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British magazine Radio Times will herald the upcoming American election with an exclusive magazine tie-in edition with The Simpsons and Fox. This week’s cover will feature an illustration of Homer Simpson sitting in the White House and include the character’s own manifesto for a better America. It will also feature an exclusive interview with the creator, Matt Groening. The issue comes after a poll by the magazine revealed that the majority of readers would like to see Homer Simpson in the Oval office ahead of any other familiar television character. Read More >>>

UK: Channel 4 have today confirmed that cult cartoon The Simpsons will make its network premiere on Bonfire Night, November 5. The themed night of programming will begin at 9pm with two new episodes from season 12, ‘A Tale of Two Springfields’ and ‘Tree House of Horror XI’. At 10pm, a documentary called The Ultimate Guide To The Simpsons will chart the success of the show, with contributions from Eddie Izzard, Green Wing star Tamsin Greig and Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carte, as well as the cast and crew. At 11pm, Jamie Theakston will host The Simpsons’ Quiz Show, a comedy panel show with Ralph Little, Sara Cox, Iain Lee, Richard Bacon, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Nick Frost – all diehard Simpsons fans who are tested on their knowledge of the show using some of the funniest clips from the past 15 years. From November 8, C4 will air older episodes of the show each weeknight at 6pm, while the terrestrial premieres of season 12 episodes will be seen Fridays at 9pm.

Warning: Article from “The Sun” in the UK, who told us David Beckham was to appear on the show amongst other things. “Television’s most dysfunctional family are to be axed froms screens before they get too boring. The man behind Springfield’s favourite residents – The Simpsons – says it is becoming increasingly hard to develop new storylines. Matt Groening has signed a deal with the voices behind Bart, Homer, Marge, Lisa and co taking them up to a 19th series in 2008. But he only hopes to do one more series after that in 2009. Matt, 50, told The Sun: “The Simpsons’ success has been unbelievable. “But the show gets harder and harder every year because we are trying to keep surprising the audience, and trying to surprise ourselves. “I’d love to get to 365 episodes, so there’s one for every day of the year with no repeats.” He said the final five series would see some of the more peripheral characters, such as Bart’s mate Milhouse, getting more prominent roles. “I think we’ll see more and more stories about the other characters of Springfield,” he said.

Homer Simpson’s emphatic exclamation “D’oh!” has topped a British poll of favorite TV comedy catchphrases, easily beating an array of home-grown classics. The bumbling hero of American animated TV series “The Simpsons” — who often accompanies his trademark saying with a slap to the forehead — topped Nuts Magazine’s poll with 34% of the vote. “Doh” has even found a home in the Oxford English Dictionary, which defines it as: “Expressing frustration at the realization that things have turned out badly or not as planned or that one has just said or done something foolish. Also implying that another person has said or done something foolish.” The rest of the poll’s top 10, published Wednesday, all come from British television hits. Read More >>>