Fox’s block of animated comedy favorites finally landed on the 2025 TV schedule with new season premieres, including The Simpsons ’ wildly impressive Season 37 opener. The episode, "Thrifty Ways to Thieve Your Mother,” featured a plotline full of ‘90s nostalgia, and it’s far from the first time the Emmy-winning series has dipped back to that timeframe for storytelling purposes. Because despite its seemingly eerie ability to predict the future , The Simpsons does not aim for timely relevance very often.

That stance is counterbalanced by a show like South Park , which has returned to former peaks of relevance by focusing so heavily on Donald Trump and other current events, even at the risk of facing unforeseen delays due to its time-sensitive structure. When Simpsons s

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