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Matt Groening's subversive, animated satire about Springfield's hapless first family stumbling through life became a cult favorite soon after premiering on Fox in 1989. Not since `The Flintstones' in the '60s has a cartoon series drawn such a large adult audience, and, ay caramba, given us pop-culture expressions for the ages. `The Simpsons' was originally seen in 1987 as a short on `The Tracey Ullman Show.' It has since become television's longest-running comedy and has received 18 Emmys.

Family Guy and Other Announced Releases | DVD News and Reviews | 7/16/2008
New releases announced today, July 16:Back To You - Season 1 will be coming out October 14 Dark Shadows -The Beginning, Vol. 6: Episodes 179 - 209 will be coming out October 28 Family Guy - Volume 6 will be coming out October 21 The Simpsons - The Complete 11th Season will be coming out October 7 War and Remembrance - The Complete Series will be coming out October 28 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items. read more
Don't Forget to Stock Up on Illegal Fireworks! | Today's Top Videos | 7/3/2008
Independence Day is only a day away, so why not celebrate early the way our forefathers would have wanted you too — with some classic Simpsons goodness. This little gem originally aired in the mid-'90s and featured Homer on a quest to get his hands on some illegal fireworks for the holiday. Because, as the store owner puts it, what American wouldn't want to "celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of it"? read more
Memorable TV Dads on DVD | DVD News and Reviews | 6/3/2008
In honor of Father's Day, we've put together a list of 10 of the most memorable TV dads, all of which you can enjoy again and again on DVD. — Gord Lacey10. Homer Simpson, The SimpsonsHe's been on TV for 19 seasons, entertaining us with his beer-enhanced antics, zany adventures, and love of donuts. If nothing else, he gets credit for parenting three kids that never age. Buy The Simpsons at Amazon.com!9. Andy Taylor, The Andy Griffith ShowWhen you’re an elected official charged with... read more
Rolling in the D'Oh, Simpsons Cast Returns to Work | Today's News: Our Take | 6/3/2008
The voice cast of Fox's long-running The Simpsons — Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer — have inked a new four-year deal that elevates their pay to about $400,000 an episode, marking a raise of some $50K per. The months-long negotiations between the actors and 20th Century Fox TV delayed production on Season 20, which as a result will deliver just 20 (versus 22) episodes. The gang reported for their first table read on... read more
D'oh! Contract Disputes Cut Simpsons' Episode Count | Today's News: Our Take | 5/20/2008
An ongoing contract dispute between the voice talent behind The Simpsons and 20th Century Fox TV has caused production delays on the show's upcoming 20th season and will most likely force the studio to produce fewer episodes this season.Although Fox announced a fall schedule last week with its animated crown jewel in the normal timeslot, Variety reports that unresolved negotiations with key cast members Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Julie Kavner (Marge), Nancy Cartwright (Bart), Yeardley Smith... read more
Simpsons Takes Kelsey Grammer, Others for a Ride | Party Central: The Latest Buzz from Your Favorite Stars | 5/19/2008
Ashlee wasn't the only famous Simpson celebrating last Saturday in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. The yellow cartoon clan, its creators, and celebrity fans like Lisa Kudrow, Hannah Montana's Mitchell Musso and director Kevin Smith were having a big day of their own at the grand opening of The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios. "This might be better than winning an Emmy because lots of shows win Emmys every year but not many can say they have a ride based on their show," series creator Matt... read more
Who's ready for Free Comic Book Day? | Today's News: Our Take | 5/2/2008
Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, which as the name implies, is a giveaway of comics. Now in its seventh year, the event coincides with the opening of Marvel's Iron Man movie this weekend.Among the TV-themed books that are being given away are Bongo Comics Free For All (with Simpsons and Futurama stories), Transformers Animated (based on the Cartoon Network series) and The Stranded, the basis for an upcoming Sci Fi Channel backdoor pilot movie.For information on stores in your area that are... read more
