THE SIMPSONS IS SET TO SET A RECORD

"THE SIMPSONS" WILL OUTLAST "GUNSMOKE'S" RECORD:

If you didn't know, "The Simpsons" currently SHARES the record for the longest-running primetime entertainment series in history with the classic show, "Gunsmoke". (--"The Simpsons" is now in its 20th season, which matches "Gunsmoke's" run.)

But that's about to change. Fox has just renewed "The Simpsons" for TWO MORE seasons, which means the show will have, at least, a 22-season run. Obviously, that will give "The Simpsons" the record . . . and since "Gunsmoke" went off the air in 1975, there's nothing "Gunsmoke" can do about it. (--That is . . . assuming the CW network isn't planning on bringing it back or something.) Still, "Gunsmoke" aired more EPISODES. Including the 44 new episodes over the next two years, "The Simpsons" will be sitting at 493 episodes. "Gunsmoke" had 635.