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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.
 
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 (Episode)|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.
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Two episodes that had Season 3's Production code, 8Fxx i.e."[[Kamp Krusty (Episode)|Homer]]'s Barbershop Quartet" and "[[A Streetcar Named Marge|Cape]] Feare" aired in the 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 "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Animated_Program_(for_Programming_Less_Than_One_Hour) 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Comedy_Series 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 "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Voice-Over_Performance Outstanding Voice-Over Performance]" by Dan Castellaneta for "[[Mr. Plow]]", an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Award Annie Award] for "Best Animated Television Program",a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_Awards Genesis Award] for "Best Television Prime Time Animated Series" for "[[Whacking Day]]" and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Award Saturn Award] for "Best Television Series".
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The season was nominated eight times. It won an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Award Annie Award] for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Award_for_Best_Animated_Television_Production Best Animated Television Production], an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_Media_Award Environmental Media Award] for "Best Television Episodic Comedy" for "Bart Gets an Elephant",a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_Award Genesis Award] for "Best Television Comedy Series". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Silverman David Silverman] earned a nomination for "Best Individual Achievement for Creative Supervision in the Field of Animation", [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Clausen Alf Clausen] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Daniels Greg Daniels] received a nomination in the "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" category for the song "Who Needs The Kwik-E-Mart?", a song from "Homer and Apu". Clausen had another nomination for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)" for the episode "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Feare Cape Feare]" and the series was nominated for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Award Saturn Award] for "Best Genre Television Series". The producers again tried to submit episodes for "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Comedy_Series Outstanding Comedy Series]" category rather than the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Animated_Program_(For_Programming_less_than_One_Hour) Outstanding Animated Program]" as they had although were still not nominated.
  
 
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.
 
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.

Revision as of 13:50, June 20, 2010

The Simpsons (Season 5)
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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."Homer's Barbershop Quartet" and "Cape Feare" aired in the season, which Season 4's production code is 9FXX. Several episodes that were produced for the preceding season occasionally air on the succeding season.

The season was nominated eight times. It won an Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production, an Environmental Media Award for "Best Television Episodic Comedy" for "Bart Gets an Elephant",a Genesis Award for "Best Television Comedy Series". David Silverman earned a nomination for "Best Individual Achievement for Creative Supervision in the Field of Animation", Alf Clausen and Greg Daniels received a nomination in the "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" category for the song "Who Needs The Kwik-E-Mart?", a song from "Homer and Apu". Clausen had another nomination for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)" for the episode "Cape Feare" and the series was nominated for a Saturn Award for "Best Genre Television Series". The producers again tried to submit episodes for "Outstanding Comedy Series" category rather than the "Outstanding Animated Program" as they had although were still not nominated.

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.

Episodes

# Original airdate Prod. Code Title
82 - 501 September 24, 1992 8F24 "Kamp Krusty"
83 - 502 October 1, 1992 8F18 "A Streetcar Named Marge"
84 - 503 October 8, 1992 9F01 "Homer the Heretic"
85 - 504 October 15, 1992 9F02 "Lisa the Beauty Queen"
86 - 505 October 29, 1992 9F03 "Treehouse of Horror III"
87 - 506 November 3, 1992 9F04 "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"
88 - 507 November 5, 1992 9F05 "Marge Gets a Job"
89 - 508 November 12,1992 9F06 "New Kid on the Block"
90 - 509 November 19,1992 9F07 "Mr. Plow"
91 - 510 December 3,1992 9F08 "Lisa's First Word"
92 - 511 December 17,1992 9F09 "Homer's Triple Bypass"
93 - 512 January 14,1993 9F10 "Marge vs. the Monorail"
94 - 513 January 21,1993 9F11 "Selma's Choice"
95 - 514 February 4,1993 9F12 "Brother from the Same Planet"
96 - 515 February 11,1993 9F13 "I Love Lisa"
97 - 516 February 18,1993 9F14 "Duffless"
98 - 517 March 11,1993 9F15 "Last Exit to Springfield"
99 - 518 April 1,1993 9F17 "So It's Come To This: A Simpsons Clip Show"
100 - 519 April 15,1993 9F16 "The Front"
101 - 520 April 29,1993 9F18 "Whacking Day"
102 - 521 May 6,1993 9F20 "Marge in Chains"
103 - 22 May 13,1993 9F19 "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
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Season 3
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Season 5