This week Fox announced that the longest running comedy series in history, “The Simpsons”, would return for their 23rd season next fall. At the conclusion of their 23rd season,” The Simpsons” will have aired an astounding 515 episodes on the Fox network. Though ratings have declined in recent years, last week’s Halloween episode, “Tree house of Horror” tied with the popular program “Family Guy” in the ratings. “The Simpsons” have been a mainstay of Sunday night television for over twenty years, and will remain so, at least for another season. The show will continue as long as it has an audience, but the article questions how much longer the people will want it to continue.
I would like to make a correction regarding this article, within said article is stated, “”The Simpsons” began in 1990” this is incorrect. This series began as an animated skit on “The Tracey Ullman Show “, created by Matt Groening in 1987. The first season of “The Simpsons” aired in December of 1989. I have been watching “The Simpson” since they first aired on “The Tracey Ullman Show”, and I am glad they will air another season. However, I fear that the writers of the series have been straining to invent new and interesting scenarios, for the last couple of years, maybe longer. When the end finally comes to “The Simpsons”, many others and I will feel its loss. Through the years, “the Simpsons” have become part of our culture and in a way, part of the family.
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