The Simpsons season 20

{{Main|List of The Simpsons characters}}

• Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, Mayor Quimby, Barney Gumble, Rich Texan, Groundskeeper Willie, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Mel, Santa's Little Helper, Grampa Simpson, Blue-Haired Lawyer, Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Mr. Teeny, Gil Gunderson, Louie, and various others
• Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier
• Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Kearney Zzyzwicz, Ralph Wiggum, and various others
• Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson
• Hank Azaria as Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Snake, Superintendent Chalmers, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Carl Carlson, Disco Stu, Lou, Comic Book Guy, Old Jewish Man, Professor Frink, Coach Krupt, Cletus Spuckler, Sea Captain, Wiseguy, Luigi Risotto, Dr. Nick, Kirk Van Houten, Johnny Tightlips, Duffman, and various others
• Harry Shearer as Mr. Burns, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Dr. Hibbert, Rainier Wolfcastle, Lenny Leonard, Waylon Smithers, Scratchy, Otto Mann, Kent Brockman, Jasper Beardley, Reverend Lovejoy, Dewey Largo, Eddie, and various others

• Tress MacNeille as Agnes Skinner, Dolph Shapiro, Brandine Spuckler, Lindsey Naegle, Cookie Kwan, Lewis, Mrs. Muntz, Crazy Cat Lady, Bernice Hibbert, Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon, Shauna Chalmers, Lunchlady Dora, and various others
• Karl Wiedergott as additional characters
• Pamela Hayden as Milhouse Van Houten, Jimbo Jones, Janey Powell, and various others
• Russi Taylor as Wendell Borton, Martin Prince, Sherri, Terri, and various others
• Maggie Roswell as Maude Flanders. Helen Lovejoy, Luann Van Houten, Elizabeth Hoover, and various others

Guest stars for the season included Denis Leary, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mark Cuban, Jeff Bezos, Jodie Foster, and Anne Hathaway.{{#invoke:cite web||first=Dan|last=Snierson|date=July 3, 2008|title='The Simpsons': Denis Leary, Julia Louis-Dreyfus among next season's guest stars|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/07/03/simpsons-castin/|website=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=December 21, 2024|archive-date=August 28, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828182432/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/07/simpsons-castin.html|url-status=live}}{{#invoke:cite web||first=Dan|last=Snierson|date=September 4, 2008|title=Exclusive: Jodie Foster, Anne Hathaway to guest on 'The Simpsons'|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/09/04/exclusive-jodie/|website=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=December 21, 2024|archive-date=September 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905024818/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/09/exclusive-jodie.html|url-status=live}}

{{see also|List of The Simpsons episodes}}

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|EpisodeNumber=421

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes

|DirectedBy=Lance Kramer

|WrittenBy=Kevin Curran

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|9|28}}

|ProdCode=KABF17

|ShortSummary=After being bailed out of jail for starting a brawl at an alcohol-free St. Patrick's Day parade, Homer becomes a bounty hunter and tags Flanders along for the ride. Flanders quits after Homer dangerously pursues a bounty. When Homer skips his hearing, Flanders chases after Homer, but they reconcile after they get trapped together. Meanwhile, an Irish man gives Marge a job at his bakery, which Marge soon discovers specializes in sexually suggestive cakes. When Homer is sentenced for a short stay in prison, Marge sends him a cake to help him get through it.
Guest Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Robert Forster and Joe Mantegna.{{#invoke:cite news|| title = Official press release for "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" | publisher = The Futon Critic| date = 2008-09-12 | url = http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20080905fox20 | access-date=2008-09-12}}

|Viewers = 9.47{{#invoke:cite web||publisher=ABC Medianet|date=September 30, 2008|url=https://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=093008_04|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Sept. 22-28)|work=ABC Medianet|access-date=June 11, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529032133/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=093008_04|archive-date=May 29, 2009}}

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|EpisodeNumber=422

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Lost Verizon

|DirectedBy=Raymond S. Persi

|WrittenBy=John Frink

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|5}}

|ProdCode=KABF15

|ShortSummary=Bart feels left out after realizing he is the only kid in this day and age without a cell phone, so he tries to work in a country club as a golf ball finder to earn money for it and finds Denis Leary's phone instead. He uses it for mischief until Marge secretly activates the phone's tracking and filtering capabilities to monitor Bart. Lisa informs Bart, who ties the phone's tracker to a bird. Worried, the family follows the bird to Machu Picchu, where Marge has a dream that teaches her to let Bart care for himself, while Bart remains at home. Returning home, Marge and Bart reconcile.
Guest Stars: Denis Leary and Brian Grazer.{{cite magazine|first=Army|last=Archerd|author-link=Army Archerd|title=Matt Damon & Bart Simpson! |magazine=Variety|date=2007-08-16|url=https://variety.com/2007/voices/columns/matt-damon-ba-750/|accessdate=2022-01-10|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009175342/http://www.armyarcherd.com/2007/08/matt-damon---ba.html |archivedate=2007-10-09}}{{#invoke:cite news|| title = Official press release for "Lost Verizon" | publisher = The Futon Critic| date = 2008-09-12 | url = http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20081024fox16 | access-date=2008-09-12}}

|Viewers = 7.41{{#invoke:cite web||publisher=ABC Medianet|date=October 7, 2008|url=https://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=100708_06|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Sept. 29-Oct. 5)|work=ABC Medianet|access-date=June 11, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118052139/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=100708_06|archive-date=January 18, 2009}}

