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- May 15, 2008: Fox announces that The Simpsons has been renewed for a twentieth season.[5]
- May 11, 2008: "Mona Leaves-a" is seen in 6.02 million homes, making it the least watched episode ever.[6]
- May 6, 2008: The nineteenth season premieres on Network Ten in Australia.[7]
- April 30, 2008: Empire magazine reports that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, writers of the film Superbad will write an episode of The Simpsons.[8]
- April 28, 2008: The Simpsons Ride in Universal Studios Florida opens, with the grand opening ceremonies set for May.[9]
- April 24, 2008: "Crook and Ladder" wins a Prism Award for "Comedy series episode".[10]
- April 23, 2008: The Simpsons Ride in Universal Studios Florida soft opens for technical rehearsals.[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.[12]
- April 9, 2008: The Simpsons taken off Venezuelan TV after being called unsuitable
- 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.[13]
- 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.[14]
- 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[15]
- January, 2008: The Simpsons Movie loses the Golden Globe Award for "Best Animated Feature" to Ratatouille.[16]
- December 13, 2007: The Simpsons Movie is nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the "Best Animated Feature" category.[17]
- December 5, 2007: The Simpsons Movie wins the British Comedy Award for "Best Comedy Film". The series had also been nominated for "Best International Comedy Show", but lost to Curb Your Enthusiasm.[18]
- 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".[19]
- September 5, 2007: FOX News fares poorly in investigation of media edits to Wikipedia
- July 17, 2007: Kwik-E-Mart promotion drawing thousands of visitors
- July 15, 2007: Doughnut on display in Springfield, New Zealand
- July 5, 2007: A dozen 7-Elevens transformed into Kwik-E-Marts to promote Simpsons movie
- April 6, 2006: "The Simpsons Movie" hits theatres July 2007
- June 23, 2006: FOX to produce new 'Futurama' episodes
[edit] Sources
- (Links to Wikinews are already sourced in their articles over there.)
- ^ Nellie Andreeva. "'Simpsons' voice actors reach deal", The Hollywood Reporter, 2008-06-02. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ "The Simpsons Ride opens in Universal Studios Hollywood", TV3, 2008-05-19. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
- ^ Michael Schneider. "Still no deal for 'Simpsons' cast", Variety, 2008-05-19. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
- ^ "Fox unleashes a May sweeps to remember", FoxFlash, 2008-04-15. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
- ^ Fox Announces Primetime Slate for 2008-2009. FoxFlash (2008-05-15). Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
- ^ Robert Seidman. "Nielsen Ratings May 11, 2008: Housewives vs. Survivors", TV by the Numbers, 2008-05-12. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
- ^ Sacha Molitorisz (2008-05-05). The Simpsons. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
- ^ Liam Burke (2008-04-30). From Superbad To Superheroes - Evan Goldberg on Hornet and The Boys. Empire. Retrieved on 2008-04-30.
- ^ DeWayne Bevil. "Simpsons Ride opens at Universal Studios", Orlando Sentinal, Chicago Tribune, 2008-04-28. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
- ^ "'The Simpsons' among Prism honorees", The Hollywood Reporter, 2008-04-24. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
- ^ "The Simpsons Ride goes to technical rehearsals", Orlando Sentinel, 2008-04-25. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
- ^ Charles Newbery (2008-04-14). 'Simpsons' stirs uproar in Argentina. Variety. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
- ^ Dave McNary. "Cody, Coen bros. top WGA Awards", Variety. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
- ^ "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2008)", Annie Awards. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
- ^ "People's Choice Awards Past Winners: 2008", CBS. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
- ^ "Nominations & Winners (2007)", Hollywood Foreign Press Association, December 13, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
- ^ Mike Bruno. "Golden Globes: The 2008 nominees", Entertainment Weekly, December 13, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ "The Past Winners", British Comedy Awards. Retrieved on 2007-10-17.
- ^ "For Your Consideration", Annie Awards, December 3, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
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