Season 19

The nineteenth season of The Simpsons originally aired from September 23, 2007, to May 18, 2008. This is the first season produced after The Simpsons Movie and contains seven hold-over episodes from season 18's JABF production line, marking this the first season to be the post movie era of the show. This is the last season of The Simpsons to have all of the episodes produced in standard definition.
In production order, this is also the final season to use the second opening sequence used since Season 2.
==Returning Characters==
Various returning characters appear in this season. Sideshow Bob, Cecil Terwilliger, Francesca Terwilliger, and Gino Terwilliger, all return in Funeral for a Fiend. Dr. Velimorovic the plastic surgeon, appears in Husbands and Knives. Gloria, Snake's girlfriend from A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love, appears in I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Mona Simpson returns in Mona Leaves-a, and Lurleen Lumpkin also returns in Papa Don't Leech.
==Guest Stars==
Guest stars who appear in this season are: Stephen Colbert, Lionel Richie, Plácido Domingo, Maya Rudolph, Matt Dillion, Steve Buscemi, Ted Nugent, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Maurice LaMarche, Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman, Dan Clowes, Jack Black, Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Jon Stewart, Dan Rather, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Topher Grace, Kurt Loder, Glenn Close, Beverly D'Angelo, and the Dixie Chicks.
==Effect of Writers Strike==
In November 2007, the WGA (Writers Guild of America) went on strike. Season 19 was originally going to have 23 episodes, but due to the strike, only 17 episodes were finished after Treehouse of Horror XVIII, which was the last episode aired before the strike. Luckily, episodes still had post-production as FOX edited the scripts after production was finished.
== Episodes ==
Image	# 	Original airdate 	Prod. Code	Title 	Title Reference
 	1 - 401 	September 23, 2007	JABF20 	"He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" 	
 	2 - 402 	September 30, 2007	JABF18 	"The Homer of Seville" 	
 	3 - 403 	October 7, 2007 	JABF21 	"Midnight Towboy" 	
 	4 - 404 	October 14, 2007 	JABF19 	"I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"	
 	5 - 405 	November 4, 2007 	JABF16 	"Treehouse of Horror XVIII" 	N/A
120px	6 - 406 	November 11, 2007 	JABF22 	"Little Orphan Millie" 	
 	7 - 407 	November 18, 2007 	JABF17 	"Husbands and Knives" 	
 	8 - 408 	November 25, 2007 	KABF01 	"Funeral for a Fiend" 	
 	9 - 409 	December 16, 2007 	KABF02 	"Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" 	
 	10 - 410	January 6, 2008 	KABF03 	"E Pluribus Wiggum" 	
 	11 - 411	January 27, 2008 	KABF04 	"That '90s Show" 	
 	12 - 412	February 17, 2008 	KABF05 	"Love, Springfieldian Style" 	
 	13 - 413	March 2, 2008 	KABF06 	"The Debarted" 	
 	14 - 414	March 9, 2008 	KABF07 	"Dial "N" for Nerder" 	
 	15 - 415	March 30, 2008 	KABF08 	"Smoke on the Daughter" 	
 	16 - 416	April 13, 2008 	KABF09 	"Papa Don't Leech" 	
 	17 - 417	April 27, 2008 	KABF10 	"Apocalypse Cow" 	
 	18 - 418	May 4, 2008 	KABF11 	"Any Given Sundance" 	
 	19 - 419	May 11, 2008 	KABF12 	"Mona Leaves-a" 	
 	20 - 420	May 18, 2008 	KABF13 	"All About Lisa" 	
==Production==
Production started with the recording of KABF01 on March 6, 2007, and ended off with KABF22 on November 2, 2007.
== Trivia ==
* This is the first season of a few things:
**The first season of the post-movie era.
** The first season to use a slightly different animation style.
**The first season to be affected by the Writers Guild of America strike, if not counting the final season of The Simpsons shorts in 1988.
*Bart's voice is slightly deeper starting in this season possibly due to Nancy Cartwright's aging.
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