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For as long as I can remember, syndicated episodes of The Simpsons have aired at 7 p.m. on FOX 5. And what a perfect time for America's longest-running TV comedy. At 6 you might still be at work, and at 8 you're ready for prime-time shows. But at 7 o'clock, it's time for re-runs of any of the show's 441 episodes. No longer, it seems. As of Monday, September 21, WTTG-FOX 5 is pushing its syndicated episodes of The Simpsons to the 11:30 p.m. time slot. Seinfeld will move up a half-hour to 7 p.m., while re-runs of The Office will debut in the 7:30 p.m. opening. Don't get me wrong -- that's a fine hour of TV. But dumping one of America's best cartoon shows to the nether regions of TV viewing times? That's simply criminal. How about a compromise we can all agree on? Push TMZ to 11:30 -- or just cancel it, I don't care -- and give The Simpsons the 6:30 slot. Just don't force me to stay up late to get my fix. (NB: New episodes of the The Simpsons will still air at 8 p.m on Sundays).

FOX 5 Weatherman Tony Perkins had guaranteed no rain for this past Labor Day weekend, or he would eat a sock. As you probably are aware, his prediction fell short, and this morning he consumed a sock sprinkled with the regional seasoning of choice, Old Bay. Even worse, it was a sock that he had brought from home, laundered, but used nonetheless. To add to the zaniness, he has promised good weather for this upcoming weekend or he will be finishing off the other sock in the pair. You can see him partaking in the culinary delight at around 1:30.

Last week, in our end of the day roundup, we linked to an NBCWashington.com story about that guy who had been standing at a busy intersection in Tysons Corner wearing a sign that read, "I CHEATED. THIS IS MY PUNISHMENT." Tailor made for local broadcast news, the story was picked by nearly every outlet in town, and ended up getting some national and international coverage as well. But, it turns out, the whole thing was a practical joke. FOX 5, the first TV station to actually interview the man who identified himself as William Taylor, reports this morning that Taylor was really a plant of Washington's Hot 99.5 Kane In The Morning show, who sent the sign-wearing philanderer out there just to see "how much media coverage it would receive." We can think of a few signs we'd like to see this Kane guy wear along the side of the road.

The Nationals finally won a game last night (8-2 over the world champion Phillies!), but it looks like members of the D.C. Council weren't there to enjoy it. No, instead, the epically ridiculous, second-year-in-a-row Mayor/Council dispute over friggin' baseball tickets is still going on. This morning, Council chair Vince Gray showed up on FOX 5 to give the mayor a big fat spanking over the whole thing. The local news station does a nice job juxtaposing clips of Fenty from his appearance yesterday, looking sweaty, irritated and irrational, with cool as a cucumber Gray, who calmly explains that the mayor is crazy if he thinks he can describe his relationship with the Council as "fantastic." Take a look.

Too funny. You'll recall we pointed out the other day that the McCain campaign's Arlington headquarters was holding a big fire sale to liquidate all its computers, Blackberries and other office equipment and furniture. Well FOX 5's Tisha Thompson says she bought one of the McCain Blackberries, and it was filled with confidential campaign information.

This is pretty good: Fox 5's Tom Fitzgerald decided to do a report on the ongoing harassment of photographers inside D.C.'s busy Union Station, a topic we've written about and heard about from our own Flickr contributors many times before. While he was there interviewing Amtrak's spokesperson on the subject, who in fact told the reporter that photography is absolutely allowed inside the Amtrak portion of the station, a security guard came up to the Fox 5 crew and told them turn their cameras off. You can watch the report here.