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Season 20

The twentieth season began airing on September 28, 2008 with "Sex, Pies, and Idiot Scrapes" and ended on May 17, 2009 with "Coming to Homerica". Al Jean is the showrunner of this season and previous seasons since Season 13. The season had officially been confirmed to air by the network in May 2008. The show is now tied with Gunsmoke as the longest running American primetime television series.

Production on the season was delayed because of contract negotiations with the six main voice actors, but was resolved and the actors' salary was raised to $400,000 per episode. The delay in production has caused the planned 22 episodes to be shortened to 20. Voice actor Dan Castellaneta is to be credited as a consulting producer for the first time.

The Complete Twentieth Season was released on DVD on January 12th, 2010, just a few weeks after the series' 20th anniversary.

Transition to HD

Season 20 also marks the transition to the HD broadcast format. Starting with the episode "Take My Life, Please", more elaborate Opening Sequences were developed that could change from episode to episode. For example, a three-eyed crow flies from left to right at the beginning of this episode, then flies in the opposite direction every other episode. The chalkboard gag for "Take" reads "HDTV is worth every cent".

The Opening Sequence would have even more variations, starting with "Bart Gets a "Z"" in Season 21.

Episodes

#	Original airdate	Prod. Code	Title	Title Reference
1 - 2101	September 27, 2009	LABF13	"Sex, Pies, and Idiot Scrapes"	Home of the Whopper
2 - 2102	October 4, 2009	LABF15	"Lost Verizon"	Bart Gets an "F"
3 - 2103	October 11, 2009	LABF16	"Double, Double, Boy in Trouble"	The Great White Hope
4 - 2104	October 18, 2009	LABF14	"Treehouse of Horror XIX"	N/A
5 - 2105	November 15, 2009	LABF17	"Dangerous Curves"	The Devil Wears Prada
6 - 2106	November 22, 2009	LABF18	"Homer And Lisa Exchange Cross Words"	N/A
7 - 2107	November 29, 2009	LABF19	"Mypods And Boomsticks"	Bedknobs and Broomsticks
8 - 2108	December 13, 2009	MABF01	"The Burns and The Bees"	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
9 - 2109	January 3, 2010	MABF03	"Lisa the Drama Queen"	Tuesdays with Morrie
10 - 2110	January 10, 2010	LABF20	"Take My Life, Please"	Once Upon a Time in America
11 - 2111	January 31, 2010	MABF03	"How the Test Was Won"	Million Dollar Baby
12 - 2112	February 14, 2010	MABF05	"No Loan Again, Naturally"	Boy Meets Girl
13 - 2113	February 21, 2010	MABF06	"Gone Maggie Gone"	The Color Purple
14 - 2114	March 14, 2010	MABF04	"In the Name of the Grandfather"	Postcards From the Edge
15 - 2115	March 21, 2010	MABF07	"Wedding for Disaster"
16 - 2116	March 28, 2010	MABF10	"Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe"	The Greatest Story Ever Told
17 - 2117	April 11, 2010	MABF08	"The Good, the Sad and the Drugly"	American History X
18 - 2118	April 18, 2010	MABF09	"Father Knows Worst"	King of Hearts
19 - 2119	April 25, 2010	MABF14	"Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh"	The Squid and the Whale
20 - 2120	May 2, 2010	MABF12	"Four Great Women and a Manicure"	To Sir, with Love
21 - 2121	May 9, 2010	MABF13	"Coming to Homerica"	Mo' Better Blues

"Sex, Pies, and Idiot Scrapes" - September 28 2008 - KABF17
"Lost Verizon" - October 5 2008 - KABF15
"Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" - October 19 2008 - KABF14
"Treehouse of Horror XIX" - November 2 2008 - KABF16
"Dangerous Curves" - November 9 2008 - KABF18
"Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" - November 16, 2008 - KABF19
"Mypods and Boomsticks" - November 30, 2008 - KABF20
"The Burns and the Bees" - December 7, 2008 - KABF21
"Lisa the Drama Queen" - January 25, 2009 - KABF22
"Take My Life, Please" - February 15, 2009 - LABF01
"How the Test Was Won" - March 1, 2009 - LABF02
"No Loan Again, Naturally" - March 8, 2009 - LABF03
"Gone Maggie Gone" - March 15, 2009 - LABF04
"In the Name of the Grandfather" - March 22, 2009 - LABF11
"Wedding for Disaster" - March 29, 2009 - LABF05
"Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe" - April 5, 2009 - LABF06
"The Good, the Sad and the Drugly" - April 19, 2009 - LABF07
"Father Knows Worst" - April 26, 2009 - LABF08
"Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh" - May 3, 2009 - LABF10
"Four Great Women and a Manicure" - May 10, 2009 - LABF09
"Coming to Homerica" - May 17, 2009 - LABF12

