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FOX's The Simpsons has a long history with everything, but football is one that brings happy memories Who can forget Homer at the Super Bowl, or coaching the youth football team? Now, ESPN and Disney are teaming up for a new crossover, this one is pretty…interesting Following up on last year's Toy Story game broadcast,[...]

The actor also played the longest-running recurring role on the Fox animated series The Simpsons as "Sideshow Bob" Terwilliger, the former assistant to Krusty the Clown (Dan Castellaneta), turned serial attempted murderer of the one who exposed his true intentions, Bart Simpson (Nancy Cartwright) since season one Making his triumphant return on The Simpsons season[...]

It was only a matter of time until someone from The Simpsons cast took to task since the Fox series is set in Springfield (never clarifying in which state) Hank Azaria, who has played multiple characters in the animated series since its premiere, responded as the bumbling Chief Clancy Wiggum to a call and posted[...]

Danny DeVito might have the longest history as a guest star on The Simpsons, playing Homer Simpson's (Dan Castellaneta) half-brother Herbert Walter "Herb" Simpson-Powell The It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star is set to return to the Fox animated series for the first time since his last appearance in the season 24 episode "Changing of[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Netflix's The One Piece, The Simpsons/Disney+, Disney+'s Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Disney+'s Marvel Zombies, Disney+'s Eyes of Wakanda, Disney+'s What If…?, FX's Grotesquerie, TNT's AEW Rampage, James Gunn/DCU, Disney+'s Dream Productions, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty: The Anime, Netflix's One Piece, Netflix's Arcane, BBC's Doctor Who, Hulu's Solar Opposites, and more! Images/Screencaps: Marvel Comics (Frank Quitely),[...]

Some big news for fans of The Simpsons coming out of Disney's D23 fan expo First up, Disney+ subscribers will be able to check out the 35th season of the Emmy Award-, Annie Award- and Peabody Award-winning animated comedy beginning on October 2nd – but the news doesn't stop there During the show's panel, Matt Groening,[...]

Jakks Pacific is bringing The Simpsons to life with a brand new line of action figures We have covered a few of these releases already standing at 5" tall with single figures, family bundles, and even a few replicas Jakks is also giving collectors a little more deep-cut characters for their 5" line, including the[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? DC Studios' Booster Gold & Blue Beetle, ABC's Shifting Gears, FOX's The Simpsons, USA Network's WWE Raw, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Adult Swim's What a Cartoon Show!, The Boys/Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy, Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City & Daryl[...]

Halloween may be three months away, but what better time than San Diego Comic-Con for The Simpsons to tease their upcoming annual tradition with its 35th installment of The Treehouse of Horror? Moderator Kevin Smith was joined by series creator Matt Groening, showrunner Matt Selman, and producers Rob LaZebnik, Jessica Conrad, and Tim Bailey to[...]

It sounds like a broken record by now, but The Simpsons has a notorious track record of becoming the Nostradamus of pop culture, predicting various future events, including a Donald Trump presidency in the season 11 episode "Bart to the Future" in 2000. The Fox series returns to lampoon his administration in season 28 in 2016[...]

Ferrero has unveiled its latest campaign for Butterfinger, as the company is celebrating the candy bar's 100th Anniversary with The Simpsons In what is likely the most successful campaign the candy ever had, Butterfinger soared into the minds and pockets of anyone watching the Simpsons in the late '80s and early '90s, as Bart Simpson[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Disney+'s X-Men '97, NBC's SNL, FX's What We Do in the Shadows, Supernatural/Jared Padalecki, FX's Welcome to Wrexham, CBS's Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, CBS's Matlock, Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, Alligator Loki, The Simpsons/Disney+, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Discovery, AEW Dynamite/AEW Rampage, Prime Video's The Boys, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty: The Anime, Power Rangers Amy Jo[...]

While we're sure that Disney+ and The Simpsons are hoping that fans have a great "Star Wars Day" this weekend ("May the 4th Be With You"… get it?), the streamer and long-running animated series have something special set up for fans beginning on Friday, May 10th In the new promotional short May the 12th Be With[...]

Jakks Pacific has announced that they will be making new collectibles from The Simpsons and are getting pretty creative with it After the blunder from Super7, Jakks is bringing the whole family to life with new 2.5" figures and playsets On top of that, some replicas from the show are coming to life like Moe's[...]

One of the longest jokes from The Simpsons universe is coming to life, thanks to Jakks Pacific Over the past 34 years, The Simpsons have filled homes with fun and laughter, with some jokes or catchphrases that fans still use One of the longest running gags in the series is between Bart Simpson and Moe's[...]

