Don’t you just love it when networks do theme-weeks or nights? (Yes, that was sarcasm.) Like that night years ago when NBC had all of their Thursday night programs involved in a New York City blackout storyline?
Fox has something similar up its sleeve. Inspired by the success of Glee, a full week of programming on Fox will find nearly every show on the network engaging in song-and-dance numbers. From Thursday April 29th through Wednesday May 5th, shows like Bones, Fringe, House, The Simpsons, and more will feature musical performances woven into their episodes.
This sounds like a horribly cheesy idea on the surface. No doubt about that. But on the other hand, maybe Fox’s shows will take this as an opportunity to really challenge themselves creatively and come up with some clever ways of incorporating music into their eps.
We can only hope.
The latest news about the Simpsons makes for great trivia because it is now the longest prime-time series in US TV history. Right now the record actually belongs to Gunsmoke, a CBS western series that ran for 20 years with its final season shown in 1975. The Simpsons is now on its 20th season as well but will surpass the record when the 21st season airs this fall. Since Fox has commissioned to more seasons the Simpsons will actually at least till its 22nd season.