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- Airs Tonight!Springfield is in an uproar after Principal Skinner makes a sexist comment at the end of an Itchy and Scratchy musical. Principal Skinner is replaced by Melanie Upfoot (Frances McDormand), a women’s educational expert, who decides to divide the school into two different schools: one for boys, and one for girls. Studious Lisa [...]

Does Matt Groening really need any introduction? His evolution from cantankerous Los Angeles underground cartoonist to the creator of one of the most beloved and influential comic institutions of the past century is already the stuff of legend. In 1977, Groening began writing the long-running comic strip Life In Hell, a cult favorite about the [...]

In stores today, Springfield’s merry mischief-maker, Bart Simpson, switches places with Ralph Wiggum on “Take Your Son To Work Day” with surprising and potentially life- threatening results. Then, Bart gets a new roommate when he moves into the retirement home with Grampa. Also, Bart and Nelson start their own pirate radio station, and it is [...]

Ricky Gervais’s episode of The Simpsons was a UK ratings winner – claiming Sky One’s highest-ever viewing figures for the cartoon. Gervais, 44, voiced the part of an English office manager, Charles, who lives with Marge following a Wife Swap-style reality show. He was asked to pen the episode by US Simpsons creator Matt Groening, [...]

Simpsons fans turned away from trilogy episode ‘The Wettest Stories Ever Told’ this weekend. The episode held just 7.04 million viewers, the lowest-rated episode in two years and second lowest rating on record behind 6.2 million for Season 15′s The Way We Weren’t. While generally not regarded by fans as a popular episode, the content [...]

- Airs Tonight!When the Simpsons’ plans for a nice family outing at the Frying Dutchman turn into a dining disaster, the family tries to salvage the night by telling different stories of disasters at sea. Lisa recounts the Mayflower voyage, Bart tells tales of Tahitian mutiny and Homer puts his own spin on the capsizing [...]

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening has confessed he’s hurt British funnyman Ricky Gervais hasn’t picked him for a part on hit comedy show, Extras. Despite hailing his cameo on the cult cartoon series the pinnacle of his comedic career, Gervais has failed to return Groening’s favor and invite him to star in Extras. And Groening, [...]