An extended mid-season break has bitten The Simpsons dearly in the ratings, with Sundays episode ‘Lisa The Drama Queen’ fetching just 5.75 million viewers at 8:00pm, a new all time low for the show. The previous record low was last season’s “Mona Leaves-a” which had 6.02 million viewers. The previous lowest ranking episode for this season was “The Burns and the Bees” which had 6.19 million viewers, now fifth least-watched of all time.
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The Simpsons Poster Contest
To celebrate 20 years of The Simpsons this year, a Simpsons poster contest is being held at the newly revamped official Simpsons website. Participants must design a poster that celebrates the “Best. 20 Years. Ever!” In April, a single poster will be crowned winner and it’s creator will be sent to LA to ride The Simpsons Ride and will also be invited to The Simpsons season 21 premiere party in November 2009.
Episodes Promos
Promo: Lisa The Drama Queen
A new promotional image for ‘Lisa The Drama Queen’, which airs January 25, has been released by Fox. Lisa meets equally academic and creative new friend Juliet (guest-voice Emily Blunt) and together they construct a fantasy world that takes them both a little too far from reality.
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Groening Defends Muslim Storyline
Matt Groening has defended a controversial storyline in the episode “Mypods and Boomsticks” which saw Homer Simpson accuse his Muslim neighbors of terrorism. A spokesperson for Britain’s The Islamic Cultural Centre & The London Central Mosque slammed the episode, telling UK newspaper the Daily Star, “I hope Muslims take no notice of the show.” But Groening has come out in defence of the episode, saying, “Cartoons deal in stereotypes. We try to be sensitive.”
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Happy 2009 From Simpsons Channel
Welcome to a new year of Simpsons Channel. We hope you had a safe and happy festive season and wish you all the best in 2009. Simpsons Channel silently celebrated its 11th birthday on December 17, 2008. We’d like to thank all visitors past and present who have enabled the website to become such a success. This year we’ll continue to bring you all the best Simpsons news as the show celebrates 20 years on air.
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The Simpsons Now Available On iTunes
It’s taken 3 years since the TUAW reader’s poll confirmed that you, the fans, wanted to see The Simspons available on iTunes, but this week, season 20 has finally made an appearance on the website.
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The Simpsons Receives 5 WGA Nominations
The Simpsons is leading the charge for the Writers Guild of America’s (WGA) annual broadcasting awards, with five nominations. The series was one of five nominees for best comedy series, along with Entourage, Weeds and previous winners 30 Rock and The Office.
Ratings
Ratings: The Burns And The Bees
Last nights episode ‘The Burns And The Bees’ had 6.19 million viewers, which places it as the least watched episode of Season 20. The episode is now the fourth least watched episode of all time, just narrowing out last seasons ‘Any Given Sundance’ (6.18 million), while long standing positionee ‘The Way We Weren’t’ which had 6.20 million viewers back in 2004, sits at #5.
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Man Fined For Viewing Simpsons Porn
An Australian man has been fined $2,000 after Simpsons “pornography” was discovered on his home computer. The central issue in the case was whether a cartoon character could depict a real person. Judge Michael Adams decided that it could, and found the man guilty of possessing child pornography.
Episodes
New Episode: The Burns And The Bees
The final episode of Season 20 for 2008, ‘The Burns & The Bees’ airs tonight. Mr. Burns wants to build a new sports arena for his new NBA team, the former Boston Celtics (which he won in a poker game), but Lisa is against it because it would destroy the last bee colony in Springfield; Homer tries to solve the problem by mating the bees – with “killer” Africanized bees .
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Ratings: Mypods & Boomsticks
A total of 8.0 million viewers tuned in to Sunday night’s episode ‘Mypods & Boomsticks’. This makes it the second least watched episode of the season, edging out ‘Lost Verizon’ which had 7.43 million. FOX was a distant fourth overall for the night both overall and in the target 18 – 49 demographic. The Simpsons/King Of The Hill came in fourth place at 8:00.