Archive | December, 2011

24 December 2011 0 Comments

The Simpsons Leads with Most Writers Guild TV Nominations

The Simpsons has topped the 2012 Writers Guild of America Broadcasting Awards with a total of 4 nominations, all in the same category. The category is as follows: ANIMATION “Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts” (The Simpsons), Written by Tim Long; Fox “The Blue and the Gray” (The Simpsons), Written by Rob LaZebnik; Fox “Donnie [...]

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24 December 2011 3 Comments

Kim Jong-Il Parody

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il had a lot of parodies made about him before his death last week.  On the Simpsons season 23 premiere episode “The Falcon and the D’oh Man” the show poked fun at the dictator in a musical titled “Being Short is No Hinderance to Greatness”.

12 December 2011 7 Comments

Ratings: Holidays Of Future Passed

A total of 6.45 million viewers tuned in to watch last night’s Christmas-themed + future episode ‘Holidays of Future Passed’. While down on last week’s impressive figures, they are still far off the lowest we’ve seen this season. The Cleveland Show (4.98 million) took the place of Allen Gregory this week, though you wouldn’t know [...]

9 December 2011 2 Comments

Season 14 out on DVD/Blu Ray

The Simpsons complete 14th season is out! Fans in the UK & Australia have already had the opportunity to get theirs, but on Tuesday the complete 14th season was released in the USA. For those who missed a previous post on the DVD release, special features for Season 14 DVD/Blu Ray include: Deleted Scenes It’s [...]

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9 December 2011 5 Comments

New Episode: Holidays of Future Passed

Holidays of Future Passed airs this Sunday in North America. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and the Simpsons flash-forward thirty years to find themselves in a tech-savvy, futuristic Springfield. Bart and Lisa have children of their own and decide to spend the holidays as one big family at Homer and Marge’s house. [...]

6 December 2011 4 Comments

Ratings: The Ten-Per-Cent Solution

The Simpsons was up this week in viewership as 9.01 million viewers tuned in to see “The Ten-Per-Cent Solution”.  Up against the Simpsons was Sunday Night Football on NBC (14.16 million), The Amazing Race on CBS (9.63 million), and ABC’s Once Upon a Time (9.61 million). The Simpsons had the highest ratings on FOX for [...]