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|gender= {{Male cast}}
|job= Writer<br>Story editor<br>Producer
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|job= Writer<br>Story editor<br>Producer<br>Showrunner
 
|birthdate= {{Birthdate|1966|2|27}}
 
|birthdate= {{Birthdate|1966|2|27}}
 
|deathdate=  
 
|deathdate=  
 
|status= Inactive
 
|status= Inactive
 
|episodes= 144
 
|episodes= 144
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|seasons= [[Season 3|Seasons 3]] - [[Season 10|10]]
 
|first episode= "[[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]"
 
|first episode= "[[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]"
|latest episode= "[[The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace]]"
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|latest episode= "[[When You Dish Upon a Star]]"
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|first album= ''[[Songs in the Key of Springfield]]''
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|latest album= ''[[Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons]]''
 
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'''Bill Oakley''' (born February 27, 1966) is an American TV writer, best known for his work on ''[[The Simpsons]]''. Along with his writing partner [[Josh Weinstein]], Oakley was the executive producer and [[showrunner]] during the seventh and eighth seasons. Before serving as the show's executive producers, the pair were hired onto the writing staff during the fourth season. Together, the two wrote episodes such as "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns?]]". After leaving ''The Simpsons'', Oakley and Weinstein created ''Mission Hill'', ''The Mullets'', and served as consulting producers on ''[[Futurama]]''. He was born and raised in Union Bridge, Maryland, and attended St. Albans School, where he and Weinstein created cartoons for the school newspaper. He later attended Harvard University, where he was an editor of the Harvard Lampoon.
 
  
He is married to [[Rachel Pulido]].
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'''Bill Oakley''' (born February 27, 1966) is an American television writer and producer. He served as a writer, story editor, supervising producer, executive producer, showrunner, and consulting producer for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He is married to [[Rachel Pulido]].
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== Awards ==
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{{Table|width=50%|align=left|
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{{THT|Award}}
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{{TH|Year}}
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{{TH|Episode}}
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{{TH|Result}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|4}}
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{{TB|[[1995]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1995/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1995"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Lisa's Wedding]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[1996]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[1997]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1997/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less.) – 1997"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer's Phobia]]"}}
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{{TRs|'''Won'''|2}}
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{{TBT|[[1998]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1998/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1998"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Trash of the Titans]]"}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics}}}}
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{{TB|[[1996]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996/outstanding-original-music-and-lyrics Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 1996"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]]"<br>{{small|for "[[Señor Burns]]"}}}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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}}
  
 
== Credits ==
 
== Credits ==
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=== Written by ===
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=== Story editor ===
 
=== Story editor ===
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{{Scroll|
*{{ep|Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Kamp Krusty}}
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{{Season3A
*{{ep|A Streetcar Named Marge}}
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|E24=yes
*{{ep|Homer the Heretic}}
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*{{ep|Lisa the Beauty Queen}}
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{{Season4A|all=yes|E5n=as Objectionable Bill Oakley}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror III|(as Objectionable Bill Oakley)}}
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{{Season5A
*{{ep|Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|Marge Gets a Job}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|New Kid on the Block}}
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}}
*{{ep|Mr. Plow}}
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{{TC}}
*{{ep|Lisa's First Word}}
 
*{{ep|Homer's Triple Bypass}}
 
*{{ep|Marge vs. the Monorail}}
 
*{{ep|Selma's Choice}}
 
*{{ep|Brother from the Same Planet}}
 
*{{ep|I Love Lisa}}
 
*{{ep|Duffless}}
 
*{{ep|Last Exit to Springfield}}
 
*{{ep|So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show}}
 
*{{ep|The Front}}
 
*{{ep|Whacking Day}}
 
*{{ep|Marge in Chains}}
 
*{{ep|Krusty Gets Kancelled}}
 
*{{ep|Homer's Barbershop Quartet}}
 
*{{ep|Cape Feare}}
 
 
}}
 
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=== Writer ===
 
*{{ep|Marge Gets a Job}}
 
*{{ep|Marge in Chains}}
 
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IV|(as The Late Bill Oakley)}}
 
*{{ep|$pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)}}
 
*{{ep|Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy}}
 
*{{ep|Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song}}
 
*{{ep|Lady Bouvier's Lover}}
 
*{{ep|Sideshow Bob Roberts}}
 
*{{ep|Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy}}
 
*{{ep|Bart vs. Australia}}
 
*{{ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)}}
 
*{{ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)}}
 
  
 
