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The Simpsons

Sunday 8:00 PM on FOX
 
 
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9.2 Superb
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The Simpsons ranks 292 out of the 18,228 shows on TV.com.

The 26,363 users who count themselves as The Simpsons fans have written a total of 1,935 reviews.

Status

Returning Series

Premiered

December 17, 1989

Genre

Animation

Theme

Cartoon, Adult

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Originally created by cartoonist Matt Groening, "Our Favorite Family," has graced the small screen in one form or another for over 20 years. The Simpson family first appeared on television as the subjects of interstitial "shorts" on The Tracey Ullman Show in April of 1987. The Simpsons remained a staple... more »

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  • when is homer's brother coming back

    anyone episodes coming up?

    15 comments, last one 31 minutes ago + Add Comment
  • Reasons for quality drop.

    We all know that The Simpsons isn't quite what it used to be in the 90s, but why? Is is because they changed writers? T...more »

    44 comments, last one 1 hr, 18 mins ago + Add Comment
  • How much do you care about the show now

    like from season 16 and on. like I hear and read on diferent forums ideas of how the how could improve but really the way t...more »

    25 comments, last one 1 hr, 19 mins ago + Add Comment
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    9.5 Superb

    A 20 years-run great show hide « show »

    In 1989, Simpsons creator Matt Groenning, released the first episode of the "Simpsons". Since then, 20 years and 20 seasons have been among tele vision. Is a great series with great stories and characters. Matt Groenning has said he based the characters in his family members: His mom Marge, his father Homer, his sister Lisa, his sister Maggie and himself to be Bart. TThe series is a great show, and is really funny to see how it has passed 20 years and the characters havent aged one single day, and not to say that everything happens in the same year because there are many Halloween and Christmas specials. But anyway, this makes the show even funnier.
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    9.5 Superb

    A Hillarious Show! hide « show »

    The Simpsons is a hillarious show! It is about a family of 4,(With their dog and cat)with a different story every episode.(With the execption of clip episodes)The family includes: A fat, lazy, carefree idiot named Homer, his wife, a hardworking, tall blue haired women named Marge, a troublemaking, spikey haired boy named Bart, a smart, non-troublemaking, girl named Lisa, and a pacifier sucking baby named Maggie. They life in the town of Springfield. Alot of their episodes are very funny! The best seasons are probably seasons 1-12. It got kinda downhill from then, but it still is pretty funny. It's been going on for over 20 years now. I personally like the violent cartoon show Bart and Lisa watch, called Itchy and Scratchy. GRAPHIC cartoon! And the characters are hillarious too! I especially like Homer, Snake the criminal, Krusty the Clown, Bart, and Ralph Wiggum. It might go on for a couple more seasons, but that depends on how well it goes I guess. But the show has been funny for over 20 years!
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    9.5 Superb

    the simpsons a 20 year running show. hide « show »

    the simpsons is without a doub my favorite animated show of all time. it's one of my favorite show's of all tiime. but recently it has been lacking what i love about this show. it's strong story line. it's witty funny lines. not being anything like family guys. but now it's lacking all those things. when i heard they got renewed for two more season i thought well that's great. they really desirve it. but im afraid they won't get any better. which i don't know why they would get better. it wouldn't make sense for it to get better now. but i all way's have the dvd's to watch the good old day's of this 20th-21st century family.
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    8 Great

    This show was the best but Family Guy passed it because The Simpsons went down-hill. hide « show »

    The Simpsons is a show about the Simpsons family. Animation- When I first saw it I thought it was a little strange that they were yellow but now it would be weird to see them a different color. Humor- The jokes used to be funny.

    Characters- The usual a dumb father,a prank pulling child,a good child,a house mom,and a baby. But this actually beat many shows their and was one of the first to use those characters. The only thing that brought the rating down was the fact that it went down-hill. It's not as good as it was in the 90's. They use terrible plots,they repeat jokes or use jokes that aren't funny. I think this show is worth a view,minus the new seasons.
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    10 Perfect

    enjoyable, funny and sweet, very good hide « show »

    bart befriends nelson when noone turns up to his birthday, mqainly becasue of bart in the first place did i just travel back in time 15 years? alot of the new simpsons isnt up to the classic seasons of 5,6,7,8 etc.. but this felt more like the simpsons of the old than ive seen for a long time, sweet funny story, character development, and grey stash!!

    the simpsons has been going for 20 plus years now and still comes out with classics, where as a more popluar show family guy is boring now after 6 season,

    great stuff

    good times!

    now just writing to reach 100 words..
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