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  • Next month, Fox celebrates best, worst of ‘Idol’ globally

    Next month, Fox celebrates best, worst of ‘Idol’ globally

    MUMBAI: As part of its efforts to leverage its music-based reality show American Idol Fox will unveil a special American Idol: International Best Of The Worst. The special airs on 19 May.

    The global phenomenon has travelled far and wide including India where Indian Idol recently completed its first run on Sony. The Fox special will air some of the most funny, outrageous and, just plain, awful Idol auditions from around the world

    Meanwhile, Fox will also launch a comedy attack on 1 May with Animation Domination. This includes two back-to-back episodes of The Simpsons. The first is the series’ milestone 350th episode.

    In the milestone episode titled Don’t Fear the Roofer Stephen Hawking plays himself and Ray Romano does a guest-voice. A storm hits Springfield, causing the Simpson roof to leak. Unable to keep a roof over his family’s head, a downtrodden Homer seeks companionship at a bar called Knockers.

    There, he befriends a beer-loving roofer, Ray who agrees to help Homer with the repairs. When Homer’s new best friend never shows up, Marge and Dr Hibbert conclude that he’s a figment of Homer’s imagination and place Homer in a mental hospital.

    But Homer and Ray may have the last laugh.

  • ‘The Simpsons’ cast ends strike

    ‘The Simpsons’ cast ends strike

    MUMBAI: The resisting actors who dub for Homer, Bart and the rest of the cartoon stars of Fox TV’s The Simpsons, will be back in office as a settlement has been made on their remuneration. It is reported that, they have won a new contract collectively valued at $33 million a year.

    The strike that had been going on since the last one month had even threatened to shorten the upcoming 16th season of American TV’s longest-running comedy.

    “We couldn’t be happier to have reached a multi-year deal with the enormously talented cast of The Simpsons. Fans will be pleased to know that despite our recent production delay, we are optimistic that they can look forward to a full season’s episodes next year on Fox and hopefully many years to come,” the studio said in a statement.

    According to a Reuters report, the show’s six principal cast members will get a 100 per cent raise in remuneration as their salary is going to be doubled from $125,000 to $250,000 per episode, as per the new settlement.