With its first season, The Simpsons became the Fox network's first series to rank among the top thirty highest rated shows of a television season. Due to this success, Fox decided to switch The Simpsons ' timeslot in hopes that it would result in higher ratings for the shows that would air after it.
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The show is set in the fictional town of, and lampoons, society, and television, as well as many aspects of the. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of with producer. Groening created a and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of the Fox series on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime-time show that was an early hit for Fox. Since its debut on December 17, 1989, The Simpsons has broadcast 654 episodes. The show holds several American television longevity records.
It is the longest-running prime-time animated series and longest-running sitcom in the United States. In February 2012, The Simpsons reached in the.
With its (2009–10), the series surpassed in seasons to claim the spot as the longest-running American prime-time scripted television series, and later also surpassed Gunsmoke in episode count with the episode 'Forgive and Regret' on April 29, 2018. Episodes of The Simpsons have won dozens of awards, including 31 (with ten for ), 30, and a., a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 26 and 27, 2007 and grossed US$526.2 million worldwide. The first eighteen seasons are available on DVD in 1, 2, and 4, with the twentieth season released on both DVD and Blu-ray in 2010 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series. On April 8, 2015, showrunner announced that there would be no more DVD or Blu-ray releases, shifting focus to digital distribution, although this was later reversed on July 22, 2017. On November 4, 2016, The Simpsons was renewed for seasons 29 and 30. It reached on October 16, 2016, in its twenty-eighth season. The thirtieth season premiered on September 30, 2018.
On February 6, 2019, The Simpsons was renewed for seasons 31 and 32, in which the latter will contain the 700th episode. See also: With its first season, The Simpsons became the Fox network's first series to rank among the top thirty highest rated shows of a television season. Due to this success, Fox decided to switch The Simpsons ' timeslot in hopes that it would result in higher ratings for the shows that would air after it. The series moved from 8:00 p.m. On Sunday nights to the same time on Thursdays, where it competed with, the at the time.
Many of the producers were against the move, as The Simpsons had been in the top ten while airing on Sunday, and they felt the move would destroy its ratings. Ratings wise, new episodes of The Cosby Show beat The Simpsons every time during the second season and The Simpsons eventually fell out of the top ten. At the end of the season Cosby averaged as the fifth highest rated show on television, while The Simpsons was thirty-eighth. The show continued in its Thursday timeslot until the sixth season, when, in 1994, it reverted to its original slot on Sunday. It has remained there ever since. Key [ ] The ratings for The Simpsons are split into two tables: • Season 1–11 are ranked by households (in millions) watching the series.