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|EpisodeNumber=423

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Double, Double, Boy in Trouble

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Bill Odenkirk

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|19}}

|ProdCode=KABF14

|ShortSummary=When Lenny wins the lottery and invites the Simpsons to a party at the Woosterfield Hotel, Bart meets Simon Woosterfield, a boy who looks exactly like him and is a member of Springfield's richest family. As a prank, the two decide to switch places, but the joke is on Bart when he discovers that Simon is being targeted for murder by his own siblings. When Lisa discovers who Simon is, and he tells the Simpsons about his family, they go and rescue Bart. The two boys return to their own families.
Guest Star: Joe Montana.{{#invoke:cite news|| title = Official press release for "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" | publisher = The Futon Critic| date = 2008-09-25 | url = http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20080925fox18 | access-date=2008-09-25}}Reg. # PAu002922103 in the [http://www.copyright.gov/records U.S. Copyright Records database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419010924/http://www.copyright.gov/records/ |date=April 19, 2010 }} Retrieved on May 19, 2008

|Viewers = 8.16{{#invoke:cite web||publisher=ABC Medianet|date=October 21, 2008|url=https://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=102108_03|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Oct. 13-19)|work=ABC Medianet|access-date=June 11, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530015444/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=102108_03|archive-date=May 30, 2009}}

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|EpisodeNumber=424

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Treehouse of Horror XIX

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Matt Warburton

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|2}}

|ProdCode=KABF16

|ShortSummary=Intro: Homer tries to vote for Barack Obama but the machine is rigged to place votes for John McCain—and kill anyone who reveals it.

Untitled Robot Parody: In this light parody of Transformers, Lisa gets a Malibu Stacy car that turns into a robot bent on fighting the mortal enemy of his race (more transforming robots).
How to Get Ahead in Dead-Vertising: After accidentally killing Krusty the Clown over the destruction of a daycare mural that used his image without his express permission, Homer is hired by two ad agents who have discovered a legal loophole in using celebrity likenesses in their advertising campaigns.{{#invoke:cite news||url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/features/article_1432969.php/The_Simpsons_Al_Jean_interview_new_season_begins_September_28|title='The Simpsons' Al Jean interview, new season begins September 28|publisher=Monsters and Critics|access-date=2008-09-25|date=2008-09-25|first=April|last=MacIntyre|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928104434/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/features/article_1432969.php/The_Simpsons_Al_Jean_interview_new_season_begins_September_28|archive-date=2008-09-28}}
It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse: In this parody of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Milhouse summons a demon pumpkin, who goes berserk when he discovers that humans carve his brethren into jack-o-lanterns as Halloween tradition.{{#invoke:cite web||first=Jim|last=Vejvoda|title=SDCC 08: Simpsons Footage Screened|website=IGN|url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/07/26/sdcc-08-simpsons-footage-screened|access-date=2022-01-10|date=2008-07-26}}

|Viewers=12.40{{#invoke:cite web||publisher=ABC Medianet|date=November 4, 2008|url=https://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=110408_05|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Oct. 27-Nov. 2)|work=ABC Medianet|access-date=June 11, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527141935/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=110408_05|archive-date=May 27, 2009}}

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|EpisodeNumber=425

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Dangerous Curves

|DirectedBy=Matthew Faughnan

|WrittenBy=Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|9}}

|ProdCode=KABF18

|ShortSummary=As the Simpsons drive to a cabin in the woods, Homer and Marge remember their love life. Twenty years earlier, Homer and Marge meet Ned and Maude on their honeymoon, and they are forced to sleep in separate rooms to avoid premarital sex. Ned encourages Homer to marry Marge, and he carves their names into a tree. Five years earlier, Homer and Marge nearly have affairs with Sylvia and Alberto but keep it a secret from each other. At the cabin, the Simpsons meet Alberto and Sylvia, who are now married, and learn of their secrets. When Homer sees the names he carved into the tree, he cuts it out and reconciles with Marge.{{#invoke:cite web|| title = Official press release for "Dangerous Curves" | website =The Futon Critic | date = 2008-10-17 | url = http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20081017fox19 | access-date=2008-10-17}}
Guest Star: Maurice LaMarche.

