After questions arose as to whether The Simpsons would still show Homer strangling Bart as a gag, the executive producers of the long-running series have spoken. The episode “McMansion & Wife” — the ...

After 35 seasons, “The Simpsons” appears to have released its iron grip on one of the beloved animated series’ longest-running gags. “Times have changed,” Homer Simpson announces to wife Marge in ...

I’m old. Do you want to know how old I am? So old, that I can say, “I was there, man” when The Simpsons debuted back in 1989 with “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire”. And since then, through good ...

The long-running popular show The Simpsons has many fan-favorite characters, but Bart Simpson is one of the most beloved. Even though he isn't as smart as his sister Lisa, Bart has a lot of other ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 36, Episode 1 of "The Simpsons," "Bart's Birthday," which aired September 29 on Fox.