We all blogged it months ago, but The Simpsons got their star on the Walk of Fame on Friday. When Fox aired the promo for it, I began to think how they really needed to cancel the show a few years ago. Then this week's new episode started with the chalkboard line, "We will stop phoning it in." ...followed by an episode typical for season 11. (And it starts with a continuation on one of my least favorite episodes, to boot.)

For the first time in over 15 years, Saturday Night Live will begin airing at 11:35pm in Seattle next week, a half hour earlier than its usual time. SNL had been postponed a half hour each week for our acclaimed local equivalent, Almost Live. KING-5 decided to cancel the show last September, and had been showing classic episodes unt il yesterday.