When a new entry is added to the top of the list, above, remove the oldest entry and add it here, to the top of this list. (Three entries at one time.)
December 12, 2010:
Fat Tony, who was introduced in
the third season, dies in the episode "
Donnie Fatso". However, he is replaced by his identical cousin "Fit Tony", who soon gains weight and is rechristened "Fat Tony".
December 3, 2010: In response, to Bill O'Reilly, a brief scene is added to the
opening sequence of the "
How Munched is That Birdie in the Window?" with a helicopter that bears the slogan "Fox News: Unsuitable for Viewers Under 75."
November 23, 2010:
Bill O'Reilly, host of the
Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor, criticizes The Simpsons for a joke that aired in "
The Fool Monty" where a Fox News helicopter can be seen, with the slogan "Fox News: Not Racist, But #1 With Racists".
December 8, 2008: In a landmark case, an Australian man has been fined $2,000 after Simpsons "pornography" was discovered on his home computer. The issue was whether a cartoon character was considered a real person and a Judge decided it could, so the man was found guilty of possessing child pornography.[2]
December 1, 2008: The Simpsons is nominated for three
Annie Awards: Best Animated Television Production, Best Directing in an Animated Television Production (
Bob Anderson for "
Treehouse of Horror XIX") and Best Writing in an Animated Television Production (
Joel H. Cohen for "
The Debarted"). Winners will be announced on January 30, 2009.[3]
September 4, 2008:
Jodie Foster and
Anne Hathaway are announced as guest stars for season 20. Foster will voice an adult Maggie Simpson in "Four Great Women & A Manicure" while Hathaway will voice a character Bart likes in "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly".[6]
June 2, 2008: The six main voice actors sign a new four year contract. This ends a pay dispute which had delayed work on the
twentieth season and resulted in the shortening of the production run from 22 episodes to 20.[9]
May 19, 2008: According to Variety, a pay dispute between Fox and the six main voice actors has resulted in the delay of production for the
twentieth season, so there may be 20 episodes produced for the season, rather than 22.[11]
April 15, 2008: Some politicians in
Argentina call for the censorship or banning of the episode "
E Pluribus Wiggum" over a comment that mistakenly refers to
Juan Perón as a dictator.[20]
February 8, 2008:
Jeff Westbrook wins a
WGA Award in the Animation category for the episode "
Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2". Three other Simpsons writers were also nominated in the same category.[21]
February 7, 2008: The Simpsons wins
Annie Awards for "Best Music in an Animated Television Production" and Best Writing in an Animated Television Production". The Simpsons Movie, which was nominated for four Annies, fails to win any.[22]
January 9, 2008: The Simpsons wins a
People's Choice Award for "Favorite Animated Comedy". The Simpsons Movie, which was nominated for "Favorite Movie Comedy" loses to Knocked Up[23]
December 3, 2007: The
Annie Awards nominations are released, and The Simpsons is nominated for two. The Simpsons Movie received four nominations, including one for "Best Animated Feature".[27]
When a new entry is added to the top of the list, above, remove the oldest entry and add it here, to the top of this list. (Three entries at one time.)
December 12, 2010:
Fat Tony, who was introduced in
the third season, dies in the episode "
Donnie Fatso". However, he is replaced by his identical cousin "Fit Tony", who soon gains weight and is rechristened "Fat Tony".
December 3, 2010: In response, to Bill O'Reilly, a brief scene is added to the
opening sequence of the "
How Munched is That Birdie in the Window?" with a helicopter that bears the slogan "Fox News: Unsuitable for Viewers Under 75."
November 23, 2010:
Bill O'Reilly, host of the
Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor, criticizes The Simpsons for a joke that aired in "
The Fool Monty" where a Fox News helicopter can be seen, with the slogan "Fox News: Not Racist, But #1 With Racists".
December 8, 2008: In a landmark case, an Australian man has been fined $2,000 after Simpsons "pornography" was discovered on his home computer. The issue was whether a cartoon character was considered a real person and a Judge decided it could, so the man was found guilty of possessing child pornography.[2]
December 1, 2008: The Simpsons is nominated for three
Annie Awards: Best Animated Television Production, Best Directing in an Animated Television Production (
Bob Anderson for "
Treehouse of Horror XIX") and Best Writing in an Animated Television Production (
Joel H. Cohen for "
The Debarted"). Winners will be announced on January 30, 2009.[3]
September 4, 2008:
Jodie Foster and
Anne Hathaway are announced as guest stars for season 20. Foster will voice an adult Maggie Simpson in "Four Great Women & A Manicure" while Hathaway will voice a character Bart likes in "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly".[6]
June 2, 2008: The six main voice actors sign a new four year contract. This ends a pay dispute which had delayed work on the
twentieth season and resulted in the shortening of the production run from 22 episodes to 20.[9]
May 19, 2008: According to Variety, a pay dispute between Fox and the six main voice actors has resulted in the delay of production for the
twentieth season, so there may be 20 episodes produced for the season, rather than 22.[11]
April 15, 2008: Some politicians in
Argentina call for the censorship or banning of the episode "
E Pluribus Wiggum" over a comment that mistakenly refers to
Juan Perón as a dictator.[20]
February 8, 2008:
Jeff Westbrook wins a
WGA Award in the Animation category for the episode "
Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2". Three other Simpsons writers were also nominated in the same category.[21]
February 7, 2008: The Simpsons wins
Annie Awards for "Best Music in an Animated Television Production" and Best Writing in an Animated Television Production". The Simpsons Movie, which was nominated for four Annies, fails to win any.[22]
January 9, 2008: The Simpsons wins a
People's Choice Award for "Favorite Animated Comedy". The Simpsons Movie, which was nominated for "Favorite Movie Comedy" loses to Knocked Up[23]
December 3, 2007: The
Annie Awards nominations are released, and The Simpsons is nominated for two. The Simpsons Movie received four nominations, including one for "Best Animated Feature".[27]