The Simpsons complete 14th season is out!
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Season 14 Out on DVD/Blu Ray in the UK Today
The Simpsons complete 14th season has been released in the UK today.

Season 14 DVD Box Art Revealed
Amazon UK is the first source to unveil the box art for the upcoming Complete Fourteenth Season on DVD and Blu-ray. It also reveals the release date for this region to be 19 September. A North American release date is still unknown, though is estimated that it will come about a month earlier.

Fox Threatened To Sue Fox!
Matt Groening spoke to Terry Gross on her radio show “Fresh Air” this morning and discussed a Fox News lawsuit. In the Season 14 episode “Mr. Spritz Goes To Washington”, a Fox News parody was aired, including use of the news crawl. “Fox fought against it and said they would sue the show and we called their bluff cause we didn’t think Rupert Murdoch would pay Fox to sue itself.” said Groening. “We got away with it but now Fox has a new rule that we can’t do those little fake news crawls along the bottom of the screen, in a cartoon, because it might confuse the viewers into thinking it’s real news” How insulting! Reported by DallasNews.com and transcribed by myself.

Rock And Roll Fantasy
Now in its third year, David Fishof’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp is already muscling its way into pop culture, thanks to a hilarious recent episode of “The Simpsons” in which Homer signs up.In the episode, Mick Jagger inducts participants into the habitat’s free-for-all lifestyle. “There are only two rules here,” Jagger’s animated figure decrees. “Rule Number One: THERE ARE NO RULES! Rule Number Two: No outside food.” But the actual event is organized somewhat differently than the media has portrayed it. For all of you who saw how Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp was played out in the episode “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation,” and thought it would be fun, you can read about one man’s experience at the real fantasy camp at Lawrence.com.

O Canada. It’s The Bart Of War
God Bless Canada, er America, for The Simpsons. TV’s longest-running and most fearless sitcom signed off for another season Sunday with a jaw-dropping finale. In the first of a double-episode ender, best friends Bart and Milhouse ended up battling on a baseball field where the boys have gathered to sing the national anthem. To stop the fisticuffs spilling into the stands, they all decide to sing a “peace anthem,” not the stirring war chant that is the U.S.’s Star Spangled Banner. O Canada was sung, and — naturally — all fighting stopped. “Well Bart, we’ve learned that war is not the answer,” said Milhouse. “Except to all of America’s problems,” said Bart. End of episode. Whoa! If this had been a Canadian show there’d be sanctions. Our softwood lumber would be banned. Our helicopters would be mocked. How did The Simpsons get away with this much cheek? Read More >>>
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Season Finale Ratings
For the final time until November we present to you the ratings report (unless a rerun rates the socks off its competition). The “60 Minutes” special held strong for CBS at 8 p.m. with a 9.9/17. FOX was second with two new episodes of “The Simpsons” earning a 6.4/11 and a 7.0/11 for Bart Of War and Moe Baby Blues respecitvely. NBC was third with “American Dreams” at 5.9/10 and ABC again trailed with their Adam Sandler effort. For the night, among adults 18-49, ABC was able to pull ahead, with a 4.7. FOX was second at 4.2 and NBC was a tight third at 4.1.

Season 14 Concludes Tonight
Season 14, arguably one of the better seasons in The Simpsons’ recent years ends tonight with a double serving of new episodes. Bart Of War airs first at 8pm. “After his latest bout of mischief results in another encounter with the Springfield police department, Marge and Homer elect to place Bart into a program of supervised afternoon activities in the form of a quasi- Native American tribe dubbed “The Pre-Teen Braves.” But tribal war ensues when his clan is forced into a game of community service one-upsmanship with Milhouse’s opposing group of do-gooders: “The Calvary Kids.”

CBS Wins Sunday Ratings
The two-hour finale of “Survivor: The Amazon” gave CBS a runaway victory on Sunday night, both overall and among the advertiser-coveted younger set. CBS averaged a 10.5 rating/18 share in primetime, nearly four points ahead of second-place NBC, 6.7/11. FOX, 4.7/8, edged ABC, 4.5/8, for third place. Among adults 18-49, CBS led with a 7.0 rating. FOX avergaged 3.9, NBC 3.4 and ABC 2.5. CBS began the night with “60 Minutes,” 8.1/16. NBC was second with “Dateline,” 4.0/8. ABC aired the movie “E.T.” (4.5/8 average from 7 to 10 p.m.), while FOX averaged 3.7/7 with a rerun of “The Simpsons” and “King of the Hill.” At 8 p.m., the first hour of “Survivor” scored a 10.8/18. FOX moved up to second with “The Simpsons,” 5.7/10, and “Malcolm in the Middle,” 5.4/9.

Jackson Browne Animated
“Jackson Browne becomes a badly drawn boy this Sunday when he debuts as a character on The Simpsons. In the episode ‘Brake My Wife, Please’ Homers loses his drivers licence and discovers the joys of walking. As he walks around the neighborhood he meets people he didn’t know lived in the area including Jackson Browne and actor Steve Buscemi. However, with Homer grounded, Marge is needed for additional driving duties but the stress causes her to lose concentration and she runs over him. Marge then has even more duties on top of playing ‘mum’s taxi’ she also now has to nurse Homer back to health.” Thanks to Undercover Music News for this description. You can review this episode at its conclusion on Sunday at the No Homers Club.

Ratings: Old Yeller Belly
The overnight rankings for the Old Yeller Belly and I’m Spelling As Fast As I Can double have been posted by Zap2it, and it’s a similar result to last week. “The first hour of CBS’ Lucille Ball biopic opened strongly with an 8.2/13. ABC was second with the special ‘Tim Allen Presents: A User’s Guide to Home Improvement,’ which constructed a 6.6/11. FOX was third with a new episode of ‘The Simpsons’ (6.3/11) and a repeat of the yellow family (6.6/11).” Again, the rerun rated higher than the new episode. With this occuring last week as well as in February for the 300th episode double, could Fox be looking at moving The Simpsons to 8:30pm? Probably not, but always a possibility.

Old Yeller Belly Tonight
A new episode titled Old Yeller Belly airs in North America tonight, and already judging by the descrpition it looks as though it’ll be a good one. In the episode, “Santa’s Little Helper is shunned as a coward after opting to devour a roast turkey rather than pull Homer from a fire. Getting his nose stuck in a can of Duff Beer afterward, however, proves to be somewhat of a spirit-booster when it propells him to the status of Spuds McDuff: the Duff Brewery’s new mascott. But matters worsen when the the dog’s new-found fame cause his original race track owner to come forth and reclaim his “property” — leaving it up to the Simpsons to get their dog back by proving Santa’s Little Helper a coward unfit to hawk Duff beer.” The episode airs at 8pm on Fox/Global and will be followed by a rerun of I’m Spelling As Fast As I Can. You can review the episode at its conclusion on the No Homers Club Board.