It's a shame they didn't keep bringing Leon back as planned (as different celebs)

I never understood why they banned the episode, wasn't Michael found innocent?

I'm pretty sure Matt Groening is in favor of binning the MJ episode, too. (Of course Disney has the final say.) And I get it; but there's a lot of people out there who will fight like wolverines for anything you tell them they can't have. Did the episode even have die-hard fans, before it was locked up?