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|name = Production season 36ABF
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|showrunners= [[Matt Selman]]<br>[[Al Jean]]
|episodes = 22
|previous = [[Production season 35ABF|35ABF]]
|next = [[Production season 37ABF|37ABF]]
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'''36ABF''' is the thirty-seventh production season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. [[Matt Selman]] and [[Al Jean]] served as the [[List of showrunners|showrunners]] for the season.

== Episodes ==
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{{TBT|[[File:Convenience Airways promo 2.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF01}}
{{TB|'''"[[Convenience Airways]]"'''}}
{{TB|December 8, [[2024]]}}
{{TB|[[Rob Oliver]]}}
{{TB|[[Loni Steele Sosthand]]}}
{{TB|S36 E8}}
{{TCsT|The [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] take a {{ap|Convenience Airways|company}} flight to Pile Ridge, [[Louisiana]]. [[Marge]] gets bumped up to first class, while [[Bart]] annoys the flight attendant, [[Joel]], and all the other passengers become very rowdy until they all mysteriously disappear.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Kate Berlant]] as the [[stressed woman]], [[John Early]] as [[Joel]], [[Jay Pharoah]] as [[Drederick Tatum]], and [[John Pirruccello]] as [[Warren Wingspan]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:The Man Who Flew Too Much promo 3.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF02}}
{{TB|'''"[[The Man Who Flew Too Much]]"'''}}
{{TB|December 22, [[2024]]}}
{{TB|[[Steven Dean Moore]]}}
{{TB|[[Al Jean]]}}
{{TB|S36 E10}}
{{TCsT|After the [[Pin Pals]] make it to the state [[bowling]] championship, [[Barney]] flies them to [[Capital City]] in a helicopter. The chopper crash-lands on a mountain, and the team must survive in the snow to make it back home alive.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Glenn Close]] as [[Mona Simpson]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Homer and Her Sisters promo 1.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF03}}
{{TB|'''"[[Homer and Her Sisters]]"'''}}
{{TB|December 15, [[2024]]}}
{{TB|[[Matthew Nastuk]]}}
{{TB|[[Nick Dahan]]}}
{{TB|S36 E9}}
{{TCsT|After [[Homer]] ruins [[Patty]] and [[Selma]]'s birthday at an [[Fun Once Escape Rooms|escape room]], his relationship with the twins is at an all-time low. [[Krusty]]'s [[Sadie Krustofsky|Aunt Sadie]] helps fix Homer's relationship with [[Marge]]'s sisters after identifying Marge as the problem.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Susie Essman]] as [[Sadie Krustofsky]], [[Ike Barinholtz]] as [[Wayne the Grip]], and [[Jay Pharoah]] as [[Drederick Tatum]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Bottle Episode promo 1.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF04}}
{{TB|'''"[[Bottle Episode]]"'''}}
{{TB|December 29, [[2024]]}}
{{TB|[[Gabriel DeFrancesco]]}}
{{TB|[[Rob LaZebnik]] and [[Johnny LaZebnik]]}}
{{TB|S36 E11}}
{{TCsT|After [[Marge]] accidentally drinks the [[Gevrey-Chambertin Wine|very expensive bottle of wine]] [[Homer]] had to deliver to [[Mr. Burns]], she and [[Smithers]] create a forgery of the wine to trick Burns. But when they're caught, the two of them are sentenced to serve time in [[Alca-Shiraz Wine Jail|wine jail]].

'''Guest starring:''' [[Robert Parker]] as {{Ch|Robert Parker|himself}}.|7|color= white}}

