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Hey, "The Simpsons" fans. We're back with great news for you guys because the Fox people are going to finally air the next, new episode 7 of this current season 36 tonight, November 24, 2024, after delaying it last week, and we've got some new preview intel for it. We were able to track down an official press release for this new episode 7 from the Fox people. So, we will certainly dive into it for this preview session. Let's get to it. For starters, we've got an official title for this new episode 7. The writers decided to name it, "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes." In tonight's new episode 7, you guys are going to see a tattooed man show on the scene. He will be at a mysterious night circus, and he will end up sending Lisa into three strange stories from the 1950s. Fox's official description for this new episode...

"The Simpsons" has been running for thirty-six seasons, and even longer if you count the "Tracey Ullman" years, which means their list of celebrity guest stars has grown long. From Dustin Hoffman in season 2's "Lisa's Substitute" to John Cena in the season 36 premiere, the "Simpsons" writers have never shied from letting an A-lister stop by for the day. Most guest stars only perform for the show once or twice, often to play themselves, but sometimes, the guest star plays a character so memorable that keep coming back even thirty years later, like Kelsey Grammer with Sideshow Bob. 

For the show's creator Matt Groening, there are a few celebrities that have managed to stick out from the pack. When asked to name his three favorite guest stars in a 2021 interview, he named Albert Brooks, Werner Herzog, and Anne Hathaway. 

Of the three, Brooks is the least surprising. He played Hank Scorpio,...

Whether you’re ready for another night of football or you’re looking for a movie for the whole family, the TV schedule has you covered tonight, Sunday, Nov. 24. Take a look at everything that is airing tonight.

Yes, it’s all about drama, family movies, and sports on a Sunday night. The networks have us covered with something for absolutely everyone in the family, and tonight is no different.

Moana, Sunday Night Football, and more

ABC has brought us family movies on Sunday nights, and tonight is no different. However, we’re not starting off the 8/7c timeslot with a movie. It’s getting pushed to about 30 minutes later, with a new episode of America’s Funniest Home Videos first. After that, it’s all about Moana.

Airing this movie makes a lot of sense. The sequel will be out on theaters on Wednesday, Nov. 27, so plenty of parents will...

On Sunday November 24 2024, Fox broadcasts an episode of the series The Simpsons!

Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes Season 36 Episode 7 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Simpsons,” titled “Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes,” promises to be a thrilling ride for fans of the long-running series. Set to air on Fox, this special installment dives into the eerie and whimsical world of a night circus, where a tattooed man plays a crucial role in transporting Lisa into a series of strange and captivating stories.

In this episode, Lisa finds herself swept away into three unique tales that explore different eras. The first story takes viewers back to the innocent 1950s, a time filled with nostalgia and simplicity. As Lisa navigates this era, she encounters the charm and quirks of the past, setting the tone for the adventures to come.

The second story shifts to a chilling retro-present,...

After 35 years and nearly 700 episodes, one of the core cast members of The Simpsons is leaving. Earlier this week, Pamela Hayden, who voices Milhouse, Jimbo Jones, Rod, (sometimes) Todd and dozens of other characters, announced her retirement from the show, saying, “The time has come for me to hang up my microphone, but how do I say goodbye to The Simpsons? Not easily. It’s been an honor and a joy to have worked on such a funny, witty and groundbreaking show.”

Her final performance will be this Sunday, but before she leaves Springfield for good, I caught her on her way out of town to talk about her earliest memories from The Simpsons, Milhouse’s irrepressible optimism and whether or not he and Lisa belong together.

It was such a surprise to hear that you’re leaving The Simpsons, how did you come to the decision to leave?

It was a fabulous run.

Since it first came out in 2005, "American Dad!" has steadily held it down as one of the most underrated animated sitcoms around. While comparisons to "Family Guy," another show created by Seth MacFarlane, were inevitable, it's gradually branched out in absurdity in the best way. It began as a commentary on George W. Bush-era politics, with Stan Smith being a prototypical 2000s Republican, but now, one's more likely to find eldritch horrors in an "American Dad!" storyline than overt social satire. 

That extends to the show's Christmas specials, which have some of the most unhinged plots in the entire series. It's not like "Bob's Burgers" Christmas episodes where you'll definitely feel all warm and fuzzy inside. You may even have deep, unsettling questions about what you just watched, but these episodes aren't entirely devoid of genuine heart. That's the magic of "American Dad!" From a long-time fan, here are all of the "American Dad!

Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten has been in the news a lot lately following the announcement that legendary Simpsons voice actress Pamela Hayden is retiring. While the future of Bart Simpson’s best friend is uncertain, we’d like to take a brief look at his past.

