the simpsons first debuted as a short and the tracey ullman show american variety tv show.
the simpsons first debuted as a short and the tracey ullman show american variety tv show.
the simpsons first debuted as a short and what american variety tv show?
the tracey ullman show
the simpsons shorts are a series of animated shorts that aired as a recurring segment on fox variety television series "the tracey ullman show" for three seasons, before the characters spun off into "the simpsons", their own half-hour prime-time show. it features homer, marge, bart, lisa, and maggie. the series was created by matt groening, who designed the simpson family and wrote many of the shorts. the shorts first aired on april 19, 1987 starting with "good night". the final short to air was "tv simpsons", originally airing on may 14, 1989. "the simpsons" later debuted on december 17, 1989, as an independent series with the christmas special "simpsons roasting on an open fire".
the simpsons shorts
"the simpsons" has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 31 primetime emmy awards, 30 annie awards and a peabody award. in a 1999 issue celebrating the 20th century's greatest achievements in arts and entertainment, "time" magazine named "the simpsons" the century's best television series. in that same issue, "time" included bart simpson in the "", the publication's list of the century's 100 most influential people. bart was the only fictional character on the list. on january 14, 2000, the simpsons were awarded a star on the hollywood walk of fame. also in 2000, "entertainment weekly" magazine tv critic ken tucker named "the simpsons" the greatest television show of the 1990s. furthermore, viewers of the uk television channel channel 4 have voted "the simpsons" at the top of two polls: 2001's 100 greatest kids' tv shows, and 2005's the 100 greatest cartoons, with homer simpson voted into first place in 2001's 100 greatest tv characters. homer also placed ninth on "entertainment weekly" list of the "50 greatest tv icons". in 2002, "the simpsons" ranked #8 on "tv guide"s 50 greatest tv shows of all time, and was ranked the #6 cult show in 2004. in 2007, it moved to #8 on tv guide's cult shows list and was included in "time" list of the "100 best tv shows of all time". in 2008 the show was placed in first on "entertainment weekly" "top 100 shows of the past 25 years". "empire" named it the greatest tv show of all time. in 2010, "entertainment weekly" named homer "the greatest character of the last 20 years", while in 2013 the writers guild of america listed "the simpsons" as the 11th "best written" series in television history. in 2013, tv guide ranked "the simpsons" as the greatest tv cartoon of all time and the tenth greatest show of all time. a 2015 "the hollywood reporter" survey of 2,800 actors, producers, directors, and other industry people named it as their #10 favorite show. in 2015, british newspaper "the telegraph" named "the simpsons" as one of the 10 best tv sitcoms of all time. television critics alan sepinwall and matt zoller seitz ranked "the simpsons" as the greatest american tv series of all time in their 2016 book "".
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