By Emily Mitchell/Reported by Wendy Cole

Suddenly prime time looks like Saturday morning. But the fans in front of the TV laughing at Fox Broadcasting's cult clan The Simpsons aren't just youngsters. The cartoon characters created by Matt Groening sprang into bickering life on The Tracey Ullman Show; now they've broken out with their own show and are a hit with all ages. The bug-eyed Simpsons lose their tempers and are frazzled by the trivial. Smart-aleck son Bart constantly sasses his folks. "Don't have a cow, Homer!" he advises his irate father. "Can the chatter," a fed-up dad tells the kids. Between visits to the local mall, the beehived mom tries to keep the peace. Is this what family life is really like? As spike-haired Bart would say, Aye, carumba!