# Why does Fox run its Halloween specials after Halloween?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-fox-run-its-halloween-specials-after-halloween/559811>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 7, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-fox-run-its-halloween-specials-after-halloween/559811 "2010-11-07T19:34:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-fox-run-its-halloween-specials-after-halloween/559811/21 "2010-11-08T16:40:10Z")

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> [@Justin\_Bailey](#):
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> Not to beat a dead horse, but you missed the golden years. The first five ToHs are among the best Simpsons episodes ever.

Agreed. One through five were untouchable. After the first or second Treehouse of Horror, they used to show the previous ones back-to-back for a few seasons. These were some of my favorite moments in television.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-fox-run-its-halloween-specials-after-halloween/559811/22 "2010-11-08T20:46:56Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Okay, not a baseball fan. I forgot they broadcast the world series.

Which is totally stupid. The Dodgers weren’t even in it, which already disqualifies it from being considered to have existed in the “Great Big Book of Life Sports Almanac” that God keeps in the bathroom for light reading.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-fox-run-its-halloween-specials-after-halloween/559811/23 "2010-11-08T23:38:03Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> Which is totally stupid. The Dodgers weren’t even in it, which already disqualifies it from being considered to have existed in the “Great Big Book of Life Sports Almanac” that God keeps in the bathroom for light reading.

Is that the one Biff took back to 1955 in BTTF2?

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