“Boy Meets Curl” premieres tonight at 8:00pm on Fox. The episode is based on the 2010 winter Olympics which is currently taking place in Vancouver, Canada.
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Signed Simpsons Script Up For Auction
The United States Curling Association are currently holding an auction featuring The Simpsons prizes, in benefit of USA Curling’s growth and development programs. Tying the auction in with this Sunday’s all new episode, “Boy Meets Curl”, the auction features a script from the episode, signed by Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Matt Groening and others, along with a signed 400th episode celebratory poster.
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Promo: The Color Yellow
Fox have released a second promotional image for Sunday February 21st’s premiere of “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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Ratings: ‘5.11 Million’ Dollar Maybe
In the space of three weeks, The Simpsons can go from having its highest ratings in five years, to the lowest ratings of all time in the very next episode. Last night’s episode drew a meager 5.11 million viewers. Seeing an animated Coldplay or a ‘viewer-designed’ character couldn’t save the show, and indeed, Fox, from being slaughtered by the competition.
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First Look: Ricardo Bomba from Million Dollar Maybe
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.
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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.
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.
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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.