Matt Greoning's most recent accomplishments

although Matt would likely be the first person to tell you these are things he has little creative control over I think they're still worth mentioning. The first point of discussion is the recent change that premiered this past Sunday. Season 20, episode 10 "Take my Wife Please". This was the first episode that Fox broadcast in 720p HD. This at first came as an unpleasant shock, but I quickly grew to accept it and be happy with it.

There are more advantages to using the new format. The first is the advantage of universal platform. 16:9 is the new 4:3 in every way imaginable. It's easy to understand why people want this aspect ratio. What's not fair though is the association of 16:9 to HD resolution. In any case, The Simpsons opted to bend to the wills of both.

What's more of a question is that on an earlier commentary from season 3 or 4 Matt Greoning specifically says The Simpsons is best enjoyed in a 4:3 aspect ratio - I think he was mostly complaining about people that stretch the image to fit onto the wider form.

But this was nearly 4 years ago, so if they noticed the emerging trend why did it take so long to officially change it? And why in the middle of the season? With no prior indication? In any case, it's a big plus.

The second thing worth going over is the new and final Futurama feature-length.
This last installment of the Futurama franchise features the Planet Express crew at some of their best if you ask me. Fry becomes telepathic and unravels the history of the guy in the 9 shirt.

There's a great chunk of political undertow, but it's more welcome than the anti-subtle messages on Wall-E.