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Brayden is on page 170 of 304 of Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of The Simpsons Changed Television—and America—Forever
- Move to Thursday nights to take on the highest grossing show, The Bill Cosby Show also Beverly Hills.
-This was strongly opposed by James Brooks and was company driven, its not enough to just succeed but they needed to kill another (Cosby Show).
-S2 premiere "Bart gets an F" was the highest rated show in Fox history, an NFL playoff game eclipsed it in 1995.
-S3 Mike Reiss and Al Jean take over from Sam Simon.
Nov 23, 2025 04:16AM Add a comment
Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of The Simpsons Changed Television—and America—Forever

Brayden
Brayden is on page 107 of 304 of Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of The Simpsons Changed Television—and America—Forever
- Fox was on its knees before The Simpson's
- Interesting how the writers came together.
- San Simon Influence on the comedy of the show.
- Matt Groening influence on selling merchandise.
- 10 writers now 28 writers.
- Lack of females writers -> Characters
- $750 million in merch in 1990 alone.
- Burger King used The Sumpson in their ads in 1990 and other networks removed there ads so not to promote the Simpson's.
Nov 23, 2025 01:45AM Add a comment
Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of The Simpsons Changed Television—and America—Forever

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