Fans have long kept score of the many times The Simpsons show writers seem to have predicted events well before they occurred in real life. Two of the most famous predictions were that Disney would acquire 21st Century Fox—and by extension, The Simpsons—as well as that Donald Trump would become president of the United States.
How has The Simpsons predicted the future?
How long has The Simpsons been on air?
The Simpsons holds the record as the longest-running animated television series in U.S. history. The Simpsons began in 1987 as a cartoon short on the Tracy Ullman Show, a variety program on the Fox Broadcasting Company. Expanded to half an hour, it debuted as a Christmas special on December 17, 1989, and then began airing regularly in January 1990.
