10 TV Shows Which Eerily Predicted The Future

10. The Simpsons - Donald Trump's Presidency

Donald Trump becoming the president of the United States: who saw that coming? Well, The Simpsons, 17 years ago, since you ask.

In the 2000 episode Bart to the Future, Homer and Marge's firstborn takes a leap forward in time to find out what the future holds and, as you might have guessed, he never does shed that perennial underachiever tag.

Lisa, on the other hand, goes straight to the top and is on the verge of becoming the president in this timeline. Her predecessor is none other than Trump, and he's left the economy in quite a mess.

Trump never made any secret of his political ambitions, but calling his election victory 17 years in advance is impressive nonetheless, even for a show which has made a habit of this sort of thing over the years.

Most recently, it came to light The Simpsons predicted that Disney will one day buy 20th Century Fox, something which has threatened to come to pass, if the reports about the Mouse House holding acquisition talks with the studio are to be believed.