Hmmm, Fox News executives claim they never threatened to sue the Simpsons, and add that they found it funny. I'm skeptical that that anyone at Fox News has a non-sociopathic sense of humor...

Names & Faces (washingtonpost.com): "'Fox fought against it and said that they would sue the show,' Groening told Gross. 'And we called their bluff because we didn't think that Rupert Murdoch would pay for Fox to sue itself. So we got away with it,' he said, proud of the accomplishment. Fox News, however, denies reports that they ever threatened to sue. 'We were all scratching our heads and thought it was hysterical,' spokesman Rob Zimmerman told us yesterday. 'It's not the first time we've been spoofed, you know.'"