The Simpsons is the longest-running animated television
series in television history, with 16 seasons and 356
episodes since its debut on December 17, 1989 on the Fox
Network. Highly satirical, the show lampoons many aspects
of the human condition, but primarily parodies the "Middle
American" lifestyle its titular family exhibits and
more generally American culture, society and even television
itself. In the Channel 4 programs, the 100 Greatest Cartoons
and the 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows, it was voted into
first place. The characters were originally created by
Matt Groening as part of a series of original animated
segments for The Tracey Ullman Show. Over the course of
the series Groening has used many of the themes present
in his long-running comic strip series, Life in Hell.
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