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 |- style="background-color: #F2F2F2;" |
-| 1 - 2101 || September 27, 2009 || LABF13 || "[[Homer the Whopper]]" || [[wikipedia: Whopper|Home of the Whopper]]
+| 1 - 2101 || September 27, 2009 || LABF13 || "[[Sex, Pies, and Idiot Scrapes]]" || [[wikipedia: Whopper|Home of the Whopper]]
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" |
-| 2 - 2102 || October 4, 2009 || LABF15 || "[[Bart Gets a "Z"]]" || [[Bart Gets an "F"]]
+| 2 - 2102 || October 4, 2009 || LABF15 || "[[Lost Verizon]]" || [[Bart Gets an "F"]]
 |- style="background-color: #F2F2F2;" |
-| 3 - 2103 || October 11, 2009 || LABF16 || "[[The Great Wife Hope]]" || [[wikipedia: The Great White Hope (film)|The Great White Hope]]
+| 3 - 2103 || October 11, 2009 || LABF16 || "[[Double, Double, Boy in Trouble]]" || [[wikipedia: The Great White Hope (film)|The Great White Hope]]
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" |
-| 4 - 2104 || October 18, 2009 || LABF14 || "[[Treehouse of Horror XX]]" || <span style="color:#C0C0C0;"><small>N/A</small></span>
+| 4 - 2104 || October 18, 2009 || LABF14 || "[[Treehouse of Horror XIX]]" || <span style="color:#C0C0C0;"><small>N/A</small></span>
 |- style="background-color: #F2F2F2;" |
-| 5 - 2105 || November 15, 2009 || LABF17 || "[[The Devil Wears Nada]]" || [[wikipedia: The Devil Wears Prada (film)|The Devil Wears Prada]]
+| 5 - 2105 || November 15, 2009 || LABF17 || "[[Dangerous Curves]]" || [[wikipedia: The Devil Wears Prada (film)|The Devil Wears Prada]]
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" |
-| 6 - 2106 || November 22, 2009 || LABF18 || "[[Pranks and Greens]]" || [[wikipedia: Baked beans|Franks and Beans]]
+| 6 - 2106 || November 22, 2009 || LABF18 || "[[Homer And Lisa Exchange Cross Words]]" || <span style="color:#C0C0C0;"><small>N/A</small></span>
 |- style="background-color: #F2F2F2;" |
-| 7 - 2107 || November 29, 2009 || LABF19 || "[[Rednecks and Broomsticks]]" || [[wikipedia: Bedknobs and Broomsticks|Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]
+| 7 - 2107 || November 29, 2009 || LABF19 || "[[Mypods And Boomsticks]]" || [[wikipedia: Bedknobs and Broomsticks|Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" |   [ wikipedia: Bedknobs and Broomsticks|Bedknobs Broomsticks]]
-| 8 - 2108 || December 13, 2009 || MABF01 || "[[O Brother, Where Bart Thou?]]" || [[wikipedia: O Brother, Where Art Thou?|O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]
+| 8 - 2108 || December 13, 2009 || MABF01 || "[[The Burns and The Bees]]" || [[wikipedia: O Brother, Where Art Thou?|O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]
 |- style="background-color: #F2F2F2;" |
-| 9 - 2109 || January 3, 2010 || MABF03 || "[[Thursdays with Abie]]" || [[wikipedia: Tuesdays with Morrie|Tuesdays with Morrie]]
+| 9 - 2109 || January 3, 2010 || MABF03 || "[[Lisa the Drama Queen]]" || [[wikipedia: Tuesdays with Morrie|Tuesdays with Morrie]]
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" |
-| 10 - 2110 || January 10, 2010 || LABF20 || "[[Once Upon a Time in Springfield]]" || [[wikipedia: Once Upon a Time in America|Once Upon a Time in America]]
+| 10 - 2110 || January 10, 2010 || LABF20 || "[[Take My Life, Please]]" || [[wikipedia: Once Upon a Time in America|Once Upon a Time in America]]
 |- style="background-color: #F2F2F2;" |
-| 11 - 2111 || January 31, 2010 || MABF03 || "[[Million Dollar Maybe]]" || [[wikipedia: Million Dollar Baby|Million Dollar Baby]]
