“The Simpsons” set another record
Bart is still 10 years old, but “The Simpsons” have made it to 20.
Fox has ordered a 20th season of “The Simpsons,” which ties the series with “Gunsmoke” as the longest-running series in the history of primetime television.
(Sunday morning’s news/interview program “Meet the Press” is still television’s longest running show. It began on NBC in November 1947 and has been airing 61 years non-stop.)
It also looks like there will be a 21st, 22nd and 23rd season of ”The Simpsons,” as the voices behind the characters — Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Julie Kavner (Marge), Nancy Cartwright (Bart), Yeardley Smith (Lisa), Hank Azaria (Moe Szyslak and others) and Harery Shearer (Mr. Burns and others) — have signed new four-year contracts at a reported $400,000 per episode.
”The Simpsons” stands alone as the longest running primetime animated series in history and the longest running comedy series currently on television. In 2007, the series created by Matt Groening celebrated an unprecedented 400 episodes.
Honors the show has received over the years include a Peabody Award (for excellence in radio and television broadcasting), 23 Emmy Awards, 23 Annie Awards (for excellence in animation), four Genesis Awards (for producing outstanding works that raise public understanding of animal issues), nine International Monitor Awards (for achievements in production and postproduction) and seven Environmental Media Awards.
”The Simpsons” also holds the Guinness Book of World Records title for most guest stars featured in a television series (328 at last count). And Homer Simpson’s annoyed grunt – “D’oh!” – is an official word in the Oxford English Dictionary.
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