Obviously, Milhouse went on to become one of the funniest characters in the history of the entire show, but his origin story is far from glamorous. Milhouse made his first appearance alongside Bart in a commercial for Butterfinger back in December 1988. This was a full year before The Simpsons even premiered.

To be clear, Milhouse wasn’t a part of the popular Tracey Ullman Show shorts that spawned the commercial, he was purely created to help a massive corporation sell chocolate. And for that reason, it seems as though not a whole lot of thought was put into the design of Bart’s new buddy.

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Fox Corporation will continue distributing its original programming and licensed shows through the Walt Disney Company’s general entertainment streaming service Hulu for a few more years.

This week, the companies reached a deal that will allow Disney to continue offering next-day episodes of Fox’s prime-time programming like “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” “The Masked Signer” and “Hell’s Kitchen” through 2027.

Some hit Fox series, including animated shows like “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy,” are owned by Disney following the company’s purchase of 21st Century Fox (now 20th Television) and other assets from Fox in 2019. Disney continues to license the shows to Fox for its prime-time schedule, and that agreement allows Fox to distribute the shows through its own video on-demand catalog on cable, satellite and streaming or sublicense certain rights to other parties.

Fox was one of three original participants in the joint venture...

“Animation Domination” is Fox’s phrase but Hulu’s truth.

Consistently, Hulu’s top-performing series is not “Only Murders in the Building” or “Tell Me Lies,” but rather Fox’s “Bob’s Burgers” or “Family Guy.” And those animated encores aren’t going anywhere thanks to an extended deal between Fox Entertainment and Hulu — well, they’re not going anywhere until at least 2029.

The new content-partnership agreement, valued at $1.5 billion per Deadline, will keep new, in-season Fox shows available for streaming on Hulu. It will also keep the out-of-season episodes for Fox’s animated shows like “Bob’s Burgers” and “Family Guy” in Hulu’s archives. Out-of-season episodes for select Fox unscripted shows will continue to be made available through Hulu under the deal.

When reached by IndieWire, a Fox spokesperson and a Hulu spokesperson both declined to comment on the dollar amount.

Because Fox does not have a traditional SVOD (subscription video on-demand) platform,...

The voice of Milhouse is leaving after season 35 of "The Simpsons." Pamela Hayden has been a part of the long-running series since the first season aired back in 1989 and also voices Jimbo Jones, Rod (and sometimes Todd) Flanders, and Chief Wiggum's wife Sarah. Now, however, fans of Milhouse will surely be feeling conflicted about one of the show's best characters being voiced by another actor.

Rather than dwell upon what is truly the end of an era for "The Simpsons," however, why not celebrate the legacy of Hayden's Milhouse? The boy whose mom says he's cool; who knows far too much about the various types of sprinklers; who's had his picture on "America's Most Wanted" and was subsequently hunted by the FBI before jumping from a dam to what would have been certain death (he only broke his glasses), has been provided some of the best moments in the show's long history.

Hulu will continue to be the next-day streaming partner of Fox primetime shows, as well as to stream out-of-season episodes of some reality titles.

Even though Fox hasn’t owned a stake in Hulu for five years now, the two entities are very important to one another. One Fox executive called the relationship between the two “symbiotic” early last year and that relationship will continue to deepen. On Thursday, Fox and Hulu announced that they had renewed their content partnership deal for multiple years to come.

Key Details: Hulu will continue to hold in-season streaming rights for scripted Fox shows. Additionally, select unscripted series will continue showing out-of-season episodes on the streamer. The marketing deal first established between the two in 2023 has also been extended. 30-Day Free Trial $9.99+ / month hulu.com

The new deal extension announced by Hulu and Fox on Thursday means that the service will continue to be...

Fox Entertainment and Hulu are keeping their mutually beneficial streaming arrangement in place.

The network and the Disney-owned streaming service have signed a new, multi-year content partnership deal. Under the agreement, Fox’s primetime entertainment shows — ranging from The Simpsons and Bob’s Burgers to the Gordon Ramsay culinary universe — will continue to stream on Hulu the day after their on-air premieres. The deal also includes an extension of a marketing alliance tho two outlets forged last year, with Fox and Hulu branding jointly appearing on promotional materials.

“Our friends at Hulu and Disney Entertainment are exceptional partners, together driving ongoing mutual growth and strong results,” Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade said in a statement. “Through our new agreement, we look forward to expanding on this impressive track record and collaboratively shaping the future of television in today’s shifting media landscape.”

Fox doesn’t have a large-scale SVOD platform of its own,...

Hulu will continue to be the U.S. streaming home for Fox’s “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” “The Masked Singer” and other shows for at least the next four years.

