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The Simpsons (1989) poster
1989
global pct
86.5

TV Series · 1989 · TV Series · 1980s

The Simpsons

Scored from 427 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: TV Series · 1980s (336 peers).

86.5%
Global percentile
vs. all 52,376 ranked titles
58.2%
In-cohort percentile
TV Series · 1980s · 336 titles
98.5%
AI-adjusted percentile
427 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Animated sitcom following the Simpson family - bumbling nuclear-plant worker Homer, patient mother Marge, mischievous troublemaker Bart, brainy saxophone-playing Lisa, and silent baby Maggie - as they navigate everyday life in the dysfunctional town of Springfield. Each episode satirizes American family life, pop culture, politics, and suburbia through the family's misadventures and a sprawling cast of eccentric neighbors.

Released in 1989, The Simpsons is an animation and comedy television series. Its comedy subtype is Satire.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s television series — 336 of them. A second review pool sits behind it as well: 578 Rotten Tomatoes reviewers clear the same calibration test, and Rankquant scores them separately. 427 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 456 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track.

Is The Simpsons (1989) worth watching?

Cohort
TV Series · 1980s · 336 titles
Calibrated reviewers
427

Cohort: TV Series · 1980s

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