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'''3G''' is the eighth production season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] served as the [[List of showrunners|showrunners]] for the season. This production season is the shortest, with only four episodes. Two of the episodes aired in [[Season 8|broadcast season 8]] while two aired in [[Season 9|broadcast season 9]]. The episodes aired from January 12, [[1997]] with "[[The Springfield Files]]", to March 29, [[1998]] with "[[Simpson Tide]]".

== Episodes ==
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{{TBT|[[File:The Springfield Files.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|3G01}}
{{TB|'''"[[The Springfield Files]]"'''}}
{{TB|January 12, 1997}}
{{TB|[[Steven Dean Moore]]}}
{{TB|[[Reid Harrison]]}}
{{TB|S8 E10}}
{{TCsT|[[Homer]] witnesses [[Burns' alien|something out of this world]] in the woods near [[Springfield]], but no one believes him—not even FBI Agents [[Fox Mulder|Mulder]] and [[Dana Scully|Scully]], who come to investigate the incident.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Gillian Anderson]] as [[Dana Scully]], [[David Duchovny]] as [[Fox Mulder]], and [[Leonard Nimoy]] as {{Ch|Leonard Nimoy|himself}}.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Lisa's Sax (episode).png|250px]]}}
{{TB|3G02}}
{{TB|'''"[[Lisa's Sax]]"'''}}
{{TB|October 19, 1997}}
{{TB|[[Dominic Polcino]]}}
{{TB|[[Al Jean]]}}
{{TB|S9 E3}}
{{TCsT|When [[Lisa]]'s [[Lisa's saxophone|saxophone]] is destroyed during a scuffle with [[Bart]], the family recounts the story of how she got her instrument during the terrible heat wave of 1990.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Fyvush Finkel]] as {{Ch|Fyvush Finkel|himself}}.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Simpsoncalifragilistic.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|3G03}}
{{TB|'''"[[Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious]]"'''}}
{{TB|February 7, 1997}}
{{TB|[[Chuck Sheetz]]}}
{{TB|[[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]]}}
{{TB|S8 E13}}
{{TCsT|Due to [[Marge]] losing her hair from stress, the [[Simpson family]] decide to hire a new magical nanny, [[Shary Bobbins]], to look after the kids. But the Simpson kids may prove too tough a challenge for the minimum-wage nanny.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Song And Dance.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|S9 E19}}
{{TB|'''"[[Simpson Tide]]"'''}}
{{TB|March 29, 1998}}
{{TB|[[Milton Gray]]}}
{{TB|[[Joshua Sternin]] & [[Jennifer Ventimilia]]}}
{{TB|3G04}}
{{TCsT|Bored as usual after another firing from the nuclear plant, [[Homer]] decides to take up a new career in the Navy, where he almost causes an international incident by charting a submarine into Russian waters. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] gets his ear pierced.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Bob Denver]] as {{Ch|Bob Denver|himself}} and [[Rod Steiger]] as [[Captain Tenille]].|7|color=white}}
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== Script covers ==
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File:3G01 Script.jpg
File:3G03 Script.jpg
File:3G04 script.jpg
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-'''3G''' is the eighth production season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] served as the [[List of showrunners|showrunners]] for the season. This production season is the shortest, with only four episodes. Two of the episodes aired in [[Season 8|broadcast season 8]] while two aired in [[Season 9|broadcast season 9]]. The episodes aired from January 12, [[1997]] with "[[The Springfield Files]]", to March 29, [[1998]] with "[[Simpson Tide]]".
+'''3G''' is the ninth production season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] served as the [[List of showrunners|showrunners]] for the season. This production season is the shortest, with only four episodes. Two of the episodes aired in [[Season 8|broadcast season 8]] while two aired in [[Season 9|broadcast season 9]]. The episodes aired from January 12, [[1997]] with "[[The Springfield Files]]", to March 29, [[1998]] with "[[Simpson Tide]]".
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 {{TB|March 29, 1998}}
 {{TB|[[Milton Gray]]}}
 {{TB|[[Joshua Sternin]] & [[Jennifer Ventimilia]]}}
-{{TB|3G04}}
+{{TB|S9 E19}}
 {{TCsT|Bored as usual after another firing from the nuclear plant, [[Homer]] decides to take up a new career in the Navy, where he almost causes an international incident by charting a submarine into Russian waters. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] gets his ear pierced.