The Ninth Season of Bob's Burgers refers to the ninth broadcast season. On October 7, 2015, Bob's Burgers was renewed for its seventh and eighth production seasons, pushing enough holdover episodes to feature in a ninth broadcast season. The season was officially announced by FOX on May 12, 2018[2] and aired at 8:30PM ET/PT from September 30, 2018 - May 12, 2019.[3] At 2018 San Diego Comic-Con, the panel aired 5 clips from the upcoming season including ones of the Halloween and Thanksgiving episodes. The names for these episodes are as follows: Nightmare on Ocean Avenue Street, I Bob Your Pardon, Tweentrepreneurs, The Fresh Princ-ipal and Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now. [4]
List of Episodes[]
| Screenshot | Title | Original airdate | Production code | Season Episode # | Total Episodes # | Viewers in Millions # |
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"Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now" | September 30, 2018 | 8ASA06 | 1 | 151 | 2.473 |
| Convinced she's met the love of her life, Tina decides to disguise herself as a boy and sneak into the Boyz 4 Now auditions. | ||||||
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"The Taking of Funtime One Two Three" | October 7, 2018 | 7ASA13 | 2 | 152 | 3.081 |
| Louise, Tina and Gene devise a master plan with the help of Mr. Fischoeder. | ||||||
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"Tweentrepreneurs" | October 14, 2018 | 8ASA09 | 3 | 153 | 2.136 |
| The kids get a taste of business when they join the school's Tweentrepeneurs club. | ||||||
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"Nightmare on Ocean Avenue Street" | October 21, 2018 | 8ASA07 | 4 | 154 | 2.797 |
| The kids set out for their regular Halloween shenanigans but everyone's candy bags start to mysteriously disappear. | ||||||
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"Live and Let Fly" | November 4, 2018 | 8ASA11 | 5 | 155 | 3.156 |
| The kids learn the dangers of revenge when their plan to get back at the school guidance counselor gets them entangled in a deep rooted sibling rivalry between two pilots. | ||||||
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"Bobby Driver" | November 11, 2018 | 8ASA12 | 6 | 156 | 2.226 |
| Bob agrees to drive professional quilter Edith around town, after she convinces him to join in a plot for revenge. | ||||||
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"I Bob Your Pardon" | November 18, 2018 | 8ASA08 | 7 | 157 | 2.908 |
| The Belchers set out to save a turkey from a trip to the slaughterhouse. | ||||||
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"Roller? I Hardly Know Her!" | November 25, 2018 | 8ASA13 | 8 | 158 | 1.966 |
| Gene is livid when his best friend, Alex, ditches him to be Courtney's roller-dancing partner. | ||||||
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"UFO No You Didn't" | December 2, 2018 | 8ASA14 | 9 | 159 | 2.994 |
| Tina and her new science partner create a device that allows them to communicate with aliens. | ||||||
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"Better Off Sled" | December 9, 2018 | 8ASA10 | 10 | 160 | 4.353 |
| The battle is on when some angsty teenagers take over Louise, Gene and Tina's usual sledding territory. | ||||||
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"Lorenzo's Oil? No, Linda's" | January 6, 2019 | 8ASA16 | 11 | 161 | 2.212 |
| Linda's new friend introduces her to essential oils and Gayle is convinced she must be rescued. | ||||||
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"The Helen Hunt" | January 13, 2019 | 8ASA17 | 12 | 162 | 4.889 |
| The Belchers make it their mission to help Teddy get his dream girl, but Tina is convinced she's found a better match for him. | ||||||
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"Bed, Bob & Beyond" | February 10, 2019 | 8ASA15 | 13 | 163 | 1.659 |
| After a failed attempt to see a movie, Tina, Louise and Gene tell their own story as a distraction. | ||||||
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"Every Which Way but Goose" | February 17, 2019 | 8ASA18 | 14 | 164 | 2.182 |
| Tina, discouraged by not being asked to prom by Jimmy Jr., forms an unhealthy attachment to a goose from the nearby park. | ||||||
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"The Fresh Princ-ipal" | March 3, 2019 | 8ASA19 | 15 | 165 | 1.983 |
| Things get out of hand when Louise wins a contest to be Principal for a Day. | ||||||
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"Roamin' Bob-iday" | March 10, 2019 | 8ASA20 | 16 | 166 | 2.001 |