Fox Corp.’s Fox Entertainment and Disney’s Hulu announced a multiyear renewal of their content partnership, encompassing in-season streaming rights for Fox’s programming slate. The agreement also includes the extension of the marketing alliance the two companies forged in January 2023, under which Fox and Hulu branding jointly share presence across all Fox-owned and external consumer touchpoints “to align with live and on-demand viewing messaging of Fox content.”

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal renewal runs for a four-year term, sources said.

Fox Corp. does not operate its own subscription streaming service and has leaned on its Hulu partnership to monetize content in the subscription VOD space. Separately, Fox operates Tubi, a free, ad-supported streamer.

Fox Entertainment is extending its streaming partnership with Hulu for multiple years. Under this agreement, new episodes and seasons of Fox Entertainment shows like “The Masked Singer” and “The Simpsons” will continue to be available to stream on Hulu the day after their linear telecasts.

This deal also includes an extension of the two brands’ marketing alliance, which was first established in 2023. That aspect of the deal stipulates that Fox and Hulu share joint branding across all Fox-owned and external consumer points of contact.

“Our friends at Hulu and Disney Entertainment are exceptional partners, together driving ongoing mutual growth and strong results,” Rob Wade, CEO of Fox Entertainment, said in a Thursday statement to press. “Through our new agreement, we look forward to expanding on this impressive track record and collaboratively shaping the future of television in today’s shifting media landscape.”

“The long-standing, valued partnership we have with Fox...

The Simpsons’ Ray Bradbury-inspired horror and sci-fi anthology episode strikes gold with clever parodies, concise writing, and hilarious gags.

The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror” specials were certainly the animated series’ first foray into anthology storytelling, but hardly the only time that they’ve dipped their toe into this water. 36 seasons in, The Simpsons has done “Simpsons Bible Stories,” “Simpsons Tall Tales,” “Simpson Christmas Stories,” and even “Thanksgiving of Horror.” There are also considerably headier ideas, like anthology-based deconstructions of western art, divine intervention and God, and even an episode where an Anonymous-esque hacker hijacks the series and releases “show-destroying” clips and stories that will tarnish The Simpsons’ I.P. The Simpsons clearly isn’t afraid to tackle esoteric and broad ideas through the anthology format, but the fact that they’re still doing “Treehouse of Horror” episodes is a testament to just how much this series loves horror. Admittedly,...

As Simpsons fans are well aware, legendary voice actress Pamela Hayden recently announced her retirement. Hayden, of course, provided the voices of characters like Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, and, of course, Bort.

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But, most famously, Hayden gave life to Bart’s bespectacled, blue-haired best friend Milhouse Van Houten, who first debuted in a 36-year-old Simpsons Butterfinger commercial that actually predated the series.

Reportedly, Sunday’s non-Halloween “Treehouse of Horror” episode will be Hayden’s last. So far there has been no announcement concerning the future of Hayden’s characters, including Milhouse. Will they recast him? Write him out of the show? Have him come down with a case of laryngitis that just never goes away?

Rampant speculation aside, Hayden seems pretty irreplaceable. To underscore that bittersweet point, here are some of the great Milhouse moments that wouldn’t have worked nearly as well with another actor:

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Exclusive: Fox Entertainment and Hulu are staying in business together in a major way.

The two companies have struck a new multiyear content partnership that includes in-season streaming rights for Fox’s programming slate.

The broadcast network and the Disney-owned streamer also have expanded their multiplatform marketing arrangement in the deal, which sources tell Deadline is worth more than $1.5B over four years with the ad-load included.

Fox got in early to renew the deal – the previous arrangement was unveiled in January 2023 and Deadline understands this new pact runs through 2029. It gives the network a bedrock to build out its slate of originals including dramas such as Rescue Hi-Surf and Murder in a Small Town, comedies including Animal Control and reality series such as The Masked Singer, The Floor and Gordon Ramsay’s Next Level Chef.

The move also means that the long-running Disney-produced animated series — particularly The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers,...

After 35 years of breathing life into Springfield’s most recognizable residents, voice actress Pamela Hayden is stepping away from the microphone. Hayden, best known for her portrayal of Bart Simpson’s perpetually unlucky best friend, Milhouse Van Houten, announced her retirement from “The Simpsons,” leaving a void in a voice cast that has defined animated television […]

Springfield Loses a Voice: Pamela Hayden, Voice of Milhouse, Retires From ‘The Simpsons’...

The Simpsons is about to lose one of its longest-running voice actors. Pamela Hayden, who voices Milhouse Van Houten, Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Sarah Wiggum, Janey Powell, and more, has announced that she has retired from The Simpsons after 35 years. Everything is not coming up Milhouse.

