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 == Release ==
 ''[[The Complete Eighth Season]]'' box set was released in Region 1 on August 15, 2006, Region 2 on September 2, 2006, and Region 4 on October 2, 2006. The set was released in two different forms: a [[Maggie]]-shaped head to match the [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] shaped heads of the previous two sets and also a standard rectangular shaped box. Like the seventh season box set, both versions are available for sale separately.
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	'''Season 8''' is the eighth broadcast season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally ran on [[Fox Broadcasting Company\|Fox]] from October 27, [[1996]], with "[[Treehouse of Horror VII]]", to May 18, [[1997]], with "[[The Secret War of Lisa Simpson]]". The season was mostly made up of [[production season 4F]] episodes, with two [[rollover episodes]] from [[production season 3F]] and two episodes from [[production season 3G\|3G]] also airing. [[Bill Oakley]] and [[Josh Weinstein]] served as the [[List of showrunners\|showrunners]] for most of the season while [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] served as the showrunners for the 3G episodes.		'''Season 8''' is the eighth broadcast season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally ran on [[Fox Broadcasting Company\|Fox]] from October 27, [[1996]], with "[[Treehouse of Horror VII]]", to May 18, [[1997]], with "[[The Secret War of Lisa Simpson]]". The season was mostly made up of [[production season 4F]] episodes, with two [[rollover episodes]] from [[production season 3F]] and two episodes from [[production season 3G\|3G]] also airing. [[Bill Oakley]] and [[Josh Weinstein]] served as the [[List of showrunners\|showrunners]] for most of the season while [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] served as the showrunners for the 3G episodes.
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		+	== Awards ==
		+	{{Table\|width=80%\|
		+	{{THT\|Award}}
		+	{{TH\|Episode}}
		+	{{TH\|Crew\|width=50%}}
		+	{{TH\|Result}}
		+	{{TBT\|{{W\|25th Annie Awards\|25th Annie Award}} for {{W\|Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production\|Best Animated Television Production}}<ref name="Annie1997">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110808193725/http://annieawards.org/25thwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 25th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1997)"] (archived on {{W\|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
		+	{{TB\|N/A}}
		+	{{TB\|N/A}}
		+	{{TRs\|'''Won'''\|3}}
		+	{{TBT\|{{W\|49th Primetime Emmy Awards\|49th Primetime Emmy Award}} for {{W\|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics\|Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics}}<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1997/outstanding-original-music-and-lyrics Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 1997"]</ref>}}
		+	{{TB\|"[[Bart After Dark]]"<br>{{small\|for "[[We Put the Spring in Springfield]]"}}}}
		+	{{TB\|[[Alf Clausen]] and [[Ken Keeler]]}}
		+	{{TBT\|{{W\|25th Annie Awards\|25th Annie Award}} for Best Individual Achievement: Producing in a TV Production<ref name="Annie1997"/>}}
		+	{{TB\|"[[The Springfield Files]]"}}
		+	{{TB\|[[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]]}}
		+	{{TBT\|{{W\|25th Annie Awards\|25th Annie Award}} for Best Individual Achievement: Voice Acting by a Female Performer in a TV Production<ref name="Annie1997"/>}}
		+	{{TB\|"[[Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious]]"}}
		+	{{TB\|[[Maggie Roswell]] ([[Shary Bobbins]])}}
		+	{{TB\|Nominated}}
		+	{{TBT\|{{W\|25th Annie Awards\|25th Annie Award}} for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production<ref name="Annie1997"/>}}
		+	{{TRs\|"[[Homer's Phobia]]"\|2}}
		+	{{TB\|[[Mike B. Anderson]]}}
		+	{{TRs\|'''Won'''\|2}}
		+	{{TBT\|{{W\|49th Primetime Emmy Awards\|49th Primetime Emmy Award}} for {{W\|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program\|Outstanding Animated Program}}<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1997/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less.) – 1997"]</ref>}}
		+	{{TB\|{{small\|[[Colin A.B.V. Lewis]], [[Mike B. Anderson]], [[Richard Appel]], [[James L. Brooks]], [[David X. Cohen]], [[Jonathan Collier]], [[Matt Groening]], [[Ron Hauge]], [[Ken Keeler]], [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]], [[Dan McGrath]], [[J. Michael Mendel]], [[George Meyer]], [[David Mirkin]], [[Bill Oakley]], [[Richard Raynis]], [[Phil Roman]], [[Richard Sakai]], [[Bill Schultz]], [[Mike Scully]], [[David Silverman]], [[Sam Simon]], [[Denise Sirkot]], [[Steve Tompkins]], [[Josh Weinstein]], [[Michael Wolf]]}}}}
		+	{{TBT\|{{W\|49th Primetime Emmy Awards\|49th Primetime Emmy Award}} for {{W\|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation\|Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation}}<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1997/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-a-comedy-series-or-a-special Television Academy - "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special – 1997"]</ref>}}
		+	{{TB\|"[[Brother from Another Series]]"}}
		+	{{TB\|[[Ronny Cox]], [[Greg Orloff]], and [[R. Russell Smith]]}}
		+	{{TB\|Nominated}}
		+	{{TBT\|{{W\|Environmental Media Award}} for Best Television Episodic Comedy<ref name="EMAWinners">[https://www.green4ema.org/ema-awards/ema-awards-past-recipients-and-honorees Environmental Media Awards - "EMA Awards Past Recipients & Honorees"]</ref>}}
		+	{{TB\|"[[The Old Man and the Lisa]]"}}
		+	{{TB\|}}
		+	{{TB\|'''Won'''}}
		+	}}

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-'''Season 8''' is the eighth broadcast season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally ran on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] from October 27, [[1996]], with "[[Treehouse of Horror VII]]", to May 18, [[1997]], with "[[The Secret War of Lisa Simpson]]". The season was mostly made up of [[production season 4F]] episodes, with two [[rollover episodes]] from [[production season 3F]] and two episodes from [[production season 3G|3G]] episodes also airing. [[Bill Oakley]] and [[Josh Weinstein]] served as the [[List of showrunners|showrunners]] for most of the season while [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] served as the showrunners for the 3G episodes.
