A new promotional image has been released to advertise the new episode airing on December 16. Click the image above for a full-size version.

A total of 9.03 million viewers watched the return of Sideshow Bob in Sunday's episode Funeral For A Fiend. A repeat at 8:30 had 8.55 million viewers, while Family Guy at 9 fetched 9.60 million. The Simpsons was fourth place at 8pm behind Sunday Night Football, 60 Minutes, and Home Edition. Fox was fourth overall for the night as well as fourth amongst adults 18 - 49.

Simpsons Channel has been updating you on the brief comings and goings of Futurama since the show began, so it seems fitting to announce that the first of four feature-length episodes hits DVD around North America tomorrow.

The episode titled 'Bender's Big Score' is a fantastic return to form for the show. After watching, you'll begin to wonder why the show was axed and foremost why this episode wasn't released to theaters alongside The Simpsons Movie. The first new episode since the show's four year absence has all the ingredients which will make it one of the best Futurama episodes you'll ever see. It is a delightful adventure into the past, present and future of planet earth featuring all the characters you already know and love as well as some new.

This along with the other to-be-released DVDs will eventually be spliced into individual episodes (one wonders just how) to air on Comedy Central next year. You can pick it up in stores tomorrow or purchase online at Amazon.

Marge dreams that Keith Olbermann chides her for fast-forwarding through television commercials. Marge tries her to make restitution by watching hours of advertisements, and she and the Simpson family take particular interest in an ad for Wes Doobner's World-Famous Family-Style Rib Huts. They drive to the restaurant, only to find Sideshow Bob waiting for them, triumphant in his elaborate hoax to lure them to their doom. When Sideshow Bob's attempt to terminate the family is foiled, he is put on trial, where his father blames Sideshow Bob's psychosis on Bart. During the proceedings, Bart accidentally kills his old nemesis, and Bob's brother Cecil invites Bart to attend the memorial service for Bob to bury the hatchet for good

The impressive figures continue, with 10.55 million viewers tuning into last night's episode Husbands And Knives. That's virtually the same as last week, so the viewers are holding steady. FOX came second overall for the night and helped by The Simpsons was in first place among adults 18 - 49. At 8pm The Simpsons was in fourth place behind Football, The Amazing Race and American Music Awards. Family Guy at 9pm had 10.52 million viewers.

Amid a bunch of shows calling it a day at this time of the year due to the writers strike, another new episode (Funeral For A Fiend) of The Simpsons airs this Sunday.

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Bart, Lisa and Milhouse check out a new comic book store called Coolsville, where they are treated like royalty by the owner Milo (Jack Black). Coolsville attracts some real-life comic book creators, so Comic Book Guy wages war on Coolsville in an attempt to win back his customers. Meanwhile, Marge decides her middle-aged physique could use some help, and she launches a gym for "regular women." Marge's gym becomes wildly successful and as her fame grows, Homer fears she will dump him for a younger, more fit guy. Homer decides to take matters into his own hands to get into shape.

Another promo image for Funeral For A Fiend. When Bart accidentally kills his old nemesis Sideshow Bob, Bob's brother Cecil and his father invites Bart to attend the memorial service and bury the hatchet for good. Click for large view.

One of two new promotional images for Funeral For A Fiend, airing November 25. Click for larger view

A Sydney man who uploaded the first known pirated copy of "The Simpsons Movie" to the Internet after recording it on his cell phone was fined $888 by a magistrate Tuesday for breaching copyright. An international operation tracked the unauthorized copy to the home of Jose Duarte, 21, who was arrested in August.

Prosecutor Chuan Ng said the movie was downloaded 3,213 times in the few hours it was available on the Internet. Duarte's lawyer said Duarte tried twice to upload the movie July 26, the release date, several hours ahead of its appearance in most of the world. He thought he'd failed, said the lawyer, Ken Stewart.

"It would appear that this young man had the sophistication of a dead fish," Stewart said. "I have sat and spent time with this young man, ... and I am quite satisfied that he had no idea what he was doing." Duarte pleaded guilty in a Sydney Magistrates Court Tuesday to a charge of distributing copyright material and was fined by 1,000 Australian dollars.

Little Orphan Millie was another hit for The Simpsons, with 10.57 million viewers -- the second highest this season after last weeks 3-year high. This follows the trend of the same time last year, although then the episode G-I-D'oh had 11.43 million viewers, up 1 million on that year's Treehouse Of Horror. Based on previous years, the show could be in for another week or two of ratings in the 10 million barrier before stabilizing at 8 to 9 million.

FOX was fourth overall for the night while ABC, NBC and FOX all seemingly tied first place among adults 18 - 49. Family Guy had 10.42 million viewers at 9.

New episode Husbands and Knives airs this Sunday.

When Milhouse's parents are lost at sea and presumed dead, Milhouse decides it's time to begin acting like a real man, and his new attitude makes him more attractive and popular than ever. Bart can't stand that Milhouse has become cooler than him, and he devises a plan to win back his cooler-than-Milhouse status. Meanwhile, Homer finds himself in hot water when he can't remember the color of Marge's eyes, and Marge vows not to let Homer see her eyes again until he remembers their color.

A total of 11.72 million viewers tuned in to Treehouse Of Horror XVIII. It is the highest rating episode so far this season, beating the premiere by at least 2 million viewers. November is known to bring in the highest figures for the season given fans are used to the show starting off the year with a Treehouse Of Horror episode. Though this year's special beat the last three, XVII (10.43 million), XVI (11.63 million) and XV (11.29). The 2003 Halloween special had 16 million viewers.

Family Guy at 9pm had 10.49 million viewers. Despite the high figures Fox came fourth overall and amongst the adult demographic, and The Simpsons was fourth in its timeslot of 8.00. A new episode, Little Orphan Millie airs this Sunday November 11.

EA Games are taking promotion of The Simpsons Game to the next level. Here's just one of the Simpsons Game Tv Spot's going around that I managed to capture tonight.

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Mr. and Mrs. Simpson - Homer and Marge in a Mr. and Mrs. Smith parody.
E.T. Go Home - Bart and Lisa try to help Kodos return to his home planet, or at least that's what Kodos wants them to think.
Heck House - when Bart and his friends go too far in playing pranks on Halloween, Flanders turns the church into a Hell House that's a real killer