Talk shows turn 500. Soap operas turn 500. But it is extremely rare that any scripted show hits the milestone of 500 episodes and tonight at 8p that is exactly what The Simpsons is going to do on Fox. Marge, Homer, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson will celebrate their 500th show together and they haven’t aged a day since the show debuted in 1989. Springfield is going to have a big party to honor the occasion, but sadly The Simpsons won’t be there because they have been banished from the town they have called home for over 22 years.
Tonight’s episode is worthy for the milestone, so why not watch something that very rarely ever happens in television. Just to give you a hint how rare it is, only one other scripted show has filmed that many episode. That other show was Gunsmoke that aired 635 episodes before signing off the air in 1975.
