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 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 17, 2005
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 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 15, 2005
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 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 15, 2005
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 [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 14, 2005
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. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 9, 2005
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 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 8, 2005
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 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 8, 2005
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 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 2, 2005
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 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 1, 2005
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 [...]
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Sunday, May 22, 2005
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