Despite claims that it's not as good as it once was, there's something to be said about a show that debuted (as a series of shorts) when Ronald Reagan was U.S. Fox at one point considered setting up a separate Simpsons/spin-off network though that didn't happen, Simpsons re-runs became a cornerstone of the comedy-oriented FXX cable network when that was spun off from the FX network. Its numbers remain strong, though, and the merchandising juggernaut shows no signs of stopping. Exactly when it declined, and by how much, is difficult to find a consensus on, but viewership has decreased over the years. However, it is generally considered that at some point after (or near the end of) that, the series declined in quality.
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The voice actors themselves became ingrained as the character, rather than a work-for-hire that can be easily replaced, leading to them having bargaining power with their contracts more comparable to physical performers.Īmong the reasons for the show's longevity are the massive cast of over 100 recurring characters it has built up over time, allowing the writers to work with a rich variety of relationships and milieus (impressive considering the show has six core voice actors), and its absolute refusal to acknowledge the passing of time (Bart Simpson, for example, has famously remained 10 years old) to extents that are sometimes even acknowledged in the show.įor roughly the first 10 seasons, The Simpsons was widely considered to be one of the most consistently funny TV shows ever produced. The Simpsons, however, recorded its lines like a live-action movie, the voice actors for a given scene recording together, allowing for more organic interaction between the characters. Prior, much of the voice acting in the field had been rather industrial, with voice actors simply reciting a list of their character's lines, note As in: "Line 234: "Bart! Why you little."" in whatever emotion the script called for. When it was first adapted into television, The Simpsons set a new trend in animation. Added note The "primetime" distinction is important many daytime soap operas and game shows have episode counts that dwarf The Simpsons' total, as does Sesame Street. note Unless, as Bart notes in the episode before they broke Gunsmoke's record, one factors in the 432-episode radio adaptation. It reached the 30-season mark in 2018-19, making it the longest-running primetime sitcom in American TV history (worldwide, that honor belongs to Last of the Summer Wine, although the latter has fewer episodes, with 297 while The Simpsons has made more than twice that), and surpassed Gunsmoke as the longest-running scripted primetime television program by episode count ever in 2018. Brooks to develop the show as a spinoff which premiered on the then-fledgling FOX network in December 1989. Unofficially known as "Season 0", the original 48 ad-bumpers led Groening and Tracey Ullman Show producers Sam Simon and James L. The show first aired from 1987 to 1989 as a series of animated shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. Initially started out as a parody of Dom Com conventions, the show quickly went on to incorporate elements of social satire, pop culture references, and a mix of highbrow and lowbrow humor that has kept it popular year after year. The brainchild of independent cartoonist Matt Groening, author of Life in Hell, The Simpsons is an Animated Sitcom depicting the animated adventures of the upper-lower-middle class Simpson family.
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