“People come up to me and they quote Milhouse lines,” said Hayden in a video announcing her retirement. “People are always saying what a nerd he is. But one thing that I love about Milhouse is he’s always getting knocked down, but he keeps getting up. I love the little guy.” Hayden continued, “The time has come for me to hang up my microphone, but how do I say goodbye to The Simpsons?……not easily. It’s been an honor and a joy to have worked on such a funny, witty, and groundbreaking show, and to give voice to Milhouse and Jimbo Jones,...

The Walt Disney Company has revealed the Disney+ December 2024 release schedule, which includes new Originals, movies, and TV series. The Disney+ streaming service features movies and shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and more, alongside exclusive Disney+ Originals.

The December schedule includes Bluey Minisodes, CMA Country Christmas, Doctor Who: Joy to the World, Dunk the Halls, Dream Productions, Elton John: Never Too Late, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, The Simpsons Funday Football, What If…? Season 3, and more.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Disney Plus December 2024 Schedule

Available December 2

New Library Titles

Mickey and the Very Many Christmases

Available December 3

New Library Titles

Jung Kook: I Am Still – The Original

New to Disney+

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew – Two Episode Premiere

“Skeleton Crew” tells the story of four kids searching for their home planet after getting lost in the Star Wars galaxy and the strange aliens and dangerous places they encounter on their adventure.

President-elect Donald Trump continues to announce comically terrible cabinet picks seemingly plucked out of half-remembered TV listings from 2013. Now he’s added Dr. Mehmet Oz to a lineup that already includes Fox News hosts Sean Duffy (formerly of The Real World) and Pete Hegseth, as well as WWE co-founder Linda McMahon.

Dr. Oz has been tapped to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a decision that’s led a lot of folks online to make jokes comparing Trump’s pick to another famous TV quack: Dr. Nick Riviera.

But that’s not exactly a fair comparison — to Dr. Nick, that is.

Sure, Dr. Nick’s not perfect. He lost his watch during an operation, dispenses opioids from a Pez dispenser, once stole cadavers in order to drive in the carpool lane and surgically swapped poor Mr. McGreg’s arm and leg.

But Dr. Nick may just be a better physician than Dr.

ESPN’s latest hire: Daisy Duck.

The animated waterfowl has been a part of the sports giant’s parent company for more than 80 years, but on Christmas Day, she’ll take a shot at something completely different, working as a sideline reporter while the New York Knicks take on the San Antonio Spurs in an animated version of an NBA game playing in real time. The cartoon game will run on ESPN2, Disney+ and ESPN+, the latest attempt by ESPN to devise new sports formats that are more attractive to young children and their families, perhaps, than the real thing.

The game will look as if it taking place on the iconic Main Street USA of Disney’s Magic Kingdom theme park. As the teams play — each movement by every Spurs and Knicks player will be captured by optical tracking and real-time tracking — Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy,...

All good things must eventually come to an end. Even though "The Simpsons," which is now in its 36th season that included a fake finale, isn't ending, a key cast member of the show who has been there for 35 years is saying goodbye. Pamela Hayden, the voice behind characters such as Milhouse, Jimbo Jones, and many others, has announced her retirement from the classic animated series. Her final appearance airs in a matter of days. The show will then have to soldier on without her.

Hayden's final appearance will be in this week's episode "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes." The announcement was made with a tribute video (which you can check out below). It features Hayden sharing her love for Milhouse in particular, as well as some of the other characters she's voiced on "The Simpsons" over the years. According to Deadline, Fox is going to...

Everything’s coming up Milhouse — including retirement.

After 35 years of exceptional service to the comedy community, legendary voice actress Pamela Hayden has announced her imminent retirement from The Simpsons. Like many of the original Simpsons voice actors, Hayden, 70, plays numerous roles on the show, including Jimbo Jones, Rod (and sometimes Todd) Flanders and the fan-favorite elementary school sad sack Milhouse Van Houten, best known for his bone-dry cuffs and unrequited love of Lisa Simpson that leads him to dangerous places.

Hayden’s final performance on The Simpsons will be in this Sunday’s new episode “Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes,” and, to celebrate Hayden’s many years of hard work and dedication, the official Simpsons Twitter account posted a touching tribute. Today, everybody likes Milhouse.

In a statement for Deadline, Hayden further expressed her gratitude for the gig that lasted for most of her career in voice acting,...

The voice actress who voices the role of Milhouse and various other characters on the hit TV show The Simpsons, Pamela Hayden, is retiring after 35 years on the series!

She has been with the show since the very first episode, and also voiced roles including Van Houten, Jimbo Jones, Ned Flanders’ son Rod, Chief Wiggum’s wife Sarah, Lisa’s friend Janey Powell, among others.

She’s been featured in nearly 700 episodes of the Fox animated hit.

Keep reading to find out more…

Her final episode will air this upcoming Sunday (November 24) – titled “Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes.”

