SIMPSON PRODUCER OK WITH NUCLEAR JOKES BEING PULLED.

A follow up in TheWrap.com to the Simpsons story from last week.

A foreign television network might be yanking reruns of "The Simpsons" because of references to nuclear mishaps in the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis, but the top producer for the animated series isn't having a meltdown about it.

While a network in Austria reportedly pulled two reruns because they contained jokes about radiation poisoning and other nuclear accidents, the show's executive producer, Al Jean, says he "completely understands" why they'd do so.

"We have 480 episodes, and if there are a few that they don't want to air for a while in light of the terrible thing going on, I completely understand that," Jean tells EW.com. "We would never make light of what's happening in Japan."