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Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set, rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. The medium is capable of more than "radio broadcasting", which refers to an audio signal sent to radio receivers.

Television became available in crude experimental forms in the 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries.

In 2013, 79% of the world's households owned a television set. The replacement of earlier cathode-ray tube (CRT) screen displays with compact, energy-efficient, flat-panel alternative technologies such as LCDs (both fluorescent-backlit and LED), OLED displays, and plasma displays was a hardware revolution that began with computer monitors in the late 1990s. Most television sets sold in the 2000s were flat-panel, mainly LEDs. Major manufacturers announced the discontinuation of CRT, Digital Light Processing (DLP), plasma, and even fluorescent-backlit LCDs by the mid-2010s. LEDs are being gradually replaced by OLEDs. Also, major manufacturers have started increasingly producing smart TVs in the mid-2010s. Smart TVs with integrated Internet and Web 2.0 functions became the dominant form of television by the late 2010s. (Full article...)

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The Simpsons is an animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a soft-satirical parody of the "Middle American" lifestyle epitomized by its titular family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield, and lampoons many aspects of the human condition, as well as American culture, society as a whole, and television itself. Since its debut on December 17, 1989, the show has aired 408 episodes over 19 seasons. It is presently airing its nineteenth season. The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 23 Emmy Awards, 24 Annie Awards and a Peabody Award. Time magazine's December 31, 1999 issue named it the 20th century's best television series. The Simpsons is the longest-running American sitcom. Homer's annoyed grunt "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English lexicon, while The Simpsons has been cited as an influence on many adult-oriented animated sitcoms.

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W2XBS, Schenectady, New York. In 1928, Felix the Cat was one of the first images ever broadcast by television when RCA chose a papier-mâché Felix doll for an experimental broadcast on W2XBS. The doll was chosen for its tonal contrast and its ability to withstand the intense lights needed in early television and was placed on a rotating phonograph turntable and televised for about two hours each day. The doll remained on the turntable for nearly a decade as RCA fine-tuned the picture's definition, and converted to electronic television.

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... that television production companies working in Bhadun, Bangladesh, can hire a local woman as an extra for ৳500 (US$5.30) per day?
... that the 1999 video game Interplay Sports Baseball Edition 2000 used a public-address announcer while its rivals were switching to two commentators as featured on real MLB game broadcasts?
... that Colorado public television station KTSC operates from two studios named for the same benefactor?
... that ethnic broadcasting pioneer Shushma Datt was the first Canadian woman to obtain a CRTC broadcast licence?
... that Windows 3.1 had a special version, known as Modular Windows, that was controlled via television?
... that New Jersey politics expert Nick Acocella hosted Pasta & Politics, a television show where he would make pasta with various politicians including Thomas Kean, Cory Booker, and Chris Christie?

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Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.

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...that The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer, a book that analyzes the The Simpsons using philosophical concepts, is the main textbook in philosophy courses offered at some universities?

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...that Russian television implied that Filipp Kirkorov won the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with "Kolibelnaya Dlya Vulkana" when he in fact only came 17th?

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Howard W. "Kroger" Babb (December 30, 1906 – January 28, 1980) was an American film producer and showman. His marketing techniques were similar to a travelling salesman's, with roots in the medicine show tradition. Self-described as "America's Fearless Young Showman", he is best known for his presentation of the 1945 exploitation film Mom and Dad, which was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2005.

Babb was involved in the production and marketing of many films and television shows, promoting each according to his favorite marketing motto: "You gotta tell 'em to sell 'em." His films ranged from sex education-style dramas to "documentaries" on foreign cultures, intended to titillate audiences rather than to educate them, maximizing profits via marketing gimmicks. (Full article...)

