THE SIMPSONS

The Simpsons is more than a sitcom. Proving that it can show off thought-provoking topics that are socially and politically relevant up to this day, it focused on the life of a dysfunctional family that had to navigate varying degrees of real-life situations. It was like this for the 600 episodes that it released since it first aired in 1989. It is, at 20 years long, the longest-running American sitcom.

While its ending might not be seen in the offing, Homer and Bart Simpson will always be one of the most influential and recognizable pop cultural figures in the last two decades. The sitcom’s popularity also helped Fox become recognized as one of the biggest networks.