Season 19

The nineteenth of The Simpsons originally aired from September 23, 2007, to May 18, 2008. This is the first season produced after The Simpsons Movie and contains seven hold-over episodes from season 18's JABF production line.

Returning Characters

Various returning characters appear in this season. Sideshow Bob, Cecil Terwilliger, Francesca Terwilliger, and Gino Terwilliger, all appear in Funeral for a Fiend. Dr. Velimorovic the plastic surgeon, appears in Husbands and Knives. 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, 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 of America) went on strike. Season 19 was originally going to have 23 episodes, but due to the strike, only 17 episodes were finished after Treehouse of Horror XVIII, which was the last episode aired before the strike. Luckily, episodes still had post-production as FOX edited the scripts after production was finished.

Episodes

1. He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs
2. Homer of Seville
3. Midnight Towboy
4. I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
5. Treehouse of Horror XVIII
6. Little Orphan Millie
7. Husbands and Knives
8. Funeral for a Fiend
9. Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind
10. E. Pluribus Wiggum
11. That '90s Show
12. Love, Springfieldian Style
13. The Debarted
14. Dial "N" for Nerder
15. Smoke on the Daughter
16. Papa Don't Leech
17. Apocalypse Cow
18. Any Given Sundance
19. Mona Leaves-a
20. All About Lisa