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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.

Is this your first look at the new High Definition opening credits? Fox has today released a promotional image for ‘Take My Life, Please‘ which will be the first episode broadcast in HD on February 15. As promised, there will be numerous references to the last 19 seasons dotted around the credits, replacing characters such as Jacques and Bleeding Gums Murphy who have forever been prominent in the show’s opening despite their deaths or lack of appearance.

A new promotional image for ‘Lisa The Drama Queen’, which airs January 25, has been released by Fox. 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 .

Mypods And Boomsticks airs tonight in North America. The Simpsons take a trip to the Springfield Mall where Lisa gets her very own Mypod. Meanwhile, Homer offends Bart’s new friend Bashir but when he goes to his home to apologize, he instead snoops around their house, uncovering what he believes to be a terrorist plot to blow up the Springfield Mall.

Airs tonight at 8.00pm! Lisa discovers her amazing talent for doing crossword puzzles and becomes an expert cruciverbalist, and she soon enters a citywide crossword puzzle tournament. Homer, short on cash after abandoning his ‘Sweet Conclusions’ professional break-up artist business, goes to cheer Lisa on at her tournament and discovers an underground crossword puzzle betting ring.

A new episode airs tonight on FOX. The Simpson family visits a cabin in the woods where a series of flashbacks depict Homer and Marge during their early married years while Bart and Lisa also remember times from their early childhood. One flashback takes place when a pre-married Marge and Homer first meet Ned and Maude Flanders.