“The Simpsons” Celebrate 30 Year Broadcast Anniversary
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Homer, Bart, Marge, and Lisa are just four of the 2000 characters on the hit television show, The Simpsons, which has just achieved its 30 year anniversary (1987-2017).
On April 19, 1987, the creator of the show, Matt Groening, sent in some small TV clips, which ended up being featured on the Tracey Ullman Show.
Just three years later, it began broadcasting its own show on FOX, airing on most Sundays, according to thoughtco.com.
The show has 28 seasons. That’s 13 more than Family Guy, 8 more than South Park, and 18 more than SpongeBob SquarePants.
The 1987’s Simpsons and today’s Simpsons are very different. In early days, The Simpsons were still very much still finding its feet.
The animation was crude and the voices were much less polished than what we’re used to, according to thesun.co.uk.
The humor was also more basic, in part due to the compact nature of the shorts.
The Simpsons are considered to be the funniest and greatest TV comedies ever, considering the 32 Emmys on its shelf, according to ew.com.
Anastasia • Sep 8, 2017 at 12:59 pm
I really liked this article and I had no idea it’s already been 30 years! That’s cool that it’s been on for so long and is still broadcasting!
Susie Avila • Sep 8, 2017 at 12:52 pm
This is a great article!
Nadene Vargas • Sep 8, 2017 at 12:51 pm
I like the simpsons this is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Francisco Ledezma • Aug 31, 2017 at 9:00 am
I was surprised to learn from reading your article that The Simpsons started in 1987. Also I didn´t know this show had many seasons!
Nyomi Mansoor • Jun 8, 2017 at 12:36 pm
Great Article! I was surprised to learn that this show has been going on for so long, and still make fantastic episodes.
Stephanie Le • Jun 7, 2017 at 8:16 pm
I was surprised to learn that it achieved 30 year anniversary. Great job on the article!
Natalie Pronk • Jun 1, 2017 at 1:20 pm
I was surprised to learn that after so many seasons, the show is still great and going on strong! Great job on the article!
Bethany Barks • Jun 1, 2017 at 11:14 am
30 years of “The Simpsons”? Wow!
Jasmin • May 30, 2017 at 4:36 pm
WOW I’m so glad that this show has gone on for so long. It’s a great show and deserves to go on for so many more years.
Darius • May 30, 2017 at 1:10 pm
This was a very interesting Article. I never knew that the Simpsons has been around for this long and how much it has changed. It is also very impressive how the show lasted thirty years.
Jocelyn • May 30, 2017 at 7:08 am
I think it was a great idea to mention how many Slurpee’s have been sold in total. Nice article Daniel!
Jocelyn • May 30, 2017 at 7:06 am
Good job on this article Ashlynn! I really like how you talked about the differences between the Simpsons now and back in 1987.
Erin Lee • May 29, 2017 at 8:22 pm
This article was super interesting and entertaining. Great job!
sophia • May 26, 2017 at 12:11 pm
I liked that you added background to the article.
Kylie Morton • May 26, 2017 at 11:16 am
I was surprised to learn how many seasons this TV show has, and how much more than other popular shows.
Ashley Spake • May 25, 2017 at 8:39 pm
I was very surprised to learn from reading your article that The Simpsons has been around for so long!
chris • May 25, 2017 at 10:54 am
That is amazing! Wow!