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Season 35

Season Information No. of episodes: 18 Original run: October 1, 2023 - May 19, 2024 Showrunner(s): Matt Selman Al Jean Previous season: Next season: 34 36

Season 35 is the thirty-fifth broadcast season of The Simpsons. It originally ran on Fox from October 1, 2023, with "Homer's Crossing", to May 19, 2024, with "Bart's Brain". The season was mostly made up of production season 35ABF episodes, with seven rollover episodes from production season OABF also airing. Matt Selman served as the showrunner for most of the season, with Al Jean served as the showrunner for OABF20, OABF19, 35ABF03, and 35ABF10.

This season was included on Disney+ on October 2, 2024 in the United States.

Production

It was confirmed on January 26, 2023, alongside Season 36.

Due to the 2023 WGA and the SAG-AFTRA strikes, season 35 had in total eighteen broadcasted episodes rather than the usual twenty-two.

Awards

Award Episode Crew Result 76th Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation "A Mid-Childhood Night's Dream" Carolyn Omine Nominated "Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story" Rob LaZebnik 76th Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program "Night of the Living Wage" James L. Brooks, Al Jean, Matt Groening, Rob LaZebnik, Matt Selman, Tim Long, Brian Kelley, Michael Price, Jeff Westbrook, Ryan Koh, Christine Nangle, Jessica Conrad, Broti Gupta, Loni Steele Sosthand, Richard K. Chung, Tom Klein, Mike B. Anderson, Matthew Faughnan, Scott Brutz, Chris Clements, Cesar Mazariegos 77th Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation Cesar Mazariegos "Cremains of the Day" John Frink 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance Hank Azaria (Moe Szyslak)