{{TBT|[[File:The Flandshees of Innersimpson promo 7.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF05}}
{{TB|'''"[[The Flandshees of Innersimpson]]"'''}}
{{TB|March 30, [[2025]]}}
{{TB|[[Chris Clements]]}}
{{TB|[[Dan Vebber]]}}
{{TB|S36 E12}}
{{TCsT|When [[Homer]] makes [[Bart]] become a DJ, and Homer takes the [[Flanders family|Flanders]]' noise-cancelling headphones, [[Ned]] finally snaps and refuses to speak to Homer ever again. While Homer is excited by this at first, he soon comes to regret it. After a big fight, the two neighbors are sentenced to couples therapy.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Rachel Bloom]] as {{ap|Annette|therapist}}, [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as [[Judge Constance Harm]], and [[Fiona Shaw]] as [[Mrs. McCormick]].<br>[[Benedict Cumberbatch]] as {{ap|Quilloughby|imaginary}}, [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Lyle Lanley]], [[Lizzo]] as [[Goobie-Woo]], and [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] as {{Ch|"Weird Al" Yankovic|himself}}, all in uncredited archive footage roles in "[[The Hood Internet Mashup]]".|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:The Last Man Expanding promo 1.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF06}}
{{TB|'''"[[The Last Man Expanding]]"'''}}
{{TB|April 6, [[2025]]}}
{{TB|[[Timothy Bailey]]}}
{{TB|[[J. Stewart Burns]]}}
{{TB|S36 E13}}
{{TCsT|When the people of [[Springfield]] discover the medication [[Othinquic]] has a weight loss side effect, everyone in town starts using it, except [[Homer]]. When [[Marge]] convinces Homer to take it, he finds that the drug has become impossible to find and turns to the [[Springfield Mafia]] to get it. However, as the only fat man left, Homer becomes a target for the townspeople.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Sidse Babett Knudsen]] as the [[Othinquic pen]] and [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:P.S. I Hate You promo 3.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF07}}
{{TB|'''"[[P.S. I Hate You]]"'''}}
{{TB|April 13, [[2025]]}}
{{TB|[[Mike Frank Polcino]]}}
{{TB|[[Cesar Mazariegos]]}}
{{TB|S36 E14}}
{{TCsT|Whenever [[Marge]] gets mad at someone, she writes a letter to that person to get her feelings out, then puts it in a box to never be seen by anyone. But when that box goes missing, Marge gets blackmailed with a threat to release the letters to the public.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Beverly D'Angelo]] as [[Lurleen Lumpkin]], [[Jon Lovitz]] as [[Artie Ziff]], and [[Tim Meadows]] as {{Ch|Tim Meadows|himself}}.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Abe League of Their Moe promo 10.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF08}}
{{TB|'''"[[Abe League of Their Moe]]"'''}}
{{TB|April 27, [[2025]]}}
{{TB|[[Rob Oliver]]}}
{{TB|[[Joel H. Cohen]]}}
{{TB|S36 E15}}
{{TCsT|After [[Grampa]] and [[Moe]] convince [[North Macedonia|Macedonian]] baseball player [[Aeropos Walkov]] to join the [[Springfield Isotopes]], the two of them manage him. But with all the gambling ads and Moe selling out, Walkov ends up involved in a gambling scandal.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Kevin Burkhardt]] as {{Ch|Kevin Burkhardt|himself}}, [[Jamie Demetriou]] as [[Aeropos Walkov]], [[Steve Gelbs]] as {{Ch|Steve Gelbs|himself}}, [[Kevin Millar]] as {{Ch|Kevin Millar|himself}}, [[Jimmy "Jomboy" O'Brien]] as {{Ch|Jimmy "Jomboy" O'Brien|himself}}, [[Chris Rock]] as {{Ch|Chris Rock|himself}}, and [[Danny Trejo]] as {{Ch|Danny Trejo|himself}}.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Stew Lies promo 5.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF09}}
{{TB|'''"[[Stew Lies]]"'''}}
{{TB|May 4, [[2025]]}}
{{TB|[[Debbie Bruce Mahan]]}}
{{TB|[[Broti Gupta]]}}
{{TB|S36 E16}}
{{TCsT|When celebrity chef and food connoisseur [[Thad Parkour]] has had enough of food, [[Homer]] reinvigorates his love for it, and the two of them find [[Fat Tony]]'s [[Gewalteintopf: The Stew of Violence|Stew of Violence]]. But when Thad steals the recipe from the mobster, he, Homer, and Fat Tony end up in trouble with the [[Prussian Mob]]. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] have a fight that lasts for several months.

