our
Favorite Family And Its Influence In Contemporary Society. Hats Off
Books. ISBN 1-58736-253-8.
Pinsky, Mark I (2001). The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The
Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family. Westminster John
Knox Press. ISBN 0-664-22419-9.
Pinsky, Mark I.; Parvin, Samuel F. (2002). The Gospel According to the
Simpsons: Leaders Guide for Group Study. Westminster John Knox Press.
ISBN 0-664-22590-X.
Singh, Simon (2013).
The Simpsons

The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets.
ISBN 1-62040-277-7.
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