When “The Simpsons” premiered in 1989, it was an outlier. Animated shows in primetime were by no means unprecedented — “The Flintstones” broke that barrier in the ’60s — but never before had an ...

To make things more demanding, "The Simpsons" was going for a hand-drawn look, so the artists used traditional ink-and-paint cel animation. Starting off with plastic sheets called cels, they would ...

Of all the shows 20th Century Fox Television produces, it’s the animated ones that have taken on a life of their own. “The two most profitable TV series the studio has ever done are ‘The Simpsons’ and ...

One of the best things about animation is that your characters never have to age. Real people get older. But cartoons can always be drawn the same way. That doesn’t mean they always are, though.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. LOS ANGELES—In the 25 years that “The Simpsons” has been on the air, there isn’t much that the ...

The original intended pilot for The Simpsons might surprise you, and it's better that we never got that first version of the ...

The nominations for the 66th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning, and the big animation news isn’t who was nominated, but who wasn’t: The Simpsons. The yellow-skinned family was ...

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In all of our years binge-watching “The Simpsons” as young teens, never before have we thought too much about why the iconic characters are bright yellow. Until now. According to the much-loved US ...

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Of all the shows 20th Century Fox Television produces, it’s the animated ones that have taken on a life of their own. “The two most profitable TV series the studio has ever done are ‘The Simpsons’ and ...