Chalkboard: None

Couch: Repeat of the couch gag from "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" where The Simpsons are anime characters (Homer is Ultraman, Marge is Princess Jun from "Battle of the Planets", Lisa is Sailor Moon, Bart is Astro Boy, and Maggie is Pikachu) at a Japanese bus stop.

Burns: Now get out!
Lisa: I can't! My mom's not picking me up for an hour.
(long pause)
Burns: So, what do you think of today’s popular music scene.
Lisa: I think it distracts people from more important social issues.
Burns: My god, are you always on!?

Kent: The town still mourns the loss of its venerable old man.
Mr. Burns: Here it comes.
Kent: Beloved by children.
Mr. Burns: Ah yes, the little ones.
Kent: Thought to be thousands of years old.
Mr. Burns: I have been 89 for a while now.
Kent: We'll miss you, Geezer Rock.

Kent Brockman: In tonight's face-off, I'll be debating Channel 6 movie ghoulie Booberella on the subject of our new boss, C. Montgomery Burns. My view? He's a great leader and a gallant American.
Booberella: He's got a heart as big as my boooobs!
Kent Brockman: I guess we'll have to agree to agree on this one.
Booberella: (pause) Booooooobs!

Mr. Burns: This calls for the League of Evil!
(Sees League of Evil is nothing but skeletons.)
Mr. Burns: My League, my beautiful League! All dead.
Smithers: Even monsters need air, sir.
Mr. Burns: oh. Gather their watches.

This episode's title is an adaptation of “Broadcast News”, a 1987 romantic comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by James L. Brooks starring Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles & Joan Cusack.