August 18, 2008
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Network: FOX
Premiere: Sunday, September 28, 8-10pm
Premise: Once again, FOX leaves its Sunday nights alone, using its two-hour animation block to win over younger audiences. Wisely, the network has avoided scheduling any non-animated shows here, as they typically fail (see: The Loop, Unhitched, The Winner, The War at Home).
July 7, 2008
Known for its proclivity to incorporate a lot of pop culture elements into its episodes, Entertainment Weekly reports that a bunch of famous stars will grace The Simpsons' 20th season. For one, Rescue Me star comedian Denis Leary is set to guest on the October 5 episode of the animated comedy, where he will play himself.
Leary will supposedly lose his cool during a celebrity golf event and hurl his cellular phone in a quite typical fit of rage. Unfortunately for the Worchester, Massachusetts native, it is Bart Simpsons who finds his phone. The brat makes prank calls and ends up accepting a role for Leary for a film adaptation of Everybody Poops. Friday Night Lights and American Gangster producer Brian Grazer will also make a guest appearance.
May 20, 2008
Although FOX has already included The Simpsons in its fall lineup as part of its usual Sunday night timeslot, the 20th season of the award-winning animated series remains at risk seeing that no deal has been struck yet with the show's voice actors.
According to Variety, production on the show's 20th season has been on hold for months, which hints that the studio will most likely produce just 20 installments, rather than 22 episodes next season. Despite of this, sources close to both the voice actors and 20th Century Fox TV are optimistic that they're on the road to a new deal. On the other hand, if a deal is not reached anytime soon, the number of episodes in the upcoming season could further be reduced.
May 18, 2008
The Simpsons ends its 19th season run with an installment that puts the spotlight on the Simpsons family's middle child, Lisa. Though extremely intelligent and has a quintessentially good nature, she hasn't exactly been considered as a social butterfly unlike her self-described underachieve brother Bart. However, tonight's season ender will attempt to prove otherwise.
“All About Lisa,” the 20th episode of the 19th season, follows Lisa as she becomes the new assistant of Krusty the Clown. Unexpectedly however, she steals his spotlight and eventually gets her own show, leaving Krusty behind. She even wins Entertainer of the Year at the Springfield Media Awards but soon realizes that show business isn't the right place for her after all.
May 11, 2008
In honor of Mother's Day, BuddyTV has compiled this list of our 10 favorite motherly moments.
In the long history of The Simpsons, Mother's Day always reminds me of one special episode and one special moment. In the season 7 episode “Home Sweet Home-Diddily-Dum-Doodily,” Homer and Marge are deemed unfit parents and their kids are sent to foster care, living with the Flanderses. Though Bart and Lisa resist, Maggie quickly becomes emotionally attached to Ned and Maude.
February 13, 2008
Actor Hank Azaria, known for lending his voice to several characters in FOX's The Simpsons, has landed starring roles in two upcoming flicks, Night at the Museum 2: Escape from the Smithsonian and Year One. Both movies are of the comedy genre.
The Night at the Museum sequel is being directed by Shawn Levy, whose resume includes the hit first installment as well as The Pink Panther, Just Married and Cheaper by the Dozen. Ben Stiller is returning to reprise his role as museum night watchman Larry Daley, while Amy Adams (The Office, Enchanted) will serve as the lead female character.
February 6, 2008
More than half a year has passed since the big screen adaptation of The Simpsons came out and became a box office success, but the much-talked about sequel still has yet to hit the drawing board. At the root of the delay is the ongoing WGA strike.
“At the moment we have a little situation, a little labor dispute,” series director David Silverman told MTV recently. “It has put things on hold.”
January 26, 2008
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown could make an appearance on FOX's long-running animated series, The Simpsons, but show animators said that they'd probably need to input subtitles in his episode to make sure U.S. audiences would be able to understand his Scottish accent.
"He's Scottish, I don't know if anyone would understand him, he would probably need subtitles," animator Dan Povenmire told Sky News Online.