The Simpsons

This first post is about the continuity of one of the longest running programming on prime time television, The Simpsons'. In my early years, I was a major Simpsons' fan. Every Sunday I would tune into the Fox channel to watch the newest episode & see what ridiculous antics the Simpsons' family is up to. It was up to the point where I watched their big movie on my 13th birthday, which my interest for the show was over. I believed that since the show was able to create a movie, which it would turn out to be the end for the show. I was wrong. After I watched the Simpsons' movie, which was in 2007, I haven't watched a single Simpsons' episode since. It was years later that I thought to myself, how is this show still going on? What are the writers and producers doing to keep this show on the air? These questions not only went for the Simpsons' but for every long running episodic television show. How are they keeping up with their success year after year? Creativity is what keeps me interested & that means to have something new or groundbreaking. The show added the high definition stature to keep in tact with the rest of regular programing but that hasn't done much for me. I was a fan of the old cartoonish type feel to the show. The Simpsons looks to have the same characters and concept of satire I've known them for, which pushes me away from the show. Thus, I won't really watch another Simpsons show until something new or different arises. Oh! A new episode of Family Guy is on tonight!