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Simpsons Set To Feature On Emmys

Thursday, September 18, 2008

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Simpsons Set To Feature On Emmys

A set from The Simpsons will be recreated on this year's Primetime Emmy Awards, which is due to air this Sunday from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Emmys executive producer Ken Ehrlich said that we will also be seeing sets from "Desperate Housewives" and "M*A*S*H" along with many others.

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Simpsons Receive Tenth Emmy!

Monday, September 15, 2008

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Simpsons Receive Tenth Emmy!

The Simpsons has won its tenth Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program for programming less than one hour on Saturday. Their episode “Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind,” which focuses on Homer’s attempt to recall a deliberately forgotten memory from the previous night, sealed their 10th win for the category. The show was also nominated, [...]

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Kill Gil Wins Writers Guild Award

Sunday, February 10, 2008

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Kill Gil Wins Writers Guild Award

On the verge of an end to its strike, the Writers Guild of America quietly handed out the awards for its annual ceremony which recognizes excellence in writing. Since the WGA introduced an animation category, The Simpsons has taken out the award every year, and this year was no exception. The nominees this year were ‘The [...]

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Simpsons Nominated For Emmy Award

Thursday, July 19, 2007

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Simpsons Nominated For Emmy Award

Nominees in all categories for the 59th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced today, and The Simpsons features once again in the Animated Program (less than one hour) category. The episode “The Haw Hawed Couple” written by Matt Selman has been chosen to represent the season. Its chances of winning are high, but keep an [...]

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Simpsons Wins Another WGA Award

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

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Up against some stiff competition, namely, itself, The Simpsons took home yet another Writers Guild Award in the Animation category for 2006. John Frink won the award for the episode “The Italian Bob,” trumping “Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore,” “Simpsons Christmas Stories,” and “Girls Just Want To Have Sums.” Since the animation category was introduced to [...]

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Four WGA Nominations For Simpsons

Thursday, December 14, 2006

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The Simpsons has scored four nominations in the animation category for this years Writers Guild Awards. The nominations announced Wednesday mark the fourth time the show has been nominated in the four years since an animation category was introduced. The Simpsons is expected to take home an award again this year, duplicating the previous three [...]

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The Simpsons Wins Another Emmy

Sunday, August 20, 2006

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The Simpsons have come home with another Emmy award for best animated show, for the episode ‘The Seemingly Never Ending Story.’ The episode beat out all competition including South Park’s controversial ‘Trapped In The Closet’ and Family Guy’s ‘PTV’. Simpsons executive producer Al Jean joked about receiving the award in his acceptance speech saying [...]

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Kelsey Grammer Wins An Emmy

Thursday, July 20, 2006

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Kelsey Grammer has added a fifth Emmy to his collection, this time for his voice-over work on Fox’s animated comedy The Simpsons. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Wednesday announced the winners in several categories of the 58th annual Emmy Awards that don’t go through a nomination process and are decided by juries of [...]

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Simpsons Nominated For An Emmy

Friday, July 7, 2006

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The Simpsons has once again notched up a nomination at this years Emmy Awards. On the complete list of nominees announced yesterday, The Simpsons makes an appearance in the Animated Programming (less than one hour) category. The episode ‘The Seemingly Never Ending Story’ takes this years nomination. The Simpsons is up against some tough competition, [...]

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Simpsons Voted Parents Favorite

Monday, July 3, 2006

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The Simpsons has been voted the top cartoon by mums and dads. Homer’s terrible parenting skills and slapstick comedy makes it a big hit with kids too. But research for CBBC shows it wins with adults because of the hidden meanings. Homer was also their favourite cartoon character of all time. Box office hit Shrek [...]

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