In a video announcing her departure, Pamela shared, “People come up to me and they quote Milhouse lines. People are always saying what a nerd he is. But one thing that I love about Milhouse is he’s always getting knocked down, but he keeps getting up. I love the little guy.

One of the long-running stars on “The Simpsons” is retiring. Pamela Hayden, best known for voicing Millhouse, is stepping away from the series after 35 years.

“After much deliberation, I have decided to retire from ‘The Simpsons’ to pursue other creative outlets. Thanks to everyone for their love and support!” Hayden said in a statement.

To celebrate all that she’s done for the show, Fox’s Animation Domination block released a video praising the voice actor. “People are always saying what a nerd [Millhouse] is. But one thing that I love about Millhouse is he’s always getting knocked down but he keeps getting up,” Hayden says in the video. “I love the little guy. It’s this wonderful analogy for life.” Watch the full tribute to Hayden’s work below:

In addition to voicing Millhouse, Harden voiced Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones and several other characters in Fox’s long-running animated comedy.

“The Simpsons” voice actor Pamela Hayden, who played Milhouse and a variety of other characters, announced she is retiring from the show after 35 years.

Her final episode will be “Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes,” airing Nov. 24.

Hayden voiced Milhouse Van Houten, the blue-haired best friend of Bart Simpson, as well as the school bully Jimbo Jones, Ned Flanders’ son Rod (and sometimes his other son Todd), Chief Wiggum’s wife Sarah and Lisa’s friend Janey Powell.

She has been a mainstay on “The Simpsons” since its very first episode in 1989, and she is credited in 694 episodes of the animated sitcom, according to IMDb. Fox will now begin casting for her characters.

“People come up to me and they quote Milhouse lines,” Hayden said in a video announcing her retirement, which included a montage of Milhouse clips. “People are always saying what a nerd he is.

A long-time Simpsons voice actor is retiring.

Pamela Hayden, who has voiced Bart’s friend Milhouse Van Houten — and dozens more characters — for the past 35 years, is departing the long-running Fox series. Hayden has been credited on just under 700 of The Simpsons‘ 774 episodes to date.

In addition to Milhouse, Hayden has provided the voices for Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders (and occasionally his brother Todd), Malibu Stacy, Lisa’s classmate Janey and many other recurring and one-time characters.

“The time has come for me to hang up my microphone, but how do I say goodbye to The Simpsons? Not easily,” Hayden said in a statement. “It’s been an honor and a joy to have worked on such a funny, witty, and groundbreaking show. … I’ll always have a special place in my heart for that blue-haired 10-year-old boy with glasses.”

Milhouse first appeared in a Butterfinger ad in 1989 — when The Simpsons...

Pamela Hayden, who for 35 years has voiced Bart’s best friend Milhouse (and many other characters) on Fox’s The Simpsons, is retiring from character voice work and will last be heard in this Sunday’s “Treehouse of Horror” episode, airing at 8/7c.

Watch a tribute from the long-running ‘toon’s producers, above.

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“The time has come for me to hang up my microphone,...

The Simpsons fans were in for difficult news and a big loss to the town of Springfield on Wednesday (November 20). Pamela Hayden, who originated the voice of Bart’s bespectacled best pal Milhouse and many other mainstay characters, announced she is retiring from voice acting and is leaving the show. “The time has come for me to hang up my microphone, but how do I say goodbye to The Simpsons?……not easily,” she shared in a press release. “It’s been an honor and a joy to have worked on such a funny, witty, and groundbreaking show, and to give voice to Milhouse.” The show shared that her final performance as Milhouse and Jimbo Jones will air this Sunday, November 24, at 8 p.m. Et on Fox. The episode will “Treehouse Of Horror: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes.” The bittersweet news came alongside a tribute video (below) titled, “Thank you ...

Everything’s not coming up Milhouse, it seems.

Pamela Hayden, who has voiced iconic Simpsons characters including Milhouse and Jimbo Jones, is retiring from the show after 35 years.

Hayden will voice her last episode – Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes – on Sunday, November 24.

In addition to Bart’s best friend Milhouse Van Houten and bully Jimbo Jones, over the years, Hayden has voiced secondary characters including Ned Flanders’ son Rod, Chief Wiggum’s wife and Ralph Wiggum’s mother Sarah and Lisa Simpson’s friend Janey Powell.

The Simpsons, which launched on Fox in December 1989, will now start casting for her characters.

Hayden said, “The time has come for me to hang up my microphone, but how do I say goodbye to The Simpsons?……not easily. It’s been an honor and a joy to have worked on such a funny, witty, and groundbreaking show, and to...

It’s Musicals Week at IndieWire. With “Wicked” about to sparkle over theaters, we’re celebrating the best of the movie-musical genre.

