The Sun strikes again. Our report last week on Nancy Cartwright becoming Mayor or Northridge California was no more than a misunderstanding based on false information printed in UK tabloid The Sun. Urban Legend site Snopes.com investigated the issue, with their findings backing up their assumption that she was actually named honorary mayor through the Northridge Chamber of Commerce. It is strictly a PR-type position which would allow Nancy to be involved with her local community, businesses, neighborhood and involves being part of or planning various events, gatherings, etc. in the area. The quote was taken out of context, omitting the "honorary" part and the word "elected" was inserted. Read More >>>

"Well, it seems like everyone knows my voice from the Simpsons, so I’m happy now that more people are seeing my face too. This experience has really been the most fun that I’ve ever had in my entire life. I never knew that it could be like this. I’ve always wanted to do Broadway, but never dreamed or imagined that it would be in a musical. Honestly, this job has just been great fun." Read More >>>

Heaven, according to The Simpsons, is an Irish-themed bar featuring Riverdance, heavy drinking and fighting. But that’s just the Catholic version. In Protestant heaven, people in polo shirts spend eternity playing croquet and badminton. An episode broadcast last week featured the voice of Liam Neeson as an Irish priest, Father Sean, who converts Bart and Homer Simpson to Catholicism. Gordon Linney, the former Church of Ireland archdeacon of Dublin, said: “I found the depiction of the Protestant Heaven hugely offensive; it made us sound boring. The Catholics were having much more fun. “It is wrong for anyone to set out intentionally to cause offence, especially in religious matters, but sometimes religious people take themselves far too seriously and take offence too easily. We have survived screen and strife for over 2,000 years, so we’re not going to get upset about a cartoon.” Read More >>>

Simpsons Comics #106 hit the comic book stands this week, shipping this past Wednesday. Here's what's in store for the fans in this months American edition: Krusty the Clown produces a musical extravaganza starring The Simpsons as… The Simpsons! But life in the spotlight becomes tiresome and the smell of the greasepaint and the roar of the crowd leaves the family to ponder whether all the world is a stage and whether or not they should leave it all behind! You might remember Free Comic Book Day was held earlier this month. The website announced that the event will return next year. Maybe Bongo will get in on it again.

Bart Simpson has been elected mayor of Northridge in Los Angeles - well his voice has, anyway. But before you hang your head at the latest bizarre American electoral decision, it is perhaps worth pointing out that it is actually a 47-year-old mother-of-two who has been elected. She just happens to voice the tearaway cartoon character. Nancy Cartwright provides the unmistakeable voice of Bart in the iconic The Simpsons animated series and admits her day job could help her as mayor. "Everyone finds it funny that Bart is the new mayor. I can influence people because I'm Bart Simpson," she said. "I live in a nice neighbourhood. But down the road there's drugs and gangs, stealing and illiteracy." Before turning her hand to politics Nancy tried out as an actor but found that voicing cartoon characters was more her thing. Read More >>>

Was it good fun being in The Simpsons?

Mark Hamill: "The Simpsons helps me to understand the Star Wars fan thing. I am mad about the show. I was very excited to be asked to be on it, though I didn't really want to play myself - I had to pretend that I appear in public in my Luke outfit for money, which I've never done. I was shouting to the scriptwriters that I'd been on Broadway six times! My kids had to tell me to get over myself."

A heavily promoted 'There's Something About Marrying' was postponed by half an hour in Australia last night, but that didn't stop viewers tuning in to discover which character was gay. The first run Season 16 episode was the highest rating show on any station on Tuesday night, which had similar competition to Sunday's season finale in America. 1.5 million viewers tuned in to Channel Ten at 8pm to watch the episode, outrating every other show that night. The finale of Survivor Palau aired on competitor Nine at 8:30pm, but was only able to record an average of 1.4 million viewers. Contrasting figures to the ones in the report below. To give you an idea of the Australian figures, the highest rated show in Australia last year had 3.3 million viewers. Ten came third overall for the night while Nine came out on top.

