Upcoming Episodes (well, Episode, anyway)
Don Del Grande
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8/29: *** Pre-empted ***
Fox is showing the Denver vs. Dallas NFL football game starting at
8 PM (Eastern)
9/5: Sunday, Cruddy Sunday (AABF08)
Fox owner Rupert Murdoch guest voices as himself as Homer
organizes a trip to the Super Bowl...with counterfeit tickets
Syndication
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8/23: Much Apu About Nothing (3F20)
Apu reveals that he's not a citizen
8/24: The Day the Violence Died (3F16)
When Bart finds Itchy's real creator, it results in Itchy &
Scratchy being no longer made
8/25: Bart on the Road (3F17)
Bart, Milhouse, Nelson, and Martin go to Knoxville
8/26: The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular (3F31)
That "NRA4EVER" thing is a JOKE - it always says 847.63
8/27: You Only Move Twice (3F23)
Homer gets a new job that's a little too perfect
8/30: Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'oh-cious (3G03)
The Simpsons get a nanny
8/31: The Brother from Another Series (4F14)
Sideshow Bob's brother tries to sabotage the new dam
9/ 1: The Canine Mutiny (4F16)
Bart replaces Santa's Little Helper with a "perfect" dog
9/ 2: Radioactive Man (2F17)
The RM movie is being made in Springfield
9/ 3: Home Sweet Home-Diddly-Dum-Doodily (3F01)
Bart, Lisa, and Maggie have to live with the Flanderses
9/ 6: Bart Sells His Soul (3F02)
...to Milhouse; Moe opens a "family restaurant"
9/ 7: Marge Be Not Proud (3F07)
The second Christmas Special
9/ 8: 22 Short Films About Springfield (3F18)
including Not Quite 22 Ways Not To Get Bubble Gum Out of Hair
9/ 9: Homerpalooza (3F21)
Homer joins a touring rock concert's freak show
9/10: The Trouble With Trillions (5F14)
The IRS wants Homer to get a $1,000,000,000,000 bill back
from Mr. Burns
*** WHAT HAPPENS TO THE "NATIONAL SYNDICATION RUN"? ***
Up until now, there was one (or, for a while two) episodes each weekday
that the syndicators made available "for free" - provided that the
stations show the commercials that came with them (rather than show
commercials that the advertisers paid the stations themselves for the
time). If a station wanted to show more than one episode per day, it
had to pay a fee to the syndicators, but the station could show
whatever episodes it wanted.
Beginning September 10, there will be no more "nationally syndicated"
episodes. Any station that wants to show syndicated episodes at all
will pay fees, but each station can show whatever episodes it wants in
whatever order it wants.
If you're lucky, stations will start showing episodes from the
beginning and in original order (although I wouldn't be surprised if
some stations pull out the Halloween and Christmas episodes and show
them only in October and December). However, if you're not lucky,
there's a chance your local station's programmers are thinking "hmmm,
do we show episodes of 'The Simpsons', half of which are years old and
we've probably run them into the ground already, and we have to pay
for them, or do we show free episodes of '3rd Rock from the Sun' that
haven't been shown anywhere in years?"
Oh, and do NOT ask me what episodes your local station will be
showing. I can't maintain a separate list for every station in the
USA. Try tvquest.com, clicktv.com, or tvguide.com.
Upcoming "Futurama" Episodes
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8/29: *** Pre-Empted ***
Fox is showing the Denver vs. Dallas NFL football game starting at
8 PM (Eastern)
9/5: My Three Suns (1ACV07)
Fry becomes emperor of a planet of liquid creatures - by drinking
the previous emperor by mistake
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Sunday, Cruddy Sunday AGAIN? It MUST be football season...