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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 an upcoming season of The Simpsons. It will start 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[4] "Bart's Birthday"[5] September 29, 2024[2][4] Rob Oliver[6] Jessica Conrad[7] 35ABF15 Bart celebrates a birthday that will change his life forever.[8] In the episode, Bart turns 10.[9] Guest starring: Conan O'Brien as himself, Danny DeVito as Herb Powell, John Cena as himself, Tom Hanks as himself, several Major League Baseball players, Joel McHale as himself, and John DiMaggio.[8][10][11][12][13] 770 - 2 "The Yellow Lotus"[14] October 6, 2024[15] Matt Faughnan[16] Loni Steele Sosthand[17] 35ABF08 The Simpsons encounter death on vacation at a high-end resort.[18][19] Guest starring: Chloe Fineman as Tasha and Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob.[19][20] 771 - 3 "Desperately Seeking Lisa"[21] October 20, 2024[1] TBA Tim Long[22] 35ABF18 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.[23] Lisa has a blazing misadventure in the dark world of Capital City's downtown art scene.[18][13] Guest starring: Richard E. Grant.[13] 772 - 4 "Shoddy Heat"[24] October 27, 2024[1] Gabriel DeFrancesco[25] Jeff Westbrook[24] 35ABF16 773 - 5 "Treehouse of Horror XXXV"[26] November 3, 2024[1] Timothy Bailey[27] Matt Selman, Dan Vebber and Rob LaZebnik[28] 35ABF13[29] 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.[18] 774 - 6 "Ladies Night"[30] November 10, 2024[1] TBA Christine Nagle[22] 35ABF17[31] Patty & Selma will have a big role.[32] 775 - 7 "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes"[33] November 24, 2024[1] TBA Jessica Conrad[22] 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.[18] Guest starring: Andy Serkis as narrator introducing the stories.[34][35]    ??? - ? "The Beautiful Shame"[36] 2024[1] TBA TBA 36ABF?? ??? - ? "Marge and Homer and Moe and Maya"[37] 2024/2025 TBA Al Jean[37] 36ABF?? ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA Loni Steele Sosthand[38] 36ABF01 Michael Price will co-run the episode.[38] ??? - ? "The Man Who Flew Too Much"[39][40] 2024/2025 TBA Al Jean[39] 36ABF02 ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA Nick Dahan[41] 36ABF03 ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA Rob LaZebnik and Johnny LaZebnik[22] 36ABF04 ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA TBA 36ABF05 ??? - ? "The Last Man Expanding"[42] 2024/2025 TBA J. Stewart Burns[42] 36ABF06 ??? - ? 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"[43] 2024/2025 TBA TBA 36ABF11

Disney+ Specials

Main article: Season 36/Disney+ Specials

A set of three Disney+ exclusive specials, part of season 36, will air starting December 17, 2024 and will continue during 2025. The episode order is split between the normal episodes and the specials.^{[44][45][46][47]}

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Picture # Original title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code ??? - ?? "O C'mon All Ye Faithful"[44][45][48][49] December 17, 2024[44][45] Debbie Mahan and Matthew Faughnan[50] Carolyn Omine[48][51] 35ABF21 35ABF22[52][53] It's a double-sized Christmas themed, sweet, emotional, funny episode.[44][45] In one scene, Derren Brown attempts to hypnotize Homer Simpson to boost his spirits, but this inevitably ends up with Homer thinking he's a certain "sparkly elf".[54] Guest starring: Derren Brown as himself, Pentatonix as themselves, and Patti LaBelle as herself.[54][55] ??? - ?? "The Past and the Furious"[49] 2025 TBA Rob LaZebnik[22] 35ABF19[56] ??? - ?? "Yellow Planet"[49][57] 2025 TBA J. Stewart Burns[58] 35ABF20[56] Nature documentary style episode in which the characters are animals.[59]

Shorts

• A Disney+ Short, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, will be released on October 11, 2024.^[16]

Upcoming plots

• The first several episodes are detours through sci-fi and horror.^[60]
• In one episode, Grampa reveals his secret past as a 1980s-era private detective.^[18]
• One of the first episodes will be a sequel of sorts to "22 Short Films About Springfield" - with a twist.^[12][60]
• 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".^[60]
• One episode will reference the court room scene from the film Anatomy of a Fall.^[61]
• There are not plans of another cannon halloween episodes for now.^[62]
• 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.^[63][64]
• Patty and Selma will play a major role in an episode that'll be on either late 2024 or early 2025.^[65]

Production

• Matt Selman wants to do a Bluey couch gag in response to the Bluey opening parody.^[66]
• Al Jean will show run 36ABF12.^[67]
• The production team have a big fun side project for the fall on Disney+ they're working on, never done before.^[13]

Guest stars

• Susie Essman will guest star. Matt Selman has an idea for Larry David but is sure he'll decline.^[68]
• In Al Jean episodes, Topher Grace and Sidse Babett Knudsen will guest star.^[69]
• Jay Pharoah will guest star as Drederick Tatum in an Al Jean episode.^[70]
• Mark Proksch will guest star.^[13]

Script covers

References