Fox have released a new promotional image from this Sunday’s premiere of “Million Dollar Maybe”, which gives us our first look at Ricardo Bomba, the original character created by Peggy Black of Orange, CT, winner of last year’s Simpsons Character Contest.
Promos
Promo: The Color Yellow
The following promotional image has been made available for Sunday February 21st’s “The Color Yellow”. When Lisa discovers that her Southern ancestors helped a slave named Virgil (guest voice Wren T. Brown) escape to freedom, she presents her family’s story during Black History Month.
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Promo: Boy Meets Curl
Fox have released an early promo image for February 14th’s upcoming Winter Olympics episode. Homer takes Marge out for a romantic evening of ice skating and hand-holding, but upon entering the rink, they encounter a curling team practicing. Marge and Homer take to the ice and discover their love for the sport, and soon after, join the curling team and compete with them in the Olympic trials.
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Promo: Million Dollar Maybe
A promotional image has been released for “Million Dollar Maybe”, which airs Sunday January 31st on Fox. The episode features the appearance of Chris Martin from band Coldplay, and will also see Peggy Black’s (winner of last year’s Simpsons Character Contest) character creation Ricardo Bomba appear.
News
Season 20 DVD & Blu-Ray Out Now
Today’s the day when Season 20 is released on DVD and Blu-Ray, bypassing the natural order of the release of seasons 13 – 19. Normally in these updates we detail all the special features contained in said shiny new release. Not this time. Not because I’m a jerk. But because Fox decided not to include any this time. So what am I to fill the rest of the post with? How about: Ten Reasons To NOT Buy This Set. Read on…
Ratings
Ratings: Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special In 3D On Ice
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3D on Ice, presented by Morgan Spurlock, was an hour long retrospective showcasing 20 years and 450 episodes of the show. Viewers old and new were treated to a rare brief history of the show, through the words of its producers, writers, stars, and guest stars. 13.46 million viewers tuned in to the first half hour of the special, and 11.171 million stayed watching for the second half.
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Ratings: Once Upon A Time In Springfield
Preliminary figures are in for Sunday’s 450th episode ‘Once Upon a Time in Springfield’. The show was bumped to an after-8pm timeslot due to an overrun of Fox’s NFL coverage, but the 8pm half hour averaged a whopping 21.01 million viewers. These figures will be adjusted later in the week, but we can already tell you before the adjustments that this will be the most-watched episode of Seasons 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 (season 16’s post-Superbowl episode had 23.1 million viewers).
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Ratings: Thursdays With Abie
The Simpsons topped ratings last night with 8.65 million tuning in to watch “Thursdays With Abie” at 8:30pm, up by an impressive 25% on the last new episode.
Promos
Promo: Once Upon a Time in Springfield
Fox have released a promotional image for Sunday January 10th’s premiere of “Once Upon a Time in Springfield”, the milestone 450th episode of The Simpsons. Krusty the Clown is forced to hire an actress named Princess Penelope for The Krusty the Clown Show to generate more young, female viewers. Krusty and Princess Penelope end up in a relationship.
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Ratings: O Brother, Where Bart Thou?
A total of 7.11 million viewers watched last night’s episode ‘O Brother, Where Bart Thou?’ Family Guy had 7.68 million viewers, making it the top watched animated show of the night. The Cleveland Show continues to pull reasonable figures at 6.52 million, and American Dad had 6.19 million viewers at the end of the night.
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Promo: O Brother, Where Bart Thou?
Fox have released a promotional image from Sunday December 13th’s premiere of “O Brother, Where Bart Thou?”, which is set to be the last new episode from the 21st season to air this year. When Homer denies Bart’s request for a baby brother, Bart makes his way to the Springfield Orphanage to find what he thinks he’s missing.
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Ratings: Rednecks and Broomsticks
All shows in Fox’s weekly Animation Domination last night were up on last week’s, and what’s more, a new episode of The Simpsons won the night for the third time this season, with 8.9 million tuning in, a 27% increase on last week’s 7.39 million.