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Image 1Ad for the beginning of experimental television broadcasting in New York City by RCA in 1939 (from History of television)
Image 2RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced television set, which sold in 1946–1947 (from History of television)
Image 3Manfred von Ardenne in 1933 (from History of television)
Image 4Philo Farnsworth in 1924 (from History of television)
Image 5First television test broadcast transmitted by the NHK Broadcasting Technology Research Institute in May 1939 (from History of television)
Image 6LG Electronics smart TV from 2011 (from Smart TV)
Image 7Samsung's discontinued Orsay platform (from Smart TV)
Image 8Ferdinand Braun (from History of television)
Image 9Smart TVs on display (from Smart TV)
Image 10The first mass-produced Czechoslovak TV-set Tesla 4001A (1953–57) (from History of television)
Image 11The Nipkow disk. This schematic shows the circular paths traced by the holes, which may also be square for greater precision. The area of the disk outlined in black shows the region scanned. (from History of television)
Image 12Baird in 1925 with his televisor equipment and dummies "James" and "Stooky Bill" (right) (from History of television)
Image 13LG Smart TV using the Web browser (from Smart TV)
Image 14RCA CT-100 at the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention playing Superman. The RCA CT-100 was the first mass-produced color TV set. (from Color television)
Image 15Color bars used in a test pattern, sometimes used when no program material is available (from History of television)
Image 16The Philco Predicta, 1958. In the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from History of television)
Image 17Family watching TV, 1958 (from History of television)
Image 18A map depicting digital terrestrial television standards (from Digital television)
Image 19Public television in France uses 819 line b&w high definition, from 1959 until 1983 (TF1). (from History of television)
Image 20Hovannes Adamian c. 1900s (from Color television)
Image 21Comparison of image quality between ISDB-T (1080i broadcast, top) and NTSC (480i transmission, bottom) (from Digital television)
Image 22DBS satellite dishes (from History of television)
Image 23This live image of actress Paddy Naismith was used to demonstrate Telechrome, John Logie Baird's first all-electronic color television system, which used two projection CRTs. The two-color image would be similar to the basic Telechrome system. (from Color television)
Image 24An early Smart TV from 2012 running the discontinued Orsay platform (from History of television)
Image 25A color television test at the Mount Kaukau transmitter site, New Zealand in 1970.
A test pattern with color bars is used to calibrate the signal. (from Color television)

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Turner as Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

Lana Turner (1921–1995) was an American actress who appeared in over fifty films during her career, which spanned four decades. Discovered in 1937 at age 16, she signed a contract with Warner Bros. but soon transferred to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The studio's co-founder, Louis B. Mayer, helped further her career by casting her in several youth-oriented comedies and musicals, including Dancing Co-Ed (1939) and Ziegfeld Girl (1941), the latter of which was a commercial success and helped establish her as one of the studio's leading performers. Turner subsequently co-starred with Clark Gable in the drama Somewhere I'll Find You (1943), the first of four films she would appear in with him.

Turner's role as a femme fatale in the film noir The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) advanced her career significantly and established her as a dramatic actress. It earned her acclaim with Bosley Crowther of The New York Times deeming it "the role of her career." In addition to her film roles, Turner frequently appeared on radio programs throughout the 1940s, including Suspense and The Orson Welles Almanac. In 1952, she co-starred in the drama The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) opposite Kirk Douglas, portraying an alcoholic actress. Turner made her final film appearance with Gable in the drama Betrayed (1954). After the critical and commercial failure of Diane (1956), MGM opted not to renew Turner's contract. At the time, her films with the studio had collectively earned over $50 million (Full article...)
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The Bill is a British police procedural television series that ran from 1984 to 2010. The show, whose name is derived from "old bill"—a British slang term for police officers—was unusual among police dramas in that it focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work. The series originated in 1983 as a one-off drama titled Woodentop (another British slang term for the police, derived from the helmets worn by British police officers), written by Geoff McQueen and produced by Thames Television. ITV were sufficiently impressed with Woodentop that they commissioned a series, which started in 1984 under the title of The Bill. At the time of the series' end in August 2010, The Bill was the United Kingdom's longest-running police drama and was among the longest-running of any British television series, having run for almost 27 years.

The Bill has earned various awards and nominations during its run, with the nominations in categories ranging from Best Drama to its camera and editing work to the cast's acting performance. It received nominations for eight awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, winning Best Video Cameraman in 1990 and Best Continuing Drama in 2009—an award for which it was unsuccessfully nominated in a further three years. In addition, The Bill enjoyed success at the Inside Soap Awards, where it won Best Drama six times, including four consecutive wins, as well as a nomination in 2010—losing to Waterloo Road. Other awards include a Writers' Guild of Great Britain award for Best Soap/Continuing Drama Series in 2008, Best Serial Drama at the Digital Spy Soap Awards of the same year and a nomination for Most Popular Overseas Drama at the 2005 Logie Awards. The Bill has also received multiple nominations at the EMMAs, National Television Awards, where it won Most Popular Drama in 1996 and 2004, and six Royal Television Society award nominations, having won awards in 2006 and 2008. (Full article...)

