Season 5
The Simpsons (Season 5)
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Season Information
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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.
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 succeeding 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 5 including extras were released on DVD on 21st December 2004 in Region 1, 21st March 2005 in Region 2 and 23d March 2005 in Region 4.
Episodes
| # | Original airdate | Prod. Code | Title |
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| 82 - 501 | September 30, 1993 | 9F21 | "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" |
| 83 - 502 | October 7, 1993 | 9F22 | "Cape Feare" |
| 84 - 503 | October 14, 1993 | 1F02 | "Homer Goes to College" |
| 85 - 504 | October 21, 1993 | 1F01 | "Rosebud" |
| 86 - 505 | October 28, 1993 | 1F04 | "Treehouse of Horror IV" |
| 87 - 506 | November 4, 1993 | 1F03 | "Marge on the Lam" |
| 88 - 507 | November 11, 1993 | 1F05 | "Bart's Inner Child" |
| 89 - 508 | November 18,1993 | 1F06 | "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood" |
| 90 - 509 | December 9,1993 | 1F07 | "The Last Temptation of Homer" |
| 91 - 510 | December 16,1993 | 1F08 | "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" |
| 92 - 511 | January 6,1994 | 1F09 | "Homer the Vigilante" |
| 93 - 512 | February 3,1994 | 1F11 | "Bart Gets Famous" |
| 94 - 513 | February 10,1994 | 1F10 | "Homer and Apu" |
| 95 - 514 | February 17, 1994 | 1F12 | "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" |
| 96 - 515 | February 24, 1994 | 1F13 | "Deep Space Homer" |
| 97 - 516 | March 17, 1994 | 1F14 | "Homer Loves Flanders" |
| 98 - 517 | March 31, 1994 | 1F15 | "Bart Gets an Elephant" |
| 99 - 518 | April 14, 1994 | 1F16 | "Burns' Heir" |
| 100 - 519 | April 28, 1994 | 1F18 | "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" |
| 101 - 520 | May 5, 1994 | 1F19 | "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" |
| 102 - 521 | May 12, 1994 | 1F21 | "Lady Bouvier's Lover" |
| 103 - 522 | May 19, 1994 | 1F20 | "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" |
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