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Season 23 was announced in November 11, 2010. It premiered in the September 25, 2011.

Season 23
Original Run	September 25, 2011 – May 20, 2012
No. of episodes	22
Previous season	22
Next season	24

Episodes

#	Original airdate	Prod. Code	Title	Title Reference
1 - 2301	September 25, 2011	LABF13	"The Falcon and the D'ohman"
2 - 2302	October 2, 2011	LABF15	"Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts"
3 - 2303	October 30, 2011	LABF16	"Treehouse of Horror XXII"
4 - 2304	November 6, 2011	LABF14	"Replaceable You"
5 - 2305	November 13, 2011	LABF17	"The Food Wife"
6 - 2306	November 20, 2011	LABF18	"The Book Job"
7 - 2307	November 27, 2011	LABF19	"The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants"
8 - 2308	December 4, 2011	MABF01	"The Ten-Per-Cent Solution"
9 - 2309	December 11, 2011	MABF03	"Holidays of Future Passed"
10 - 2310	January 8, 2012	LABF20	"Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson"
11 - 2311	January 15, 2012	MABF03	"The D'oh-cial Network"
12 - 2312	January 29, 2012	MABF05	"Moe Goes from Rags to Riches"
13 - 2313	February 12, 2012	MABF06	"The Daughter Also Rises"
14 - 2314	February 19, 2012	MABF04	"At Long Last Leave"
15 - 2315	March 4, 2012	MABF07	"Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart"
16 - 2316	March 11, 2012	MABF10	"How I Wet Your Mother"
17 - 2317	March 18, 2012	MABF08	"Them, Robot"
18 - 2318	April 15, 2012	MABF09	"Beware My Cheating Bart"
19 - 2319	April 29, 2012	MABF14	"A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again"
20 - 2320	May 6, 2012	MABF12	"The Spy Who Learned Me"
21 - 2321	May 13, 2012	MABF13	"Ned 'N Edna's Blend"
22 - 2322	May 20, 2012	MABF11	"Lisa Goes Gaga"

International broadcast from this season

Country / Region	Channel	Premiere
Latin America countries	FOX	February 26, 2012
Hungary	Viasat 6	October 21, 2012
Australia	ELEVEN	October 26, 2011
Italy	Italia 1	March 4, 2013
Mauritius	MBC 1	March 12, 2014

Regarding the show itself

• When a fan asked why there were no musical numbers in The Simpsons Movie, Jean said that they wound up on the cutting room floor, including a big song about Alaska, with music by The Eurythmics' Dave Stewart. "They got pretty far along in the animation, and then we got scared that the movie began to drag in that section," explained Jean, noting that the song will be included on the next DVD release of the movie.
• In answering a fan's question, Groening said that it was always his intention to not have the characters on the show age, thanks to the wonders of animation. But, as he quipped, "we may do it when we run out of ideas. That may be the last sad season of The Simpsons. Bart will turn 11."
• Two more "Banksy-eseque" gags occurred during the season.
• The 500th episode, titled "At Long Last Leave", aired February 19, 2012.
• The guest voices this season included Kiefer Sutherland, Jane Lynch, Michael Cera, Andy Garcia, Armie Hammer, Joan Rivers, Jeremy Irons, and Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim.
• Anthony Bourdain had a cameo in "The Food Wife".[1]
• Bryan Cranston guest starred as Stradivarius Cane in "The Spy Who Learned Me", a suave Hollywood superspy.[2]
• Although Lisa explored romantic possabilities with Michael Cera's character, "(...)she may ultimately find true love with a certain four-eyed nerd."[3]
• The show bent its format with an episode that followed the saga of Moe's bar rag over hundreds of years, voiced by Jeremy Irons. ("Moe Goes from Rags to Riches")
• The family finally visited the last continent they had not yet been to, Antarctica. ("A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again").
• In one episode Mr. Burns had an iPad app called Angry Burns.
• One episode involved an Inception parody where one dream level was drawn in The Tracey Ullman Show style and Dan Castellaneta reverted to his old, Walter Matthau-inspired Homer voice for the segment. ("How I Wet Your Mother")
• Homer became a Glenn Beck-esque TV pundit and leader of the "Gravy Boat" movement. His preferred presidential candidate is Ted Nugent, who guest-stars. ("Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson")
• Homer became addicted to Stranded, a show that's based on Lost. The show ended 5 years previously but Homer wouldn't let anyone tell him how it ended.[4]
• Lady Gaga, whose song Just Dance was heard in the Season 21 episode "Moe Letter Blues" returned as a guest star in "Lisa Goes Gaga".