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The Simpsons is the longest-running American scripted primetime show

The series premiered in December 1989 and continues today

The Simpsons premiered as a half-hour series on Fox on 17 December 1989 and is the longest-running American animated series, sitcom and scripted primetime television series. Creator Matt Groening named the family members after his own relatives.

Matt Groening in his studio — Anacleto Rapping, Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0 · licence · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The series premiered in December 1989 and continues today. The figure is taken from Guinness World Records, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.