A new line of collectibles is on the way from Jakks Pacific as they step into Springfield and bring The Simpsons to life The Simpsons are no stranger to collectibles, as the legendary animated family has been on TV screens since 1989 Jakks is ready to reintroduce The Simpsons to new generations with a new[...]

Jakks Pacific is traveling to Springfield as they announce their latest line of collectibles featuring The Simpsons The Simpsons is one of the longest running animated series, hitting 35 seasons on air, and is still going strong From predicting the future of human history to tales of horror and so much more, this legendary family[...]

Prime Video's Merry Little Batman, FOX's The Simpsons, Netflix's Dead Boy Detectives, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, NBC's Saturday Night Live, BBC's Doctor Who, and more! Images/Screencaps: BBC, SAG-AFTRA, AMC Networks, Paramount+, Adult Swim, Marvel Studios, FOX TV, Prime Video, Netflix BCTV Daily Dispatch: Ms Marvel, Frasier, Wednesday, SAG-AFTRA, Daredevil: Born Again, Invincible, Fear the Walking Dead, The Simpsons, Rick[...]

During the October 22nd episode of FOX's The Simpsons ("McMansion & Wife"), Homer comments on his "interesting" parenting skills before adding, "I don't do that anymore Times have changed." What? Huh? After years of venting his frustrations at his son by wrapping his hands around his throat, did this mean that Homer saw the error[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Netflix's Stranger Things, FOX's The Simpsons, ABC's The Rookie: Feds, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, BBC's Doctor Who, SAG-AFTRA, NBC's Saturday Night Live, STARZ's Spartacus: House of Ashur, WWE/Vince McMahon, Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender, FX's Fargo, Netflix's Squid Game: The Challenge, Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, Netflix's Arcane, HBO's True Detective: Night Country, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Netflix's Star[...]

But somewhere in the middle of all of that exists what appears to be… the truth?!? In between the online back-and-forths, some fans noted that FOX's The Simpsons hasn't featured Homer strangling Bart for a few years now – reportedly, not since Season 31 But it was the show's executive producers who had the most[...]

Speaking with his guest Ed Sheeran, the musician asked the host about his time writing and producing on The Simpsons O'Brien wrote four episodes over the course of seasons four and five during its earlier years To provide a reference, the Fox animated series, currently in its 35th season, outlasted all his late-night shows from[...]

Some say you haven't made it as a pop culture icon unless you've appeared on The Simpsons these days The musician and actor "Weird Al" Yankovic made his third appearance on the long-running Fox animated series in season 34, episode 16, "Hostile Kirk Place." "I've been a huge fan of [The Simpsons] since 1989, but[...]

For The Simpsons (the longest-running scripted series in television history), that means Seasons 35 & 36, with Family Guy picking up Seasons 22 & 23 and Bob's Burgers returning for Seasons 14 & 15 Now, nearly ten years after they appeared together on the same screen (in the 2014 Family Guy episode "The Simpsons Guy"),[...]

The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Bob's Burgers have each been given two-season renewal orders that will run the series through the 2024-2025 broadcast cycle For The Simpsons (the longest-running scripted series in television history), that means Seasons 35 & 36, with Family Guy picking up Seasons 22 & 23 and Bob's Burgers returning for Seasons[...]

The Simpsons took back control of Halloween this year with Treehouse of Horror XXXIII, which brought parodies of The Babadook, Death Note, and Westworld The three segments within the episode contained great takes on the titles they parodied with "The Pookadook," "Death Tome," and "Simpson's World." I'll be talking about a few parts of the[...]

If there's anyone to announce the news of a Bob's Burgers and The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XXXIII crossover it would be Linda Belcher (better known as John Roberts) Hopefully, the potential for some unique and less…transphobic jokes is in store for us when watching this year's Treehouse of Horror if the Belcher family is involved[...]

FOX's The Simpsons are planning ahead and letting fans know about their plans for Halloween 2022, and those are going to include a double-dose of terror with two episodes of "Treehouse of Horror" instead of the usual one special episode The news was dropped during the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2022 panel for the series, which[...]

The Simpsons is one of the most immersive animated series of all time The cartoon sitcom has gone on for so long that many fans have grown up with the series and even experienced it with multiple generations Fans of The Simpsons were introduced to the show's Springfield and hundreds of characters, many of whom are[...]

The Simpsons Ultimates wave two from Super7 was put up for preorder this afternoon, the companies first preorders of the new year Four new figures make up the wave- Bartman, Duffman, Krusty The Clown, and Hank Scorpio is getting the Ultimate treatment, loaded to the gills with character-specific accessories to make the ultimate version of[...]