Book	Name	Episodes	Originally aired
Book	Name	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	Water	20	February 21, 2005 (2005-02-21)	December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02)
2	Earth	20	March 17, 2006 (2006-03-17)	December 1, 2006 (2006-12-01)
3	Fire	21	September 21, 2007 (2007-09-21)	July 19, 2008 (2008-07-19)

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Treehouse of Horror, also known as The Simpsons Halloween Specials, is a series of Halloween-themed episodes of the animated sitcom The Simpsons, each consisting of three separate, self-contained segments. These segments usually involve the family in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting and always take place outside the normal continuity of the show. Therefore, they are considered non-canon.

The original "Treehouse of Horror" episode aired on October 25, 1990, and was inspired by EC Comics Horror tales. From "Treehouse of Horror" (1990) to "X" (1999), every episode has aired in the week preceding or on October 31; "II" and "X" are both the only episodes to air on Halloween. Between "XI" (2000) to "XIX" (2008) and "XXI" (2010), due to Fox's contract with Major League Baseball's World Series, episodes had originally aired in November. "XX" (2009) and each Treehouse of Horror episode since "XXII" (2011) has aired in October, with the exception of season thirty two's "XXXI" (2020), which was originally scheduled for October 18, but was postponed to November 1 due to the 2020 NLCS reaching game 7. This was the first time since "XXI" that a Treehouse of Horror episode aired in November. The same thing happened with season thirty-five's "XXXIV" (2023), which aired on November 5. (Full article...)

Season	Episodes	Originally aired		U.S. viewers (in millions)
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	U.S. viewers (in millions)
1	27	August 5, 2003 (2003-08-05)	May 5, 2004 (2004-05-05)	9.48
2	24	November 4, 2004 (2004-11-04)	May 19, 2005 (2005-05-19)	7.44
3	25	September 8, 2005 (2005-09-08)	May 18, 2006 (2006-05-18)	5.83
4	16	November 2, 2006 (2006-11-02)	February 22, 2007 (2007-02-22)	3.96

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Stranger Things is an American streaming television series created for Netflix by the Duffer Brothers, which features an ensemble cast. It is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s. The Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy, but secretly conducts experiments on the paranormal and supernatural, frequently employing human subjects. Inadvertently, the laboratory created a portal to an alternate dimension called "the Upside Down". The influence of the Upside Down starts to affect the unknowing residents of Hawkins in calamitous ways. All episodes of the first season were released on Netflix on July 15, 2016, and the second season was released in its entirety on October 27, 2017. A third season was released on July 4, 2019, with the fourth season being released in two volumes on May 27 and July 1, 2022, respectively.

The series has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades for its writing, acting, directing, production values, visual effects, and soundtrack. Stranger Things has been nominated for many awards, including 57 Primetime Emmy Awards (12 wins), four Golden Globe Awards, four Grammy Awards, four Critics' Choice Television Awards (one win), 13 Saturn Awards (four wins), two Producers Guild of America Awards (one win), three Writers Guild of America Awards, and two Peabody Awards (one win). It was also selected by the American Film Institute as one of its top 10 television programs of the year for the series' first two seasons. (Full article...)
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The Office is an American television sitcom broadcast on NBC. Created as an adaptation by Greg Daniels of the British series of the same name, it is a mockumentary that follows the day-to-day lives of the employees of the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of Dunder Mifflin, a fictional paper supply company. The series ran on NBC in the United States from March 24, 2005, to May 16, 2013. Additionally, nine spin-off series of webisodes of The Office have been aired on NBC.com.

