The third episode of Season 21, ‘The Great Wife Hope’, airs tonight on Fox. The men and boys of Springfield become obsessed with Mixed Martial Arts, a violent sport where fighters inflict severe pain on one another. When Marge and her friends stage a protest, the show’s promoter embraces the controversy and challenges Marge to a match, promising to shut down the competition if she wins.
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Season 20 DVD/Blu-Ray Box Art
The official box art for The Simpsons: The Complete Twentieth Season has today been revealed by Amazon.com. Only one box type is available at this time and we are yet to learn whether or not there will be a limited edition box. But judging by the box art itself, our guess is that this is it for the Season 20 release. Update: High Resolution image now avaliable.
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Season 20 Coming To DVD/Blu-Ray
No, that is not a typo. While Season Twelve of The Simpsons was released last month, it appears that Fox are keen to go back to a two-per-year release plan by rushing a release of The Complete Twentieth Season, possibly in time for Christmas 2009. The news was confirmed after Amazon added the title yesterday and KFC unveiled a Season 20 DVD giveaway promotion in conjunction with The Simpsons Ride.
Ratings
Ratings: Bart Gets A ‘Z’
The ratings are in and a total of 9.32 million viewers watched last night’s new episode “Bart Gets A ‘Z'”. That is an increase on the season premiere. The Cleveland Show stayed strong with 8.70 million viewers, a 2 million viewer improvement on last year’s King Of The Hill. Family Guy was the winner of the night with 9.67 million viewers.
Promos
Promo: Treehouse Of Horror XX
Fox has released a promotional image and airdate for this season’s Treehouse Of Horror XX. For a nice change, the episode will be airing on October 18, before Halloween rather than after. The episode will parody classic Hitchcock films when Lisa strikes a deal with Bart to take revenge on their teachers; Lampoon “28 Days Later,” when Krusty’s latest fast food sandwich transforms Springfield into enraged zombies; And re-imagine “Sweeney Todd” when an impaled Homer provides Moe with an unexpectedly delicious beer flavored with his blood
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Dan Castellaneta Wins An Emmy
The Creative Arts Emmy award winners were announced this week, and while The Simpsons were in contention for Outstanding Animated Series for the episode ‘Gone Maggie Gone’, it lost out to South Park’s ‘Margaritaville’. It wasn’t all bad news though, as Dan Castellaneta was awarded his fourth Emmy in the voice-over category for his work in ‘Father Knows Worst’. This means that contenders Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria missed out. Congratulations Dan!
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Futurama Casting Drama Over!
Futurama fans can breathe a big sigh of relief as there will be no need to recast the show. The creators of the series say they are thrilled the animated show’s five original voice actors have agreed to stay on. Matt Groening and David X. Cohen praised the new deals reached by 20th Century Fox TV and series cast members John DiMaggio, Billy West, Katey Sagal, Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille.
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Simpsons Comic Con 2009 Rundown
The Simpsons cast got quite a surprise today at their Comic Con panel when a representative from the Guinness Book of World Records appeared on stage. He announced that The Simpsons is now the longest running sitcom in the world, displacing The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet which had 435 episodes. It was also announced that they now have the Guinness for the most Emmy’s for a single show.
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Futurama To Get Re-Cast?
When Futurama returns to TV next year, it might be without the show’s original voice cast. Talks have broken down between 20th Century Fox TV and stars Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille over how much they should be paid to take part in the show. As a result, 20th has put out a casting call to find replacement voice actors for the show’s new season.
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Follow Simpsons Channel On Twitter
Simpsons Channel is now on Twitter, so you can follow us and receive Simpsons news and updates straight to your Twitter feed. You will be notified immediately of any updates to the website, as well as bite sized bits of news that don’t make the front page. If you’re already a member, follow us now to start receiving updates at https://twitter.com/SimpsonsChannel.
Videos
A Tribute To Michael Jackson
King of Pop, Michael Jackson, who lent his voice to Leon Kompowski in Season 3’s ‘Stark Raving Dad’ is dead today aged 50.
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Great, Extreme, Ultimate, & Totally Awesome Radioactive Man Event!
Fifteen years in the making, Bongo Comics Group presents the first multiple-title crossover since 1994’s “When Bongos Collide!” Witness the event series that will change Radioactive Man, Bart Simpson, and the citizens of Springfield’s lives forever. It’s a three-part tale told in three consecutive weeks that will reinvent summer crossovers and comic storytelling, as we know it! It’s “The Great, Extreme, Ultimate, and Totally Awesome Radioactive Man Event!”