The Simpsons' second season originally aired between October 11,
1990 and May 9,
1991, and contained 22 episodes, beginning with "
Bart Gets an "F"". Another episode, "
Blood Feud", aired during the summer after the official season finale. The executive producers for the second production season were
Matt Groening,
James L. Brooks, and
Sam Simon, who had also been EPs for the previous season. The DVD box set was released on August 6, 2002 in
Region 1, July 8, 2002 in
Region 2 and in September, 2002 in
Region 4. The episode "
Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" won the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour), and was also nominated in the "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special" category.