|Viewers=8.01{{#invoke:cite web||publisher=ABC Medianet|date=November 11, 2008|url=https://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111108_04|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Nov. 3-9)|work=ABC Medianet|access-date=June 11, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530020836/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111108_04|archive-date=May 30, 2009}}

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|EpisodeNumber=426

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Tim Long

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|16}}

|ProdCode=KABF19

|ShortSummary= Lisa becomes obsessed with crossword puzzles and enters a tournament. Meanwhile, Homer earns money from helping couples break up. At the tournament, Homer bets his money on Lisa and wins. Learning Lisa is unsure about the final round, he bets against her and wins again when she loses. Angry that Homer bet against her, she disowns him. To apologize, Homer commissions a New York Times crossword with his apology written in the clues and solution, and the two reconcile.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.futoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20090101fox24|title=Lisa becomes a crossword puzzle phenom on "The Simpsons"|website=The Futon Critic|access-date=2009-04-05}}
Guest Stars: Will Shortz, Merl Reagle and Scott Thompson.

|Viewers=8.48{{#invoke:cite web||publisher=ABC Medianet|date=November 18, 2008|url=https://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111808_03|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Nov. 10-16)|work=ABC Medianet|access-date=June 11, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529032200/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111808_03|archive-date=May 29, 2009}}

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|EpisodeNumber=427

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=MyPods and Boomsticks

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Marc Wilmore

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|30}}

|ProdCode=KABF20

|ShortSummary=Bart makes friends with a Muslim boy named Bashir and his family, but Homer fears the family may be terrorists because of their religion. When he discovers that Bashir's father has explosives and plans to the Springfield Mall, he tries to stop him even though he really works in building demolition, causing Homer to accidentally blow up a bridge. The Simpsons hold an apology party for Bashir's family. Meanwhile, Lisa is given a MyPod and becomes addicted to downloading songs on it. When Lisa is unable to afford all the songs she downloaded, she is forced to hand out flyers for the MyPod as payment.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.futoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20081107fox14|title=Homer suspects Bart's new friend of orchestrating a terrorist plot on "The Simpsons|website=The Futon Critic|access-date=2009-04-05}}
Guest Star: Shohreh Aghdashloo.

|Viewers=7.80{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/12/03/top-fox-primetime-shows-november-24-30-2008/9120 |title=Top Fox Primetime Shows, November 24–30, 2008 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |website=TV by the Numbers |access-date=May 1, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223193357/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/12/03/top-fox-primetime-shows-november-24-30-2008/9120 | archive-date=December 23, 2008}}

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|EpisodeNumber=428

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=The Burns and the Bees

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Stephanie Gillis

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|12|7}}

|ProdCode=KABF21

|ShortSummary=After winning the Austin Celtics basketball team in a game of poker, Mr. Burns intends to build a new arena for the team in Springfield. Meanwhile, Lisa cares for a bee colony to save honeybees from extinction and finds a greenhouse where they can live. When Burns destroys the greenhouse for his arena, Homer and Moe mate the bees with Africanized bees so they can survive anywhere. They are released but go and inhabit the arena, and it is declared a bee sanctuary.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20081116fox20|title=Lisa tries to save the endangered Springfield bee population from Mr. Burns and his new sports arena on "The Simpsons|website=The Futon Critic|access-date=2009-04-05}}
Guest Stars: Mark Cuban, Jeff Bezos and Marv Albert.

|Viewers= 6.43{{#invoke:cite web||last=Seidman|first=Robert|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/12/09/top-fox-primetime-shows-december-1-7-2008/9378|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231125524/http://tvbythenumbers.com:80/2008/12/09/top-fox-primetime-shows-december-1-7-2008/9378|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2008|title=Top Fox Primetime Shows December 1-7, 2008|website=TV by the Numbers|date=December 9, 2008|access-date=June 11, 2023}}

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|EpisodeNumber=429

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Lisa the Drama Queen

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Brian Kelley

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|1|25}}

|ProdCode=KABF22

|ShortSummary=Lisa meets a new girl named Juliet and helps her write stories about a fantasy world called Equalia, but spending too much time with Juliet and the story begins to warp Lisa's sense of reality. They run away to an abandoned restaurant to finish writing their story. After escaping the bullies who use the restaurant as their hang out, Lisa wants to live in the real world while Juliet wants to be in the fantasy world. Later, a publisher rejects Lisa's story.
Guest Stars: Emily Blunt{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2008/11/al-jean-puzzles.html|title=Al Jean puzzles over 'Simpsons' future|last=Feinberg|first=Daniel|website=Zap2it|date=2008-11-14|access-date=2008-12-09|archive-date=December 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205211839/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2008/11/al-jean-puzzles.html|url-status=live}} and Fall Out Boy.{{#invoke:cite news||url=http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-the-beat-goes-on/posts/2009-1-15-d-oh-fall-out-boy-records-simpsons-theme|work=HitFix|title=D'oh! Fall Out Boy Records 'Simpsons' Theme|last=Newman|first= Melinda|date=2009-01-15|access-date=2009-01-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118142451/http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-the-beat-goes-on/posts/2009-1-15-d-oh-fall-out-boy-records-simpsons-theme|archive-date=2009-01-18}}
Note: This is the last episode to be broadcast in standard definition, the last episode to include the old opening (which had been used since season two), and the first episode to begin immediately after the credits without a commercial break.

