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.
Monchhichis (TV series) Monchhichis (TV series) Monchhichis is an American cartoon series based on the stuffed toy line of dolls, released by the Japanese company Sekiguchi Corporation. Produced by Hanna-Barbera, it premiered on ABC on September 10, 1983 as part of "The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show", replacing "Pac-Man" (which by then, had been given its own half-hour time slot) from the previous season. The series aired as part of a package show with "The Little Rascals" and "Richie Rich" through the end of 1983, but as early as January 7, 1984, because of lower-than-anticipated ratings, the package show was split up into two