Season 19

The season of The Simpsons that started on September 2007 and ended May 2008.

Returning Characters
Various returning characters who appeared this season include Sideshow Bob, Cecil Terwilliger Francesca Terwilliger and Gino Terwilliger who all appear in Funeral for a Fiend, (Dr. Velimorovic the plastic surgeon appears in Husbands and Knives), and Gloria, Snake's girlfriend from A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love appears in I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Mona Simpson appears in Mona Leaves-a and Lurleen Lumpkin also returns in Papa Don't Leech.

Guest Stars
Guest stars who appear in this season are Stephen Colbert, Lionel Richie, Plácido Domingo, Maya Rudolph, Matt Dillion, Steve Buscemi, Ted Nugent, Julia-Louis Dreyfus, Maurice LaMarche, Alan Moore, Art Speigleman, Dan Clowes, Jack Black, Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Jon Stewart, and Dan Rather, "Weird Al" Yankovic,Topher Grace, Kurt Loder, Glenn Close, Beverly D'Angelo and the Dixie Chicks.

Effect of Writers Strike
In November 2007 the WGA (Writers Guild America) went on strike. The season was originally going to have 23 episodes but due to the strike only 17 episodes were finished after Treehouse of Horror XVIII aired which was the last episode before the strike. Luckily, episodes will still have post-production as FOX will edit the scripts after production is finished.

Episodes

He Loves To Fly And He D'ohs, Homer On Seville, Midnight Towboy, I Don't Wanna Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Treehouse Of Horror XVIII, Little Orphan Millie, Husbands And Wives, Funeral For A Friend, Eternal Moonshine Of The Simpsons Mind, E Pluribus Wiggum, That 90's Show, Love Springfieldan Style, The Debarted, Dial 'N' For Nerder, Smoke On The Daughter, Papa Don't Leech, Apocalypse Cow, Any Given Sundance, Mona Leaves-a, All About Lisa