The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.
The series is a satirical parody of a working-class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which
consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional city of Springfield, and
lampoons American culture, society, television and many aspects of the human condition.
The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with the 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 on April 19,
1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and was an early hit
for Fox, becoming the first Fox series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–1990).
Since its debut on December 17, 1989 the show has broadcast 464 episodes and the twenty-first season finished
airing on May 23, 2010. The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 26
and July 27, 2007, and grossed US$527 million worldwide.
The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 25 Primetime Emmy Awards, 26 Annie
Awards and a Peabody Award. Time magazine's December 31, 1999 issue named it the 20th century's best television
series, and on January 14, 2000 the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Simpsons
is the longest-running American sitcom, the longest-running American animated program, and in 2009 it surpassed
Gunsmoke as the longest running American primetime entertainment series. Homer's exclamatory catchphrase "D'oh!"
has been adopted into the English lexicon, while The Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms.
# Actors: The Simpsons, Dan Castellanata, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright
# Directors: Pete Michels, Wesley Archer
# Format: Colour, PAL
# Language English
# Region: Region 2
# Number of discs: 1
# Classification: 12
# Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
# DVD Release Date: 16 Aug 2004
# Run Time: 88 minutes
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