Season 4

The fourth season began on September 24, 1992 with the first episode, "Kamp Krusty," and ended on May 13, 1993 with "Krusty Gets Kancelled." Al Jean and Mike Reiss were the show runners of the season, as they also were for the previous season.

This was the first time the producers did not submit episodes for the " award. By 1993, animated TV series were allowed to be nominated for, whereas previously the series could only be nominated for animated awards."A Streetcar Named Marge" and "Mr. Plow" were submitted by producers, but neither had a nomination as voters deemed it unsuitable to have animation nominated alongside live action TV series. Nonetheless, the season was nominated for 6 awards and won an Emmy Award for "" by Dan Castellaneta in "Mr. Plow"; an for "Best Animated Television Program"; a  for "Best Television Prime Time Animated Series" for "Whacking Day"; and a  for "Best Television Series."

Season 4 also marked the first attempt of a Simpsons feature-length film. James L. Brooks suggested the script for "Kamp Krusty" as a possible movie idea. However, due to problems with making the story long enough for an 80-minute film, the idea was dropped. It would not be until over 14 years later that a Simpsons film would finally be made in a form of The Simpsons Movie, which was released on July 27, 2007 worldwide.

All 22 episodes of Season 4, including extras, were released on DVD on June 15, 2004 in, August 2, 2004 in and August 25, 2004 in.

History
The fourth season was executively produced by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who also were showrunners of the previous season. Some of The Simpsons ' original writers, dubbed as the "original team" as they had been writing for the show since the first season, had left after the completion of "Cape Feare", which was the final episode made in Season 4 though aired in the following season as a hold-over episode. Jay Kogen, Wallace Wolodarsky, Sam Simon,Jeff Martin, David M. Stern and Jon Vitti left The Simpsons following the season though the latter two returned to write more episodes.

After their role as showrunners of The Simpsons ended in Season 4, Jean and Reiss left to produce their own animated series, . Director Rich Moore also left to work on Jean and Reiss' show. The former Simpsons staff eventually returned to work on The Simpsons after the failure of The Critic. Jean and Reiss returned to write more Simpsons episodes, with the former becoming showrunner since Season 13. And Moore returning years later to assist the animation of The Simpsons Movie George Meyer and John Swartzwelder remained while Conan O'Brien, Frank Mula and future show runners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein received their first writing credits. One-time writers for the season include Adam I. Lapidus, Gary Apple and Michael Carrington, the latter who returned to voice characters in "Simpson Tide" and "Million-Dollar Abie".

Season 4 was also the conception of a feature length Simpsons film. The Simpsons ' creator, Matt Groening, intended for a film to be made after the show ended although came to deny this when he commented, "but that [The Simpsons] was undone by good ratings". The season's premiere and Season 3 hold-over, "Kamp Krusty", was attempted to be adapted into a film but was scrapped when the producers were unable to make the episode to a suitable length of a feature length film, which tends to be 80 minutes minimum while it was 18 minutes as stated.

This was the final season that had episodes animated by Klasky Csupo, where the studio also animated The Simpsons shorts and the first three seasons of the show, including the two hold-over episodes of Season 4, "Kamp Krusty" and "A Streetcar Named Marge". The Simpsons would then be animated by Film Roman to this day.

DVD Release
Season 4 was released on DVD in its entirety as The Complete Fourth Season on August 26, 2003 in, October 6, 2003 in and October 22, 2003 in  by 20th Century Fox. While primarily containing the original 22 episodes, the boxset also consists on bonus features such as storyboards.

Production
This was the final association of Klasky Csupo with The Simpsons as it produced the Ullman shorts and Seasons 1-3. However, two holdover episodes from Season 3, "Kamp Krusty" and "A Streetcar Named Marge," were aired in the succeeding season, i.e., Season 4, with Season 3's production code, 8Fxx. Production then shifted to Film Roman, which produced episodes starting in Season 4. Film Roman's first Simpsons episode was "Homer the Heretic," as indicated by the first use of the production code 9Fxx.

Awards
This was the first time the producers did not submit episodes for the " award. By 1993, animated TV series were allowed to be nominated for, whereas previously the series could only be nominated for animated awards."A Streetcar Named Marge" and "Mr. Plow" were submitted by producers, but neither had a nomination as voters deemed it unsuitable to have animation nominated alongside live action TV series. Nonetheless, the season was nominated for 6 awards and won an Emmy Award for "" by Dan Castellaneta in "Mr. Plow"; an for "Best Animated Television Program"; a  for "Best Television Prime Time Animated Series" for "Whacking Day"; and a  for "Best Television Series."