On Dec. 17, 1989, Fox debuted The Simpsons as its own stand-alone show with a Christmas special episode. By THR Staff On Dec. 17, 1989, Fox debuted The Simpsons as its own stand-alone show with a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Honorary starter, Bart Simpson poses for photo in the flagstand prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500. Bart Simpson spent his ...

On April 29, 2018, The Simpsons aired its 636th episode, earning the title of the longest-running primetime scripted series.

Editor's note: The Simpsons have become such a fixture of television that it's hard to remember a time before the family appeared on television. On Dec. 17, 1989, the Simpsons made the jump from ...

Matt Groening doesn’t want you to get the wrong idea. Yes, the cartoonist named the parents in his animated family, “The Simpsons,” after his own mom and dad. And yes, he gave the two daughters his ...

It turns out that even before they became television royalty The Simpsons already deserved a place in our homes and in our hearts. Twenty-six seasons have to start somewhere, and for The Simpsons it ...

In “The Simpsons” first episode, Homer and Bart go to the dog-racing track to win money for Christmas presents and all they end up with is a slowpoke pooch. Oh, that and more than 670 episodes, a ...

Andrew McGowan studied at Bowdoin College and the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. Hs has served on programming and judicial teams for several film festivals, and has written about cinema ...