The Simpsons shorts the shorts were divided into three or four parts, but in the third season they were played as a single story. Tracey Ullman later filed a lawsuit, claiming that her show was the source of "The Simpsons"' success and therefore should receive a share of the show's profit. Eventually the courts ruled in favor of the network. The Simpsons shorts The Simpsons shorts are an American animated TV series of 48 one-minute shorts that ran on the variety television program "The Tracey Ullman Show" for three seasons, before the characters spun off into "The Simpsons", their own half-hour prime-time show.
The Rebel (2016 TV series) The Rebel (2016 TV series) The Rebel is a 2016 British comedy series on Gold starring Simon Callow in the title role. The show is based on "The Rebel" cartoon in The Oldie magazine by Andrew Birch. It began airing in June 2016. In total, 9 episodes have aired as of May 2018. The cast includes Anita Dobson, Bill Paterson and Amit Shah. The show follows 70 year old Henry Palmer, a widowed resident of Brighton who is an anarchic, anti-establishment pensioner. The Rebel is based on Andrew Birch's cartoon strip for The Oldie. Vadim Jean is the director of