*Variety*: ” ‘The Simpsons’ is the greatest television asset of all time — certainly the greatest in a generation,” (20th chief Gary) Newman said. “We figured out that a cable channel could play the series for 52 weeks without having to repeat. The series has only been on broadcast stations. It hasn’t been on Netflix, it hasn’t been on cable. It isn’t as exploited as one would think.”
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