Mr. Burns appears in the premiere episode of The Simpsons, but he didn’t get his first real showcase until season two’s “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish,” where he comes across as more unpleasant than downright evil.

The character of Mr. Burns on the animated television series "The Simpsons" is based on Jacob Rothschild of the British Rothschild banking family. For nearly a decade, claims have circulated online that "The Simpsons" television character Mr. Burns, Homer ...

The two-part "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" episode of The Simpsons is one of the long-running show's best-known and most-talked about. Part 1, the final episode of Season 6, ended on an epic cliffhanger where Mr. Burns lay shot on a sun-dial. The audience had to ...

Fans of The Simpsons are shocked by how different Mr. Burns sounds in the latest episode of the series. On May 12, in the episode titled “The Tipping Point,” Homer loses his mind over tipping culture run amok. Mr. Burns, Homer’s greedy boss, makes ...

Currently in its 35th season, The Simpsons has aired a whopping 767 episodes to date. And while it may or may not be true that "they'll never stop The Simpsons," fans are starting to notice that the voice actors aren't sounding quite as fresh as they did ...

Harry Shearer, the voice of iconic “Simpsons” characters like Mr. Burns, is walking away from a $14 million offer and is saying farewell to the show. “As the Simpsons continues its 27th and 28th seasons, Harry Shearer will not be within the show ...

The cliffhanger finale to The Simpsons has since gone down in pop culture history as a major moment for the long-running animated series, and though the revelation was satisfying, the writers almost went in a different direction. Former executive producer ...

The sun-blocking shield. The accidental gunshot. Smithers getting fired. Tito MFing Puente. The two-part "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" episode of The Simpsons is enshrined among the series' most remembered. But as writer Josh Weinstein, also a former showrunner ...

Television's longest running animated series, "The Simpsons," takes a turn for the bizarre in "Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play," which LSU Theatre opens Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Reilly Theatre. The play, named for the boss of the nuclear power plant where ...

From Hank Scorpio to Lyle Lanley to Lisa’s substitute teacher Mr. Bergstrom, some of the all-time best characters in The Simpsons only ever appeared in one episode. A generational talent like Phil Hartman or Albert Brooks only needs one episode to create ...