Good news, everyone (well, not for “Futurama” fans). The Simpsons has won yet another Emmy for “Outstanding Animated Program,” beating out “Disney’s Kim Possible,” “As Told By Ginger,” “SpongeBob SquarePants,” and Matt Groening’s other brainchild. This time around OFF won the award thanks to the “Three Gays Of The Condo” episode, and you can read more information about it and the other nominations by clicking here. The Simpsons missed out on the award for best Music and Lyrics for “Everybody Hates Ned Flanders”, but hey, you can’t win everything. Congratulations to our favorite family for still raking in the awards after 14 years.
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Hank Azaria Wins Emmy
Hank Azaria has snagged this year’s Emmy for voiceover performance, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Monday. Azaria won for the episode “Moe Baby Blues,” in which hard-boiled bartender Moe takes a shine to baby Maggie. In addition to Moe, Azaria gives voices to Simpsons characters such as Comic Book Guy and Chief Wiggum. He has won in the voiceover category twice before; he won an Emmy for his supporting performance in the ABC telepic Tuesdays With Morrie. Azaria is also up for guest actor in a comedy for his work last season on Friends. Congratulations to him on his win (and other nomination) from the staff here at The Simpsons Channel!
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Simpsons Emmy Nominations
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced the Nominees in all categories for the 55th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. As usual, The Simpsons are nominated in the category ‘Animated Program Less Than One Hour’. The episode submitted for the award was this season’s “Three Gays Of The Condo.” For the first time we can bring you the rest of the nominees in this category. They are: “As Told by Ginger: And She Was Gone,” Nickelodeon; “Disney’s Kim Possible: Crush,” Disney; “Futurama: Jurassic Bark,” Fox; “SpongeBob SquarePants: New Student Starfish-Clams,” Nickelodeon.
Further down the nominees list, The Simpsons also pokes their head into the best music category for Dude, Where’s My Ranch’s “Everybody Hates Ned Flanders.” The awards will be presented at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 21, 2003.
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Homer Tops Favorites Poll
“Cartoon star Homer Simpson has been named as the favourite US TV character among UK viewers, according to an opinion poll. In the poll, carried out by listings magazine Radio Times, 38% of viewers voted for Homer, the father in the cult series The Simpsons. In second place with 14% was Frasier Crane of the comedy series Frasier, while Rachel from Friends, came third with 10% of the votes. The Simpsons recently celebrated its 300th episode after 13 years on screen. Its success has made global icons of its dysfunctional family, in particular dumb dad Homer. In another question, viewers said they considered the programme content on 24-hour news channel CNN to be most representative of the American people. In second place came Friends and The Simpsons trailed in at number three.” Read More >>>
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Groening Wins Cartoon Award
“Matt Groening, the creator of “The Simpsons,” received the top award from the National Cartoonists Society this weekend. Groening won the Reuben award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year Saturday (May 24) at the society’s annual awards ceremony, the AP reports. The award is named after Rube Goldberg, the first president of the society. Also nominated for cartoonist of the year were comic-strip artists Pat Brady (“Rose Is Rose” ), Greg Evans (“Luann” ) and Dan Piraro (“Bizarro” ). Among the other awards, Darby Conley won in the newspaper comic-strip division for his “Get Fuzzy.” Groening created the comic “Life in Hell,” which appears in alternative newspapers across the country, before going on to “The Simpsons.” The cartoon started as a series of shorts on “The Tracey Ullman Show” before becoming its own series.”
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Marge Rated 2nd Best Mom
The brits have had their say! A poll conducted by The Mirror asked 2000 children and Nick Laws who they believed was the nation’s favorite fictional mom. Marge Simpson didn’t quite make the top spot, but was slotted in second with 21% of the votes. Kat Slater of the British soap “Eastenders” came out on top with 30% of the votes. Josa Young, from internet provider AOL who carried out the survey, said: “We were surprised Kat Slater topped the bill. But she is loving and loyal and fits the bill as a ‘cool’ mum.” The opinion of The Simpsons Channel is that had a similar poll been conducted in the USA, Marge would have come up the winner by far! Read More >>>
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Bankable Bart Simpson
Electronic Media have compiled this years list of the Most Bankable Stars in Syndication. Bart and The Simpsons came in at #4 on their list, following Jerry Seinfeld and just missing out on #3 by the cast of Friends. “Coming in at No. 4 is TV’s longest-running comedy series and longest-running animated show in prime time. Don’t have a cow, but it remains a cash cow for the Fox Network. Neither double nor triple runs seem to be able to slow down its success. Simpsons still holds its own but fans have been upset to learn the writers are mulling an end to the prime-time run two or three years down the road, even if it will play on in syndication forever. Still, young and old alike continue to flock to Springfield. “Bankable because not since Dennis the Menace has America identified so warmly with a yellow-haired troublesome child. It seems that every family has a little Bart running around,” said one panelist.” The Simpsons came in at #5 last year. Read More >>>
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Groening Cartoon Finalist
“The Simpsons creator Matt Groening and three syndicated newspaper artists are finalists for the National Cartoonists Society’s 57th Annual Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.
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OFF Gets WGA Nomination
The nominations for the 55th Annual Writers Guild Awards were announced today, with HBO’s “Sex and the City” and FOX’s “The Simpsons” dominating their categories with three nominations apiece. The “Simpsons'” episodes “The Bart Wants What It Wants,” “Blame It on Lisa” and “Jaws Wired Shut” were all nominated in the new animation category, along with “Futurama’s” “GodFellas,” “King of the Hill’s” “My Own Private Rodeo” and the FOX Christmas special “Santa, Baby!” Read More >>>
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Annie, Yes We’re Okay!
They left the Golden Globes empty handed, but The Simpsons scored big where it was judged amongst its own genre. The 30th Annual Annie Awards were presented this weekend, in which Our Favorite Family walked home with an award in the category “Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production”. This is not the first time the show has won this award. A complete list of nominations and winners can be found here.
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OFF Loses Out On Golden Globe
The Simpsons did not win the Golden Globe for best “musical or comedy series” tonight, as that honor went to HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” The other shows besides OFF that were nominated included “Sex and the City,” “Friends,” and “Will & Grace.” Congratulations anyway to The Simpsons for receiving its first Golden Globe nomination.
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OFF And The Annies
Hot off the heels of their Golden Globe nomination, The Simpsons has been nominated once again for an Annie Award from ASIFA-Hollywood, the International Animated Film Society. Our favorite family, “Disney’s Kim Possible,” “The Flintstones on the Rocks,” “Futurama,” and “Invader Zim” were all nominated for outstanding animated TV production. The Simpsons has received several Annie Awards over the years, so here’s hoping for another. Read More >>>