Pilot News: Simpsons Execs to Sit Down, Shut Up | Today's News: Our Take | 4/28/2008
Former Simpsons executive producers Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein are teaming up to take on the same roles on Fox's new animated comedy Sit Down, Shut Up.The series, yet to receive a firm placement on the Fox schedule, is based on a live-action Australian sitcom about staffers at a dysfunctional high school. The U.S. version of the comedy will take place in a northeastern fishing town.Also part of the show's DNA is Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz, who wrote the show's first script.... read more
Rumored Release Timeframe for Simpsons: Season 11 | DVD News and Reviews | 4/16/2008
We've got the scoop, hot off the grapevine, that the DVD release of The Simpsons - Season 11 ought to make its way to stores sometime this August.That timeframe makes sense, since DVD releases of Season 2 (2002), Season 3 (2003), Season 6 (2005), Season 8 (2006) and Season 10 (2007) were all released in August (that's half of all previous Simpsons season set releases).So the August release timeframe looks pretty good, but we have to remind you that this isn't officially announced by the studio... read more
Fox Unveils Its Plans for Sweeps Season | Today's News: Our Take | 4/15/2008
Fox's handy guide (press release) to the network's late April and May schedule landed in my inbox this morning. Here are a few of the highlights:Thursday, April 24 at 8 pm/ET A special two-hour edition of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? airsMonday, May 12/Monday, May 19 at 9 pmHouse's two-part season finale airsTuesday, May 20/Wednesday, May 21 at 8 pm American Idol's two-night season finaleSaturday, May 17 at 9 pm America's Most Wanted celebrates with a 1,000th capture special... read more
Origins of April Fools' According to The Simpsons | Today's Top Videos | 4/1/2008
We all look forward to the one day a year when it’s socially acceptable to crank up the volume on your neighbors computer speakers or poke pin holes in their disposable water cup. But do you know the origins behind the great April Fools' Day? Leave it to little Lisa Simpson to sit down her dad and tell him the true meaning behind the holiday—only after Homer decides to pull not one, but two pranks on Bart! Watch it now! | More online videosYour take: Any plans to pull any pranks on... read more
Outside the WGA West Meeting: Writers React | WGA Post-Strike Watch: News About Returning Shows | 2/10/2008
TV Guide was stationed outside the Shrine Auditorium as writers and writer-producers filtered out of Saturday night's formal presentation of the tentative deal hammered out with the AMPTP. Here is a look at some of the reactions to what transpired inside. — With reporting by Julie Haire• David Salzman (Writer, Mad TV)Can you comment on what went on in there?We made gains. [The WGA negotiators] did the best they could under the circumstances, and hopefully we'll be back to work later... read more
The People's Choice Awards: Oh, the Pain.... | Today's News: Our Take | 1/9/2008
Maybe the Globes are onto something by sucking it up and going with a simple hour-long press conference? Similarly struck by the strike, Tuesday night's extremely strange and borderline unwatchable People's Choice Awards — in which host Queen Latifah had the unenviable task of reading the winner from what looked like a Franklin Planner, then throwing it to a pre-taped acceptance speech — gave props to a trio of Grey's Anatomy stars (Patrick Dempsey, Katherine Heigl and Chandra... read more
Homer's Life Flashes Before His Eyes! | Today's Top Videos | 12/17/2007
Needless to say, we heart our parodies here at TVGuide.com, so when we saw this Simpsons video, we couldn't resist sharing. In this clip that aired in yesterday’s episode, The Simpsons mimicked the Noah photo time-lapse video (see below) of the dude who took a picture of himself every day for six years and strung together a video of it. In this updated version, we see what it would look like if he took a picture of himself every day for the past 39 years. We get baby Homer, acne-ridden... read more
Giving Thanks for TV | Roush Dispatch | 11/20/2007
