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Today’s the day when Season 20 is released on DVD and Blu-Ray, bypassing the natural order of the release of seasons 13 – 19. Normally in these updates we detail all the special features contained in said shiny new release. Not this time. Not because I’m a jerk. But because Fox decided not to include any this time. So what am I to fill the rest of the post with? How about: Ten Reasons To NOT Buy This Set. Read on…

Marge Simpson will be the first ever cartoon character to make the front cover of Playboy Magazine this month when the issue celebrates the 20th Anniversary of The Simpsons. The issue, due out Friday, October 16th, will feature a story inside called “The Devil in Marge Simpson” and another three pages of pictures.

The official box art for The Simpsons: The Complete Twentieth Season has today been revealed by Amazon.com. Only one box type is available at this time and we are yet to learn whether or not there will be a limited edition box. But judging by the box art itself, our guess is that this is it for the Season 20 release. Update: High Resolution image now avaliable.

No, that is not a typo. While Season Twelve of The Simpsons was released last month, it appears that Fox are keen to go back to a two-per-year release plan by rushing a release of The Complete Twentieth Season, possibly in time for Christmas 2009. The news was confirmed after Amazon added the title yesterday and KFC unveiled a Season 20 DVD giveaway promotion in conjunction with The Simpsons Ride.

Coming soon from the official Simpsons website is a new desktop application celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Simpsons. The app allows users to send “virtual pranks” to one another’s computers.

A total of 5.86 million viewers watched the Season 20 finale ‘Coming To Homerica,’ the last new episode of The Simpsons until September. This makes the episode the least watched season finale in the history of the show and the third lowest rating episode of all time. Family Guy had 7.33 million viewers and American Dad a solid 5.65 million. Fox was third overall for the night and among viewers 18 – 49.

The final episode of Season 20, ‘ Coming To Homerica,’ airs tonight in the United States and tomorrow night in Canada. When nearby Ogdenville’s economy crumbles due to tainted barley discovered in Krusty’s veggie burgers, the unemployed workers of Ogdenville flock to Springfield. After Mayor Quimby closes Springfield’s borders and enlists private citizens to help patrol them, Homer organizes a border patrol group.