'''Guest starring:''' [[John DiMaggio]] as [[Thad Parkour]], [[Maurice LaMarche]] as [[Wilhelm von Wonthelm]], and [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]] and [[Fatso Antonio D'Amico]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Full Heart, Empty Pool promo 3.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF10}}
{{TB|'''"[[Full Heart, Empty Pool]]"'''}}
{{TB|May 11, [[2025]]}}
{{TB|[[Chris Clements]]}}
{{TB|[[Jeff Westbrook]]}}
{{TB|S36 E17}}
{{TCsT|[[Homer]] and [[Grampa]] create a new sport, [[Noodleball]], that becomes extremely popular. But when Homer is convinced to cut Grampa out of the sport altogether, and when he finds out [[Organic Pit-based Enjoyment Council|the company]] sponsoring the sport has multiple scandals, he has second thoughts about the partnership.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Blake Griffin]] as {{Ch|Blake Griffin|himself}}, [[Andrew Luck]] as {{Ch|Andrew Luck|himself}}, [[Megan Rapinoe]] as {{Ch|Megan Rapinoe|herself}}, [[Robert Smigel]] as [[Gabriel Razelton]], and [[Rick Steves]] as {{Ch|Rick Steves|himself}}.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Estranger Things promo 5.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF11}}
{{TB|'''"[[Estranger Things]]"'''}}
{{TB|May 18, [[2025]]}}
{{TB|[[Matthew Nastuk]]}}
{{TB|[[Tim Long]]}}
{{TB|S36 E18}}
{{TCsT|When [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] stop watching [[The Itchy & Scratchy Show|Itchy & Scratchy]] together, [[Marge]] fears that they'll start to drift apart. Years in the future, Lisa is the commissioner for the NBA, and Bart is running an unlicensed retirement home in the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpson house]].

'''Guest starring:''' [[Zooey Deschanel]] as [[Natalya]], [[Max Greenfield]] as [[Schultz]], and [[Sarah McLachlan]] as {{Ch|Sarah McLachlan|herself}}.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Men Behaving Manly promo 6.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF12}}
{{TB|'''"[[Men Behaving Manly]]"'''}}
{{TB|October 26, [[2025]]}}
{{TB|[[Steven Dean Moore]]}}
{{TB|[[John Frink]]}}
{{TB|S37 E4}}
{{TCsT|Springfield's men are in crisis. [[Marge]] turns to a [[Man Camp]] to save the men of Springfield from themselves.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Albert Brooks]] as {{ap|Greg|Men Behaving Manly}} and [[Maurice LaMarche]] as the [[Fred Flintstone parody]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Thrifty Ways to Thieve Your Mother promo 4.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF13}}
{{TB|'''"[[Thrifty Ways to Thieve Your Mother]]"'''}}
{{TB|September 28, [[2025]]}}
{{TB|[[Gabriel DeFrancesco]]}}
{{TB|[[Jessica Conrad]]}}
{{TB|S37 E1}}
{{TCsT|When [[Lisa]] starts wearing [[Marge]]'s "vintage" clothes from the 90's, she's welcomed into the school's super-elite fashion club. But as they run out of retro looks, the funky fashionistas become obsessed with getting more...by hook or by crook.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Paul Brittain]] as [[Shawn Garrett Evanson]] and [[Keagan]], [[Cole Escola]] as {{ap|Devin|student}}, [[David Herman]] as [[John Clinch]], and [[Stephanie Hsu]] as [[Vidalia]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Keep Chalm and Gary On promo 6.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF14}}
{{TB|'''"[[Keep Chalm and Gary On]]"'''}}
{{TB|October 5, [[2025]]}}
{{TB|[[Timothy Bailey]]}}
{{TB|[[Christine Nangle]]}}
{{TB|S37 E2}}
{{TCsT|[[Homer]] gets [[Superintendent Chalmers]] a job at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|power plant]]. There, Chalmers discovers huge mutated snails that produce valuable slime launching his new career as a man-o-sphere guru.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Cole Escola]] as {{ap|Devin|student}}, [[Adam Pally]] as {{ap|Ben|Keep Chalm and Gary On}}, and [[Kerry Washington]] as [[Rayshelle Peyton]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Treehouse of Horror XXXVI poster.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF15}}
{{TB|'''"[[Treehouse of Horror XXXVI]]"'''}}
{{TB|October 19, [[2025]]}}
{{TB|[[Matthew Faughnan]]}}
{{TB|[[Broti Gupta]], [[Michael Price]] and [[Dan Greaney]]}}
{{TB|S37 E3}}
{{TCsT|In this year's installment of the annual fright-fest, the town is menaced by a mysterious murdering monster from out of the sewers, [[Krusty]] has a [[Devil|demonic special guest]] on his live [[Halloween]] special, and we go a thousand years into Springfield's poseable plastic post-apocalyptic future.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Ike Barinholtz]] as [[Wayne the Grip]], [[Viola Davis]] as the narrator and plastic [[Maggie]], [[Idris Elba]] as the {{ap|Devil|Treehouse of Horror XXXVI}}, [[Matt Groening]] as {{Ch|Matt Groening|himself}}, and [[Michael Keaton]] as [[Hal Julian]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Bart 'N' Frink promo 7.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF16}}
{{TB|'''"[[Bart 'N' Frink]]"'''}}
{{TB|November 9, [[2025]]}}
{{TB|[[Rob Oliver]]}}
{{TB|[[Brian Kelley]]}}
{{TB|S37 E6}}
{{TCsT|When [[Bart]] becomes [[Professor Frink]]'s lab assistant, the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] are thrown into a world of tech billionaires determined to live forever, with the future of the internet at stake.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Glenn Howerton]] as [[Peter Linz]] and [[Danny Pudi]] as [[Johnson Bryans]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Bad Boys... for Life? promo 12.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF17<ref name="BBFL"/>}}
{{TB|'''"[[Bad Boys... for Life?]]"'''<ref name="BBFL">[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/1854646548019474683 Al Jean's Twitter - "Bad Boys... for Life?"]</ref>}}
{{TB|November 2, [[2025]]<ref name="TFBBFL"/>}}
{{TB|[[Eric Koenig]]<ref>[https://bsky.app/profile/aljeansimpsons.bsky.social/post/3ldfbasddvs2w Al Jean's Bluesky - "Bad Boys... for Life Director"]</ref>}}
{{TB|[[Al Jean]]<ref name="BBFL"/>}}
{{TB|S37 E5}}
{{TCsT|Is [[Bart Simpson]] truly a bad seed? [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] must find out once and for good.<ref name="TFBBFL">[http://thefutoncritic.com/listings/20251010fox14/ TheFutonCritic - "Bad Boys... for Life?"]</ref>

