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It’s taken 3 years since the TUAW reader’s poll confirmed that you, the fans, wanted to see The Simspons available on iTunes, but this week, season 20 has finally made an appearance on the website.

The Simpsons is leading the charge for the Writers Guild of America’s (WGA) annual broadcasting awards, with five nominations. The series was one of five nominees for best comedy series, along with Entourage, Weeds and previous winners 30 Rock and The Office.

Last nights episode ‘The Burns And The Bees’ had 6.19 million viewers, which places it as the least watched episode of Season 20. The episode is now the fourth least watched episode of all time, just narrowing out last seasons ‘Any Given Sundance’ (6.18 million), while long standing positionee ‘The Way We Weren’t’ which had 6.20 million viewers back in 2004, sits at #5.

Look out for the latest releases from Bongo Comics, out this month. Bart Simpson #45: Krusty sponsors a “class clown” competition at Springfield Elementary, pitting Bart against an unlikely competitor…Milhouse Van Houten. Also, sign up on Springfield’s newest social networking site, “Bart Space”. Then, join Maggie and Moe as they attempt to solve several crimes [...]

An Australian man has been fined $2,000 after Simpsons “pornography” was discovered on his home computer. The central issue in the case was whether a cartoon character could depict a real person. Judge Michael Adams decided that it could, and found the man guilty of possessing child pornography.

Lisa The Drama Queen January 25, 2009 | 8.00pm Lisa meets equally academic and creative new friend Juliet (guest-voice Emily Blunt) and together they construct a fantasy world that takes them both a little too far from reality.

The final episode of Season 20 for 2008, ‘The Burns & The Bees’ airs tonight. Mr. Burns wants to build a new sports arena for his new NBA team, the former Boston Celtics (which he won in a poker game), but Lisa is against it because it would destroy the last bee colony in Springfield; Homer tries to solve the problem by mating the bees – with “killer” Africanized bees .