The Simpsons
American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening
By Conan O'Brien, Kelsey Grammer, Albert Brooks, Harry Shearer, John Swartzwelder
American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening
By Conan O'Brien, Kelsey Grammer, Albert Brooks, Harry Shearer, John Swartzwelder
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam Simon for the Fox Broadcasting Company [1]. The series belongs to the genres of animated sitcom, satire, and black comedy [9], and offers a satirical depiction of American life as embodied by the Simpson family — Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie — who reside in the fictional town of Springfield [1][7]. The show caricatures society, Western culture, television, and the human condition [1].
The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of animated shorts with producer Brooks [11]. Groening named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name, and chose Simpson partly because it sounded similar to "simpleton" [11]. The animated shorts debuted as part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987, and after three seasons were developed into a half-hour primetime series [11]. The show went on to become Fox's first series to land in the Top 30 ratings within a single season [11]. Its roster of characters extends well beyond the core family to include a wide range of recurring figures [6], overseen by a team of executive producers [12].
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