It ranked twenty-fifth in the season ratings with an average of 13.5 million viewers per episode. In addition to the large Simpsons cast, many guest stars appeared in season ten, including Phil Hartman in his last appearance due to his death months earlier in May 1998.ĭespite winning an Annie Award for ' Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Program', season 10 has been cited by several critics as the beginning of the series' decline in quality. However, it was soon settled and the actors' salaries were raised to $125,000 per episode. Before production began, a salary dispute between the main cast members of The Simpsons and Fox arose. The showrunner for the tenth season was Mike Scully. Set in the fictional city of Springfield, the show lampoons American culture, society, television, and many aspects of the human condition. The Simpsons is a satire of a middle-class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.

It contains twenty-three episodes, starting with ' Lard of the Dance'. The tenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons was originally broadcast on the Fox network in the United States between August 23, 1998, and May 16, 1999.

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