The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (who also created Futurama and Disenchantment) for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield and parodies American culture and society, television, and the human condition.

The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks. He created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after his own family members, substituting Bart for his own name; he thought Simpson was a funny name in that it sounded similar to "simpleton". The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After three seasons, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and became Fox's first series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–1990).

Since its debut on December 17, 1989, 733 episodes of the show have been broadcast. It is the longest-running American animated series, longest-running American sitcom, and the longest-running American scripted primetime television series, both in terms of seasons and number of episodes. A feature-length film, The Simpsons Movie, was released in theaters worldwide on July 27, 2007, and grossed over $527 million, with a sequel in development as of 2018. The series has also spawned numerous comic book series, video games, books, and other related media, as well as a billion-dollar merchandising industry. The Simpsons is a co-production between Gracie Films and 20th Television Animation. On March 3, 2021, the series was announced to have been renewed for seasons 33 and 34, which were later confirmed to have 22 episodes each, increasing the episode count from 706 to 750. Its thirty-fourth season premiered on September 25, 2022.

The Simpsons received acclaim throughout its early seasons in the 1990s, which are generally considered its "golden age". Since then, it has been criticized for a perceived decline in quality. Time named it the 20th century's best television series, and Erik Adams of The A.V. Club named it "television's crowning achievement regardless of format". On January 14, 2000, the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 34 Primetime Emmy Awards, 34 Annie Awards, and 2 Peabody Awards. Homer's exclamatory catchphrase of "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English language, while The Simpsons has influenced many other later adult-oriented animated sitcom television series.

Plot
The Simpsons is an ultimate nuclear family. Homer, the lovable doofus father, stumbles apathetically through his family life and work at the local nuclear power plant. Homer constantly spends most of his time at Moe's Tavern getting drunk. Marge is a hard-working housewife with three children.

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Censorship

 * Some episodes were banned in other countries due to offensive jokes about those countries.
 * The Season 10 episode "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" was not aired in Japan, not available on the Japanese version of the season 10 DVD sets and also the Japanese version of Disney+ streaming service due to the episode mocking Japanese culture and society, including a scene where Homer tosses the Emperor of Japan into a dumpster of sumo thongs.
 * It was also likely not aired in South Korea, due to the country's censorship of Japanese content in the media.
 * The Season 13 episode "Blame It on Lisa" was banned in Brazil for similar reasons as "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo".
 * The Season 16 episode "Goo Goo Gai Pan" was banned in China due to its politically sensitive content. It is also not available on Disney+ in Hong Kong for the same reasons.
 * The Season 16 episode "Mobile Homer" is absent from the Turkish version of Disney+, likely due to its unflattering portrayal of Turks.
 * The Season 19 episode "E Pluribus Wiggum" was also banned in parts of Latin America (except for Chile, Colombia, Mexico or Venezuela) until 2016 due to jokes about former Argentine president Juán Perón.
 * The Season 28 episode "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" was banned in Russia due to a scene where Homer end up in a church while playing a parody of Pokémon Go, which was too similar to a real life incident which occurred in St. Petersburg.