|Viewers= 5.74{{#invoke:cite web||publisher=ABC Medianet|date=January 27, 2009|url=https://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=012709_06|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Jan. 19-25)|work=ABC Medianet|access-date=June 11, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131164202/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=012709_06|archive-date=January 31, 2009}}

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|EpisodeNumber=430

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Take My Life, Please

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Don Payne

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|2|15}}

|ProdCode=LABF01

|ShortSummary=After an old high school rival named Vance is honored on the Springfield Wall of Fame, Homer becomes depressed when he discovers that Principal Dondelinger rigged the student council election so Vance would win. While at an Italian restaurant, a mysterious chef shows Homer how his life would have turned out had he actually won. He sees that he would have been rich and married to Marge but with no kids, and Homer becomes depressed. Later, Marge takes Homer to the Wall of Fame and shows that she forced Dondelinger to add Homer's name to the wall. After a boy takes a picture with him, Homer becomes happier.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=2&d=10|title=Primetime Listings (February 8 - February 14)|access-date=2009-01-24|date=2009-01-23|publisher=FoxFlash|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201143538/http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=2&d=10|archive-date=2009-02-01}}
Note: This is the first episode to broadcast in 720p high definition and to use the new opening (which is similar to the old one, only it includes new characters and slight changes to some of the sequences).

|Viewers = 6.73{{#invoke:cite web||publisher=ABC Medianet|date=February 18, 2009|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=021809_04|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Feb. 9-15)|work=ABC Medianet|access-date=June 11, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514230341/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=021809_04|archive-date=May 14, 2014}}

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|EpisodeNumber=431

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=How the Test Was Won

|DirectedBy=Lance Kramer

|WrittenBy=Michael Price

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|1}}

|ProdCode=LABF02

|ShortSummary=Bart gets a perfect score on Springfield Elementary's latest standardized practice test, leaving Lisa worried that Bart may be smarter than her. Bart is rewarded with a field trip with other students that turns out to be an elaborate trick into getting the low-testing students and Principal Skinner out of the way. When Ralph gets into trouble and Skinner uses physics to rescue him, the students become interested in learning. Lisa, distracted by Bart's achievement, cannot concentrate during the real test, but Skinner returns and cancels the test. Meanwhile, Homer forgets to mail off his insurance payment and must keep himself and the house accident-free until his coverage can be reinstated at 3:00pm.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=2&d=22 |title=Primetime Listings (February 22 - February 28) |access-date=2009-02-06 |date=2009-02-06 |publisher=FoxFlash |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131212550/http://foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=2&d=22 |archive-date=2009-01-31 }}

|Viewers = 6.53{{#invoke:cite web||publisher=ABC Medianet|date=March 3, 2009|url=https://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=030309_04|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Feb. 23-Mar. 1)|work=ABC Medianet|access-date=June 11, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925075147/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=030309_04|archive-date=September 25, 2012}}

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|EpisodeNumber=432

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=No Loan Again, Naturally

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Jeff Westbrook

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|8}}

|ProdCode=LABF03

|ShortSummary=The Simpsons get into a mortgage crisis of their own when Homer cannot afford to pay off the money he borrows from his home equity loan so he can finance his extravagant Mardi Gras parties. The house is sold at auction to Ned Flanders after he feels sorry for them, and he lets them stay as renters. Flanders tires of their constant requests for repairs, so Homer calls him a slumlord. Flanders evicts the Simpsons, and they go to a homeless shelter. While interviewing new tenants, Flanders is reminded of the Simpsons' admiration of him and allows them to return.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=3&d=7 |title=Primetime Listings (March 1 - March 7) |access-date=2009-02-18 |date=2009-02-18 |publisher=FoxFlash |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330085755/http://foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=3&d=7 |archive-date=2010-03-30 }}
Guest Star: Maurice LaMarche.

|Viewers =5.96{{#invoke:cite web||publisher=ABC Medianet|date=March 10, 2009|url=https://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=031009_06|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Mar. 2-8)|work=ABC Medianet|access-date=June 11, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329110321/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=031009_06|archive-date=March 29, 2012}}