The Office aired a short first season in 2005 that consisted of six episodes. This was followed by a full-length second season in 2005–06 that consisted of 22 episodes, and a third season in 2006–07, with 25 episodes. Due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, the fourth season that aired in 2007–08 consisted of 19 episodes. The fifth season aired during 2008–09 and consisted of 28 episodes. The sixth season aired during 2009–10 and consisted of 26 episodes. The seventh season aired during 2010–11 and consisted of 26 episodes. The eighth season aired during 2011–12 and consisted of 24 episodes. The ninth season aired during 2012–13 and consisted of 25 episodes. A total of 201 episodes of The Office aired over nine seasons. (Full article...)
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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
127	1	"Road to the Multiverse"	Greg Colton	Wellesley Wild	September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27)	7ACX06	10.11
128	2	"Family Goy"	James Purdum	Mark Hentemann	October 4, 2009 (2009-10-04)	7ACX01	9.86
129	3	"Spies Reminiscent of Us"	Cyndi Tang	Alec Sulkin	October 11, 2009 (2009-10-11)	7ACX03	8.97
130	4	"Brian's Got a Brand New Bag"	Pete Michels	Tom Devanney	November 8, 2009 (2009-11-08)	7ACX02	7.26
131	5	"Hannah Banana"	John Holmquist	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	November 8, 2009 (2009-11-08)	7ACX05	8.00
132	6	"Quagmire's Baby"	Jerry Langford	Patrick Meighan	November 15, 2009 (2009-11-15)	7ACX04	8.50
133	7	"Jerome Is the New Black"	Brian Iles	John Viener	November 22, 2009 (2009-11-22)	7ACX08	7.48
134	8	"Dog Gone"	Julius Wu	Steve Callaghan	November 29, 2009 (2009-11-29)	7ACX07	8.50
135	9	"Business Guy"	Pete Michels	Andrew Goldberg & Alex Carter	December 13, 2009 (2009-12-13)	7ACX11	7.66
136	10	"Big Man on Hippocampus"	Dominic Bianchi	Brian Scully	January 3, 2010 (2010-01-03)	7ACX09	8.16
137	11	"Dial Meg for Murder"	Cyndi Tang	Alex Carter & Andrew Goldberg	January 31, 2010 (2010-01-31)	7ACX12	6.19
138	12	"Extra Large Medium"	John Holmquist	Steve Callaghan	February 14, 2010 (2010-02-14)	7ACX14	6.44
139	13	"Go, Stewie, Go!"	Greg Colton	Gary Janetti	March 14, 2010 (2010-03-14)	7ACX15	6.66
140	14	"Peter-assment"	Julius Wu	Chris Sheridan	March 21, 2010 (2010-03-21)	7ACX16	6.67
141	15	"Brian Griffin's House of Payne"	Jerry Langford	Aram Spencer Porter	March 28, 2010 (2010-03-28)	7ACX13	7.32
142	16	"April in Quahog"	Joseph Lee	John Viener	April 11, 2010 (2010-04-11)	7ACX18	6.96
143	17	"Brian & Stewie"	Dominic Bianchi	Gary Janetti	May 2, 2010 (2010-05-02)	7ACX20	7.40
144	18	"Quagmire's Dad"	Pete Michels	Tom Devanney	May 9, 2010 (2010-05-09)	7ACX19	7.22
145	19	"The Splendid Source"	Brian Iles	Based on a short story by : Richard Matheson Teleplay by : Mark Hentemann	May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)	7ACX17	7.71
146	20	"Something, Something, Something, Dark Side"	Dominic Polcino	Kirker Butler	May 23, 2010 (2010-05-23)	6ACX21	6.31
146	20	"Something, Something, Something, Dark Side"	Dominic Polcino	Kirker Butler	May 23, 2010 (2010-05-23)	6ACX22	6.31
147	21	"Partial Terms of Endearment"	Joseph Lee	Danny Smith	June 20, 2010 (2010-06-20) (BBC Three) September 28, 2010 (2010-09-28) (DVD)	7ACX10	1.04 (BBC Three)
21	1	"Enter! The World of the Shinigami" Transliteration: "Totsunyū! Shinigami no Sekai" (Japanese: 突入！死神の世界)	Jun'ya Koshiba	Jun'ya Koshiba	Rika Nakase	March 1, 2005 (2005-03-01)	February 10, 2007
22	2	"The Man who Hates Shinigami" Transliteration: "Shinigami o Nikumu Otoko" (Japanese: 死神を憎む男)	Kōji Aritomi	Kōji Aritomi	Natsuko Takahashi	March 8, 2005 (2005-03-08)	February 17, 2007
