One unforgettable animated TV opening pushed the limits with disturbing satire so sharp the network nearly refused to air it.

Ever since its 1989 debut, The Simpsons' opening sequence featured several gags that would change with every episode. First is the Chalkboard Gag. The show always opens with Bart Simpson (Nancy ...

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Santa Fe-based art collective Meow Wolf has joined the ranks of Banksy and Guillermo del Toro by applying its trippy aesthetics to the iconic couch gag that opens every episode of The Simpsons—just ...

The 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup got underway with the first of three opening ceremonies in Mexico on Thursday, with a tribute to the co-host nation's Indigenous cultures and pop performances to help ...

For as massive and ever-present a franchise as The Simpsons is, it doesn’t have the foothold in the video game arena you might expect. The wildly popular mobile game The Simpsons: Tapped Out was ...

“The Simpsons” is continuing to roll out new, exclusive content for Disney+ — announcing on Thursday that three new episodes will premiere on the streamer this summer. First up, the double episode ...

The next batch of The Simpsons episodes set to stream exclusively on Disney+ have been revealed, and they again include pop culture sendups. Double-episode “Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition” will be ...

The Simpsons' intro has ended with its titular family sitting on a sofa in countless outlandish ways. However, the iconic couch gags are far less frequent these days. Showrunner Matt Selman explained ...

Matt Selman said on the Friday, April 17 episode of the Four Finger Discount podcast that he's "not gonna cut the storytelling short" to make room for longer intros "Sometimes the show is short and we ...

One of the most iconic staples of The Simpsons over its 37 seasons on FOX has been the couch gag that opens every episode. No matter what the syndicated cut of the show has been, no matter what decade ...