If you read the title and the first thing that came to your mind was "The Simpsons are still around?" then you're not the only one asking the question.

The Simpsons' bosses were at Annecy this year to celebrate 40 seasons and muse on evolving storytelling, distribution changes ...

The quote encapsulates the deliberate change in both the writing and the construction of The Simpsons. Rather than pursuing laugh-per-minute ratios, the writers have begun focusing on character-driven ...