=== Supervising producer ===
 
=== Supervising producer ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{ep|Homer Goes to College}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Rosebud}}
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{{Season5A
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IV|(as The Late Bill Oakley)}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|Marge on the Lam}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|Bart's Inner Child}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|Boy Scoutz 'n the Hood}}
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|E5n=as The Late Bill Oakley
*{{ep|The Last Temptation of Homer}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|$pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|Homer the Vigilante}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Bart Gets Famous}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|Homer and Apu}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|Deep Space Homer}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|Homer Loves Flanders}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|Bart Gets an Elephant}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Burns' Heir}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|The Boy Who Knew Too Much}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Lady Bouvier's Lover}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Secrets of a Successful Marriage}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Bart of Darkness}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Lisa's Rival}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|Another Simpsons Clip Show}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|Itchy & Scratchy Land}}
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}}
*{{ep|Sideshow Bob Roberts}}
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{{Season6A|all=yes|E6n=as The Late Bill Oakley}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror V|(as The Late Bill Oakley)}}
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{{Season7A
*{{ep|Bart's Girlfriend}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|Lisa on Ice}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|Homer Badman}}
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}}
*{{ep|Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy}}
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{{TC}}
*{{ep|Fear of Flying}}
 
*{{ep|Homer the Great}}
 
*{{ep|And Maggie Makes Three}}
 
*{{ep|Bart's Comet}}
 
*{{ep|Homie the Clown}}
 
*{{ep|Bart vs. Australia}}
 
*{{ep|Homer vs. Patty and Selma}}
 
*{{ep|A Star Is Burns}}
 
*{{ep|Lisa's Wedding}}
 
*{{ep|Two Dozen and One Greyhounds}}
 
*{{ep|The PTA Disbands}}
 
*{{ep|'Round Springfield}}
 
*{{ep|The Springfield Connection}}
 
*{{ep|Lemon of Troy}}
 
*{{ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)}}
 
*{{ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)}}
 
*{{ep|Radioactive Man}}
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Executive producer ===
 
=== Executive producer ===
Home Sweet Home-Diddily-Dum-Doodily (1 October 1995) - executive producer 
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{{Scroll|
Bart Sells His Soul (8 October 1995) - executive producer 
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{{TO}}
Lisa the Vegetarian (15 October 1995) - executive producer 
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{{Season7A
Treehouse of Horror VI (29 October 1995) - executive producer (as The Late Bill Oakley
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|E3=yes
King Size Homer (5 November 1995) - executive producer 
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|E4=yes
Mother Simpson (19 November 1995) - executive producer 
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|E5=yes
Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming (26 November 1995) - executive producer 
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|E6=yes
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular (3 December 1995) - executive producer 
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|E6n=as The Late Bill Oakley
Marge Be Not Proud (17 December 1995) - executive producer 
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|E7=yes
Team Homer (7 January 1996) - executive producer 
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|E8=yes
Two Bad Neighbors (14 January 1996) - executive producer 
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|E9=yes
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield (4 February 1996) - executive producer 
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|E10=yes
Bart the Fink (11 February 1996) - executive producer 
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|E11=yes
Lisa the Iconoclast (18 February 1996) - executive producer 
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|E12=yes
Homer the Smithers (25 February 1996) - executive producer 
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|E13=yes
The Day the Violence Died (17 March 1996) - executive producer 
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|E14=yes
A Fish Called Selma (24 March 1996) - executive producer 
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|E15=yes
Bart on the Road (31 March 1996) - executive producer 
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|E16=yes
22 Short Films About Springfield (14 April 1996) - executive producer , Writer (written by) 
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|E17=yes
Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish' (28 April 1996) - executive producer 
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|E18=yes
Much Apu About Nothing (5 May 1996) - executive producer 
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|E19=yes
Homerpalooza (19 May 1996) - executive producer 
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|E20=yes
Summer of 4 Ft. 2 (19 May 1996) - executive producer 
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|E21=yes
Treehouse of Horror VII (27 October 1996) - executive producer (as The Late Bill Oakley
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|E22=yes
You Only Move Twice (3 November 1996) - executive producer 
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|E23=yes
The Homer They Fall (9 November 1996) - executive producer 
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|E24=yes
Burns, Baby Burns (17 November 1996) - executive producer 
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|E25=yes
Bart After Dark (24 November 1996) - executive producer 
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A Milhouse Divided (1 December 1996) - executive producer 
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{{Season8A|all=yes|E1n=as The Late Bill Oakley}}
Lisa's Date with Density (15 December 1996) - executive producer 
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{{Season9A
Hurricane Neddy (29 December 1996) - executive producer
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|E1=yes
El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer (5 January 1997) - executive producer 
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|E2=yes
The Springfield Files (12 January 1997) - executive producer 
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The Twisted World of Marge Simpson (19 January 1997) - executive producer 
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{{TC}}
Mountain of Madness (2 February 1997) - executive producer 
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The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show (7 February 1997) - executive producer 
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Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-Annoyed-Grunt-cious (7 February 1997) - executive producer 
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=== Consulting producer ===
Homer's Phobia (16 February 1997) - executive producer 
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{{Scroll|
Brother from Another Series (23 February 1997) - executive producer 
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{{TO}}
My Sister, My Sitter (2 March 1997) - executive producer 
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{{Season9A
Homer vs. the 18th Amendment (16 March 1997) - executive producer 
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|E4=yes
Grade School Confidential (6 April 1997) - executive producer 
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|E4n=as The Late Bill Oakley
The Canine Mutiny (13 April 1997) - executive producer 
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|E5=yes
The Old Man and the Lisa (20 April 1997) - executive producer 
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|E6=yes
In Marge We Trust (27 April 1997) - executive producer 
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|E7=yes
Homer's Enemy (4 May 1997) - executive producer 
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|E8=yes
The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase (11 May 1997) - executive producer 
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|E9=yes
The Secret War of Lisa Simpson (18 May 1997) - executive producer 
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|E10=yes
The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson (21 September 1997) - executive producer 
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|E11=yes
The Principal and the Pauper (28 September 1997) - executive producer 
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|E12=yes
Treehouse of Horror VIII (26 October 1997) - consulting producer (as The Late Bill Oakley) 
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|E13=yes
The Cartridge Family (2 November 1997) - consulting producer 
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|E14=yes
Bart Star (9 November 1997) - consulting producer 
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|E15=yes
The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons (16 November 1997) - consulting producer 
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|E16=yes
Lisa the Skeptic (23 November 1997) - consulting producer 
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|E17=yes
Realty Bites (7 December 1997) - consulting producer 
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|E18=yes
Miracle on Evergreen Terrace (21 December 1997) - consulting producer 
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|E20=yes
All Singing, All Dancing (4 January 1998) - consulting producer 
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|E21=yes
Bart Carny (11 January 1998) - consulting producer 
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|E22=yes
The Joy of Sect (8 February 1998) - consulting producer 
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|E23=yes
Das Bus (15 February 1998) - consulting producer 
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|E24=yes
The Last Temptation of Krust (22 February 1998) - consulting producer 
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|E25=yes
Dumbbell Indemnity (1 March 1998) - consulting producer 
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Lisa the Simpson (8 March 1998) - executive producer 
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{{Season10A
This Little Wiggy (22 March 1998) - consulting producer 
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|E2=yes
The Trouble with Trillions (5 April 1998) - consulting producer 
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Girly Edition (19 April 1998) - consulting producer 
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{{TC}}
Trash of the Titans (26 April 1998) - consulting producer 
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King of the Hill (3 May 1998) - consulting producer 
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Lost Our Lisa (10 May 1998) - consulting producer 
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=== For The Simpsons ===
Natural Born Kissers (17 May 1998) - consulting producer 
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*{{alb|Songs in the Key of Springfield}}
The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace (20 September 1998) - consulting producer
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*{{alb|Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
  