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|EpisodeNumber=433

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Gone Maggie Gone

|DirectedBy=Chris Clements

|WrittenBy=Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|15}}

|ProdCode=LABF04

|ShortSummary=Marge goes blind after viewing an eclipse without an eclipse shoe box viewer. While caring for Maggie, Homer accidentally leaves Maggie on the doorstep of a convent, and the nuns refuse to return her. Homer tries to cover up Maggie's disappearance from Marge while Lisa goes undercover as a nun to find her. They refuse to tell Lisa where Maggie is but learn they are looking for a jewel. After solving a series of clues, she learns that Maggie is the jewel. At that moment, Marge enters the convent and takes back Maggie.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=3&d=14|title=Primetime Listings (March 8 - March 14)|access-date=2009-02-20|date=2009-02-20|publisher=FoxFlash|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330090028/http://foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=3&d=14|archive-date=2010-03-30}}
Guest Star: Ed Begley, Jr.

|Viewers = 6.03{{#invoke:cite web||publisher=ABC Medianet|date=March 17, 2009|url=https://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=031709_07|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Mar. 9-15)|work=ABC Medianet|access-date=June 11, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405084727/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=031709_07|archive-date=April 5, 2012}}

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|EpisodeNumber=434

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=In the Name of the Grandfather

|DirectedBy=Ralph Sosa

|WrittenBy=Matt Marshall

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|22}}

|ProdCode=LABF11

|ShortSummary=After forgetting to visit Grampa while relaxing in a hot tub, Homer makes it up to him by taking him to a pub in Ireland, only to learn that pubs are not popular in Ireland anymore. While Marge and the kids visit Irish landmarks, while Homer and Grampa get drunk and accidentally buy the pub. To increase business, they allow smoking in the pub, which is illegal, until the police shut them down, and they are deported from Ireland.{{#invoke:cite news||title=Simpsons Irish adventure to be screened on Patrick's Day|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/simpsons-irish-adventure-to-be-screened-on-patrick-s-day-1.836557|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103215749/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0223/breaking63.htm|archive-date=2013-01-03|last=Pope|first= Conor|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=2009-02-23|access-date=2022-01-11}}
Guest Stars: Colm Meaney, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=3&d=20|title=Primetime listings (March 15-March 21)|publisher=FoxFlash|date=2009-02-27|access-date=2009-02-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322195502/http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=3&d=20|archive-date=2009-03-22}}

|Viewers = 6.19{{#invoke:cite web||publisher=ABC Medianet|date=March 24, 2009|url=https://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=032409_04|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Mar. 16-22)|work=ABC Medianet|access-date=June 11, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405084741/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=032409_04|archive-date=April 5, 2012}}

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|EpisodeNumber=435

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Wedding for Disaster

|DirectedBy=Chuck Sheetz

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|29}}

|ProdCode=LABF05

|ShortSummary=When Reverend Lovejoy reveals to Homer and Marge that they are not legally married, Homer and Marge decide to have another wedding to legitimize their union once and for all. But when Marge begins acting like a bridezilla and Homer mysteriously disappears, it is up to Bart and Lisa to save the day. They discover Homer was kidnapped by Patty and Selma to stop him from marrying Marge. Saddened, Homer reads his wedding vows, which make the twins emotional, so they release him. When Bart and Lisa confront them, they are forced to pay for the wedding so that the kids do not tell their parents.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=3&d=22|title=Primetime Listings (March 21 - March 28)|access-date=2009-02-20|date=2009-02-20|publisher=FoxFlash|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313015253/http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=3&d=22|archive-date=2009-03-13}}
Guest Star: Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob.

|Viewers = 6.62{{#invoke:cite web||last=Seidman|first=Robert|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/31/top-fox-primetime-shows-march-23-29-2009/15600|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404054628/http://tvbythenumbers.com:80/2009/03/31/top-fox-primetime-shows-march-23-29-2009/15600|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 4, 2009|title=Top Fox Primetime Shows, March 23-29, 2009|website=TV by the Numbers|date=March 31, 2009|access-date=June 11, 2023}}

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|EpisodeNumber=436

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Eeny Teeny Maya Moe

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=John Frink

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|5}}

|ProdCode=LABF06

|ShortSummary=Moe once again searches for love and falls for a woman named Maya over the Internet. However, when Moe meets Maya face-to-face, he discovers it is more like face-to-knee, as Maya is only three feet tall. When his friends like her, Moe tries to propose but makes fun of her height so she rejects him. Meanwhile, Homer finds a playground outside of Moe's where he can watch Maggie while he is at the bar. She is put in a playground, which has hostile babies. When Marge is worried for Maggie and puts a spy camera in her bow, she sees that Homer protects Maggie from the bullies.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=4&d=1 |title=Primetime Listings (March 29 - April 4) |access-date=2009-03-17 |date=2009-03-17 |publisher=FoxFlash |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325171733/http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=4&d=1 |archive-date=2009-03-25 }}

|Viewers = 6.50{{#invoke:cite web||publisher=ABC Medianet|date=April 7, 2009|url=https://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=040709_06|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Mar. 30-Apr. 5)|work=ABC Medianet|access-date=June 11, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405084753/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=040709_06|archive-date=April 5, 2012}}

