The Simpsons (season 18)

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season_name = The Simpsons" Season 18
headercolour = FADA00
show_name = The Simpsons


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country = USA
network = Fox
first_aired = September 10, 2006
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May 20, 2007
num_episodes = 22
prev_season = 17
next_season = 19|

"The Simpsons"' 18th season aired from on September 10, 2006cite news|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/pr.aspx?id=20060621fox02 |title=FOX Announces Fall Premiere Dates For the 2006-2007 Season |accessdate=2006-06-21 |author=Fox Broadcasting Company |date=2006-06-21 |publisher=The Futon Critic] to on May 20, 2007. The season contained seven hold-over episodes from the season 17 (HABF) production line. Al Jean served as the Executive producer, a position he has held since the thirteenth season. The series' 400th episode aired on May 20, two months prior to the opening of "The Simpsons Movie". Additionally, the Simpsons franchise celebrated its 20th anniversary, as it has been on the air since April 1987, beginning with shorts on "The Tracey Ullman Show".

Season 18 included guest appearances by Metallica, Tom Wolfe, Gore Vidal, Michael Chabon, Jonathan Franzen, Fran Drescher, The White Stripes, Kiefer Sutherland, Richard Lewis, Phil McGraw, Elvis Stojko, Natalie Portman, Jon Lovitz, Betty White, Eric Idle, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Stephen Sondheim, Ronaldo, Meg Ryan, Andy Dick, Peter Bogdanovich, James Patterson and others.cite news|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20060724fox03 |title=Guest Voices Next Season on 'The Simpsons' |accessdate=2006-12-17 |author=Fox Broadcasting Company |date=2006-07-24 |publisher=The Futon Critic]

Awards

At the 35th Annie Awards, Alf Clausen and Michael Price won the award for "Best Music in an Animated Television Production" for "Yokel Chords" while Ian Maxtone-Graham and Billy Kimball won "Best Writing in an Animated Television Production" for "24 Minutes"cite news|url=http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html|title=Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2008)|accessdate=2008-04-14|publisher=Annie Awards] Jeff Westbrook won a WGA Award for "" [cite news|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|title=Awards Winners|accessdate=2008-04-14|publisher=Writers Guild of America] while Matt Selman was nominated for "The Haw-Hawed Couple" and John Frink received a nomination for "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot" [cite news|url=http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2653|title=2008 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced |accessdate=2008-04-14|publisher=Writers Guild of America]

The series also received a British Comedy Award nomination for "Best International Comedy" [cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/nov/07/television6|title=British Comedy Awards nominations|accessdate=2008-04-14|date=2007-11-07|publisher=Guardian Unlimited] a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Animated Program for "The Haw-Hawed Couple" [cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117968699.html?nav=news&categoryid=1985&cs=1 |title=Emmy nominations list - part I|author="Variety" staff|date=2007-07-18|accessdate=2008-04-14|publisher="Variety"] and an Environmental Media Award nomination for "Best Television Episodic Comedy" for "The Wife Aquatic" [cite news|url=http://www.ema-online.org/awards_17th_annual.php|title=17th Annual Environmental Media Awards|accessdate=2008-04-14|publisher=Environmental Media Awards]

List of episodes

References

* [http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/1801.htm The Eighteenth season] at The Simpsons.com