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Here’s a new promo image for March 8th episode, No Loan Again, Naturally.

The Simpsons’ adjustable-rate home mortgage skyrockets and the Simpsons are forced to put their house up for sale. Flanders does a good deed and purchases the property, becoming Homer and Marge’s new landlord. But when Homer publicly accuses Flanders of neglecting the Simpsons’ unsafe living conditions, Flanders threatens to throw the family out on the streets.

Fox has ordered two more seasons of The Simpsons that will make the animated hit the longest-running series in primetime TV history. The 44-episode pickup will bring the show to a whopping 493 episodes. “Gunsmoke” has held the record as the longest-running series and was on the air for 20 years. With this renewal, “The Simpsons” will easily take the lead.

How The Test Was Won March 1, 2009 | 8:00pm Bart is informed that he has received perfect scores on a practice test for the upcoming Vice PresidentÕs Assessment Test. As a result, he will be exempt from taking the real exam and will be transported by helicopter to a pizza party. However, Bart soon [...]

The above promotional image has been released for March 1st’s “How The Test Was Won”. Bart is informed that he and a select group of students have received perfect scores on a practice test for the upcoming Vice PresidentÕs Assessment Test. As a result, he will be exempt from taking the real exam and will be transported by helicopter to a pizza party. However, Bart and the others soon realize their trip is not what it seems, and their day turns into an adventure all its own.

The switch to high definition, which accounted for a major shift in the lack of promotion, wasn’t enough to save The Simpsons from another lacklustre ratings performance. While Take My Wife, Please did not break new lows, it received a total of 6.82 million viewers. It is the third least watched episode of the season but the best ratings since November, which is an improvement at least.

Sundays episode of The Simpsons entitled “Take My Life, Please”—will include the first full, permanent revamp of the show’s opening titles since its premiere in 1989. The titles were slightly modified for its second season but some pieces of animation were left over. Above are preview pictures from the new opening, which gives the titles a style similar to that of The Simpsons Movie.