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|EpisodeNumber=437

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=The Good, the Sad and the Drugly

|DirectedBy=Rob Oliver

|WrittenBy=Marc Wilmore

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|19}}

|ProdCode=LABF07

|ShortSummary=Bart sets up Milhouse to take the fall for a prank the two of them pulled, and the duo's friendship becomes strained when Bart falls for a charitable girl named Jenny. While Bart tries to be good for Jenny, Milhouse exposes him, and Jenny leaves him. Meanwhile, Lisa becomes insane and depressed after reading Internet articles predicting that Springfield will be a barren wasteland in fifty years, and is given anti-depressants that turn her into a mindless zombie. When she almost injures herself, Marge takes her off the medication. Lisa tells Bart not to worry about certain issues, so he apologizes to Milhouse.
Guest Star: Anne Hathaway.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/09/04/exclusive-jodie/|title=Exclusive: Jodie Foster, Anne Hathaway to guest on 'The Simpsons'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=2022-01-11|date=2008-09-03|first=Dan|last=Snierson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905024818/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/09/exclusive-jodie.html|archive-date=2008-09-05}}

|Viewers = 6.58{{#invoke:cite web||last=Seidman|first=Robert|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/21/top-fox-primetime-shows-april-13-19-2009/17141|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527092939/http://tvbythenumbers.com:80/2009/04/21/top-fox-primetime-shows-april-13-19-2009/17141|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 27, 2009|title=Top Fox Primetime Shows, April 13-19, 2009|website=TV by the Numbers|date=April 21, 2009|access-date=June 11, 2023}}

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|EpisodeNumber=438

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Father Knows Worst

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Rob LaZebnik

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|26}}

|ProdCode=LABF08

|ShortSummary= Homer becomes a stricter parent after meeting a helicopter mom who criticizes Bart for being an academic failure and Lisa for being a social outcast. He helps Bart with a school project while encouraging Lisa to have a party with popular girls. While working on Bart's project, he has a dream where historical figures tell him to let Bart learn from his mistakes. Bart learns the same lesson while Lisa says she does not want to be popular because it is hard work. Meanwhile, Marge discovers a sauna in the basement of their house and shuts herself off from the rest of the world. When Homer thinks he has failed as a father, Marge brings him to the sauna to relax.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=4&d=23|title=Primetime Listings (April 19 - April 25)|access-date=2009-04-04|date=2009-04-04|publisher=FoxFlash|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627171247/http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=4&d=23|archive-date=2009-06-27}}

|Viewers = 6.01{{#invoke:cite web||last=Seidman|first=Robert|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/28/top-fox-primetime-shows-april-20-26-2009/17582|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527093015/http://tvbythenumbers.com:80/2009/04/28/top-fox-primetime-shows-april-20-26-2009/17582|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 27, 2009|title=Top Fox Primetime Shows, April 20-26, 2009|website=TV by the Numbers|date=April 28, 2009|access-date=June 11, 2023}}

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|EpisodeNumber=439

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Waverly Hills, 9-0-2-1-D'oh

|DirectedBy=Mike Frank Polcino

|WrittenBy=J. Stewart Burns

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|3}}

|ProdCode=LABF10

|ShortSummary=While desperately searching for a bathroom during her morning jog, Marge discovers how low-rent Springfield Elementary School really is and moves Bart and Lisa to Waverly Hills Elementary by having Homer rent an apartment there so the city inspector of Waverly Hills does not get suspicious. Meanwhile, Bart helps Lisa become popular at the new school by telling others that Lisa is friends with a teenage pop star named Alaska Nebraska. When Lisa goes to Alaska to ask for tickets to her concert, she is rejected and loses her friends. The kids ask to return to Springfield Elementary, and the parents allow it.
Guest Stars: Elliot Page (credited as "Ellen Page") and Maurice LaMarche.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z1z25z1z8&ID=4832 |title=May is Massive on Fox |access-date=2009-04-08 |publisher=FoxFlash |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412221337/http://foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z1z25z1z8&ID=4832 |archive-date=2009-04-12 }}

|Viewers = 6.66{{#invoke:cite web||last=Seidman|first=Robert|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/06/top-fox-primetime-shows-april-27-may-3-2009/18176|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405170224/http://tvbythenumbers.com:80/2009/05/06/top-fox-primetime-shows-april-27-may-3-2009/18176|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 5, 2010|title=Top Fox Primetime Shows, April 27 - May 3, 2009|website=TV by the Numbers|date=May 6, 2009|access-date=June 11, 2023}}