+| 11 - 2111 || January 31, 2010 || MABF03 || "[[How the Test Was Won]]" || [[wikipedia: Million Dollar Baby|Million Dollar Baby]]
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" |
-| 12 - 2112 || February 14, 2010 || MABF05 || "[[Boy Meets Curl]]" || [[wikipedia: Boy Meets Girl (1998 film)|Boy Meets Girl]]
+| 12 - 2112 || February 14, 2010 || MABF05 || "[[No Loan Again, Naturally]]" || [[wikipedia: Boy Meets Girl (1998 film)|Boy Meets Girl]]
 |- style="background-color: #F2F2F2;" |
-| 13 - 2113 || February 21, 2010 || MABF06 || "[[The Color Yellow]]" || [[wikipedia: The Color Purple (film)|The Color Purple]]
+| 13 - 2113 || February 21, 2010 || MABF06 || "[[Gone Maggie Gone]]" || [[wikipedia: The Color Purple (film)|The Color Purple]]
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" |
-| 14 - 2114 || March 14, 2010 || MABF04 || "[[Postcards From the Wedge]]" || [[wikipedia: Postcards From the Edge (film)|Postcards From the Edge]]
+| 14 - 2114 || March 14, 2010 || MABF04 || "[[In the Name of the Grandfather]]" || [[wikipedia: Postcards From the Edge (film)|Postcards From the Edge]]
 |- style="background-color: #F2F2F2;" |
-| 15 - 2115 || March 21, 2010 || MABF07 || "[[Stealing First Base]]" || <span style="color:#C0C0C0;"><small>N/A</small></span>
+| 15 - 2115 || March 21, 2010 || MABF07 || "[[Wedding for Disaster]]" ||
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" |
-| 16 - 2116 || March 28, 2010 || MABF10 || "[[The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed]]" || [[wikipedia: The Greatest Story Ever Told|The Greatest Story Ever Told]]
+| 16 - 2116 || March 28, 2010 || MABF10 || "[[Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe]]" || [[wikipedia: The Greatest Story Ever Told|The Greatest Story Ever Told]]
 |- style="background-color: #F2F2F2;" |
-| 17 - 2117 || April 11, 2010 || MABF08 || "[[American History X-cellent]]" || [[wikipedia: American History X|American History X]]
+| 17 - 2117 || April 11, 2010 || MABF08 || "[[The Good, the Sad and the Drugly]]" || [[wikipedia: American History X|American History X]]
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" |
-| 18 - 2118 || April 18, 2010 || MABF09 || "[[Chief of Hearts]]" || [[wikipedia: King of Hearts (1966 film)|King of Hearts]]
+| 18 - 2118 || April 18, 2010 || MABF09 || "[[Father Knows Worst]]" || [[wikipedia: King of Hearts (1966 film)|King of Hearts]]
 |- style="background-color: #F2F2F2;" |
-| 19 - 2119 || April 25, 2010 || MABF14 || "[[The Squirt and the Whale]]" || [[wikipedia: The Squid and the Whale|The Squid and the Whale]]
+| 19 - 2119 || April 25, 2010 || MABF14 || "[[Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh]]" || [[wikipedia: The Squid and the Whale|The Squid and the Whale]]
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" |
-| 20 - 2120 || May 2, 2010 || MABF12 || "[[To Surveil With Love|To Surveil, with Love]]" || [[wikipedia: To Sir, with Love|To Sir, with Love]]
+| 20 - 2120 || May 2, 2010 || MABF12 || "[[Four Great Women and a Manicure]]" || [[wikipedia: To Sir, with Love|To Sir, with Love]]
 |- style="background-color: #F2F2F2;" |
-| 21 - 2121 || May 9, 2010 || MABF13 || "[[Moe Letter Blues]]" || [[wikipedia: Mo' Better Blues|Mo' Better Blues]]
+| 21 - 2121 || May 9, 2010 || MABF13 || "[[Coming to Homerica]]" || [[wikipedia: Mo' Better Blues|Mo' Better Blues]]
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