The Simpsons
It's from 1989, before you were born.
- Network
- FOX
- Genre
- Animated sitcom
- Creator
- Matt Groening
- Premiered
- 1989
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About
As of 2026, it's 37 years old.
The Simpsons has been on the air since 1989, which means it has now run long enough to 'predict the future' so often that people genuinely keep a list. A yellow, four-fingered family in Springfield became the longest-running scripted show in American history and the sharpest satire television has produced.
It reshaped comedy, gave the English language an entire dictionary of catchphrases ('D'oh!', 'Excellent...'), and has outlasted nearly everything it once parodied.
Brilliant, endless, and eerily prophetic, The Simpsons is the show that's been quietly running the comedy world for over three decades and refuses to stop.
The Simpsons season by season
The Simpsons has run for 37 seasons (1989–2025) across 801 episodes. You're older than the seasons in green.
