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The '''sixth season''' of the American animated television series ''[[The Simpsons]]'' originally aired on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network between September 4, 1994, and May 21, 1995, and consists of 25 episodes. ''[[The Simpsons]]'' is an animated series about a working class [[Simpson family|family]], which consists of [[Homer Simpson|Homer]], [[Marge Simpson|Marge]], [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]], and [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]]. The show is set in the fictional city of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]], and lampoons [[Culture of the United States|American culture]], society, television and many aspects of the [[human condition]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The Simpsons: Culture, Class and Popular TV |author=Flew, Terry |work=Metro |issue=97 |date=1994-03-03 |url=http://www.metromagazine.com.au/magazine/backisues.asp?keywords=cultu&whichpage=12&pagesize=15}}</ref> Season 6 was the highest rated season of the series.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/list/ls050461399/ |title=THE SIMPSONS SEASON 6|website=IMDb |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref>
The showrunner for the sixth production season was [[David Mirkin]] who executive-produced 23 episodes. Former showrunners [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] produced the remaining two; they produced the two episodes with the staff of ''[[The Critic]]'', the show they left ''The Simpsons'' to create. This was done in order to relieve some of the stress ''The Simpsons''{{'}} writing staff endured, as they felt that producing 25 episodes in one season was too much. The episode "[[A Star Is Burns]]" caused some controversy among the staff, with [[Matt Groening]] removing his name from the episode's credits, as he saw it as blatant advertising for ''[[The Critic]]'', which Fox had picked up for a second season after being cancelled by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and with which Groening had no involvement. Fox moved ''[[The Simpsons]]'' back to its original Sunday night timeslot from [[The Simpsons (season 1)|season 1]], having aired on Thursdays from [[The Simpsons (season 2)|season 2]] through [[The Simpsons (season 5)|season 5]]. It has remained in this slot ever since. The sixth season won one [[Primetime Emmy Award]] (for the episode "[[Lisa's Wedding]]"), and received three additional nominations. It also won the [[Annie Award]] for Best Animated Television Production.
The Complete Sixth Season [[DVD]] was released in the United States on August 16, 2005, September 28, 2005, in Australia, and October 17, 2005, in the United Kingdom. The set featured a plastic "clam-shell" Homer-head design and received many complaints. In the United States, the set contained a slip of paper informing purchasers how to request alternate packaging — which consisted of a case-sleeve in a similar style to the standard box design — for only a shipping and handling fee.
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