The Simpsons (season 20)

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The Simpsons' twentieth season will begin airing on Fox in September of 2008. The season was officially confirmed by the network in May 2008 and will air during its usual time, Sundays at 8:00 PM.[1] The season will premiere on September 28, 2008.[2]

Production on the season was delayed because of contract negotiations with the six main voice actors.[3] The dispute was soon resolved, and the actors' salary was raised to $400,000 (US) per episode. The delay in production has caused the planned 22 episodes to be shortened to 20.[4]

Voice actor Dan Castellaneta will be credited as a consulting producer for the first time.[4]

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[edit] Episodes

[edit] Known titles

The following episodes have no plot yet:

[edit] Known writers

  • Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, writers of the film Superbad will write an episode. The duo asked the producers of The Simpsons if they could write an episode. They were invited to the writers room where they pitched several episode ideas. One was accepted, and they wrote an outline with the help of some feedback from the regular writers.[9][10]

[edit] Known plots

[edit] Guest stars

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fox Announces Primetime Slate for 2008-2009. FoxFlash (2008-05-15). Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
  2. ^ Fox Announces Fall Premiere Dates for the 2008-2009 Season. FoxFlash (2008-06-05). Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
  3. ^ Michael Schneider. "Still no deal for 'Simpsons' cast", Variety, 2008-05-19. Retrieved on 2008-05-20. 
  4. ^ a b Nellie Andreeva. "'Simpsons' voice actors reach deal", The Hollywood Reporter, 2008-06-02. Retrieved on 2008-06-02. 
  5. ^ Reg. # PAu002922103 in the U.S. Copyright Records database Retrieved on May 19, 2008
  6. ^ a b Army Archerd. "Matt Damon & Bart Simpson!", Variety, 2007-08-16. Retrieved on 2007-10-23. 
  7. ^ Reg. # PAu003338248 in the U.S. Copyright Records database Retrieved on June 12, 2008
  8. ^ Reg. # PAu003346870 in the U.S. Copyright Records database Retrieved on June 9, 2008
  9. ^ a b Cindy White. "Rogen and Goldberg Writing Simpsons Episode", IGN, 2008-06-04. Retrieved on 2008-06-04. 
  10. ^ Liam Burke (2008-04-30). From Superbad To Superheroes - Evan Goldberg on Hornet and The Boys. Empire. Retrieved on 2008-04-30.
  11. ^ "Madonna set for Simpsons cameo?", Yahoo!, 2007-07-04. Retrieved on 2007-08-05. 
  12. ^ "FOX's Returning Series Descriptions", The Futon Critic, 2008-05-15. Retrieved on 2008-05-18. 
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