The Simpsons (franchise) In 2008, $750 million worth of "The Simpsons" merchandise was purchased worldwide. Peter Byrne, Fox executive vice-president of licensing and merchandising, called "The Simpsons" "without doubt the biggest licensing entity that Fox has had, full stop, I would say from either TV or film." Matt Groening conceived of the idea for the Simpsons in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office. Brooks, the producer of the sketch comedy program "The Tracey Ullman Show", wanted to use a series of animated cartoons as bumpers between sketches. Groening had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts, and had intended
The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) we'd have to record hours and hours of new stuff and it might ruin the naivety of the whole thing. Never say never though, like "The Office". But certainly for now." – Ricky Gervais. In July 2012, Ricky Gervais stated on Twitter that the third season of "The Ricky Gervais Show" would be the last: "Bad news: Last "Ricky Gervais Show" tonight on E4." The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) The Ricky Gervais Show is a British comedy cartoon series produced for and broadcast by HBO and Channel 4. The series is an animated version of the popular British audio