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 * October 25, 2013: Marcia Wallace, who voiced Edna Krabappel, died.
 * October 7, 2011: The Simpsons are renewed for two more seasons after the cast agreed to pay cuts. This will bring the show to a total of 25 seasons.
 * July 14, 2011: The Simpsons receives three nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, for the episode "Angry Dad: The Movie", voice actor Dan Castellaneta and composer Alf Clausen. Clausen's nomination means he becomes the most nominated musician in Emmy history.
 * June 23, 2011: It is confirmed that the show's 23rd season will begin on September 25, 2011.

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 * Archived entries
 * June 21, 2011: Matt Groening is announced as a recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.
 * June 18, 2011: Clarence Clemons, who guest starred as the narrator in the episode "Grift of the Magi", dies aged 69.
 * December 12, 2010: Fat Tony, who was introduced in the third season, dies in the episode "Donnie Fatso". However, he is replaced by his identical cousin "Fit Tony", who soon gains weight and is rechristened "Fat Tony".
 * December 8, 2010: The Simpsons is nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards in the Animation category: Stephanie Gillis for "Moe Letter Blues" and Matt Selman for "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?"
 * December 3, 2010: In response, to Bill O'Reilly, a brief scene is added to the opening sequence of the "How Munched is That Birdie in the Window?" with a helicopter that bears the slogan "Fox News: Unsuitable for Viewers Under 75."
 * November 23, 2010: Bill O'Reilly, host of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor, criticizes The Simpsons for a joke that aired in "The Fool Monty" where a Fox News helicopter can be seen, with the slogan "Fox News: Not Racist, But #1 With Racists".
 * August 24, 2010: The Complete Thirteenth Season is released on DVD.
 * August 8, 2010: Fox announces "Elementary School Musical", the premiere of the show's 22nd season will air September 26, 2010. Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie will guest star.
 * July 24, 2010: Numerous upcoming guest stars are revealed, including Paul Rudd, John Hamm, Hugh Laurie and Alyson Hannigan.
 * July 8, 2010: The show receives four Primetime Emmy Award nominations including one for "Once Upon a Time in Springfield".
 * January 12, 2010: Season 20 is released on DVD and Blu-Ray. It features no audio commentaries.
 * January 11, 2010: The Simpsons receives all five of Writers Guild of America Awards 2009 nominations for the "Animation" category.
 * January 10, 2010: The Simpsons celebrates its 20th anniversary with the 451st episode "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" and the Morgan Spurlock documentary The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!/
 * March 17, 2009: The Simpsons episode to premiere on Sky1
 * February 15, 2009: "The Simpsons" announces change in title sequence and move to HD
 * January 29, 2009: Bart Simpson used to promote Scientology
 * December 8, 2008: The Simpsons is nominated for five Writers Guild of America Awards, one in the Comedy series category. The other four are in the Animation category, the nominees are: Jeff Westbrook ("Apocalypse Cow"), Joel H. Cohen ("The Debarted"), Michael Price ("E Pluribus Wiggum") and Tim Long ("Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words"). Episodes of The Simpsons have won in the category the past five years. Winners will be announced February 7, 2009.
 * December 8, 2008: In a landmark case, an Australian man has been fined $2,000 after Simpsons "pornography" was discovered on his home computer. The issue was whether a cartoon character was considered a real person and a Judge decided it could, so the man was found guilty of possessing child pornography.
 * December 1, 2008: The Simpsons is nominated for three Annie Awards: Best Animated Television Production, Best Directing in an Animated Television Production (Bob Anderson for "Treehouse of Horror XIX") and Best Writing in an Animated Television Production (Joel H. Cohen for "The Debarted"). Winners will be announced on January 30, 2009.
 * September 28, 2008: "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" airs as the premiere episode of the twentieth season. The Simpsons is now tied with Gunsmoke as the longest running American primetime television series.
 * September 13, 2008: "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" wins a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or less), the tenth in the history of the show.
 * September 4, 2008: Jodie Foster and Anne Hathaway are announced as guest stars for season 20. Foster will voice an adult Maggie Simpson in "Four Great Women & A Manicure" while Hathaway will voice a character Bart likes in "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly".
 * September 5, 2008: "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" is announced as the season premiere of season 20 and will air September 28.
 * June 22, 2008: Comedian George Carlin, who guest starred as Seth in "D'oh-in in the Wind", dies aged 71.
 * June 2, 2008: The six main voice actors sign a new four year contract. This ends a pay dispute which had delayed work on the twentieth season and resulted in the shortening of the production run from 22 episodes to 20.
 * May 19, 2008: The Simpsons Ride opens in Universal Studios Hollywood. The version at Universal Studios Florida officially opened four days earlier on May 15.
 * May 19, 2008: According to Variety, a pay dispute between Fox and the six main voice actors has resulted in the delay of production for the twentieth season, so there may be 20 episodes produced for the season, rather than 22.
 * May 18, 2008: The nineteenth season ends with the airing of the finale "All About Lisa".
 * May 15, 2008: Fox announces that The Simpsons has been renewed for a twentieth season.
 * May 11, 2008: "Mona Leaves-a" is seen in 6.02 million homes, making it the least watched episode ever.
 * May 6, 2008: The nineteenth season premieres on Network Ten in Australia.
 * April 30, 2008: Empire magazine reports that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, writers of the film Superbad will write an episode of The Simpsons.
 * April 28, 2008: The Simpsons Ride in Universal Studios Florida opens, with the grand opening ceremonies set for May.
 * April 24, 2008: "Crook and Ladder" wins a Prism Award for "Comedy series episode".
 * April 23, 2008: The Simpsons Ride in Universal Studios Florida soft opens for technical rehearsals.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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
 * January 2008: The Simpsons Movie loses the Golden Globe Award for "Best Animated Feature" to Ratatouille.
 * December 13, 2007: The Simpsons Movie is nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the "Best Animated Feature" category.
 * 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.
 * 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".
 * 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