Season 6

The sixth season of The Simpsons originally aired from September 4, 1994, to May 21, 1995.

Highlights
Season 6 began on September 4, 1994 with the first episode, "Bart of Darkness". The season finale, which aired on May 21, 1995, was "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)". It was the only two-part episode of the series; the conclusion aired as the premiere of the seventh season. David Mirkin was the show runner throughout the season, as he had been for Season 5.

Season 6 had two holdover episodes from Season 5: "Bart of Darkness" and "Lisa's Rival". They aired as part of Season 6 because of the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which put production a month behind schedule. Consequently, they have the Season 5 production code, 1FXX, rather than Season 6's, 2FXX.

Controversy erupted as Matt Groening requested to have his name left off the credits of "A Star Is Burns", a crossover episode which featured Jay Sherman from the ABC/FOX animated series The Critic. Groening's reason was reportedly that he felt that having Sherman appear on The Simpsons was merely a blatant advertisement for the other show, as the FOX premiere of The Critic aired immediately after "A Star Is Burns".

The sixth season won one Emmy Award, and received three other nominations. "Lisa's Wedding" won the Emmy for "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less)". Alf Clausen was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)" for "Treehouse of Horror V", while he and John Swartzwelder were nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" for the Stonecutters' song "We Do" in the episode "Homer the Great". Finally, "Bart vs. Australia" was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special".

All 25 episodes of Season 6 including extras were released on DVD on August 16, 2005 in Region 1, October 17, 2005 in Region 2 and September 24, 2005 in Region 4. The sixth season also marked the beginning of the "clam-shell" packaging design for DVD boxsets, with the package being shaped like a Simpsons character's head as a limited alternative to the regular DVD boxset. The Season 6 clamshell design featured Homer's head and was received with much criticism.

Awards
The sixth season won one Emmy Award, and received three other nominations. "Lisa's Wedding" won the Emmy for "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less)". Alf Clausen was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)" for "Treehouse of Horror V", while he and John Swartzwelder were nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" for the Stonecutters' song "We Do" in the episode "Homer the Great". Finally, "Bart vs. Australia" was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special".