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|EpisodeNumber=440

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Four Great Women and a Manicure

|DirectedBy=Raymond S. Persi

|WrittenBy=Valentina L. Garza

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|10}}

|ProdCode=LABF09

|ShortSummary=While at a nail salon, Marge and Lisa argue over whether or not a woman can be smart, beautiful, and powerful all at once, which leads to yet another Simpsons anthology show, featuring four stories of women trying to survive in a man's world: Aunt Selma defending England as Queen Elizabeth I, Lisa in a non-copyright-infringing retelling of Snow White, Marge pushing Homer to be a great Shakespearean actor in a modern-day version of Macbeth, and Maggie fighting against conformity in a parody of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead.
Guest Star: Jodie Foster.

|Viewers = 5.19{{#invoke:cite web||last=Seidman|first=Robert|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/12/top-fox-primetime-shows-may-4-10-2009/18553|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519221528/http://tvbythenumbers.com:80/2009/05/12/top-fox-primetime-shows-may-4-10-2009/18553|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 19, 2009|title=Top Fox Primetime Shows, May 4-10, 2009|website=TV by the Numbers|date=May 12, 2009|access-date=June 11, 2023}}

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|EpisodeNumber=441

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Coming to Homerica

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Brendan Hay

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|17}}

|ProdCode=LABF12

|ShortSummary= Krusty Burger introduces a vegetarian burger than causes food poisoning. The cause is traced to tainted barley grown in Ogdenville. After the barley industry collapses, the citizens of Ogdenville swarm into Springfield in search of work, but when the Ogdenvillians' Norwegian culture begins rubbing off on others, Mayor Quimby hires citizens to act as a border patrol. They hire the Ogdenvillians to build a border wall to keep them out but miss them when the wall is complete. The Ogdenvillians return since they built a door in the wall.

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The season contained nine holdover episodes from season 19’s KABF production line, which all ended up being the nine standard-definition episodes of the season.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z246z11z8&ID=4112 |title=Fox Announces Primetime Slate for 2008–2009 |access-date=2008-05-15 |date=2008-05-15 |publisher=FoxFlash |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122125223/http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z246z11z8&ID=4112 |archive-date=2008-11-22 }} Al Jean continued his role as showrunner, a role he had since the thirteenth season.{{#invoke:cite web||first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=April 30, 2020|title='The Simpsons' Showrunner Al Jean Signs With Gersh|url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/the-simpsons-showrunner-al-jean-signs-gersh-2-1202922457/|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=December 16, 2024|archive-date=May 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526035718/https://deadline.com/2020/04/the-simpsons-showrunner-al-jean-signs-gersh-2-1202922457/|url-status=live}}

Production on the season was delayed because of contract negotiations with the six main voice actors.{{cite magazine | first = Michael | last = Schneider | title = Still no deal for 'Simpsons' cast | magazine = Variety | date = 2008-05-19 | url = https://variety.com/2008/digital/markets-festivals/still-no-deal-for-simpsons-cast-1117986121/ | access-date = 2022-01-11 | archive-date = January 11, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220111091938/https://variety.com/2008/digital/markets-festivals/still-no-deal-for-simpsons-cast-1117986121/ | url-status = live }} The dispute was resolved, and the actors' salary was raised to US$400,000 per episode. The delay in production caused the planned 22 episodes to be shortened to 20.{{#invoke:cite news|| title = Simpsons cast sign new pay deal | publisher = BBC News | date = 2008-06-03 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7434296.stm | access-date = 2008-09-08 | archive-date = September 14, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080914050545/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7434296.stm | url-status = live }} In addition, voice actor Dan Castellaneta was credited as a consulting producer for the first time.

The Simpsons began high-definition production in season 20. The first episode in HD, "Take My Life, Please", aired on February 15, 2009. "Take My Life, Please" is also the first to feature the new opening sequence.{{#invoke:cite web||first=Dan|last=Glaister |date=16 February 2009|title=Homer in HD new look for Simpsons|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/17/simpsons-high-definition|website=The Guardian|access-date=December 16, 2024}}

Also, more episodes were given the TV-14 rating than any previous season. The episodes that were given this rating were "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes", "Treehouse of Horror XIX", "Gone Maggie Gone", "No Loan Again, Naturally", "Dangerous Curves", "Wedding for Disaster", and "Four Great Women and a Manicure".