+'''Season 8''' is the eighth broadcast season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally ran on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] from October 27, [[1996]], with "[[Treehouse of Horror VII]]", to May 18, [[1997]], with "[[The Secret War of Lisa Simpson]]". The season was mostly made up of [[production season 4F]] episodes, with two [[rollover episodes]] from [[production season 3F]] and two episodes from [[production season 3G|3G]] also airing. [[Bill Oakley]] and [[Josh Weinstein]] served as the [[List of showrunners|showrunners]] for most of the season while [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] served as the showrunners for the 3G episodes.
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 == Highlights ==
-The Simpsons' eighth season originally aired between October 27, 1996 and May 18, 1997, beginning with "[[Treehouse of Horror VII]]". The show runners for the eighth production season were [[Bill Oakley]] and [[Josh Weinstein]]. The aired season contained two episodes which were hold-over episodes from season seven, which Oakley and Weinstein also ran. It also contained two episodes for which [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] were the show runners.
+The Simpsons' eighth season originally aired between October 27, 1996 and May 18, 1997, beginning with "[[Treehouse of Horror VII]]" and concluding with "[[The Secret War of Lisa Simpson]]". The show runners for the eighth production season were [[Bill Oakley]] and [[Josh Weinstein]]. The aired season contained two episodes which were hold-over episodes from season seven, which Oakley and Weinstein also ran. It also contained two episodes for which [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] were the show runners.
 Season eight won multiple awards, including two Emmy Awards: "[[Homer's Phobia]]" won for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) in 1997, and [[Alf Clausen]] and [[Ken Keeler]] won for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" with the song "We Put The Spring In Springfield" from the episode "[[Bart After Dark]]". Clausen also received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Music Direction" for "[[Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious]]". "[[Brother from Another Series]]" was nominated for the Emmy for "Sound Mixing For a Comedy Series or a Special". For "Homer's Phobia", Mike Anderson won the Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production, and the WAC Winner Best Director for Primetime Series at the 1998 World Animation Celebration. Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation awarded the episode the GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding TV – Individual Episode".

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 {{TCsT|align=left|color=white|Troy McClure hosts a show which features three ideas for spin-offs to The Simpsons:
 '''Chief Wiggum, P.I.''' – Chief Wiggum and Seymour Skinner are detectives in New Orleans.
 '''The Love-Matic Grampa''' – Grampa's soul is contained in Moe's Love Tester machine.
 '''The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour''' – The Simpsons host a 70s variety show, with Lisa replaced by an adult bimbo
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-{{TCsT|align=left|color=white|Bart is enrolled in a military school because of one big prank he played. After seeing the school Lisa decides she wants to join too. Lisa is the first female cadet and therefore gets to stay in her own private barrack. This move creates resentment among the boys at the facility and Bart refuses to speak to his sister. Later, Bart secretly apologizes and helps her train for a test. When Lisa has trouble completing the test Bart publicly encourages her at the expense of his own reputation, and she finally passes the test.
+{{TCsT|align=left|color=white|Bart is enrolled in Rommelwood Military School for destroying the windows in town with several megaphones as a big prank he played. After seeing the school Lisa decides she wants to join too. Lisa is the first female cadet and therefore gets to stay in her own private barrack. This move creates resentment among the boys at the facility and Bart refuses to speak to his sister. Later, Bart secretly apologizes and helps her train for a test. When Lisa has trouble completing the test Bart publicly encourages her at the expense of his own reputation, and she finally passes the test.
 '''Guest starring:''' [[Willem Dafoe]] as {{ap|The Commandant|The Secret War of Lisa Simpson}}.|7}}