THE SIMPSONS
Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET
During Season 2 of The Simpsons, an episode called “Itchy & Scratchy & Marge” had Marge become a public figure, appearing in newspaper letter pages (remember them, pre-Twitter?) and on TV to protest the violence in the children’s television “Itchy & Scratchy” cartoons. That was back in 1990, and it’s still one of my favorite Simpsons episodes. And now, 30 years later (think of that), there’s a new episode presented tonight, in Season 31, called “Screenless,” in which Marge mandates a restriction on the number of hours her family can watch screens, whether it’s on the TV or their smartphones. And just like last time, Marge learns a lesson too…about herself. Among the guest voices tonight is a very familiar one from his cave-painting documentary and other works: filmmaker Werner Herzog.