As expected, the alternate box art for The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season is now available. There appears to be a lack of a 'cut-out' as seen in previous sets, but maybe it's just well-hidden. See story below for limited edition art.

For those of you who'll be hitting the shops early on August 7th for the limited edition box of The Complete Tenth Season, here's the official art, released by Amazon.com today. The alternate box art is expected soon.

This one's been hard to find, but here it is. Below is the short Simpsons Movie trailer which aired during the 400th episode on the weekend, thanks to TheMovieBox. Not much is revealed about the film but some new shots appear. Enjoy.

Simpsons Comics #130: (Out Now!)
Marge is cleaning house and everything must go... on sale on the Internet! But as all the Simpsons' worldly possessions and fond memories go out the door, it becomes apparent that only one person is buying the buried treasures... one person who might bring about the end of the Simpsons family forever!


Futurama Comics #31: (Out Wednesday)
Leela takes Nibbler to the veterinarian and gets some shocking news...her cute little Nibblonian has worms - worms that cause wormholes. Nibbler's disgusting ability to open portals to new worlds at the drop of a... well, you know, is at first considered a blessing, until the two-way wormholes put the DOOP in deep doo-doo!

The Simpsons celebrated last night with the show's best ratings since January. An average of 9.80 Million viewers tuned in over the hour to watch 24 Minutes and You Kent Always Say What You Want, to see The Simpsons turn 400 episodes old.

Last year's season finale drew 8.2 million viewers, 8.7 million tuned in to close Season 16, and 9.2 million in Season 15. The best Season Finale ratings we have on record was in 2003 with 13.4 million viewers.

Family Guy's season closer had 9.09 million viewers while American Dad finished with 7.69 million. FOX came third overall for the night and second place among adults. The Simpsons was in second place for the hour.

At the Simpsons' annual dental check-up, Lisa gets an education in dental hygiene from a video starring Ludacris as a tube of toothpaste. When Homer purchases the 1-millionth ice cream cone, he is featured on Kent Brockman's nightly news program. However, the innocent interview turns into trouble when Brockman uses a shocking expletive and Ned Flanders wages an anti-indecency campaign. The Simpsons take in the dejected Brockman, and he and Lisa begin to devise a scheme for the anchor to make his comeback.

Principal Skinner ushers the students of Springfield Elementary into a new era with the opening of the school's Counter Truancy Unit. Homer is sent on a mission to dispose of a container of yogurt so far past its freshness date that it could be toxic, but the reeking yogurt falls into the wrong hands. With the help of Jack Bauer and Chloe O'Brian, Bart and Lisa must stop Dolph, Kearney and Jimbo from releasing a stink bomb at the school's annual bake sale

For a show that stars TV's most prominent underachiever, "The Simpsons" has certainly reached some benchmarks. It passed "The Flintstones" as longest-running animated prime-time show 10 years ago. When its 18th season ends tonight with its 400th episode, it will be the longest-lasting comedy of any kind in prime-time TV history, surpassing "My Three Sons," "M*A*S*H," "Happy Days" and "Cheers."


True, "[The Adventures of] Ozzie and Harriet," which lasted 17 seasons, still holds the record for episodes produced: 435. But "The Simpsons" has a contract to go through a 20th season, when it will surpass that number in 2008. "We have writers now who are so young that they grew up watching the show," says show creator Matt Groening. "They remind some of us who have been around longer that we've already done a joke that somebody is pitching."


"We've said on the show that Bart was born in 1980," says executive producer Al Jean. "We have a writer on the show who is now younger than Bart."

The Simpsons hit low figures again, with 6.48 million tuning in to watch Sunday night's 'Stop Or My Dog Will Shoot'. It is the third-lowest rated premiere episode on record, just ahead of Marge Gamer last month (6.40 million) and The Way We Weren't in Season 15 (6.2 million). A repeat at 8.30 scored 6.7 million viewers, while Family Guy at 9 had 7.21 million.


The episode has raised a number of questions, as it was postponed from its original airdate of three weeks ago (we assumed) due to events at Virginia Tech. While the episode did not include any directly offensive content on this matter, Rudy Giuliani was notably absent despite his appearance on the promotional material. Seems like the episode was delayed to remove his scenes.

And next week is the Season Finale, but the big question is, which episode will air at 8.30pm and become the 400th episode. Fox can't make up their mind, despite hyping up 24 Minutes as the finale, they've switched the titles at the last minute but not the synopsis on their scheduling details. So.. wait and see I guess!

Homer is upset when he realizes that Marge brought him and the family to a boring Harvest Fest instead of his much-anticipated day of debauchery at October Fest. Attempting to leave, Homer accidentally drags the family into a puzzling cornfield maze. When the whole family manages to escape except for Homer, they send out Santa’s Little Helper, who sniffs out Homer and rescues him. Santa’s Little Helper becomes a local hero and the Simpsons decide to enroll him in Police Dog Academy, where he’s teamed with a grizzled veteran cop named Lou and they become a crime-busting duo.

Yesterday, EA announced The Simpsons game and now, in the advent of the summer blockbuster The Simpsons movie, Microsoft has announced a limited-edition yellow Xbox 360 console.

“The Simpsons” Limited Edition Xbox 360 has a sexy yellow finish and features The Simpsons movie logo on the front USB compartment and Homer peeping on the sides. The console also includes a yellow version of the Xbox 360 wireless controller. This Premium Xbox 360 will be given away to a mere one hundred lucky Simpsons fans. Details on how you will be able to win one of these yellow Xbox 360s are non-existent at the moment.

EA have today announced what we hinted at a couple of weeks back, an all new Simpsons game for Wii, Xbox360, PS3, DS and PSP. The website dedicated to the game was launched but provides little information on the game. So we went to GameSpot.


In the latest game there will be 16 levels which take the form of episodes, each with a unique title animation, setting, and story. Within each "episode" players will take control of two family members, or play one of them with a friend in a split-screen two-player mode. The Simpsons realise that they are trapped in a video game, and decide that they might as well use the opportunity to give themselves special powers. For instance, Bart can become Bartman, and Homer can transform into the Homerball. According to EA, the game makes fun of the video game industry, along with pop culture. You can read a full preview here.

It's official. The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season will be released on August 7 and will contain loads of extras. In addition to the 23 episodes, the set will contain Deleted Scenes, Animation Showcases, Animatics, Simpsons Movie DVD Sneak Peek, Butterfinger, Intel and CC's commercials, Crank Calls feature, and a bit from the animators. Preliminary details only feature commentaries on 16 of the 23 episodes but these details may still be incomplete.

The cover will complete the head set, this time featuring Bart (the one on the right is just my mock-up, but if it looks any different I'll eat my hat); and will come in an alternate box just like the last four. We expect official box art to follow this news very soon. For further details on extras, go to TVShowsOnDVD.

Viewership is steadying as 7.72 million people watched last night's episode 'Crook And Ladder'. At 8pm, an hour of The Simpsons cam fourth in its slot behind Extreme Home Makeover, The Amazing Race All Stars, and Dateline. 7.88 million viewers watched Family Guy at 9. FOX came fourth overall for the night and third among adults.

Marge, following the advice of a parenting magazine, throws away Maggie's pacifier, leading to Maggie destroying the inside of the Simpson home. Marge decides to get Maggie a new pacifier, but can't find the right brand. Maggie finds her own substitute - a squeaky toy that leads to Homer being unable to sleep. He takes sleeping pills and starts sleepwalking. One of Homer's escapades leads to the entire Springfield Fire Department being sent to the hospital. As a result, Homer and several other Springfieldians become volunteer firefighters.