J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

When a show stays on the air for 26 seasons, it’s only natural that some of the characters will change a little bit over time. That has certainly been the case for Homer Simpson. In 2015, his ...

A brand new episode of The Simpsons will turn Homer and Marge into anime characters. Since 1990, the long-running animated sitcom has aired Halloween specials titled “Treehouse of Horror”. The latest ...

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Critics were largely supportive of the show at its inception The Simpsons premiered 26 years ago Thursday, as part of Fox’s Sunday night lineup that at the time included Married… with Children.

Welcome to Polygon's 13 Days of Halloween series! Between Oct. 19 and Oct. 31, Polygon will publish 13 opinion pieces about different films, shows and specials that exemplify what Halloween means to ...

"The Simpsons" has built a reputation for predicting the future. The show predicted the election of Donald Trump. A 1996 episode predicted Cypress Hill and the London Symphony Orchestra would perform ...

Editor’s Note: I have to warn you, after using that expression for over a decade of my life, hearing one of my favorite Simpsons quotes reused by Milhouse gave this episode a seriously unfair boost.

Author Mark Pinsky has written a book titled “The Gospel According to the Simpsons.” The book suggests that the Simpsons are a family in which religion plays a part, and that they are reflective of ...

The Simpsons has been on the air for so long that it jumped the shark over 30 years ago. The term “jumping the shark” was coined after Happy Days aired the season 5 episode “Hollywood: Part 3,” in ...

In the summer of 1991, as staff writers for The Simpsons began working on the show's third season, co-creator Sam Simon pitched an idea for an episode featuring several real MLB players as guest stars ...