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== See also ==
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*{{Showrun}}
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*{{Written by}}
  
{{Realworld}}
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== External links ==
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*{{IMDb|name/nm0643009/}}
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*{{Wikipedialink}}
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*{{twitterpage|thatbilloakley}}
  
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{{Showrunners}}
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{{Writers|former=yes}}
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{{Executive producers|former=yes}}
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{{Consulting producers|former=yes}}
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{{Supervising producers|former=yes}}
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{{Story editors|episodes=yes}}
 
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[[Category:Cast and crew]]
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[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winning crew]]
[[Category:Executive producers]]
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[[Category:Songs in the Key of Springfield crew]]
[[Category:Writers]]
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[[Category:Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons crew]]
[[Category:Producers]]
 
[[Category:Consulting producers]]
 
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[[Category:Outstanding Animated Program Emmy winning crew]]
 

Latest revision as of 19:39, March 28, 2024

This article is about the crew member. For the character, see Bill Oakley (character).
Bill Oakley
BillOakley.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Writer
Story editor
Producer
Showrunner
Birth date: February 27, 1966 (1966-02-27) (age 58)
Status:
Inactive
Number of episodes: 144
Seasons active: Seasons 3 - 10
First episode: "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?"
Most recent episode: "When You Dish Upon a Star"
First album: Songs in the Key of Springfield
Latest album: Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons


Bill Oakley (born February 27, 1966) is an American television writer and producer. He served as a writer, story editor, supervising producer, executive producer, showrunner, and consulting producer for The Simpsons. He is married to Rachel Pulido.

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1995[1] "Lisa's Wedding" Won
1996[2] "Treehouse of Horror VI" Nominated
1997[3] "Homer's Phobia" Won
1998[4] "Trash of the Titans"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics 1996[5] "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)"
for "Señor Burns"
Nominated

Credits[edit]

Written by[edit]

Story editor[edit]

Supervising producer[edit]

Executive producer[edit]

Consulting producer[edit]

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