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Originally Posted by ToTheNines
I was asking this 20 years ago.
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I think I stopped watching The Simpsons on a regular basis around... 2002 or 2003? And keep in mind my country was one season behind or so at the time since they needed to subtitle the episodes.
But yeah, it just stopped being must see TV and episodes were becoming very hit or miss. I remember reading online forums in 2005-2006 and seeing lots of people complaining about how much Simpsons sucked nowadays. Having said that, my brother, who was a massive Simpsons fan, was very hyped about the movie and went to see it and even bought it on DVD. I never watched it myself, though. All I know about it is the Spider-Pig gag and Homer flipping off the bird in one screenshot.
Anyway, I suspect a lot of Americans aren't aware how huge The Simpsons were worldwide, especially in Europe, back in the day. I suspect Europeans in general might have liked The Simpsons even more than the Americans did back in the 90s. Sometimes popular domestic shows don't click well with foreign audience and flop abroad, but The Simpsons clicked very well and was very successful abroad.