23	3	"14 Days Before Rukia's Execution" Transliteration: "Rukia Shokei, Jūyokka Mae" (Japanese: ルキア処刑、14日前)	Kazunori Mizuno	Kazunori Mizuno	Masahiro Ōkubo	March 15, 2005 (2005-03-15)	February 24, 2007
24	4	"Assemble! The 13 Divisions" Transliteration: "Kesshū! Gotei Jūsantai" (Japanese: 結集！護廷13隊)	Sanzō Tsunoda	Akira Iwanaga	Michiko Yokote	March 22, 2005 (2005-03-22)	March 3, 2007
25	5	"Penetrate the Center with an Enormous Bombshell?" Transliteration: "Kyodai Hōdan de Chūō Toppa?" (Japanese: 巨大砲弾で中央突破？)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Akira Shimizu	Genki Yoshimura	March 29, 2005 (2005-03-29)	March 10, 2007
26	6	"Formation! The Worst Tag" Transliteration: "Kessei! Saiaku no Taggu" (Japanese: 結成！最悪のタッグ)	Noriyuki Abe	Takuji Kimura	Masashi Sogo	April 5, 2005 (2005-04-05)	March 17, 2007
27	7	"Release the Death Blow!" Transliteration: "Hissatsu no Ichigeki o Hanate!" (Japanese: 必殺の一撃を放て！)	Jun'ya Koshiba	Jun'ya Koshiba	Masashi Sogo	April 12, 2005 (2005-04-12)	March 25, 2007
28	8	"Orihime Targeted" Transliteration: "Nerawareta Orihime" (Japanese: 狙われた織姫)	Kōji Aritomi	Keizō Kusakawa	Rika Nakase	April 19, 2005 (2005-04-19)	April 8, 2007
29	9	"Breakthrough! The Shinigami's Encompassing Net" Transliteration: "Toppa seyo! Shinigami Hōimō" (Japanese: 突破せよ！死神包囲網)	Shigeki Hatakeyama	Shigeki Hatakeyama	Michiko Yokote	April 26, 2005 (2005-04-26)	April 15, 2007
30	10	"Renji's Confrontation" Transliteration: "Tachihadakaru Renji" (Japanese: 立ちはだかる恋次)	Motosuke Takahashi	Jun'ya Koshiba	Masahiro Ōkubo	May 3, 2005 (2005-05-03)	April 22, 2007
31	11	"The Resolution to Kill" Transliteration: "Kiru Tame no Kakugo" (Japanese: 斬る為の覚悟)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Kazunori Mizuno	Natsuko Takahashi	May 10, 2005 (2005-05-10)	April 29, 2007
32	12	"Stars and the Stray" Transliteration: "Hoshi to Norainu" (Japanese: 星と野良犬)	Noriyuki Abe	Takuji Kimura	Genki Yoshimura	May 17, 2005 (2005-05-17)	May 6, 2007
33	13	"Miracle! The Mysterious New Hero" Transliteration: "Kiseki! Nazo no Shin Hīrō" (Japanese: 奇跡！謎の新ヒーロー)	Chiaki Kon	Chiaki Kon	Masahiro Ōkubo	May 26, 2005 (2005-05-26)	May 13, 2007
34	14	"Tragedy of Dawn" Transliteration: "Yoake no Sangeki" (Japanese: 夜明けの惨劇)	Kōji Aritomi	Kōji Aritomi	Natsuko Takahashi	June 1, 2005 (2005-06-01)	May 20, 2007
35	15	"Aizen Assassinated! The Darkness which Approaches" Transliteration: "Aizen Ansatsu! Shinobiyoru Yami" (Japanese: 藍染暗殺！忍び寄る闇)	Jun'ya Koshiba	Jun'ya Koshiba	Masashi Sogo	June 7, 2005 (2005-06-07)	May 27, 2007
36	16	"Zaraki Kenpachi Approaches!" Transliteration: "Zaraki Kenpachi, Semaru!" (Japanese: 更木剣八、迫る！)	Shigeki Hatakeyama	Shigeki Hatakeyama	Rika Nakase	June 14, 2005 (2005-06-14)	June 9, 2007
37	17	"Motive of the Fist" Transliteration: "Kobushi no Riyū" (Japanese: 拳の理由)	Kazunori Mizuno	Kazunori Mizuno	Michiko Yokote	June 21, 2005 (2005-06-21)	June 17, 2007
38	18	"Desperation! The Broken Zangetsu" Transliteration: "Zettaizetsumei! Orareta Zangetsu" (Japanese: 絶体絶命! 折られた斬月)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Mitsutaka Noshitani	Genki Yoshimura	June 28, 2005 (2005-06-28)	June 24, 2007
39	19	"The Immortal Man" Transliteration: "Fujimi no Otoko" (Japanese: 不死身の男)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Noriyuki Abe	Rika Nakase	July 5, 2005 (2005-07-05)	July 1, 2007
40	20	"The Shinigami whom Ganju Met" Transliteration: "Ganju no Mita Shinigami" (Japanese: 岩鷲の見た死神)	Sanzō Tsunoda	Ryō Miyata	Masashi Sogo	July 12, 2005 (2005-07-12)	July 8, 2007
41	21	"Reunion, Ichigo and Rukia" Transliteration: "Saikai, Ichigo to Rukia" (Japanese: 再会、一護とルキア)	Kōji Aritomi	Kōji Aritomi	Natsuko Takahashi	July 19, 2005 (2005-07-19)	July 15, 2007