Episodes

Picture # Title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code 751 - 1 "Homer's Crossing" October 1, 2023 Steven Dean Moore Cesar Mazariegos OABF18 Feeling worthless at work, Homer volunteers to be a school crossing guard. But when his safety squad receives too much funding, the crossing guards begin overstepping their authority and become dangerous. 752 - 2 "A Mid-Childhood Night's Dream" October 8, 2023 Matthew Faughnan Carolyn Omine OABF16 Sick from food poisoning, Marge is plagued by dreams about Bart growing up. She worries about the future when her kids leave home as she's not ready for her kids to grow up just yet. Guest starring: Kerry Washington as Rayshelle Peyton. 753 - 3 "McMansion & Wife" October 22, 2023 Debbie Mahan Dan Vebber OABF20 When a new neighbor showers him with kindness, Homer thinks he's being tricked into buying a sports car at the dealership where the neighbor works. However, it instead turns out that he's bribing Homer. Meanwhile, Lisa neutralizes Nelson after he goes on a bullying spree. Guest starring: Dick Van Dyke as himself. 754 - 4 "Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story" October 29, 2023 Timothy Bailey Rob LaZebnik OABF21 Mr. Burns is interviewed about Persephone Odair in a documentary about the company LifeBoat, which the two of them helped create. While the company's product was supposed to filter salt water to make it pure, it instead has a dark secret behind it. Guest starring: Christiane Amanpour as herself, Elizabeth Banks as Persephone Odair, Ken Burns as himself, Peter Coyote as himself, Peter Jackson as himself, Andrew Ross Sorkin as himself, and Kara Swisher as herself. 755 - 5 "Treehouse of Horror XXXIV" November 5, 2023 Rob Oliver Jeff Westbrook, Jessica Conrad and Dan Vebber OABF17 In "Wild Barts Can't Be Token", after Bart is turned into an NFT, Marge fights through the blockchain to rescue her son. In "Ei8ht", to track down a gruesome serial killer, Lisa turns to a murderer from her past. Finally, in "Lout Break", an outbreak transforms Springfielders into a plague of lazy, beer-loving oafs. Guest starring: Matthew Friend as Jimmy Fallon, Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob, and Kylie Jenner as herself. 756 - 6 "Iron Marge" November 12, 2023 Matthew Faughnan Mike Scully OABF22 When Marge's heart is broken by bad birthday presents from Bart and Lisa, the two look into her past to figure out a way to make it up to her. They then track down Marge's childhood pet parrot, Petey. Meanwhile, Homer becomes a neighborhood fear-monger just to get to the top of the leaderboard in the app Alarmist. Guest starring: Megan Mullally as Sarah Wiggum. 757 - 7 "It's a Blunderful Life" November 19, 2023 Matthew Nastuk Elisabeth Kiernan Averick OABF19 Sixty years in the future, Lisa recounts the story of how Homer was scapegoated for a power outage that plunged Springfield into darkness days before Thanksgiving. When nobody believes Homer's innocent, Homer has to convince his family of the truth before taking down the real culprit, Mr. Burns. 758 - 8 "Ae Bonny Romance" December 3, 2023 Matthew Nastuk Michael Price 35ABF02 After Groundskeeper Willie goes missing, Bart gets a call from him telling Bart that he needs him. The Simpsons then go to Edinburgh to find him, where they realize that Willie is getting married to his young love, Maisie. Meanwhile, Lisa explores Edinburgh on her own. Guest starring: Karen Gillan as Maisie MacWeldon, Paul Higgins as Hamish MacWeldon and the Ticket Booth actor, and David Tennant as Pa MacWeldon. 759 - 9 "Murder, She Boat" December 17, 2023 Chris Clements Broti Gupta 35ABF04 When Comic Book Guy's rare Radioactive Man action figure is stolen aboard the Pacific Princess Leia, Bart becomes the prime suspect. Lisa and film director Taika Waititi take on the case to prove Bart's innocence. Guest starring: Maurice LaMarche as Hedonismbot cosplayer and Taika Waititi as himself and Daerius D'Avignon. 760 - 10 "Do the Wrong Thing" December 24, 2023 Rob Oliver Joel H. Cohen 35ABF01 Homer starts winning in many different blue-collar sports when Bart helps him by cheating. Meanwhile, Lisa is trying to get into a university summer camp but doesn't receive any responses. When she finally gets a response from a rowing camp of all things, she and Marge realize that the cheating in sports has extended to cheating elsewhere. Guest starring: Ken Marino as Dean Belichick and Dan Patrick as the rock-skipping announcer. 761 - 11 "Frinkenstein's Monster" February 18, 2024 Steven Dean Moore Joel H. Cohen 35ABF03 Professor Frink secretly helps Homer land a high-level position at a state-of-the-art nuclear plant in Shelbyville. But since Homer lacks the skills to actually perform the job, Frink must monitor Homer's work situation remotely and dictate his every word. Homer's new assistant, Lori Spivak, becomes highly suspicious of Homer and believes him to be lying. Guest starring: Amanda Seyfried as Dr. Lori Spivak. 762 - 12 "Lisa Gets an F1" February 25, 2024 Timothy Bailey Ryan Koh 35ABF05 When Lisa gets car anxiety because of Homer's bad driving, she takes up go-karting to face her fears. She proves to be a natural and ends up taking part in a championship race in Springfield. Meanwhile, Bart befriends rich go-kart racer Paolo Paoletti, who is Lisa's rival. Guest starring: Rachel Bloom as Annette and Matt Berry as Chester Arborday. 763 - 13 "Clan of the Cave Mom" March 24, 2024 Rob Oliver Brian Kelley 35ABF06 Marge and Luann Van Houten have a falling out after Milhouse gets the blame for destroying a museum exhibit that Bart helped destroy too. In the prehistoric past, the Simpson family struggle to survive. Guest starring: Kerry Washington as Rayshelle Peyton. 764 - 14 "Night of the Living Wage" April 7, 2024 Chris Clements Cesar Mazariegos 35ABF07 Marge gets a job in a ghost kitchen for the GimmeChow app. However, when working conditions become too stressful, she tries to form a union. When the company fires Marge in an act of revenge, the employees go on strike, bringing food delivery in Springfield to a halt. Guest starring: Jason Mantzoukas as Finn Bon Idée. 765 - 15 "Cremains of the Day" April 21, 2024 Gabriel DeFrancesco John Frink 35ABF09 When Larry the barfly passes away in Moe's Tavern, the other barflies take his ashes to scatter them at Serenity Falls. Along the way, they discover that Larry had been smuggling sapphires for the mob, who come to collect their property. Guest starring: Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony. 766 - 16 "The Tell-Tale Pants" May 5, 2024 Steven Dean Moore Al Jean 35ABF10 When Marge finds that Homer's blue Leevi's are worth a small fortune, she sells them and spends the money on herself. However, she starts to feel guilty after buying an expensive ring. Meanwhile, Homer enjoys his new life wearing sweatpants. Guest starring: Kipp Lennon as the "Leevi's" singer. 767 - 17 "The Tipping Point" May 12, 2024 Matthew Nastuk J. Stewart Burns 35ABF11 Annoyed at being asked for a tip after being served a meal, Homer's passive aggressive note on the bill is mistaken for a tip for $10,000. The rush of seeing the waitress happy causes Homer to start tipping money that he does not have. But when the bills catch up to him, Homer ends up in Little Europe, where tipping culture is not a thing. Guest starring: Kyle Gordon as DJ Crazy Times, Chrissi Poland as Ms. Biljana Electronica, and Audrey Trullinger as Inga. 768 - 18 "Bart's Brain" May 19, 2024 Michael Polcino Dan Vebber 35ABF12 When Bart finds a human brain for sale, he buys it to prank people with. But when Bart is assigned to take care of the brain for a school project, he becomes weirdly attached to it, leading to him becoming known as "Brain Boy." Guest starring: Megan Mullally as Sarah Wiggum and Kerry Washington as Rayshelle Peyton.

Trivia

• It's the first and only season without any chalkboard gags whatsoever, and second season to not have one in the opening credits after Season 33, though unlike Season 35, Season 33 featured three within episodes.
  • The season also didn't include any billboard gags.

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Promotional videos

• Season 35 Official Trailer - The Simpsons at YouTube

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