The 800th episode of the longest-running primetime scripted show in U.S. history — The Simpsons — is scheduled to air on Sunday. This milestone installment of the nearly 40-year-old animated series ...

Up until the second season, The Simpsons didn’t do much to flesh out the character of Ned Flanders (voice of Harry Shearer); he was a hyper-religious, always-friendly foil for Homer, and his brief ...