Season	Episodes	Originally aired		Avg. viewers (millions)	Rank
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Avg. viewers (millions)	Rank
1	25	September 22, 2004 (2004-09-22)	May 25, 2005 (2005-05-25)	15.69	15
2	24	September 21, 2005 (2005-09-21)	May 24, 2006 (2006-05-24)	15.50	15
3	23	October 4, 2006 (2006-10-04)	May 23, 2007 (2007-05-23)	17.84	10
4	14	January 31, 2008 (2008-01-31)	May 29, 2008 (2008-05-29)	13.40	17
5	17	January 21, 2009 (2009-01-21)	May 13, 2009 (2009-05-13)	10.94	28
6	18	February 2, 2010 (2010-02-02)	May 23, 2010 (2010-05-23)	10.08	31

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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
60	1	"Kamp Krusty"	Mark Kirkland	David M. Stern	September 24, 1992 (1992-09-24)	8F24	21.8
61	2	"A Streetcar Named Marge"	Rich Moore	Jeff Martin	October 1, 1992 (1992-10-01)	8F18	18.3
62	3	"Homer the Heretic"	Jim Reardon	George Meyer	October 8, 1992 (1992-10-08)	9F01	19.3
63	4	"Lisa the Beauty Queen"	Mark Kirkland	Jeff Martin	October 15, 1992 (1992-10-15)	9F02	19.0
64	5	"Treehouse of Horror III"	Carlos Baeza	Al Jean & Mike Reiss	October 29, 1992 (1992-10-29)	9F04	25.1
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65	6	"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"	Rich Moore	John Swartzwelder	November 3, 1992 (1992-11-03)	9F03	20.1
66	7	"Marge Gets a Job"	Jeffrey Lynch	Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein	November 5, 1992 (1992-11-05)	9F05	22.9
67	8	"New Kid on the Block"	Wes Archer	Conan O'Brien	November 12, 1992 (1992-11-12)	9F06	23.1
68	9	"Mr. Plow"	Jim Reardon	Jon Vitti	November 19, 1992 (1992-11-19)	9F07	24.0
69	10	"Lisa's First Word"	Mark Kirkland	Jeff Martin	December 3, 1992 (1992-12-03)	9F08	28.6
70	11	"Homer's Triple Bypass"	David Silverman	Gary Apple & Michael Carrington	December 17, 1992 (1992-12-17)	9F09	23.6
71	12	"Marge vs. the Monorail"	Rich Moore	Conan O'Brien	January 14, 1993 (1993-01-14)	9F10	23.0
72	13	"Selma's Choice"	Carlos Baeza	David M. Stern	January 21, 1993 (1993-01-21)	9F11	24.5
73	14	"Brother from the Same Planet"	Jeffrey Lynch	Jon Vitti	February 4, 1993 (1993-02-04)	9F12	23.8
74	15	"I Love Lisa"	Wes Archer	Frank Mula	February 11, 1993 (1993-02-11)	9F13	25.2
75	16	"Duffless"	Jim Reardon	David M. Stern	February 18, 1993 (1993-02-18)	9F14	25.7
76	17	"Last Exit to Springfield"	Mark Kirkland	Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky	March 11, 1993 (1993-03-11)	9F15	22.4
77	18	"So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show"	Carlos Baeza	Jon Vitti	April 1, 1993 (1993-04-01)	9F17	25.5
78	19	"The Front"	Rich Moore	Adam I. Lapidus	April 15, 1993 (1993-04-15)	9F16	20.1
79	20	"Whacking Day"	Jeffrey Lynch	John Swartzwelder	April 29, 1993 (1993-04-29)	9F18	20.0
80	21	"Marge in Chains"	Jim Reardon	Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein	May 6, 1993 (1993-05-06)	9F20	17.3
81	22	"Krusty Gets Kancelled"	David Silverman	John Swartzwelder	May 13, 1993 (1993-05-13)	9F19	19.4

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