How The Simpsons' first episode in December 1989 changed TV

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Besides being the first animated series on primetime TV since The Flintstones' finale in 1966, The Simpsons was able to be darkly satirical and cynical, something that made it and Seinfeld two of most popular shows of the 1990s. ALSO: 13 Simpsons predictions that have not come true ... but certainly could.