The Simpsons

Wiig to guest on The Simpsons

Kristen Wiig will make a guest appearance in The Simpsons playing an FBI agent who becomes suspicious of Homer after he becomes suddenly polite after returning from a nuclear power conference.

NCIS: Red rejected

Backdoor pilot NCIS: Red will not be picked up to series by the CBS network. The series would have featured 24’s Kim Raver, Sex and the City’s John Corbett and ER’s Scott Grimes. Continue reading »

Bean joins new series from Homeland team

Former Game of Thrones actor Sean Bean has signed up for the new FBI pilot Legends from the executive producers of Homeland.

Details for MacFarlane’s Simpsons character

Details have been revealed regarding Seth MacFarlane’s upcoming appearance in The Simpsons. The Family Guy creator will voice a character named Ben who meets up with Marge after she accidentally joins a website that arranges affairs for married people. Continue reading »

The woman who voices Lisa Simpson will be among the international guests for the Armageddon Expo in June.

Yeardley Smith will be in attendance at the event, to be held at Wellington’s Westpac Stadium on June 1-3.

“Everyone in New Zealand has seen The Simpsons and everyone knows who Lisa Simpson is. The show is one of the greatest television series of all time so we’re expecting a huge turnout,” says event organiser William Geradts. Continue reading »

The Simpsons has parodied Breaking Bad in their latest couch gag, which features Marge baking up some blue “treats” while Homer gets around in a Heisenberg-style hat.

If you’re familiar with Breaking Bad you’ll pick up on a few nods here and there.

Perrineau joins new comedy pilot

Harold Perrineau has joined the cast of a new comedy pilot called Family Guide. The Sons of Anarchy and Lost actor will join JK Simmons and Eli Barker in the comedy about a man dealing with his parents’ divorce.

Second Simpsons movie not a priority

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening has said that a follow-up to the 2007 Simpsons movie is “not a priority”. He said of the first movie: “It took us four years [to make] and it killed us.” Continue reading »

The arrival of December marks the end of the month-long festivity we know as Movember and what better time to applaud the men of television who celebrate Movember all year round.

As many of us reach for the razors and regain the respect of loved ones, the men on this list will continue to sport their ‘staches and show us all how it’s done.

Here’s our top 10, let us know what you think. Continue reading »

The producers of The Simpsons are set to go ahead with a 22 year-old script for an episode that was written by Judd Apatow.

Over two decades ago, Apatow – who has since become the writer of the likes of Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin and Freaks and Geeks – wrote a script for the cartoon that was never used.

At the time, Apatow was still a struggling comedian and had no credits to his name.

Apatow told the audience at a recent screening for his new movie This is 40 about the unused script. Continue reading »

Gossip Girl finale details released
American network CW has announced a few details for the final Gossip Girl episode. It will be a two-hour finale, and will broadcast in the US on 17 December. CW says the episode will include “A whole lot of drama and a look back at the unforgettable OMG moments of the series that made headlines, including interviews with the cast and creators themselves.”

Hurricane Sandy benefit planned by NBC
NBC Universal is planning a telethon to raise money to help people on the east coast of the US who have been affected by Hurricane Sandy.  Continue reading »

7:30pm – Sunday, October 21 on FOUR

Before he brings his hilarious his stand-up show to our shores, this week you can catch British comedian, Russell Brand getting the yellow makeover for an appearance in The Simpsons, screening on Sunday, October 21 st at 7:30pm on FOUR. While the latest 24 th season of The Simpsons takes a hiatus both in the U.S. and New Zealand, FOUR’s bringing fans the series’ very best episodes, and there are few more memorable than “Angry Dad: The Movie” from the series’ 22 nd season. “It’s true I’m going to be in The Simpsons,” Brand revealed during the time of voicing the episode. “I was having an amazing birthday party and found out I was going into space. Then my agent says, ‘Oh, The Simpsons want you in an episode’.”

“My ideal show would be where I have a cartoon relapse with Barney and Homer and get smashed out of my mind with them,” he added. Although it may not be his ideal scenario, the episode will see Brand’s character appear in a star-studded episode featuring Halle Berry, Curb Your Enthusiasm actor J.B. Smoove and Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park.

Ricky Gervais, who fell for Marge earlier in the season, will also once again voice his character in the episode. Make sure not to miss all this action when The Simpsons screens on Sunday, October 21 st at 7:30pm on FOUR.

THE BOX – Thursday 25 October, 6.30pm

Guest Starring: Betty White

After a celebrity scandal is accidently captured in a family photo, Homer decides to become a paparazzo.