There's one country in particular that has never warmed to The Simpsons and it drives the show's writers "crazy". "There is a funny aspect to The Simpsons in that they have a liberal stance and an anarchic stance, but they also want world domination," Reiss said. "It drives some people [at The Simpsons] crazy that the Japanese don't watch our show. There was a small hiccup in 2005 when Arabic satellite TV station, MBC, launched a version of The Simpsons called Al Shamshoon. Al Shamshoon bombed but The Simpsons, which is now broadcast unedited and with Arabic subtitles on the Fox Series channel, has since found success.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 05, 2017 21:33 UTC