The past few weeks have been trying ones for anyone who cares about TV and the potentially devastating impact the ongoing writers’ strike could have on the current season and beyond. Which is why, being a cockeyed optimist and all, I’ve been cautiously thanking the fates ever since hearing that the Writers’ Guild and the producers’ alliance are going back to the negotiating table on Monday. No guarantee, of course, that this will mean a quick end to the standoff that has... read more
Thanks to the Patriots, CBS Scores Big | Today's News: Our Take | 11/6/2007
Prime time, shime time. The first Sunday of November sweeps' top program aired in the afternoon: CBS' coverage of the New England Patriots/Indianapolis Colts game averaged a ginormous 22.5 household rating and 39 share. Did I say the day's top program? Pshaw. That was actually the best-rated afternoon regular-season NFL game in decades! Natch, those numbers helped 60 Minutes, which did better in the 18-49 demo than it had in almost two years (a 5.0 rating, 12 share), and Amazing Race, which... read more
Simpsons' "Treehouse of Horror" Carves Up Some Scary Spoofs | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 11/2/2007
As synonymous with Halloween as pumpkins (even if they do air after the holiday), the celebrated annual "Treehouse of Horror" episodes of The Simpsons (8 pm/ET, Fox) are always a treat. "It's a tradition, like the Macy's Thanksgiving parade ? only more violent," says executive producer Al Jean. "This is where we can do those jokes you can't do the rest of the year ? the things that are unreal." Like many of its predecessors, tonight's "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" offers a mix of film parodies,... read more
Boo-ya! TV's Best Halloween Episodes on DVD | The Joy of Sets | 10/24/2007
First off, let’s all say a quick one for the folks over in Malibu and San Diego. I don’t care who you pray to, they can use all the positive energy they can get right now, you know?OK, so now that we’re only a week away from the greatest holiday (that doesn’t involve wrapping paper), it’s the perfect time to whip out the fondness for some of TV’s best Halloween episodes, which—look at that!—are also saluted in tvguide.com’s supernifty Halloween... read more
Post Mortem: The WB and UPN | The Biz | 10/5/2007
It seems like a more innocent time, when a haircut could rock an entire network. But that's what happened when Felicity star Keri Russell's trademark curly locks were shorn during a summer hiatus in 1999. The early WB fave was never the same after that follicle debacle. Susanne Daniels, who was the creative executive behind many of the network's early successes, and Variety deputy editor Cynthia Littleton have recounted the wild ride of the short-lived six network era in Season Finale: The... read more
Ask Matt | 10/5/2007
In previous years, whenever CBS aired a late-afternoon football game, it pushed the Sunday night lineup back, sometimes as much as a full hour, so they could air every show starting with 60 Minutes. But I noticed that on Sept. 30, when there was a late-afternoon football game scheduled, 60 Minutes was scheduled to start at 7:30 pm/ET and run until Cold Case started at 9. My question is, was this something specially scheduled because 60 Minutes did have high-profile stories (a Supreme Court ... read more

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Premiered: December 17, 1989, on FOX

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Premise: Matt Groening's subversive, animated satire about Springfield's hapless first family stumbling through life became a cult favorite soon after premiering on Fox in 1989. Not since `The Flintstones' in the '60s has a cartoon series drawn such a large adult audience, and, ay caramba, given us pop-culture expressions for the ages. `The Simpsons' was originally seen in 1987 as a short on `The Tracey Ullman Show.' It has since become television's longest-running comedy and has received 18 Emmys.

Cast

Dan Castellaneta: Homer Simpson/Grampa/Krusty the Clown/Barney/Mayor Quimby
Julie Kavner: Marge Simpson/Patty Bouvier/Selma Bouvier
Nancy Cartwright: Bart Simpson/Nelson Muntz/Todd Flanders/Ralph Wiggum/Kearney
Yeardley Smith: Lisa Simpson
Hank Azaria: Apu/Carl/Comic-Book Guy/Snake/Moe Szyslak/Chief Wiggum
Harry Shearer: Mr. Burns/Lenny/Ned Flanders/Seymour Skinner/Waylon Smithers

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