Setting aside shows like “Glee” and “Schmigadoon,” which put song and dance at the center of every episode, few TV series have brought to life as many musical moments as “The Simpsons.” Over 35 seasons (and counting), Fox’s timeless sitcom has produced 29 musical episodes (per WikiSimpsons) and quite a few more if the parameters are expanded to include any episode featuring meaningful original music. No matter how you define a musical episode, a number of “The Simpsons” best-ever entries feature catchy melodies paired with smart (and smart-mouthed) lyrics, from “Marge vs. The Monorail” to “That ’90s Show,” “A Streetcar Named Marge” to “Cape Feare.”

Still, despite devoting more episodes to musicals than most modern series get for an entire series, “The Simpsons” is approaching 800 total episodes. Relatively speaking,...

Pixar Animation Studios has revealed the official trailer, key art, and images for the new series Dream Productions, which returns to Riley’s mind, where dreams really do come true – every night, on time, and on budget.

Taking place in between the events of Inside Out and Inside Out 2, all four episodes of the limited series come to Disney+ beginning December 11, 2024.

Riley is growing up, and when her memories need some extra processing, Joy and the rest of the Core Emotions send them to Dream Productions.

Acclaimed director Paula Persimmon (voice of Paula Pell) faces a nightmare of her own: Trying to create the next hit dream after being paired up with Xeni (voice of Richard Ayoade), a smug daydream director looking to step up into the big leagues of night dreams.

Also featuring the voices of Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Ally Maki, Kensington Tallman, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale,...

Every now and then, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has to hand it to the censors he’s spent his career battling and admit that, maybe, not every national tragedy needs a cheap Pez joke.

On Family Guy, MacFarlane and his writers have long flaunted their disdain for restraint, picking fights with the pearl-clutchers every chance they get and going after their rivals at The Simpsons with rape-y abandon. Born out of a late 1990s era of comedy when “Won’t somebody please think of the children?” was more than just Helen Lovejoy’s catchphrase, Family Guy was, in its early years, boundary-pushing and iconoclastic in its approach to satirizing American culture.

However, even MacFarlane knows that “edgy” humor has its limits, and his answer to a question in a 2012 interview with Entertainment Weekly recently resurfaced as Family Guy fans rush to hear which Family Guy joke went too far:...

Yesterday morning, Cincinnati Bengals beat reporter Jay Morrison revealed that everything is not, in fact, coming up Milhouse in the world of professional football. Namely, that despite the Bengals and Dallas Cowboys both experiencing highly disappointing seasons, the NFL can’t bump their upcoming, not-so-anticipated Monday Night Football matchup due to a Simpsons alternate cast that’s set to air on ESPN+ and Disney+.

“For those asking, the Bengals-Cowboys Mnf game is not eligible to be flexed out,” Morrison wrote of the teams’ December 9th showdown in a now-viral tweet. “All the drawings, voiceovers and other work that has been done for The Simpsons alt-cast that will air that night.”

Considering both teams have had humdrum seasons — the Cowboys currently stand at 3-7 while the Bengals aren’t much better at 4-7 — football fans reacted much like Springfieldians upon discovering their city had been encased in a glass dome,...

Animated specters, demons, angry eggplants, and all manner of otherworldly entities visited the town of Nowhere in “Courage the Cowardly Dog.” Created by John Dilworth, the bizarrely endearing Cartoon Network show about an apprehensive pup facing strange foes to protect his beloved owner, Muriel, celebrates its 25th anniversary this month.

“Courage” debuted on November 12, 1999, and spawned 52 episodes (102 segments). However, the brave pinkish canine (voiced by Marty Grabstein) first appeared in Dilworth’s 1996 Oscar-nominated short film “The Chicken from Outer Space,” which served as the show’s pilot.

“I never thought of making a cartoon show that would have such an impact,” said Dilworth during a recent video interview from New York. “Look at my colleagues doing ‘The Simpsons,’ there are shows that are profound. I just have this little dog show, and perhaps it was my wanting to do a family drama that had elements of scary and funny in it.

Making The Simpsons Movie must have been a daunting task. How do you honor nearly 20 years of iconic material in one 90-minute feature? Most recurring Simpsons characters got at least one moment to shine in the movie — from Krusty the Clown, to Hans Moleman, to Kent Brockman. And the movie even found ways to include brief cameos from more obscure characters like Itchy & Scratchy creator Chester J. Lampwick, and foul-mouthed puppet Gabbo.

Which makes it all the more strange that one of the show’s most well-known characters was absolutely nowhere to be found in The Simpsons Movie: Bart’s mortal enemy Dr. Demento Sideshow Bob.