Season 16 ended on Sunday night with two new episodes, 'Home Away From Homer,' and 'The Father, The Son, & The Holy Guest Star.' In what was one of Fox's last few hopes of increasing its performance in the May sweeps, an average of 8.7 million viewers watched The Simpsons over the 8pm hour, down on the previous two weeks. The big result was Family Guy's huge figure of 9.3 million viewers, and the Simpson-nearing figure of 8.1 million viewers for American Dad. The night was a big one for all networks, with CBS airing the finale of Survivor Palau and ABC with the unstoppable Desperate Housewives. While 20 million people tuned into Survivor, ABC came home with the win overall for the night, with NBC and FOX sitting at third and fourth place respectively. We'll bring you the year's ratings in review later this week.

Originally due to air last month, The Father, The Son, & The Holy Guest Star will go to air at 8:30pm tonight as the final episode of Season 16. "After Bart is falsely blamed and then expelled for a mishap at the school-sponsored medieval festival, Fat Tony suggests to Marge that he enrol in a Catholic private school. After a rough introduction with a nun on his first day, Bart meets and instantly likes an Eminem-quoting priest named Father Sean. He shows Bart the cooler parts of the religion through graphic stories and comic books. Bart's growing interest alarms his parents and ultimately drives Homer to visit the church. He, too, finds himself attracted to the religion after Father's offerings of beer, pancakes and games. It's up to Marge to bring her family back to their roots before it's too late." Don't miss all the action from 8pm tonight.

Tonight the final episodes of Season 16 will air in yet another double screening. The first episode which will air at 8:00pm is titled Home Away From Homer. "Financial trouble inspires Ned to rent his rumpus room to a pair of college-aged women, who end up running a soft-core webcam from the Flanders' home without their knowledge. When Ned becomes the laughingstock of Springfield and moves his family away to a new town, "Humble, PA - Home of the Humble Figurines," an unruly neighbour moves in next door to the Simpsons, forcing Homer to beg for Flanders' return." The episode will guest star Arrested Development's Jason Bateman as himself. The fun doesn't end there, another episode airs straight after at 8:30pm.

Following on from such treats as What Badgers Eat, Dorks Gone Wild, and Springfield Is For Gay Lovers Of Marriage, this Sunday's new episode titled Home Away From Homer will feature a website set up featuring a webcam from Ned Flanders' house. This time the website has been leaked before the airing of the episode. Sexy Slumber Party features a clip from the episode, as well as some promotional images from past scenes and media material. These sites were better when they had something to offer, but they're still fun for those keen eyed fans.

Fox has released some early details on the sixth season of The Simpsons. The set, which will be released on August 16, will sell for $49.98 US ($69.98 CAN). The specs are similar to other releases; Full Frame (1.33:1) video; English Dolby Digital 5.1, and French Surround audio tracks, and English, French and Spanish subtitles. All 25 episodes will be included in the 4 disc set. Read More >>>

The Simpsons ratings were down about 20% from last week's 350th episode double, still scoring a solid figure of 9.2 million viewers over the course of the hour in which the episodes A Star Is Torn and Thank God It's Doomsday aired. At 9pm, Fox showed it made the right decision on bringing back Family Guy, the second episode for the fourth season, although down on last week, scored 9.7 million viewers. The show has outrated The Simpsons in the last two weeks. American Dad at 9:30 had just 18% of its Family Guy lead in tuning out, 8.2 million people tuning in overall. ABC ran home with the win for the night boosted by Desperate Housewives, while CBS's Elvis special kept the network in second place. NBC came in third, while FOX was a distant fourth. The new Sunday lineup did cement FOX as the #2 network for the night among adults 18 - 49.

Another double new episode feature tonight, with just four new episodes remaining and two weeks to show them! The first episode tonight is titled A Star Is Torn and will air at 8:00pm. Here's the rundown thanks to snpp.com. Lisa agrees to participate in a Krusty-sponsored "Li'l Starmaker" competition, but panics when another contestant (guest voice Fantasia Barrino) performs a better rendition of "Mockingbird." Thankfully, Homer saves the day by hammering out a manipulative tune about Springfield that leads Lisa to victory. Yahoo TV has a minute-long preview of this episode. Don't go away, another new episode airs straight after at 8:30.

