Emily St. James was a senior correspondent for Vox, covering American identities. Before she joined Vox in 2014, she was the first TV editor of the A.V. Club. “They’ll never stop the Simpsons,” goes ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Interestingly, though, if you take a look at my Simpsons DVD collection, it ends rather abruptly at season 8. Hardly a coincidence, the ...

As the longest-running scripted series of all time, The Simpsons has built up its fair share of folklore surrounding how the series comes together. Just last week, How I Met Your Mother actor Josh ...

Around the turn of the current century, the phrase "jump the shark" began to catch on. The term enjoyed a brief run as a trendy expression indicating the point in the history of a popular TV series ...

In the 90’s, there were few more proactive and totally outrageous paradigms on TV than “The Simpsons.” As the old saying goes, it takes two to lie — one to lie and one to listen. But as it turns out, ...