The Simpsons still just about turns a profit for Fox (and provides new content for Disney +, which holds streaming rights). Alas, audiences have long since fled. Season 12 drew a US viewership of 15 million. Last year, it was a paltry 3.5 million. Enough to justify its continuation if one sets aside the moral imperative to finally put it out of its misery.
It isn’t true to say that The Simpsons no longer engages with the zeitgeist. Every so often it rises up from obscurity and grabs a headline or two. Unfortunately these moments in the sun tend to be connected to its history of racial insensitivity.
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The first 10 seasons of
The Simpsons are often considered by fans as containing the classic episodes of the animated sitcom. These seasons contained the most original storylines, drawn from the heart of the writers. Many of
The Simpsons original writers were heavily involved with the show during these seasons. As a result, some of the show’s greatest episodes were produced between season one and season 10.
10 Season 6: Bart Vs Australia
As the seasons went on,
The Simpsons began to lean on silly episodes above poignant ones. “Bart Vs Australia” is one such silly episode where Bart manages to anger the entire nation of Australia. The US government sends him and his family to Australia to publicly apologize and fix the rift Bart’s actions have caused.