'''Guest starring:''' [[Matthew Modine]] as Dr. Stern and [[Maurice LaMarche]] as various.<ref>[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/1879726673865867538 Al Jean's Twitter - "Matthew Modine guest starring"]</ref><ref name="TFBBFL"/>|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Sashes to Sashes promo 3.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF18}}
{{TB|'''"[[Sashes to Sashes]]"'''}}
{{TB|November 16, [[2025]]}}
{{TB|[[Michael Polcino]]}}
{{TB|[[Ryan Koh]]}}
{{TB|S37 E7}}
{{TCsT|[[Bart]] runs against [[Mayor Quimby]]'s [[Joe Quimby III|son]] for student council president, while [[Lisa]] learns troubling secrets about the [[Quimby family|Quimby clan]]... and about the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]].

'''Guest starring:''' [[Carrie Coon]] as [[Beatrice Bouvier]], [[Cole Escola]] as {{ap|Devin|student}}, [[Brendan Gleeson]] as [[Joe Quimby, Sr.|Elderly Joe Quimby, Sr.]], and [[Domhnall Gleeson]] as [[Joe Quimby, Sr.|Young Joe Quimby, Sr.]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:No image.png|100px]]}}
{{TB|36ABF19}}
{{TB|'''[[Wikisimpsons:TBA|TBA]]'''}}
{{TB|[[Wikisimpsons:TBA|TBA]] {{D+}}<ref>[https://bsky.app/profile/cesarwegetit.bsky.social/post/3lzrcff4k5k2s Cesar Mazariegos's Bluesky - "36ABF19 D+"]</ref>}}
{{TB|[[Wikisimpsons:TBA|TBA]]}}
{{TB|[[Cesar Mazariegos]]<ref name="bsky.app">[https://bsky.app/profile/cesarwegetit.bsky.social/post/3lrc2n26ksc2p Cesar Mazariegos's Bluesky - "36AABF19 Writer"]</ref>}}
{{TB|D+ E?}}
{{TCsT|It will be a parody of ''{{W2|Ripley|TV series}}'' and ''{{W2|The Talented Mr. Ripley|film}}''.<ref name="Cracked">[https://www.cracked.com/amp/article_46621_where-the-simpsons-goes-from-here-according-to-showrunner-matt-selman.html Cracked - "Where 'The Simpsons' Goes From Here, According to Showrunner Matt Selman"]</ref><ref name="Googolplex">[https://springfieldgoogolplex.com/podcast/interview-with-matt-selman-on-the-simpsons-season-36 Springfield Googolplex - "Interview with Matt Selman on The Simpsons Season 36 • Summer Special"]</ref>|7|color=white}}

