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List of showrunners

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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 22 Matt Selman & Al Jean
Season 34 OABF