| The family forces workaholic Bob to take a much-needed day off, only for him to wind up working at a local sandwich shop. | ||||||
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"What About Blob?" | March 17, 2019 | 8ASA21 | 17 | 167 | 2.082 |
| Gene convinces Tina and Louise to help him save a misunderstood plankton blob from being destroyed by a yacht club. | ||||||
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"If You Love It So Much, Why Don't You Marionette?" | March 24, 2019 | 8ASA22 | 18 | 168 | 2.028 |
| The kids visit a marionette theater for a school field trip and Louise gets on the theater owner's bad side. | ||||||
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"Long Time Listener, First Time Bob" | April 7, 2019 | 8ASA23 | 19 | 169 | 1.763 |
| Bob meets his personal hero - a renegade radio DJ who refuses to compromise. However, the Belchers get in over their heads when they try to help him stage a comeback. | ||||||
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"The Gene Mile" | April 28, 2019 | 8ASA24 | 20 | 170 | 1.843 |
| When the kids have to run a mandatory mile for school on free-ice-cream-day, they hatch an elaborate plot to sneak away. | ||||||
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"P.T.A. It Ain't So" | May 5, 2019 | 8ASA25 | 21 | 171 | 1.576 |
| Linda attempts to become more involved with the P.T.A., inspired by its seemingly perfect president. | ||||||
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"Yes Without My Zeke" | May 12, 2019 | 8ASA26 | 22 | 172 | 1.484 |
| When Zeke gets in trouble, the Belcher kids and Jimmy Jr. pitch in to help prevent him from being sent to a disciplinary school. | ||||||
Trivia[]
- On this season's DVD cover, Bob is wearing his rave outfit from If You Love It So Much, Why Don't You Marionette?, Linda is knitting a sweater from Better Off Sled, Tina is wearing her Dino disguise from Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now holding the Woodchuck from Tweentrepreneurs and has Bruce the Goose from Every Which Way but Goose in her shoulder, Gene is wearing his disguise from What About Blob? and is holding the mop wizard from Roller? I Hardly Know Her!, and Louise is wearing her helmet from Better Off Sled. In the background there is a paper airplane from Live and Let Fly, the netsuke from The Helen Hunt, and the dragon puppet from If You Love It So Much, Why Don't You Marionette?
- Episodes 3, 4, and 6 premiered at 8:28 finishing at 8:55 under Fox's limited commercials experiment where commercial break lengths were shortened to minute-long "JAZ ("just a-z") pods" freeing up five-and-a-half-minute slots every hour filled with branded content Fox Blocks.[5]
- The show was due to move to 7:30 starting March 3, 2019, with Family Guy filling the 8:30 slot making way for Cosmos: Possible Worlds to air in an hour-long slot at 9:00. Cosmos was eventually pulled following a series of allegations of sexual misconduct made against host Neil deGrasse Tyson and the original time slots were reinstated for the remainder of the season.[6]
- This will be the first season to air off-network on FXX with other seasons following later when the contracts with Adult Swim and TBS expire.[7]
- Adult Swim eventually began airing post-season 8 episodes on October 2, 2023. Adult Swim continues to share rights to the series with FXX. Due to an error, Adult Swim aired The Taking of Funtime One Two Three as the season premiere, airing twice. Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now would air next month.
- First season since Season 3 where all episodes have a full-length opening sequence with Stores Next Door and Pest Control Trucks.
- First season to comprise fully of leftovers from earlier production seasons.
- Season premiere and Holiday-themed episodes aside, all episodes aired in production order.
- Last season where Audio Circus provides audio post-production services.
References[]
- ↑ https://www.metacritic.com/feature/dvd-blu-ray-release-calendar-september-2019
- ↑ http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/family-guy-bobs-burgers-renewed-fox-1202800400/
- ↑ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2018/05/14/fox-announces-new-primetime-schedule-for-2018-2019-season-064002/20180514fox01/
- ↑ Hidden Remote
- ↑ https://adage.com/article/media/hulu-verizon-sponsor-fox-s-sunday-night-ad-experiment/315251/
- ↑ http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/02/15/fox-confirms-cosmos-possible-worlds-launch-pushed-from-march-3-414013/20190215fox01/
- ↑ https://deadline.com/2019/04/fx-networks-nabs-off-network-rights-to-family-guy-bobs-burgers-fxx-to-share-family-guy-with-freeform-1202591604/