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{{TB|36ABF20<ref name="YS800"/><ref name="EMOHE"/>}}
{{TRs|'''"[[Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition]]"'''<ref name="YS800"/><ref name="EMOHE"/>|2}}
{{TRs|February 15, 2026 {{D+}}<ref name="EW800">[https://ew.com/the-simpsons-showrunner-interview-800th-episode-current-politics-11819955 EntertainmentWeekly - "The Simpsons boss teases 800th episode, says addressing current politics is 'not our mission statement'"]</ref><ref>[https://www.foxflash.com/releases/view/foxs-winter-2026-lineup-brings-heart-pounding-dramas-wild-workplace-comedies-and-adventure-fueled-series FoxFlash - Winter schedule 2026]</ref><ref name="EMHED"/>|2}}
{{TB|[[Matthew Nastuk]]<ref name="EMOHEdirectors">[https://bsky.app/profile/mikepriceinla.bsky.social/post/3linzjdnp4c27 Michael Price's Bluesky - "Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition directors"]</ref>}}
{{TRs|[[Michael Price]] and [[Nick Dahan]]<ref name="YS800"/><ref name="EMOHE"/>|2}}
{{TRs|D+ E4<ref name="EMHED">[https://bsky.app/profile/mikepriceinla.bsky.social/post/3m5rkf2s3as2c Michael Price's Bluesky - "Upcoming episodes he has worked on"]</ref>|2}}
{{TBT|36ABF21<ref name="YS800"/><ref name="EMOHE"/>}}
{{TB|[[Timothy Bailey]]<ref name="EMOHEdirectors"/>}}
{{TCsT|It's a double length episode, and the 799th and 800th in production order. The title is a pun on ''{{W|Extreme Makeover: Home Edition}}'' that involves the plot of the episode.<ref name="YS800">[https://twitter.com/YeardleySmith/status/1892696279630618657 Yeardley Smith's Twitter - "800th episode"]</ref><ref name="EMOHE">[https://bsky.app/profile/mikepriceinla.bsky.social/post/3lineesuqjk2x Michael Price's Bluesky - "Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition"]</ref><ref name="EMOHEDL">[https://bsky.app/profile/mikepriceinla.bsky.social/post/3linq2pv7dc2x Michael Price's Bluesky - "Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition double lenght"]</ref><ref>[https://bsky.app/profile/mikepriceinla.bsky.social/post/3linsff5dz22x Michael Price's Bluesky - "Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition title pun]</ref>|7|color=white}}

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{{TB|36ABF22<ref name="YellowMirror"/>}}
{{TB|'''"[[Yellow Mirror]]"'''<ref name="YellowMirror">[https://bsky.app/profile/carolynomine.bsky.social/post/3lihsbpyv222s Carolyn Omine's Bluesky - "Yellow Mirror"]</ref>}}
{{TB|2026 {{D+}}<ref name="Omynepodcast"/>}}
{{TB|[[Matthew Faughnan]]<ref>[https://bsky.app/profile/carolynomine.bsky.social/post/3lrlob6xbvk2f Carolyn Omine's Bluesky - "Yellow Mirror Director"]</ref>}}
{{TB|[[Carolyn Omine]] and [[Kai Omine]]<ref name="YellowMirror"/>}}
{{TB|D+ E?}}
{{TCsT|[[Harlan Dondelinger]], and young [[Carl]] and [[Lenny]] will appear in the episode.<ref name="YellowMirror"/>

It will have elements from Black Mirror, it'll be weird, with horror elements, with a trippy and unsettling vibe, something original.

It'll consist of two segments, with lots of music.<ref name="Omynepodcast">[https://writershangout.buzzsprout.com/1888706/episodes/17801515-carolyn-and-kai-omine-talk-writing-the-simpsons-spill-exclusives The Writers Hangout - "Carolyn And Kai Omine Talk Writing The Simpsons + Spill Exclusives"]</ref>|7|color=white}}
}}

== Production ==
{{main|Upcoming episodes#Production}}

== Script covers ==
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== References ==
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{{Production Seasons}}

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