The nineteenth season of The Simpsons originally aired from September 23, 2007, to May 18, 2008, starting with "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" and ending with "All About Lisa."
Season Milestones[]
- In production order, this is the final season to use the second opening sequence used since Season 2.
- This is the last season to be fully produced in 4:3 standard definition (though season 20 would have nine holdover episodes from this season that are in 4:3).
- This is the first season to be animated on Toon Boom Wacom Cintiqs, though hand-drawn layouts are still used to keep the traditional look of the series, the series continues using the process as such to this day.
- This is the first time (not counting the last season of the Tracy Ullman Show shorts) that The Simpsons was affected by a Hollywood strike (see "Production" below).
- This is the first "post-movie/pre-sequel" season overall.
Production[]
Season 19 was originally going to have 23 episodes, but only 17 episodes were finished after Treehouse of Horror XVIII, due to the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Fortunately, some episodes were in post-production and FOX edited the scripts while the writers were on strike (a decision that Seth MacFarlane from Family Guy called "...a colossal dick move.").
Episodes[]
| Image | # | Original airdate | Prod. Code | Title | Title Reference |
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1 - 401 | Sunday, September 23, 2007 | JABF20 | "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" | We Love to Fly and It Shows |
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2 - 402 | Sunday, September 30, 2007 | JABF18 | "The Homer of Seville" | The Barber of Seville |
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3 - 403 | Sunday, October 7, 2007 | JABF21 | "Midnight Towboy" | Midnight Cowboy |
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4 - 404 | Sunday, October 14, 2007 | JABF19 | "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
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5 - 405 | Sunday, November 4, 2007 | JABF16 | "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" | N/A |
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6 - 406 | Sunday, November 11, 2007 | JABF22 | "Little Orphan Millie" | Little Orphan Annie |
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7 - 407 | Sunday, November 18, 2007 | JABF17 | "Husbands and Knives" | Husbands and Wives |
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8 - 408 | Sunday, November 25, 2007 | KABF01 | "Funeral for a Fiend" | Funeral for a Friend |
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9 - 409 | Sunday, December 16, 2007 | KABF02 | "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
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10 - 410 | Sunday, January 6, 2008 | KABF03 | "E Pluribus Wiggum" | E Pluribus Unum |
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11 - 411 | Sunday, January 27, 2008 | KABF04 | "That '90s Show" | That '70s Show |
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12 - 412 | Sunday, February 17, 2008 | KABF05 | "Love, Springfieldian Style" | Love, American Style |
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13 - 413 | Sunday, March 2, 2008 | KABF06 | "The Debarted" | The Departed |
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14 - 414 | Sunday, March 9, 2008 | KABF07 | "Dial "N" for Nerder" | Dial M for Murder |
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15 - 415 | Sunday, March 30, 2008 | KABF08 | "Smoke on the Daughter" | Smoke on the Water |
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16 - 416 | Sunday, April 13, 2008 | KABF09 | "Papa Don't Leech" | Papa Don't Preach |
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17 - 417 | Sunday, April 27, 2008 | KABF10 | "Apocalypse Cow" | Apocalypse Now |
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18 - 418 | Sunday, May 4, 2008 | KABF11 | "Any Given Sundance" | Any Given Sunday |
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19 - 419 | Sunday, May 11, 2008 | KABF12 | "Mona Leaves-a" | Mona Lisa |
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20 - 420 | Sunday, May 18, 2008 | KABF13 | "All About Lisa" | All About Eve |
Trivia[]
- This is one of the seasons where only some of the episodes are pal-pitched in some other countries.
- The only episodes to contain the effect are Midnight Towboy and E Pluribus Wiggum.
- The rest of the episodes have to be aired in some parts of the UK and France to contain the pal-pitch effect.
- This is the only season to contain an exact 20-episode count, which is still higher than the 13-episode count from season 1.