The Simpsons season 24
The Simpsons | |
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Season 24 | |
No. of episodes | 22 |
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Original network | Fox |
Original release | September 30, 2012 May 19, 2013 | –
Season chronology | |
The twenty-fourth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons began airing on Fox on September 30, 2012, and concluded on May 19, 2013.[1][2]
Advertising revenue
An August 2011 article in Advertising Age reported that the average cost of a 30-second advertising spot during a first-run episode of The Simpsons was $286,131—up from $254,260 in season 23. In 2012, The Simpsons was the sixth-most expensive television series in the United States to sponsor. The top five were (in ascending order) American Idol (Thursday), New Girl, Modern Family, American Idol (Wednesday), and NBC Sunday Night Football. A first-run, season 24 episode of The Simpsons was the Fox Broadcasting Company's fourth-most expensive program to sponsor, up from fifth in 2011.[3]
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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509 | 1 | "Moonshine River" | Bob Anderson | Tim Long | September 30, 2012 | PABF21 | 8.08[4] |
510 | 2 | "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" | Steven Dean Moore | David Mandel & Brian Kelley | October 7, 2012 | PABF17 | 6.57[5] |
511 | 3 | "Adventures in Baby-Getting" | Rob Oliver | Bill Odenkirk | November 4, 2012 | PABF18 | 5.54[6] |
512 | 4 | "Gone Abie Gone" | Matthew Nastuk | Joel H. Cohen | November 11, 2012 | PABF16 | 6.86[7] |
513 | 5 | "Penny-Wiseguys" | Mark Kirkland | Michael Price | November 18, 2012 | PABF19 | 5.06[8] |
514 | 6 | "A Tree Grows in Springfield" | Timothy Bailey | Stephanie Gillis | November 25, 2012 | PABF22 | 7.46[9] |
515 | 7 | "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" | Matthew Faughnan | Matt Selman | December 9, 2012 | PABF20 | 7.44[10] |
516 | 8 | "To Cur with Love" | Steven Dean Moore | Carolyn Omine | December 16, 2012 | RABF01 | 3.77[11] |
517 | 9 | "Homer Goes to Prep School" | Mark Kirkland | Brian Kelley | January 6, 2013 | RABF02 | 8.97[12] |
518 | 10 | "A Test Before Trying" | Chris Clements | Joel H. Cohen | January 13, 2013 | RABF03 | 5.04[13] |
519 | 11 | "The Changing of the Guardian" | Bob Anderson | Rob LaZebnik | January 27, 2013 | RABF04 | 5.23[14] |
520 | 12 | "Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing" | Mike Frank Polcino | Tim Long | February 10, 2013 | RABF07 | 4.19[15] |
521 | 13 | "Hardly Kirk-ing" | Matthew Nastuk | Tom Gammill & Max Pross | February 17, 2013 | RABF05 | 4.57[16] |
522 | 14 | "Gorgeous Grampa" | Chuck Sheetz | Matt Selman | March 3, 2013 | RABF06 | 4.66[17] |
523 | 15 | "Black Eyed, Please" | Matthew Schofield | John Frink | March 10, 2013 | RABF09 | 4.85[18] |
524 | 16 | "Dark Knight Court" | Mark Kirkland | Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham | March 17, 2013 | RABF10 | 4.89[19] |
525 | 17 | "What Animated Women Want" | Steven Dean Moore | J. Stewart Burns | April 14, 2013 | RABF08 | 4.11[20] |
526 | 18 | "Pulpit Friction" | Chris Clements | Bill Odenkirk | April 28, 2013 | RABF11 | 4.54[21] |
527 | 19 | "Whiskey Business" | Matthew Nastuk | Valentina L. Garza | May 5, 2013 | RABF13 | 4.43[22] |
528 | 20 | "The Fabulous Faker Boy" | Bob Anderson | Brian McConnachie | May 12, 2013 | RABF12 | 4.16[23] |
529 | 21 | "The Saga of Carl" | Chuck Sheetz | Eric Kaplan | May 19, 2013 | RABF14 | 4.01[24] |
530 | 22 | "Dangers on a Train" | Steven Dean Moore | Michael Price | May 19, 2013 | RABF17 | 4.52[24] |
References
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- ^ Steinberg, Brian (October 21, 2012). "TV Ad Prices: 'Idol' No Match for Football". AdAge. Crain Communications. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
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- Bibliography
- Turner, Chris (2004). Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. Foreword by Douglas Coupland. (1st ed.). Toronto: Random House Canada. ISBN 978-0-679-31318-2. OCLC 55682258.