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Following our story on Saturday, Ananova has confirmed American Idol judge Simon Cowell’s Simpsons guest spot, complete with story details. He will play a nursery school admissions officer who treats toddlers to the same withering putdowns as hapless Pop Idol hopefuls. Executive producer Al Jean says “We’re talking about a story where the Simpsons are [...]

Sunday’s double shot of The Simpsons with Dude, Where’s My Ranch? at 8pm and a rerun of Barting Over at 8:30pm has recorded some interesting figures in the Zap2it overnight ratings report. “At 8pm, the second part of the “Touched by an Angel” finale won with an 8.8/15. FOX was second with a new episode [...]

Russ Lemmon writes: “Has it come to this? We are having second thoughts about a new ‘Welcome to Toledo’ sign because of Homer Simpson? I can’t see the ‘ToledOH!’ sign being anything more than an inside joke to a relatively small percentage of the population. (Do the math: About 660,000 people live in Lucas, Wood, [...]

Jonathan Edwards, the record-breaking triple jumper, spoke for the first time this weekend about the Christian principles that will guide him in his new role as a television watchdog, revealing amongst other things that he doesn’t watch the Simpsons. Speaking to the Observer he revealed; “I don’t watch a massive amount of television.” But he [...]

Mr Nasty Simon Cowell of American Idol and Pop Idol fame is in talks to star in The Simpsons. The millionaire talent spotter, famed for his barbed comments to wannabe singers, could have a cameo role turning idle pop Homer into a rock and roll sensation. Simpsons executive producer Al Jean admitted: “We thought it [...]

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening has picked a suitable epitaph for his gravestone – his cult cartoon character Homer’s catchphrase “D’oh!” Groening has accepted that the saying, which has become a world-wide catchphrase following its repeated use on the massively popular TV series, will follow him after his death – whether he likes it or [...]

Vivendi Universal today announced their 2003-04 video games lineup to be showcased at next month’s E3 Expo. Amongst the titles is a new Simpsons game titled “Hit And Run”. The game will mostly feature driving missions, but players will also be required to complete some on-foot missions in a similar fashion to “Grand Theft Auto”. [...]