The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American 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. Since its debut on December 17, 1989, 694 episodes of The Simpsons have been broadcast.
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The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American 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. Since its debut on December 17, 1989, 694 episodes of The Simpsons have been broadcast. A feature-length film, The Simpsons Movie, was released in theaters worldwide on July 27, 2007, and grossed over USD 527 million. The Simpsons was renewed on February 6, 2019 for a thirty-first and thirty-second season. The former began airing September 29, 2019 and concluded on May 17, 2020; the latter will include the show’s 700th episode. It has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 34 Primetime Emmy Awards, 34 Annie Awards, and 2 Peabody Awards. Time named it the 20th century’s best television series, and Erik Adams of The A. V. Club named it “television’s crowning achievement regardless of format” The Simpsons has influenced many other later adult-oriented animated sitcoms. The main characters are the SimpsonFamily, who live in a fictional \”Middle America\” town ofSpringfield. The family also owns a dog, Santa’s Little Helper, and a cat, Snowball V, renamed Snowball II in “I, -Bot” The show includes an array of quirky supporting characters, which include Homer’s co-workers, the school principal Seymour Skinner and teachers Edna Krabappel and Elizabeth Hoover, friends Barney Gumble, Apu Nahasapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Milhouse Van Houten, and Nelson Mzembe.
Despite the depiction of yearly milestones such as birthdays and birthdays, the show adopted the concept of a large supporting cast from the comedy SCTV. According to Groening, the creators originally intended the characters to just appear between episodes and do not appear as they do between episodes when they do just as they did between SCTV episodes. Homer’s exclamatory catchphrase \”D’oh!\” has been adopted into the English language, while The Simpsons is known for its wide ensemble of main and supporting characters. Homer, the father, works as a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, and is married to Marge Bouvier, a stereotypical American housewife and mother. 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. Homer’s dad Grampa Simpson lives in the Springfield Retirement Home after Homer forced his dad to sell his house so that his family could buy theirs. Both pets have had starring roles in several episodes. The Simpson family also has a cat called Snowball, who has appeared in a number of episodes.
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