In 2009, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the premiere of The Simpsons, Fox announced that a year-long celebration of the show titled "Best. 20 Years. Ever." would run from January 14, 2009 to January 14, 2010. Several contests were run, including the "Unleash Your Yellow" contest in which entrants designed a poster for the show{{cite magazine|title=Simpsons Poster Contest Will Have Fans Seeing Yellow|url=https://www.wired.com/2009/01/simpsons-poster/|magazine=Wired|last=Wallace|first=Lewis|date=2009-01-13|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=May 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502032044/http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/01/simpsons-poster/|url-status=live}} and "Best. Couch Gag. Ever." where fans created their own live-action couch gag video.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z175z17z8&ID=4828 |title=Unleash more of your yellow with "The Simpsons" video contest |access-date=2009-04-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117230515/http://foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z175z17z8&ID=4828 |archive-date=2010-01-17 }}

As part of the celebration, the Irish-themed episode "In the Name of the Grandfather" premiered on Sky1 in the United Kingdom and Ireland on March 17, 2009. It was the first-ever episode of the show to air in Europe before being seen in the United States. The American debut of the episode was on March 22.{{#invoke:cite web||title=Ireland, U.K. to air 'The Simpsons'|url=https://variety.com/2009/tv/news/ireland-u-k-to-air-the-simpsons-1118001300/amp/|work=Variety|last=Schneider|first=Michael|date=2009-03-16|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=January 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111060923/https://variety.com/2009/tv/news/ireland-u-k-to-air-the-simpsons-1118001300/amp/|url-status=live}}

Robert Canning of IGN gave the season a 7.9 out of 10 improving 1.3 from the past season. He gave it a positive review saying that it was "Good" and that "With at least two more years of The Simpsons guaranteed, this unexpected but very welcome resurgence has come at a perfect time. If they can keep the momentum moving, the series is primed to once again approach perfection and go out at the top of its game."{{#invoke:cite web||last1=Canning |first1=Robert |title=The Simpsons: Season 20 Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/05/27/the-simpsons-season-20-review?amp=1 |website=IGN |access-date=January 11, 2022 |date=May 27, 2009 |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111060914/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/05/27/the-simpsons-season-20-review?amp=1 |url-status=live }}

{{main|List of awards and nominations received by The Simpsons}}

Episodes from the twentieth season received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations. "Gone Maggie Gone" was nominated for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) and Outstanding Music Composition for a Series. Dan Castellaneta won the Outstanding Voice-Over Performance Emmy for voicing Homer in the episode "Father Knows Worst"; Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer were also nominated for the episodes "Eeny Teeny Maya Moe" and "The Burns and the Bees", respectively. The winners were announced on September 12, 2009.{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://cdn.emmys.tv/awards/2009ptemmys/61stemmys_noms.php |title=The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards and 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Nominees are... |access-date=2009-07-16 |date=2009-07-16 |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718001718/http://cdn.emmys.tv/awards/2009ptemmys/61stemmys_noms.php |archive-date=July 18, 2009}} The Simpsons was the only series to be nominated in the Animation category at the Writers Guild of America Awards in 2010. The nominees were: Stephanie Gillis for "The Burns and the Bees", John Frink for "Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe", Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham for Gone Maggie Gone", Don Payne for "Take My Life, Please", and Joel H. Cohen for "Wedding for Disaster".{{#invoke:cite news||url=http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3888 |title=2010 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced |date=2009-12-14 |access-date=2010-01-12 |publisher=Writers Guild of America |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019053744/http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3888 |archive-date=October 19, 2013 }} The award was won by Joel H. Cohen.{{#invoke:cite news||url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|title=Awards Winners|access-date=2010-02-21|publisher=Writers Guild of America|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703004257/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|archive-date=2010-07-03 }}

The season ranked 77th in ratings with an average of 6.93 million viewers and an 18/49 rating of 3.4/9 and the rerun timeslot ranking 113th.{{#invoke:cite web||date=May 19, 2009|title=SEASON PROGRAM RANKINGS (THROUGH 5/17)|publisher=ABC Medianet|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=051909_05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131044226/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=051909_05 |archive-date=January 31, 2010|access-date=December 16, 2024 }} The most viewed episode was "Treehouse of Horror XIX", with 12.48 million watching it and a 4.9 Nielsen rating.{{#invoke:cite news||url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings110208,0,221827.story|title=TV Ratings: NFL, 'Simpsons' Lead the Way Sunday|website=Zap2it|date=2008-11-03|access-date=2008-11-03|archive-date=November 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106062715/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings110208,0,221827.story|url-status=dead}} The least viewed episode was "Four Great Women and a Manicure" which is the second-least-viewed episode of the series, after Season 21's "Million Dollar Maybe".{{#invoke:cite web||date=May 11, 2009|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2009/05/ratings-four-great-women-and-an-all-time-low/|title=Ratings: Four Great Women and Another All Time Low!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713195242/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2009/05/ratings-four-great-women-and-an-all-time-low/ |archive-date=July 13, 2009 |website=Simpsons Channel}}

The DVD and Blu-ray boxset for season twenty was released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in the United States and Canada on January 12, 2010, eight months after it had completed broadcast on television. As well as every episode from the season, the Blu-ray and DVD releases feature hand-drawn menus by Matt Groening.

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Simpsons season 20

Category:2008 American animated television seasons

Category:2009 American animated television seasons

Category:Television series set in the 2000s