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The Simpsons (Season 5)

Season Information Original run: September 30, 1993 – May 19, 1994 No. of episodes: 22 Previous season: 4 Next season: 6 DVD boxset: The Complete Fifth Season

The fifth season of the Simpsons began on 30th September 1993 with the first episode, "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" and ended on 19th May 1994 with "Secrets of a Successful Marriage". David Mirkin was the show runner through most of the season's episodes although Al Jean and Mike Reiss were show runners of two episodes, "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" and "Cape Feare" as they were produced for the previous season as they had Season 4's production code, 9Fxx, other than Season 5's with 1Fxx.

Two episodes that had Season 3's Production code, 8Fxx i.e."Kamp Krusty" and "A Streetcar Named Marge" were aired on this season, which Season 4's production code is 9FXX. Several episodes that were produced for the preceding season occasionally air on the succeding season.

This was the first time the producers did not submit episodes for the "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) award as by 1993, animated TV series were allowed to be nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, which the series could only be nominated for animated awards."A Streetcar Named Marge" and "Mr. Plow" were submitted by producers although 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. Winning an Emmy Award "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance" by Dan Castellaneta for "Mr. Plow", an Annie Award for "Best Animated Television Program",a Genesis Award for "Best Television Prime Time Animated Series" for "Whacking Day" and a Saturn Award for "Best Television Series".

All of the 22 episodes of Season 4 including extras were released on DVD on 15th June 2004 in Region 1, 2nd August 2004 in Region 2 and 25th August 2004 in Region 4.

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