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Season 36

Season Information Original run: September 29, 2024 - Spring 2025[1][2] Previous season: 35

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Season 36 is the current season of The Simpsons. It started on September 29, 2024. It was confirmed on January 26, 2023, along Season 35.^[2][3]

Episodes

Picture # Original title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code 769 - 1 "Bart's Birthday" September 29, 2024 Rob Oliver Jessica Conrad 35ABF15 Bart celebrates a birthday that will change his life forever. Guest starring: John Cena as himself, Danny DeVito as Herb Powell, Tom Hanks as himself, Joel McHale as himself, Conan O'Brien as himself, Mark Proksch as Hack-GPT, Seth Rogen as himself, and Amy Sedaris as Maggie Simpson. 770 - 2 "The Yellow Lotus" October 6, 2024 Matthew Faughnan Loni Steele Sosthand 35ABF08 The Simpsons encounter death on vacation at a high-end resort. Guest starring: Chloe Fineman as Tasha, Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob, and Jay Pharoah as Drederick Tatum. 771 - 3 "Desperately Seeking Lisa" October 20, 2024 Matthew Nastuk Tim Long 35ABF18 Lisa has a blazing misadventure in the dark world of Capital City's downtown art scene. Guest starring: Griffin Dunne as the cockroach actor and Gregor Samsa, Richard E. Grant as Julian, Tracy Letts as himself, and Molly Shannon as Katya. 772 - 4 "Shoddy Heat" October 27, 2024 Gabriel DeFrancesco Jeff Westbrook 35ABF16 An unearthed corpse opens up a cold case from Springfield in the 1980s... as well as a steamy relationship between young Grampa and Agnes Skinner. Guest starring: Topher Grace as Billy O'Donnell. 773 - 5 "Treehouse of Horror XXXV" November 3, 2024 Timothy Bailey Matt Selman, Dan Vebber and Rob LaZebnik 35ABF13 Giant monsters created by political rage threaten to tear the town apart, a Victorian Mr. Burns is jump-scared on Thanksgiving by the ghosts of his abused workers, and Homer bonds with a pair of extra-terrestrial jeans in an unforgettable stop-motion adventure that can only be called... Denim.    774 - 6 "Women in Shorts"[4] November 10, 2024[4] TBA Christine Nagle[5] 35ABF17[6] Girls just want to have funny.[4] It will be a sequel of sorts to "22 Short Films About Springfield" - with a twist, and Patty & Selma will have a big role.[7][8][9] Guest starring: Megan Mullally as Sarah Wiggum, Kerry Washington as Rayshelle Peyton and Ruth Reichl as herself.[4] 775 - 7 "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes"[10] November 24, 2024[1] TBA Jessica Conrad[5] 35ABF14 A tattooed man at a mysterious night circus transports Lisa into three strange stories from the innocent 1950s, the chilling retro-present, and a brutalist future where prestige TV rules the world.[11] Guest starring: Andy Serkis as narrator introducing the stories.[12][13]    ??? - ? "The Beautiful Shame"[14] 2024[1] TBA TBA 36ABF?? ??? - ? "Marge and Homer and Moe and Maya"[15] 2024/2025 TBA Al Jean[15] 36ABF?? ??? - ? "Convenience Airways"[16] 2024/2025 Rob Oliver[17] Loni Steele Sosthand[18] 36ABF01 ??? - ? "The Man Who Flew Too Much"[19][20] 2024/2025 Steven Dean Moore[21] Al Jean[19] 36ABF02 Guest starring: Glenn Close as Mona Simpson.[22] ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA Nick Dahan[23] 36ABF03 ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA Rob LaZebnik and Johnny LaZebnik[5] 36ABF04 ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA TBA 36ABF05 ??? - ? "The Last Man Expanding"[24] 2024/2025 TBA J. Stewart Burns[24] 36ABF06 It'll be a Comic Book Guy episode.[25] ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA TBA 36ABF07 ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA TBA 36ABF08 ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA TBA 36ABF09 ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA TBA 36ABF10 ??? - ? "Estranger Things"[26] 2024/2025 TBA TBA 36ABF11 ??? - ? "Men Behaving Manly"[27] 2024/2025 TBA John Frink[27] 36ABF12 ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA TBA 36ABF13 ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA TBA 36ABF14 ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA TBA 36ABF16 ??? - ? "Bad Boys... for Life?"[28] 2024/2025 TBA Al Jean[28] 36ABF17

Disney+ Specials

Main article: Season 36/Disney+ Specials

A set of three Disney+ exclusive specials, part of season 36, will release starting December 17, 2024 and will continue during 2025. The episode order is split between the normal episodes and the specials.^{[29][30][31][32]}

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Picture # Original title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code ??? - ?? "O C'mon All Ye Faithful"[29][30][33][34] December 17, 2024[29][30] Debbie Mahan and Matthew Faughnan[35] Carolyn Omine[33][36] 35ABF21 35ABF22[37][38] In this Disney+ exclusive double-episode, the residents of Springfield search for Christmas cheer.[39] Guest starring: Derren Brown as himself, Pentatonix as themselves, and Patti LaBelle as herself.[40][41] ??? - ?? "The Past and the Furious"[34] 2025 TBA Rob LaZebnik[5] 35ABF19[42] ??? - ?? "Yellow Planet"[34][43] 2025 TBA J. Stewart Burns[44] 35ABF20[42] Nature documentary style episode in which the characters are animals.[45]

Specials

A new special, Funday Football, will air on December 9, 2024, on Disney+ and ESPN.^[46][47]

Upcoming plots

• The first several episodes are detours through sci-fi and horror.^[8]
• In one episode, Marge's self-image in the town that everyone thinks she's a good person is at stake when Homer and Marge have to respond to a kidnapping and extortion situation. The kidnappers have not yet been decided on, but they're thinking of Jimbo and Shauna.^[48]
• One episode in the first half of the season will be dedicated to Ned Flanders reflecting on the deaths of Maude Flanders and Edna Krabappel, because it's "never too late to emotionally address a past trauma".^[8]
• One episode will reference the court room scene from the film Anatomy of a Fall.^[49]
• There are not plans of another cannon halloween episodes for now.^[50]
• One of the specials is based on female driven SNL-like sketches. In a scene, Homer's reluctance to purchase feminine hygiene products for Marge, so the store employees sing a big number to shame him.^[51][52]
• Patty and Selma will play a major role in an episode that'll be on either late 2024 or early 2025.^[53]
• One idea Al Jean has is Willie posing on OnlyFans.^[22]

Production

• Matt Selman wants to do a Bluey couch gag in response to the Bluey opening parody.^[54]
• Al Jean will show run 36ABF17.^[55]
• Jessica Conrad has several episodes written.^[56]
• Carolyn Omine is going to write an episode soon.^[57]
• A Baseball themed episode is in production with a parody of Shōhei Ōtani and his Picadillos gambling scandal.^[25]

Guest stars

• Susie Essman will guest star. Matt Selman has an idea for Larry David but is sure he'll decline.^[58]
• In an Al Jean episode, Sidse Babett Knudsen will guest star.^[59].

Script covers

References

Promotional videos

• Official New York Comic Con 2024 Empire Stage Livestream: Day 3 at YouTube