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The Simpsons passed an impressive milestone yesterday, celebrating 30 years on TV. Back on April 19, 1987, the dysfunctional but loveable family made their very first TV appearance on the Tracey Ullman Show . Fox handed The Simpsons its own show two years later and it swiftly went on to become an American institution.
Will the Simpsons still be around to celebrate another 30 year run in 2047? In terms of its average viewers by season, the show did extremely well in its earlier years but more recently, Springfield has started losing the spring in its step. According to Nielsen, season 27 attracted an average of 4 million viewers, considerably less than season 17 for example which had more than double the viewership.
The show's recent decline in ratings may not be due to Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie themselves. Currently, viewers have a much bigger selection of content to watch, along with considerably more ways to watch it. With the onset of Netflix and on demand content, it could well be that show's decline is a natural result of this trend.
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Average number of viewers by season (1989-2016)
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The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album ( ISBN 0-06-096582-7 ) is a book, written by Matt Groening , that mimics a family album that the Simpsons television family would have. Among the things it reveals is the birth date of Bart Simpson , as well as the family trees of the Bouvier ( Marge Simpson 's ancestors) and Simpson families. Despite the fact that these family trees have never been directly contradicted in the show their canonicity is still unknown.
The Simpson tree can be found on the inside of the front cover, while the Bouvier family appears on the inside of the back cover. An interesting note is that Charles Montgomery Burns is included in the Simpson tree as Grandpa's fourth cousin via marriage. Homer is descended from Scandinavians and American Indians, which was even mentioned in the episode " Little Big Girl ", while Marge is descended from the French. Another interesting note is that despite Amos Graycomb and Moselle Stemple marrying and having four children together, they are in fact second cousins.
The album begins with photographs and memorabilia from the ancestors of the two families, an
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