Bart Simpson
The Simpsons, longest-running lively television collection and  longest-going for walks scripted top-time tv display in U.S. History  (1989– ), now broadcast in lots of languages to audiences around the  world. Created by using cartoonist Matt Groening, The Bart Simpsons  began  in 1987 as a cartoon brief on the Tracey Ullman show, a selection  application on the Fox Broadcasting agency. Increased to 1/2 an hour, it  debuted as a Christmas unique on December 17, 1989, and then started  airing frequently in January 1990. With veteran television and movie  producer-director James Brooks (Mary Tyler Moore [1970–74], As correct  because it receives [1997]) as its government manufacturer, at the side  of Groening and Sam Simon, the display turned into slow to gain an  audience, but its recognition took off later within the yr, and it  helped set up the upstart Fox network as a prime competitor on broadcast  television. Set inside the fictional American town of  Springfield—consistent with G...