Bob Terwilliger is obviously one of the keystones of the show’s mythology, but didn’t make the cut for the movie? This wasn’t always the plan, it turns out. Some story elements shifted around during production; the original villain of The Simpsons...

In the earliest episodes of Rick and Morty, nearly all of the action was focused on the two titular leads, but as the seasons have rolled by, Morty’s teenage sister Summer has become a considerable presence on the show in her own right. She’s worked for the devil, become the queen to a bunch of aliens, had an incest baby with her brother and single-handedly killed a group of bad guys trying to “do a Die Hard.”

Spencer Grammer is the woman who has given the teen her voice — as well as helped further hone that voice after all these years. I recently spoke to Grammer about Summer’s most badass moments, how she’s found herself becoming as vulgar as Summer and the lines she knows every Rick and Morty fan wants to hear (they’re also very vulgar).

What drew you to voice acting?

It’s sort of a sad story.

The Godfather, Alf, and The Simpsons are among the thousands of films and TV shows whose dialogue has gone into AI training data.

Update: Since this piece was written, the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain has issued a response. You can find it at the foot of the post.

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If our movies and TV shows are to be written by AI chatbots in the near future, then that output will have the work of countless creative, flesh-and-blood people to thank. According to a new report, such cultural staples as The Godfather, The Simpsons, Twin Peaks and Breaking Bad have all been fed into the AI data set used by some of technology’s biggest names, including Apple, Meta and Anthropic.

The report comes from The Atlantic and forms part of a wider investigation into exactly what tech firms are using to ‘train’ their AI systems. Journalist...

Not even those crazy, could-only-come-from-a-human-brain subtitles like "tentacles roiling wetly" from Stranger Things are safe from the AI slop pile. A new report from The Atlantic asserts that scriptwriters anxious about their hard work and proprietary content being used to train the thing that's trying to take their jobs really have nothing to worry about.

They don’t hand out awards for when you lose your mother, but if they did, Homer Simpsons’ trophy case would be full.

As Homer’s many experiences reconnecting with Mona before another untimely departure can attest, there aren’t many things in this world that are less funny than losing your mom. No matter what age you are when you experience this unique grief, it’s extremely hard to see how any joy can come out of such a loss, which is exactly why comedy savants like legendary Simpsons writer, showrunner and producer Mike Reiss get paid the big bucks: Nobody can do what they do quite as well as they do it.

Reiss sadly lost his mother recently, and, to celebrate her memory, he made an incredible joke that he thinks would have killed with his mom:

Reiss won the 1990 Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One...

Kelsey Grammer is currently enjoying a great deal of success with the revival of "Frasier," a series that has been running on Paramount+ since October 2023. The original "Frasier," itself a spinoff of "Cheers," starred Grammer as the titular character, a radio psychologist whose persnickety attitudes and tastes invited all manner of zany shenanigans into his life. The original show lasted 264 episodes over 11 seasons, making it one of the most successful sitcoms of its decade.

But, as many might be able to point out, Grammer's career has been wildly varied in success. He often shows up in films, yet he has headlined far more bombs than hits. Grammer has played Dr. Hank McCoy/Beast in several live-action "X-Men" movies, but he has also appeared in a slew of weird, low-budget, straight-to-home-media schlock. Who could forget, for instance, the bizarre glories of Andrew Lawrence's "Money Plane"? Grammer has similarly starred in numerous low-rent Christmas movies,...

In the latest episode of Dark Side of Comedy, titled “Phil Hartman,” airing at 7:00 Pm on Tuesday, 26 November 2024, the series delves into the life of one of comedy’s most beloved figures. Phil Hartman was known for his iconic roles on Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons, where his voice and characters brought laughter to millions. However, beneath his squeaky clean image, there was a darker, more tragic side to his life.

This episode explores the complexities of Hartman’s personal life, particularly his toxic marriage, which ultimately led to a devastating murder-suicide. The contrast between Hartman’s public persona and his private struggles paints a haunting picture of how fame, pressure, and personal demons can intertwine in the most tragic ways. Dark Side of Comedy offers a deep, often heartbreaking look at the challenges Hartman faced off-screen, shedding light on the hidden darkness that many fans never saw.

Spoilers for "Yellowstone" follow.

Kevin Costner continues to be surprisingly active around "Yellowstone" despite the fact that the show's season 5, part 2 confirms John Dutton's death. The Paramount Network series' longtime star has already reacted to John's "Yellowstone" fate by wondering why his face is all over the advertising for a batch of episodes he's not actually in. While the actor hasn't really given his personal views about Sarah Atwood's (Dawn Olivieri) assassins killing John in a comparatively anticlimactic fashion so far, he does have a few words for the assorted fans who are less than happy about the way his character departs the neo-Western drama.

