Simpsons Channel

Even without the World Series, FOX was able to handily win Sunday night in North America, thanks to a couple of series premieres and the Simpsons Halloween special. The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror XIII,” 8.9/13, and the season premiere of King of the Hill, 7.0/10, were tops at 8 p.m. The rating numbers for The Simpsons was the best start for the series in five years. Overall, the network raked in a 7.8 rating/12 share, but its competitors weren’t far behind. Read More >>>

A new site called Springfield A&M has opened. This site provides both multimedia and informative content, and their design is quite unique. Although there is not much content there currently, the owner says there is much to come. This site looks very promising in my eyes, and is very much needed due to all of the current sites closing their doors due to C&D’s and loss of interest.

Seen the new “Treehouse of Horror XIII” episode? Want to comment on it? Well, feel free to express your opinion regarding it (or read the other critiques) at the No Homers Club and Springfield Message Board, two of the most popular Simpsons forums online. And while I’m at it, here’s what our staff thought of the first new Simpsons episode in months.

Eric’s Grade: B+

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Springfield returns to the web after a short absence at a new URL, roundspringfield.com. The site moved domains to elude the FOX lawyers, after changing names not that long ago because of a C&D they had receieved. They continue their excellence with a big staff, innovative multimedia, and daily updates.

It’s been just over a week since we launched with our new format. So are we staying? If things continue like this, we most certainly will. I am making this post to discuss some of the goings on here at The Simpsons Channel right now.

13 updates in this period of time is a record for us, and one that has been achieved with the commitments of long time staff member Eric Wirtanen and a brand new addition to the staff, Ryan Beland. You should be seeing more posts from these guys over the trial period and hopefully beyond!

I’ve become concerned with the amount of news already being knocked off the front page, so at the bottom of the site is a new link: Archived news. This is automatic and will display the latest news if you missed it. Just one of the ways we’re trying to make The Simpsons Channel your source for Simpsons news.

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Bart and Homer Simpson are coming to town. The pair will be the guests of honour at Huddersfield’s Christmas lights switch-on. More than £15,000 will be spent on illuminations to get the town’s shoppers into the festive spirit.

Huddersfield town centre manager David Wyles said: “There will be additional lights on lower King Street, to illuminate the area between the Kingsgate Centre and The Yards.” A day of entertainment is planned on the piazza in the build-up to the big switch-on on Saturday, November 16. Bart and Homer will meet youngsters throughout the day at Peters department store before the big switch-on at 6pm. Read More >>>

Citizen Times: At first, 32-year-old photographer Bo Post didn’t want to go on the record badmouthing “The Simpsons.” “If I tell you my name and that I don’t like The Simpsons, I’m going to get nasty phone calls because most everyone watches it,” she said. At 8:00 on November 3, a good deal of fans will be sitting down for the annual Halloween episode, which unofficially kicks off the show’s 14th season. The official premiere runs Nov. 10.

Even at 14, the show’s humor is hardly adolescent, and its popularity doesn’t fade. College students and young adults who started watching the animated series in its 1990 debut season are now in their 30′s and 40′s. They have families, jobs and concerns outside the realm of cartoons. But they still watch reruns, quote lines from a variety of characters and analyze the show’s unprecedented run. Once criticized for a lack of family values by both Barbara and George Bush, The Simpsons have evolved into an accepted and often applauded satire on a blue-collar American family. Read More >>>