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Dale Roe writes about television for the Austin American-Statesman.

He's worked at the American-Statesman for 10 years and has written family movie and video game reviews as well as watched lots of TV. Dale directs, writes and performs with Austin's Gag Reflex comedy ensemble, is a freelance illustrator and has contributed stories and reviews to Macworld magazine. He lives in Round Rock with his wife, two children and a dog named Apollo who barks whenever he hears another dog bark on television.

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The entry titled "Fox renews 'Simpsons' for 23rd season."

By Dale Roe | Thursday, November 11, 2010, 10:58 AM

D’oh!

Fox has renewed animated stalwart “The Simpsons” for a 23rd season.

From the Fox press release:

The critically praised series has been bestowed with numerous honors, including a Peabody Award, 27 Emmy Awards, 27 Annie Awards, five Genesis Awards, nine International Monitor Awards and seven Environmental Media Awards. “The Simpsons” holds the Guinness Book of World Records titles for Longest-Running Primetime Animated Television Series and Most Guest Stars Featured in a Television Series. Recognized as a pop culture icon, Homer Simpson’s annoyed grunt - “D’oh!” - is an official word in the Oxford English Dictionary, and “The Simpsons” has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. With record-breaking retail sales, “The Simpsons” reigns as one of the best-selling TV DVD properties of all time.

“Like many 22-year-olds, ‘The Simpsons’ is extremely happy remaining at home, on Fox, and hopes it doesn’t have to go out into the real world for many years to come,” said executive producer Al Jean.

“The Simpsons” airs Sundays at 7 p.m. on Fox.

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By Dale Roe

November 12, 2010 9:28 AM | Link to this

It's become almost much fun to bash "The Simpsons" as to pile on "Saturday Night Live," but I still enjoy it. It's no longer the appointment television it once was, but if I'm in front of the tube at 7 p.m. on Sunday, I'll probably watch it. There's always something in it that makes me laugh, and usually something I think is extremely smart and funny. I think the key to my ongoing enjoyment is just that I don't expect it to be the show it used to be; there's no way it could be. In any event, it would be stupid of Fox to kill of what remains one of its top-rated shows.

By Rusty Shackleford

November 11, 2010 9:14 PM | Link to this

Even as a lifelong Simpsons' fan, I've been secretly hoping for a mercy killing for the past 6 or 7 years. It has not been reliably funny or remotely relevant in far too long.

Also, I'm really bummed about the cancellation of Rubicon. Granted, that show never makes it on any other channel, but I had hoped and believed that AMC would stick with it. Oh well.