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Season 11 Standard Box Art Revealed
The standard box art for The Complete Eleventh Season has been revealed online for the first time by Australian retailer JB HIFI. The image to the left shows the new style of standard packaging — a clear slipcase with the number ’11’ written on it, encasing a standard cardboard box featuring Homer. This ‘Homer’ box may contradict yesterdays announcement of a Krusty head box.
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Season Eleven DVD Due October 7
The “long-awaited” Complete Eleventh Season will finally make its way to shelves in North America on October 7, ten months later than it was expected to be released and a further two months away from the then-expected Season Twelve release. The set was delayed first by the release of The Simpsons Movie in December.
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Simpsons Cast Seals Deal With Fox
The Simpsons voice actors have sealed a four-year deal that hands them more money and solidifies the animated hit’s 20th season. Production on the show has been delayed for several months as voice actors and Fox hammered out a deal. New pact bumps the stars’ salaries up to about $400,000 an episode.
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Simpsons Cast Close To New Deal
Last week, Fox announced a fall schedule that included animated staple ‘The Simpsons’ in its normal Sunday timeslot. The hitch? There’s still no deal with the voice talent behind the show. And without one, the 20th season of the series could be in jeopardy.
While sources close to both the voice actors and 20th Century Fox TV are optimistic that they’re on the road to a new deal, production on the show’s 20th season has been on hold for months — meaning the studio will probably produce just 20, rather than 22, episodes next season. Should a deal not be reached anytime soon, that number could be reduced further. Pacts are already in place with “The Simpsons” scribes and producer Gracie Films.
The key cast members — Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer — are believed to make around $360,000 an episode. A new deal could bump that number closer to $500,000, including various bonuses. That’s more in line with the paydays of many live-action sitcom stars.
Production was also halted in 2004 when the cast members didn’t show up for two table reads. Back then, they were looking to increase their salaries from $125,000 an episode. In 1998, the cast (who were then making just $30,000 a seg) asked for a big raise — and 20th went as far as hiring casting directors in five cities to potentially find replacements.
But the fewer fireworks accompanying this round of negotiations may also stem from mutual acknowledgment that “The Simpsons,” like everything on TV, hasn’t been immune to broadcast’s rapid viewership erosion. With ratings down, the show isn’t bringing in the same kind of revenues it once did. The talent will likely get their pay increase even as the show becomes less of a cash cow.
If a deal isn’t made soon, whatever gains the talent may ultimately secure could be tempered by the fact that fewer episodes are produced. One optimistic insider said it could all be resolved as soon as this week.
SOURCE: Variety
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Ratings: All About Lisa
The Simpsons farewells its nineteenth season with its second worst ratings on record, where it has been hovering for 3 weeks in a row. ‘All About Lisa’ hit a mark that has only been seen once before, with 6.11 million viewers tuning in to the last episode of the show they’ll get to see til September. It pushes this month’s ‘Any Given Sundance’ to third least-watched episode of all time.
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Season Finale: All About Lisa
As Krusty’s new assistant, Lisa steals the spotlight and gets her own television show, leaving Krusty behind. But when she’s honored as Entertainer of the Year at the Springfield Media Awards, she realizes that the she may not be cut out for showbiz after all. Meanwhile, Bart and Homer spend some time bonding through their newfound love of coin-collecting.
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Simpsons Ride Opens At Universal Orlando
The Simpsons Ride officially opened Thursday at the Universal Orlando Resort in Florida. Riders are swept into Krustyland, Krusty the Clown’s new theme park, just as maniacal Sideshow Bob escapes from prison and takes control of the park to exact his revenge on Krusty and the Simpson family. Hand-picked by Krusty to be the first to ride his newest attraction, you are thrust into the middle of the action.
“I take with all due sense of mission and humility the opportunity to spray water and spritz baby powder at Universal patrons,” Simpsons executive producer James L. Brooks said in a statement. “For 20 years I’ve been dreaming about this, and here it is – a wild, thrilling Simpsons Ride put together by a huge number of talented artists and amusement-park maniacs,” added creator Matt Groening.
SOURCE: UPI
