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−	'''The Simpsons''' is a television show created by [[Matt Groening]].	+	'''The Simpsons''' is a television show created by [[Matt Groening]]. The Simpsons were conceived in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office, by Matt Groening[[File:The_Simpsons_Simpsons_FamilyPicture.png|thumb|250px|The family, in a 2009 appearance.]]. He was asked to do a series of animated shorts, and decided to do his ''Life in Hell ''series; but since he realized that animating ''Life in Hell ''would require the rescinding of publication rights for his life's work, he chose another approach and formulated his version of a dysfunctional family. He named the characters after his own family, and substituted Bart for his own name; as it was an anagram of 'brat'. The Simpsons first appeared to the world on April 19th, 1987 on ''The T''[[File:The_Tracey_Ullman_Simpsons.png|thumb|left|171px|The family as they appeared in 1987.]]''racey Ullman Show''. Groening submitted crudely drawn sketches of the family to the animators, assuming they would clean them up in production. However, the animators just re-traced over his drawings; that is why the Simpsons appear crudely drawn in the shorts. In 1989, a team of production companies adapted the Simpsons into a half-hour primetime series, for the FOX Broadcasting Company. FOX was initally nervous to air the Simpsons; as there hasn't been a cartoon in primetime since ''The Flintstones'', and that they were unsure if they could keep the audience's attention for the duration of the episode. They proposed doing three seven-minute shorts and four specials until the audience adjusted, but the producers gambled for thirteen half-hour episodes for the series. The Simpsons was originally to premiere in the fall of 1989; with "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]," but when the episode came back from animation in Korea, it had major, major problems with it, causing James L. Brooks to exclaim: "This is shit." The producers then decided to just go ahead and air "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]," on December 17th, 1989. After the first season, The Simpsons went on to have twenty-one more seasons; and are the longest running television show of all-time.
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The Simpsons is a television show created by Matt Groening. The Simpsons were conceived in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office, by Matt Groening. He was asked to do a series of animated shorts, and decided to do his Life in Hell series; but since he realized that animating Life in Hell would require the rescinding of publication rights for his life's work, he chose another approach and formulated his version of a dysfunctional family. He named the characters after his own family, and substituted Bart for his own name; as it was an anagram of 'brat'. The Simpsons first appeared to the world on April 19th, 1987 on The Tracey Ullman Show. Groening submitted crudely drawn sketches of the family to the animators, assuming they would clean them up in production. However, the animators just re-traced over his drawings; that is why the Simpsons appear crudely drawn in the shorts. In 1989, a team of production companies adapted the Simpsons into a half-hour primetime series, for the FOX Broadcasting Company. FOX was initally nervous to air the Simpsons; as there hasn't been a cartoon in primetime since The Flintstones, and that they were unsure if they could keep the audience's attention for the duration of the episode. They proposed doing three seven-minute shorts and four specials until the audience adjusted, but the producers gambled for thirteen half-hour episodes for the series. The Simpsons was originally to premiere in the fall of 1989; with "Some Enchanted Evening," but when the episode came back from animation in Korea, it had major, major problems with it, causing James L. Brooks to exclaim: "This is shit." The producers then decided to just go ahead and air "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire," on December 17th, 1989. After the first season, The Simpsons went on to have twenty-one more seasons; and are the longest running television show of all-time.