The Simpsons
American animated sitcom
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| 2025 | Mo Collins takes over voicing the character of Jimbo Jones. |
| April 2 2025 | The Simpsons was renewed for four additional seasons in a 'mega deal' with Disney, extending the show through the 2028–2029 television season and coinciding with the series' 40th anniversary. Each future season will consist of 15 episodes. |
| April 2 2025 | The show was renewed for four additional seasons on Fox, with 15 episodes each, extending the total episode count from 801 to 861. |
| February 24 2025 | The producers continue to seek out and occasionally be rejected by high-profile guest stars for The Simpsons, maintaining a long-standing tradition of celebrity cameos and guest appearances. |
| 2024 | 'O C'mon All Ye Faithful' in season thirty-six continues to explore Christianity and faith. |
| 2024 | Cypress Hill performs with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, echoing their earlier performance in the 1996 Simpsons episode. |
| 2024 | The Simpsons episode 'Night of the Living Wage' was nominated for an award |
| 2024 | Chris Edgerly takes over voicing Rod Flanders from Pamela Hayden. |
| 2024 | Jessica Conrad was nominated for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production for the episode 'Bart's Birthday' |
| 2024 | Hank Azaria was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for his role as Moe Szyslak. |
| 2024 | Season 35 received four Writers Guild of America Award nominations, highlighting the quality of the show's writing. |
| 2024 | The season was also nominated for one Humanitas Prize, further acknowledging the show's storytelling and cultural impact. |
| 2024 | Episodes from season 35 were nominated for two Emmy Awards, indicating critical recognition for the show's work this season. |
| December 9 2024 | The Simpsons created a real-time animated version for the Monday Night Football presentation as part of cross-promotional efforts between Disney and Fox. |
| December 9 2024 | Sports personalities Drew Carter, Mina Kimes, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Dan Orlovsky, Steven A. Smith, and Scott Van Pelt appear in special 'The Simpsons Funday Football' |
| November 2024 | Pamela Hayden announced her retirement from voice acting, with her final Fox broadcast being the 'Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes' episode. Fox stated recasting for her characters would begin soon. |
| November 3 2024 | 'Treehouse of Horror XXXV' aired in November, further extending the pattern of November broadcasts for the Halloween special. |
| October 11 2024 | Disney+ released 'The Most Wonderful Time of The Year', the ninth Simpsons short, featuring Sideshow Bob and Disney villains singing a Halloween carol alongside Bart and villains from other Disney franchises. |
| October 11 2024 | Kelsey Grammer returns as Sideshow Bob and Maurice LaMarche plays multiple characters in short 'The Most Wonderful Time of the Year' |
| September 29 2024 | The Simpsons season 36 premiered on Fox, marking the second of two seasons ordered by the network. Matt Selman served as the primary showrunner for this season, which was produced by Gracie Films and 20th Television Animation. |
| August 2024 | At D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, it was announced that four episodes would premiere exclusively on Disney+, including a two-part Christmas special 'O C'mon All Ye Faithful' and episodes 'The Past and the Furious' and 'Yellow Planet'. |
| July 2024 | At San Diego Comic-Con, Matt Selman recorded the panel audience's screaming for the season's Treehouse of Horror episode. A followup to the seventh season episode '22 Short Films About Springfield' was also announced. |
| May 2024 | By the end of the television season, the show averaged 1.99 million viewers, ranking 106th among television shows. |
| May 19 2024 | The final episode of The Simpsons season 35 aired on Fox, concluding this season of the long-running animated series. |
| May 10 2024 | The eighth Disney+ short 'May the 12th Be with You' was released, combining Star Wars Day and Mother's Day themes, featuring Marge and Maggie on a trip to a Disney Playground Planet. |
| May 10 2024 | Maurice LaMarche as Darth Vader, Seth MacFarlane as Stewie Griffin, and Carolyn Omine as Nani Pelekai in short 'May the 12th Be with You' |
| 2023 | The episode 'Bart to the Future' was interpreted as predicting the arrest of US President Donald Trump. |
| 2023 | Variety ranked The Simpsons as the fourth-greatest TV show of all time. |
| 2023 | Hari Kondabolu and Hank Azaria finally met and discussed the issues surrounding the Apu character on the Code Switch podcast. |
| 2023 | Dawnn Lewis takes over voicing the character of Opal. |
| 2023 | Most recent appearance of the Happy Little Elves in the episode 'Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass'. |
| 2023 | The episode 'One Angry Lisa' was censored on Disney+ in Hong Kong due to controversial lines criticizing China, including references to Bitcoin mines and forced labor camps. |
| 2023 | The season won one Writers Guild of America Award and received an additional nomination in the same category. |
| 2023 | The season won two Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program, highlighting its critical success. |
| 2023 | Nik Ranieri won an award for Character Layout in the episode 'Lisa the Boy Scout' |
| 2023 | The Simpsons won an award for the episode 'Treehouse of Horror XXXIII' |
| 2023 | The release of the Barbie film coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Simpsons episode that satirized the Malibu Stacy doll brand. |
| 2023 | The French dub of The Simpsons returns to Plug RTL in the Wallonia-Brussels region |
| November 5 2023 | 'Treehouse of Horror XXXIV' aired in November, continuing the recent trend of occasional November broadcasts. |
| October 2023 | Production of Season 35 resumed after a contract agreement was reached during the Writers Guild of America strike. |
| October 1 2023 | The 35th season of The Simpsons began airing. |
| September 11 2023 | Fox released an extended trailer to promote the thirty-fifth season of The Simpsons. |
| June 2023 | A counter-narrative emerges suggesting that seasons 33 and 34 mark a return to form, with ScreenRant asserting the show is becoming 'good again'. |
| June 2023 | Matt Selman and Al Jean organized a Simpsons-themed picket outside Fox Studios, with Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Conan O'Brien, and Greg Daniels joining the picketers. |
| May 2023 | By the end of the 2022-2023 television season, the show ranked 43rd in the 18-49 demographic and 98th in overall viewership among television shows. |
| May 2023 | Production of Season 35 was halted due to the Writers Guild of America strike. |
| May 21 2023 | Season 34 concluded, completing the season with twenty-two total episodes. |
| May 21 2023 | The final episode of season 34 aired on Fox, concluding the season's run. |
| May 4 2023 | Rogue Not Quite One, the seventh Simpsons Disney+ short, was released to celebrate Star Wars Day and Disney's 100th anniversary. |
| February 19 2023 | Stoopid Buddy Stoodios created a unique yarn-themed couch gag for The Simpsons season 34 episode 'The Many Saints of Springfield', featuring Homer transforming into a yarn character and interacting with nostalgic pop culture items like a Mickey Mantle rookie card and an ALF TV Guide cover. |
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