The second episode for tonight, Thank God It's Doomsday, airs at 8:30pm. An apocalyptic movie followed by three real-life omens cause a fearful Homer to research the rapture. Believing that he has deduced when the event will happen, he begins warning others as a way to secure his spot in heaven. After a skeptical Kent Brockman reports on Homer's prediction of stars falling from the sky, there's a Krusty Special blimp accident, and Homer attracts a slew of new believers. When the rapture never comes, a discredited Homer discovers an error in his calculations and returns to the Springfield Mesa alone, where he experiences a conversation with God. Both of tonights episodes can be discussed after their airings at the No Homers Club

New York's Inside TV magazine has tapped Marge Simpson, mom of the dysfunctional "The Simpsons," as the No.1 All-Time Greatest TV Mom. Marge beat out June Cleaver ("Leave it to Beaver"), who was second; Clair Huxtable ("The Cosby Show"), No.3; Lorelai Gilmore ("Gilmore Girls"), No.4; and Marion Cunningham ("Happy Days"), who was fifth.

In an "exclusive interview" with Inside TV, Lisa Simpson had this to say about her mom: "After all these years, she still makes pearls and a beehive work." The publication's editors noted her ability to multitask. "She's a modern day June Cleaver who juggles bratty Bart, precocious Lisa and pacifier-addicted Maggie, while keeping hubby Homer in check." The full list of winners, with explanations, appears in Monday's edition of the publication.

Mike Reiss didn't earn his job as a writer and producer of "The Simpsons" by making clean jokes. On Monday, he showed that he's not afraid to make fun of George Bush, Jews, or sufferers of Tourette's syndrome. "Tourette's - it's a funny, funny disease," Reiss said. Reiss was brought to campus by University Union Speakers. Though his show was delayed when the venue was switched, Reiss still drew a large crowd. "It's always been my dream to come speak at Syracuse," he said. "Now that that dream has come true, I have to say ... Shit! I mean, of all the dreams I've had, why is this the one that gets to come true?" Reiss' raunchy sense of humor, punctuated with F-bombs and jokes not suitable for polite company, was well-received by the audience. Picking up on that, Reiss joked that "you guys are sick." Read More >>>

The 351st episode 'The Heartbroke Kid' outperformed the 350th on Sunday night, with solid figures all around. Don't Fear The Roofer gathered 10.4 million viewers, while The Heartbroke Kid which aired immediately after brought 11.7 million viewers to Fox. In past instances where double features aired, The Simpsons always outrated itself in an 8:30pm slot over the 8:00pm slot. Fan reviews also suggest The Heartbroke Kid was the better episode, which was actually intended to be the 350th episode up until a month ago. The show helped boost figures for the return of Family Guy (11.9 million), while the second installment of American Dad had 8.5 million viewers, giving Fox its best numbers in the time slot in more than a year in key young demos. The network hit second place for the night, something they haven't achieved in a while. ABC came first, boosted by Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy.

"In addition to his continuing duties voicing countless characters on The Simpsons, [Hank] Azaria is balancing a flourishing film career. He is also in the midst of enjoying his Broadway debut in Spamalot, the smash musical based on Monty Python and Holy Grail, in which he manages to channel the spirit of John Cleese without resorting to mere imitation as the macho knight Sir Lancelot, along with several other roles. He will be taking a leave of absence from Spamalot in June to begin production on the second season of Showtime's original series Huff, which he produces and stars in." Read More >>>

Straight up after the 350th episode, the 351st titled The Heartbroke Kid will go to air at 8:30pm. "Bart becomes addicted to junk food when a new vending machine is installed at Springfield Elementary. His steady diet of processed foods leads to a massive weight gain and health issues. When he's unable to stick to his prescribed low-fat diet, the Simpsons stage an intervention and ship Bart off to "Serenity Ranch - A Forced Starvation Facility," headed up by former food addict Tab Spangler (guest star Albert Brooks). While Spangler tries to help Bart overcome his obsession, Homer and Marge turn their home into a hostel for German travelers in order to pay for the costly Serenity Ranch." Don't miss the hour of all new Simpsons tonight on Fox. More details below.

The Simpsons reaches its milestone 350th episode tonight, with an episode called Don't Fear The Roofer which will air at 8:00pm. "A storm hits Springfield, causing the Simpson roof to leak. Unable to keep a roof over his family's head, a downtrodden Homer seeks companionship at a bar called Knockers. There, he befriends a beer-loving roofer, Ray (guest voice Ray Romano), who agrees to help Homer with the repairs. When Homer's new best friend never shows up, Marge and Dr. Hibbert conclude that he's a figment of Homer's imagination and place Homer in a mental hospital. But, Homer and Ray may have the last laugh." On behalf of the staff here at The Simpsons Channel we'd like to congratulate the guys behind the show for reaching 350 episodes.