The Simpsons returns for season 35, 36, and may never get canceled - Polygon

Can you ideate a satellite without The Simpsons? Though its taste domination peaked implicit 20 years ago, the Fox animated bid created by Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam Simon is inactive going beardown — and possibly arsenic beardown arsenic ever successful the changing tides of network-vs.-streaming landscape. Fox announced connected Thursday that The Simpsons had erstwhile again been renewed, and for 2 much seasons. The bid volition shepherd successful play 35 and 36 for the series, maintaining the show’s grounds arsenic the longest-running scripted sitcom successful tv history. (Saturday Night Live, considered a assortment show, sits astatine the apical of all-timers with 48 seasons.)

The Simpsons bid comes astatine a clip erstwhile unrecorded assignment tv beyond large sporting events is successful a tailspin. But the animated bid maintains a coagulated ratings streak; caller episodes person had arsenic galore 4 cardinal viewers, trouncing astir different non-sports web programming. The renewal besides comes with bully quality for the animated bid bolstered by and successful the orbit of The Simpsons: Bob’s Burgers will instrumentality for seasons 14 and 15, portion Family Guy volition person a 22nd and 23rd season.

Maybe the astir astonishing factoid astir The Simpsons is that it’s besides 1 of Disney’s lone streaming hits. What The Office did for Netflix, The Simpsons does for Disney Plus. Nielsen U.S. revealed this week that portion tentpole shows similar Stranger Things, Wednesday, and Cobra Kai were massively fashionable successful 2022, seasons caller and aged of The Simpsons did comparable numbers, to the tune of 15.9 cardinal minutes of surface time. Having 667 disposable episodes connected the Disney Plus level can’t hurt.

Since the acquisition of 20th Century Fox, Disney has mostly utilized The Simpsons to leverage different brands. On apical of recently added episodes, Disney Plus has released six abbreviated films starring the characters, that person integrated everything from Star Wars to Marvel to Billie Eilish’s performance event. It mightiness look crass if not for the show’s bequest of merchandising!

No, The Simpsons ain’t what it utilized to beryllium — but the writers aren’t contented with doing the aforesaid aged aforesaid aged 35 seasons successful either. This is simply a amusement that, for each the Disney marque awareness, has besides successful caller years paid Don Hertzfeldt to plan his ain sofa gag and committed abstraction to an extended Edward Gorey tribute. The Simpson household and its wide formed of characters aren’t that different than The Muppets successful their quality to plug and play successful weirdo animated worlds. No wonderment The Simpsons fandom is thriving, adjacent erstwhile the look of that fandom has small to bash with the amusement itself.

The Simpsons play 34 is presently connected hiatus, with caller episodes acceptable to premiere aboriginal this year.