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The third episode of Season 21, ‘The Great Wife Hope’, airs tonight on Fox. The men and boys of Springfield become obsessed with Mixed Martial Arts, a violent sport where fighters inflict severe pain on one another. When Marge and her friends stage a protest, the show’s promoter embraces the controversy and challenges Marge to a match, promising to shut down the competition if she wins.

Marge Simpson will be the first ever cartoon character to make the front cover of Playboy Magazine this month when the issue celebrates the 20th Anniversary of The Simpsons. The issue, due out Friday, October 16th, will feature a story inside called “The Devil in Marge Simpson” and another three pages of pictures.

The official box art for The Simpsons: The Complete Twentieth Season has today been revealed by Amazon.com. Only one box type is available at this time and we are yet to learn whether or not there will be a limited edition box. But judging by the box art itself, our guess is that this is it for the Season 20 release. Update: High Resolution image now avaliable.

The Great Wife Hope October 11, 2009 | 8:00pm The men of Springfield become obsessed with Mixed Martial Arts, a violent sport where fighters inflict severe pain on one another. When Marge and her friends stage a protest, the show’s promoter embraces the controversy and challenges Marge to a match, promising to shut down the [...]

No, that is not a typo. While Season Twelve of The Simpsons was released last month, it appears that Fox are keen to go back to a two-per-year release plan by rushing a release of The Complete Twentieth Season, possibly in time for Christmas 2009. The news was confirmed after Amazon added the title yesterday and KFC unveiled a Season 20 DVD giveaway promotion in conjunction with The Simpsons Ride.

The ratings are in and a total of 9.32 million viewers watched last night’s new episode “Bart Gets A ‘Z’”. That is an increase on the season premiere. The Cleveland Show stayed strong with 8.70 million viewers, a 2 million viewer improvement on last year’s King Of The Hill. Family Guy was the winner of the night with 9.67 million viewers.