The "Streaming TV Services" (Cable TV Decline) (Episode: "The Simpsons Movie", 2007)

The Simpsons has earned quite the reputation for seemingly predicting the future. It’s actually a bit of a meme at this point, with fans pointing out how many things in the real world appear to have been "predicted" by the show, sometimes years in advance. While some of these predictions are purely coincidental or the result of broad satire, others do seem oddly prescient.

The "Streaming TV Services" (Cable TV Decline) (Episode: "The Simpsons Movie", 2007)

• What happened: In the movie, there’s a joke about TV content being consumed in new ways, a hint at how the media landscape would shift.
• Reality: By the 2010s, traditional cable television experienced a major decline, as streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video took over as the primary means of watching TV and movies, offering on-demand content and original programming.