Thread:Jliby30/@comment-24191634-20170417003938/@comment-24394678-20170417010920

Well, The Simpsons Archive is one of the official fan-made Simpsons websites, and according to them, it says that "the next episode, "Looking for Mr. Goodbart", is currently penciled in for Sunday 23rd, despite not airing in the US until the following Sunday, the 30th. It'll be interesting to see if that goes ahead". So The Simpsons Archive assumes that the episode is penciled in for the 23rd, and "penciled in" means to plan or designate tentatively in case you don't know what that means. Tentatively is also a synonym for temporarily, so I assume that the episode premiering overseas a week before the USA is only a temporary plan and not a permanent plan according to The Simpsons Archive.

Judging by your failure to check Sky 1 HD's schedule for the 23rd, I believe they either changed their minds on premiering the episode overseas before the USA, or they decided to cancel the plan and decide to premiere it overseas after the USA (like Sky 1 always does along with Channel 4 in the UK since 2004, Eleven & Network Ten in Australia, and many other non-USA channels that air The Simpsons in different countries besides USA, UK, Australia, and Canada). However, on The Simpsons Archive, when I checked the complete listings for Sky 1 underneath the notes, it says that the episode is listed for 18:30 (6:30 pm) on the 23rd, but next to it in parenthesis is "TBC", which means "to be confirmed", so I believe that Sky 1 HD is either not confirming this rumor yet, will confirm it prior to the 23rd, not accept it, or just completely forgot about it.

Oh, and btw, I live in the USA so I don't care if those Britians air the new episode first before us in America a week after, but I can't wait much longer for it, though, and it's really stupid that there hasn't been a new episode since April 2nd here in the USA.