2008

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2008 is the year the nineteenth season of The Simpsons continued. It is also the year when many writers striked, affecting many shows including the Simpsons, which was cut short of 3 episodes

January

• 6th: "E. Pluribus Wiggum" aired for the first time.
• 27th: "That '90s Show" aired for the first time.

February

• 10th: "Kill Gil Vols. 1 & 2" won a WGA Award in the animation section.
• 12th: The Writers Guild of America strike ended.
• 17th: "Love, Springfieldian Style" aired for the first time.

March

• 2nd: "The Debarted" aired for the first time.
• 9th: "Dial 'N' for Nerder" aired for the first time.
• 30th: "Smoke on the Daughter" aired for the first time.

April

• 13th: "Papa Don't Leech" aired for the first time.
• 23rd: The Simpsons Ride opened.
• 27th: "Apocalypse Cow" aired for the first time.

May

• 4th: "Any Given Sundance" aired for the first time.
• 11th: "Mona Leaves-a" aired for the first time.
• 18th: "All About Lisa" aired for the first time.
  Season 19 ended.

September

• 5th: "Homer's Colonoscopy", a short episode, aired for the first time.
• 26th: Paul Newman, actor and guest star, died.
• 28th: Season 20 started.
  "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" aired for the first time.

October

• 5th: "Lost Verizon" aired for the first time.
• 19th: "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" aired for the first time.

November

• 2nd: "Treehouse of Horror XIX" aired for the first time.
• 9th: "Dangerous Curves" aired for the first time.
• 16th: "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" aired for the first time.
• 30: "Mypods and Boomsticks" aired for the first time.

December

• 7th: "The Burns and the Bees aired for the first time.
• 25th: Eartha Kitt, singer and guest star, died.