"Fans have a voice in things, and they choose to follow stuff," Costner noted regarding the fans' displeased reaction in a comment he gave to E! News at the 2024 Governors Awards. However, the actor didn't express personal frustration about the show's decision to...

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One charming aspect of early "The Simpsons" seasons is how janky the animation looks. Season one of the show was a marked improvement over the animated shorts that buttressed "The Tracey Ullman Show" commercial breaks back in the '80s, but it still looked pretty funky compared to the series that airs today. Back when "Futurama" premiered almost 25 years ago, however, the show actually looked pretty good. Matt Groening's second major TV project debuted with a relatively clean animation style that took advantage of 3D rendering to deliver a hybrid 2D/3D style that set the aesthetics of "Futurama" apart from "The Simpsons."

Of course, as with any TV series, initial designs weren't quite the same as what we eventually saw on-screen. For example, an early design for Bender gave him three antennas, gloves, and Bart Simpson's clothes.

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Back in 1990, when "The Simpsons" was only in its second season, show creator Matt Groening had already begun floating ideas for a sci-fi/comedy companion series. He even went on record with the corollary that his new show would be to "The Simpsons" what "The Jetsons" was to "The Flintstones." Groening spent several years turning the idea over in his head before finally approaching "Simpsons" writer David X. Cohen about the possibility of co-creating something together. The two slowly developed many ideas and invented a cast of new characters to live in the futuristic, robot-and-alien-crowded world of A.D. 3000. Some of the original titles for the series included "Aloha, Mars!" and "Doomsville." The show was also initially conceived to be bleaker and more dystopian than it ended up being; every corner was outfitted with a coin-operated suicide booth.

Eventually, Groening...

The premise of Sherwood Schwartz's popular 1964 sitcom "Gilligan's Island" is handily explained in its theme song: five passengers check into a three-hour boat tour, run by the skipper and first mate of a tiny tourist boat called the S.S. Minnow. The ship hits some bad weather and is thrown miles off course, landing on an uncharted desert isle. The seven tourists become seven stranded castaways. No phones, no lights, no motorcars, not a single luxury. Like "Robinson Crusoe," it's as primitive as can be. The septet have to learn to live together, usually to comedic effect. 

Gilligan (Bob Denver) was the above-mentioned first mate, and his innocent cluelessness and tendency to bumble often thwarted the castaways' ability to escape. He shared the island with his Skipper (Alan Hale), a professor (Russell Johnson), a pair of married millionaires (Natalie Schafer and Jim Backus), a farmer (Dawn Wells), and a...

Hey, "The Simpsons" fans. Unfortunately, we've got some terrible news for you guys in this article because we have to tell you that the people over at Fox are not serving up a new episode of The Simpsons tonight, November 17, 2024. Yep, for some unknown reason, they are making you wait an extra week to see the next, new episode 7 of this current season 36. According to Fox's official episode 7 press release, Fox doesn't plan to air the new episode 7 until next Sunday night, November 24, 2024 in its usual, 7 pm central standard time slot. So, certainly be sure to remember that very important date and time if you can. We did take a look at what Fox is airing instead of a new episode of The Simpsons tonight. According to the TV Guide listings, Fox is going to serve up a repeat episode of The Simpsons. This repeat episode is episode 18 of last season 35 titled,...

In the two-part "South Park" episode "Cartoon Wars" from 2006, it's revealed that an upcoming episode of "Family Guy" will feature the Prophet Muhammad as a character. The citizens of the titular town become terrified over the thought of military retaliation from various Islam-majority countries, since depictions of Muhammad are typically seen as blasphemous to many Muslim adherents. The episode came in the wake of a 2005 controversy when the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published comic strips that depicted Muhammad, sparking protests and even riots.

By the end of the episode, the citizens of South Park are literally burying their heads in the sand, trying to prove that they haven't been looking at the "Family Guy" Muhammad episode. "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker were trying to state, in their clumsy, cynical way, that it's silly to get offended by such things, and no one should be sensitive to the beliefs of others.

Matt Groening has been asked many times as to why he chose to make the Simpsons yellow, and he typically responds with some version of "I wanted them to look unique." For its first few seasons, "The Simpsons" were considered very strange and outré. Despite their popularity, they had a subversive, cynical punk sensibility that came to inform the art of the decade that followed. After enough time, though, the yellowness of the Simpsons became a widely accepted facet of their design, and they stopped looking quite as striking. Just as one might stop noticing that Mickey Mouse wears gloves, or Donald Duck has no pants. 

The color scheme of "The Simpsons" was always a little odd. The walls of the Simpsons' house, for instance, are pink, as is the Simpsons family car. Their TV is purple, and their carpets are a deep teal. Bart always wore teal shorts and a blood orange shirt,...