List of The Simpsons episodes (seasons 1–20)#Season 5 (1993–94)

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The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a satirical depiction of a dysfunctional middle-class American lifestyle starring the eponymous family: Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. Set in the town of Springfield, the show lampoons both American culture and the human condition.{{cite video |year=2000 |title=The Simpsons: America's First Family |medium=television documentary |publisher=BBC}} Later released on the 2001 DVD The Simpsons – The Complete First Season by 20th Century Fox. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks. Groening named each character (other than Bart) after members of his own family. The shorts became part of the Fox series The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987.{{cite interview |last=Groening |first=Matt |author-link=Matt Groening |interviewer=Bianculli, David |title=Fresh Air |work=NPR |publisher=WHYY |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1162008 |location=Philadelphia |date=February 14, 2003 |access-date=July 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213045217/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1162008 |archive-date=December 13, 2007 |url-status=live }} After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime-time hit show.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/21/movies/bad-language-hurt-feelings-and-success.html |title=Bad Language, Hurt Feelings and Success |date=February 21, 1990 |access-date=July 30, 2012 |last=Gerard |first=Jeremy |work=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802021225/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/21/movies/bad-language-hurt-feelings-and-success.html |archive-date=August 2, 2012 |url-status=live }}

From the series debut on December 17, 1989, to May 17, 2009, The Simpsons had broadcast its first 441 episodes, to the end of the twentieth season. The show holds several American television longevity records. It is the longest-running prime-time animated series and longest-running sitcom in the United States.Owen, Rob (January 21, 2003). "[https://old.post-gazette.com/tv/20030121tvnote0121p5.asp TV Notes: 'Simpsons' breaks record with contract renewal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102173422/http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20030121tvnote0121p5.asp |date=January 2, 2011 }}". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved March 8, 2022. On April 28, 1994, The Simpsons reached its 100th episode in the fifth season. With its twentieth season (2008–09), the series tied Gunsmoke in seasons as the longest-running American prime-time scripted television series, and surpassed Gunsmoke in this record with the twenty-first season premiere on September 27, 2009.{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Television/story?id=5888441&page=1 |title='The Simpsons' Hits a Landmark |first=Bill |last=Keveney |date=September 28, 2008 |access-date=April 8, 2009 |publisher=ABC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002190521/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Television/Story?id=5888441&page=1 |archive-date=October 2, 2008 |url-status=live }}

Episodes of The Simpsons have won dozens of awards, including 31 Emmys (ten for Outstanding Animated Program), 30 Annies, and a Peabody.{{cite web|title=The Simpsons – Synopsis |url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z176z5z3 |publisher=Fox Flash |access-date=August 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427183544/http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z176z5z3 |archive-date=April 27, 2012 }} The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 26 and 27, 2007 and grossed US$526.2 million worldwide.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3195110913/|title=The Simpsons Movie |access-date=March 8, 2022 |website=Box Office Mojo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008092246/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=simpsons.htm |archive-date=October 8, 2012 |url-status=live }} The first twenty seasons are available on DVD in regions 1, 2, and 4, with the twentieth season released on both DVD and Blu-ray in 2010 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series. On April 8, 2015, showrunner Al Jean announced that there would be no more DVD or Blu-ray releases, shifting focus to digital distribution,{{cite news | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fox-end-simpsons-seasonal-dvd-787648/ | work=The Hollywood Reporter | title=Fox to End 'The Simpsons' Seasonal DVD Production | date=April 9, 2015 | access-date=January 23, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412202852/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fox-end-simpsons-seasonal-dvd-787648 | archive-date=April 12, 2015 | url-status=live }} although this was later reversed on July 22, 2017.{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/07/22/simpsons-dvds-season-18-comic-con/ | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | title=The Simpsons to bring back DVDs | access-date=July 27, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726150743/http://ew.com/tv/2017/07/22/simpsons-dvds-season-18-comic-con/ | archive-date=July 26, 2017 | url-status=live }} Almost two years later, on July 20, 2019, it was announced that Season 19 would be released on December 3, 2019, on DVD.{{cite news| url=https://www.variety.com/2019/tv/news/simpsons-dvd-season-19-disney-1203274456/amp/| work=Variety| title=The Simpsons Will Finally Release Season 19 on DVD, Helping Out Purist Collectors| date=20 July 2019| access-date=July 26, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721173131/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/simpsons-dvd-season-19-disney-1203274456/amp/| archive-date=July 21, 2019| url-status=live}}

On April 26, 1998, The Simpsons reached its 200th episode in its ninth season, its 300th episode on February 2, 2003, in the fourteenth season, and its 400th episode in the eighteenth season on May 20, 2007, which is also the last episode of the series to air before the release of The Simpsons Movie.