List of showrunners

This is a list of showrunners of The Simpsons. The showrunner is the person who is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the series. Since season 13, the showrunner has been Al Jean.

Season Production code # of episodes Show runners Season 1 7G 13 James L. Brooks, Matt Groening & Sam Simon Season 2 7F 24 Season 3 8F Al Jean & Mike Reiss Season 4 9F 22 Season 5 1F 23 David Mirkin Season 6 2F 22 Season 7 3F 24 Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein 3G 4 Al Jean & Mike Reiss (aired during seasons 8 & 9) Season 8 4F 24 Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein Season 9 5F 22 Mike Scully 2 David Mirkin ("The Joy of Sect" and "All Singing, All Dancing") Season 10 AABF 23 Mike Scully Season 11 BABF 21 1 Mike Scully, Al Jean & George Meyer ("Treehouse of Horror X") Season 12 CABF 22 Mike Scully Season 13 DABF 21 Al Jean 1 Mike Scully ("How I Spent My Strummer Vacation") Season 14 EABF 22 Al Jean Season 15 FABF 23 Season 16 GABF 22 Season 17 HABF Season 18 JABF Season 19 KABF 20 Season 20 LABF 21 Season 21 MABF 23 Season 22 NABF 21 Season 23 PABF 18 Al Jean 4 Matt Selman & Al Jean ("The Food Wife", "The Book Job", "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again" and "The Day the Earth Stood Cool") Season 24 RABF 19 Al Jean 3 Matt Selman & Al Jean ("Gorgeous Grampa", "The Saga of Carl" and "Brick Like Me") Season 25 SABF 18 Al Jean 4 Matt Selman & Al Jean ("Steal This Episode", "The War of Art", "The Wreck of the Relationship" and "Opposites A-Frack") Season 26 TABF 18 Al Jean 4 Matt Selman & Al Jean ("Covercraft", "Sky Police", "Cue Detective" and "Halloween of Horror") Season 27 VABF 18 Al Jean 4 Matt Selman & Al Jean ("The Girl Code", "The Marge-ian Chronicles", "The Town" and "There Will Be Buds") Season 28 WABF 18 Al Jean 4 Matt Selman & Al Jean ("The Great Phatsby", "A Father's Watch", "The Serfsons" and "Springfield Splendor") Season 29 XABF 17 Al Jean 4 Matt Selman & Al Jean ("Homer Is Where the Art Isn't", "King Leer", "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Krusty the Clown") Season 30 YABF 19 Al Jean 4 Matt Selman & Al Jean ("The Clown Stays in the Picture", "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy", "Go Big or Go Homer" and "Thanksgiving of Horror") Season 31 ZABF 14 Al Jean 8 Matt Selman & Al Jean ("Livin La Pura Vida", "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson", "Bart the Bad Guy", "Highway to Well", "The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds", "I, Carumbus", "Podcast News" and "The Road to Cincinnati") Season 32 QABF 11 Al Jean 11 Matt Selman & Al Jean ("A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas", "The Dad-Feelings Limited", "Wad Goals", "Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?", "Uncut Femmes", "Panic on the Streets of Springfield", "The Last Barfighter", "The Star of the Backstage", "Bart's in Jail!", "Lisa's Belly" and "A Serious Flanders") Season 33 UABF 17 Matt Selman & Al Jean 1 Matt Selman & Rob LaZebnik ("Habeas Tortoise") 2 Matt Selman & Brian Kelley ("Lisa the Boy Scout" and "Not It") 1 Matt Selman & Tim Long ("The King of Nice") 1 Matt Selman & Carolyn Omine ("Step Brother from the Same Planet") Season 34 OABF 18 Matt Selman & Al Jean 1 Matt Selman & Tim Long ("From Beer to Paternity") 1 Matt Selman & Rob LaZebnik ("Game Done Changed") 1 Matt Selman & Brian Kelley ("Top Goon") 1 Matt Selman & Carolyn Omine ("My Life as a Vlog")

Showrunners
James L. Brooks • Matt Groening • Al Jean • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Bill Oakley • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Sam Simon • Josh Weinstein
Co-showrunners
Brian Kelley • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Carolyn Omine • Michael Price

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