This area provides a full scope of broadcast scheduling for The Simpsons in the United States. Show times are provided for network airings (minus one hour for central and mountain zones). For a comprehensive list of American & Canadian stations showing episodes in syndication, consult the Syndication Stations & Times list. Because national syndication scheduling is no longer offered, viewers should consult local listings via Zap2it, Yahoo or TV Guide for broadcast info.

October 6 • GASP!!! TRIPLE CHOCOLATE FEATURE!!!

7:00 • Changing of the Guardian (RABF04)

After Homer and Marge are nearly killed by a tornado, they decide that they need to name guardians for the kids, but when nobody they know wants anything to do with them, they find a "trendy" couple who is willing...a little too willing Cities in the Eastern and Central time zones that are airing the Panthers-Cardinals NFL game on Fox starting at 4:05 Eastern will get this episode already in progress or even pre-empted (in which case the pre-empting station decides when to air it) - Click Here to see which cities will be affected

7:30 • Treehouse of Horror XXIII (PABF17)

"The Greatest Story Ever Holed" - Springfield's Subatomic Supercollider creates a miniature black hole that endangers the town; "UNnormal Activity" - a spoof of Paranormal Activity; "Bart & Homer's Excellent Adventure" - Bart's trip back to 1974 to buy a comic book when it first comes out has some unintended side effects - Bart tells 1974 Marge not to go out with Homer, and when Bart and 1974 Homer return to the present, Marge is married to Artie Ziff; plus, the "Simp-Mayans" witness a prediction that the world will end in 2012

8:00 • Treehouse of Horror XXIV (RABF16)

An opening credits segment by Guillermo del Toro that pays tribute to famous characters from horror films "Oh, the Places You'll D'oh" - Homer is "The Fat in the Hat" "Dead and Shoulders" - when Mr. Burns gets into an accident, his head needs to be attached to another body - Homer's no, wait, that was Treehouse of Horror II when Fry gets into an accident, his head needs to be attached to another body - Amy's no, wait, that was a Futurama episode when Bart gets into an accident, his head needs to be attached to another body - Lisa's "Freaks no Geeks" - in a story set in the 1930s, Mr. Burns runs a circus where Moe the circus freak has eyes on Marge the trapeze artist, much to the dismay of Homer the strongman

October 13 • PRE-EMPTED

Fox is airing Game 2 of baseball's American League Championship Series There are reports that Fox's League Championship Series coverage will move to Fox Sports 1 starting in 2014 (the only postseason baseball on the Fox network itself will be the World Series)

October 20 • DOUBLE FEATURE...maybe

8:00 • Homer Goes to Prep School (RABF02)

After Homer is involved in a lockdown at a "fun zone" that turns into anarchy (at least for the fathers), he gets involved with a group of survivalists, which turns out to be a good thing when an electromagnetic pulse knocks out all electronics and power in Springfield

8:30 • Hardly Kirk-ing (RABF05)

An "epoxy fight" gone a little too far, along with a tie that's a little too tight, makes Milhouse look and sound just like his father; Homer gets a little too involved with picture search books

If the baseball American League Championship Series lasts seven games (or six, and game six, scheduled for 10/19, is rained out), Fox will air a baseball game in place of these episodes

FRIDAY, October 25 • TO BE ANNOUNCED

TheFutonCritic lists episodes scheduled for 9:00 and 9:30 (my guess is that Treehouse of Horror XXIV is one of them)

October 27 • PRE-EMPTED

Fox is airing Game 4 of baseball's World Series

Fox NFL Doubleheaders - 2013 The following dates are Fox's NFL national doubleheader days, and, as the second games of the doubleheader begin at 4:25 Eastern and Fox switches from a completed game to one still in progress until all of them are finished, there is a possibility that The Simpsons would be delayed by a few minutes on these days: 9/29 (3) 10/13 (2, but The Simpsons should be pre-empted that day) 10/27 (2, but The Simpsons should be pre-empted that day) 11/17 (2*) 11/24 (1*) 12/8 (3*) 12/15 (1*) 12/29 (1*) The numbers in parentheses indicate how many 4:25 games are on Fox that day; the asterisks indicate that these are "flex schedule" days, and it is possible that games can be moved from 1:00 to 4:25, and/or that one 4:25 game can be moved to the NBC night game (but there has to be at least one, and will almost certainly be at least two, 4:25 games on Fox on those days).

Twentieth Television, the United States syndication distributor of The Simpsons, terminated its "barter" scheduling of the series in 1999. Accordingly, stations showing the series in syndication now possess full control over local scheduling, making national listings a thing of the past. Regrettably, we cannot provide listings for the hundreds of stations now independently programming the syndicated airings in their local markets. Fans should instead refer to online television listings services such as Zap2it, Yahoo or TV Guide for local information. For a handy list of syndication stations in the United States and Canada, also see Ben Tegarden's Syndication Stations and Times reference guide.

Scheduling information for international broadcasters is available from the following web sites. If you know of any international scheduling data on the internet that has been overlooked here, send e-mail. Please send e-mail only if you know of a web page that has the actual scheduling information for episodes. Do not simply include the address of the network's home page. This is not intended to be a list of every network in the world that shows The Simpsons - just a list of the sites that list their upcoming episodes.
UK / Ireland Finland France Germany (ProSieben) Austria (ORF 1) Sweden (ZTV) Switzerland (SF Zwei) Australia (Eleven)

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