Reading Digest: Cable Expansion Edition

“How can one little insulated wire bring so much happiness?” – Homer Simpson The big news this week was the deliberate media leak that FOX is considering selling the cable rights to The Simpsons and Zombie Simpsons next year.  This was a little unexpected in that one of the reasons the show has never been on cable is that the over-the-air syndication deal prohibits such a thing so long as new episodes are being made.  So did this indicate that the show would be ending?  No: However, unlike most syndication deals, the “Simpsons”-cable syndication does not spell doom for the…

Quote of the Day

“Where are you taking me?  What’s happening?” – C.M. Burns “Relax, you’ve gone off your nut, so we’re stuffing you into an old folks home.  Those store guys signed the commitment papers.” – Chief Wiggum