Season 36

Season 36

Season Information

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

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The information regarding episode order and air dates contained in the article comes from the EIDR page on Season 36 and it may change as the episodes approach and more information becomes available from other sources.^[1]

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.^[3]^[2]

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 the most shocking birthday party of his entire life — one that might just change everyone in Springfield forever.^[8] Guest starring: Conan O'Brien as himself^[9]
	770 - 2	"The Yellow Lotus"^[10]	October 6, 2024^[11]	Rob Oliver^[12]	Loni Steele Sosthand^[13]	35ABF08
The Simpsons encounter death on vacation at a high-end resort.^[8]
	771 - 3	"Desperately Seeking Lisa"^[14]	October 20, 2024^[1]	TBA	Tim Long^[15]	35ABF18
Lisa has a blazing misadventure in the dark world of Capital City's downtown art scene.^[8] 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.^[16]
	772 - 4	"Shoddy Heat"^[17]	October 27, 2024^[1]	Gabriel DeFrancesco^[18]	Jeff Westbrook^[17]	35ABF16
Grampa reveals his secret past as a 1980s-era private detective.^[8]
	773 - 5	"Treehouse of Horror XXXV"^[19]	November 3, 2024^[1]	Timothy Bailey^[20]	Matt Selman, Dan Vebber and Rob LaZebnik^[21]	35ABF13^[22]
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.^[8]
	774 - 6	"Ladies Night"^[23]	November 10, 2024^[1]	TBA	Christine Nagle^[15]	35ABF17^[24]

	775 - 7	"Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes"^[25]	November 24, 2024^[1]	TBA	Jessica Conrad^[15]	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.^[8]

	??? - ?	"O C'mon All Ye Faithful"^[26]	2024/2025	TBA	Carolyn Omine^[26]^[27]	35ABF22

	??? - ?	"The Beautiful Shame"^[28]	2024/2025	TBA	TBA	35ABF??

	??? - ?	"Marge and Homer and Moe and Maya"^[29]	2024/2025	TBA	Al Jean^[29]	35ABF??

	??? - ?	TBA	2024/2025	TBA	Loni Steele Sosthand^[30]	36ABF01

	??? - ?	"The Man Who Flew Too Much"^[31]^[32]	2024/2025	TBA	Al Jean^[31]	36ABF02

	??? - ?	TBA	2024/2025	TBA	Nick Dahan^[33]	36ABF03

	??? - ?	TBA	2024/2025	TBA	TBA	36ABF04

	??? - ?	TBA	2024/2025	TBA	TBA	36ABF05

	??? - ?	"The Last Man Expanding"^[34]	2024/2025	TBA	J. Stewart Burns^[34]	36ABF06

Upcoming plots

The first several episodes are detours through sci-fi and horror.^[35]
One of the first episodes will be a sequel of sorts to one of the following episodes: 22 Short Films About Springfield, 'Round Springfield, Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire, Lisa the Boy Scout, The Sound of Bleeding Gums.^[35]
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".^[35]
One episode will reference the court room scene from the film Anatomy of a Fall.^[36]

Script covers

Production

Al Jean will showrun an unannounced 36ABF episode.^[37]
Christine Nangle is writing an episode of the production season 35ABF.^[38]
Michael Price will co-run 36ABF01.^[30]
Jorge R. Gutierrez will make a Couch gag for an episode.^[39]
Tim Long wrote a 35ABF episode that'll air Fall 2024.^[40]

References

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[S36EIDR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 EIDR Record - "Season 36"

[FoxTVAirDate-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 FoxTV's Twitter - "Season 36 start date"

[3] Deadline - The Simpsons renewed for Seasons 35 & 36

[BBPremiere-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Matt Selman to Cartoon Base's Twitter - "Bart's Birthday premiere"

[35ABF15-5] EIDR Record - "Bart's Birthday" (archived on Wayback Machine)

[6] Michael Price's Twitter - "Bart's Birthday Director"

[7] Michael Price's Twitter - "Bart's Birthday Writer"

[FoxFlashS36-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 ^8.4 ^8.5 FoxFlash - "FOX UNVEILS FALL 2024 PREMIERE DATES, LAUNCHING A NEW SEASON DEFINED BY UNEXPECTED, UNFORGETTABLE ORIGINAL ENTERTAINMENT"

[9] Doughboys Media - "Willie Mae's Scotch House with Matt Selman" (17:18)

[10] Al Jean's Twitter - "The Yellow Lotus"

[TYLAD-11] Al Jean's Twitter - "The Yellow Lotus Airdate"

[12] Al Jean's Twitter - "The Yellow Lotus director"

[13] Al Jean's Twitter - "The Yellow Lotus writer"

[DSL-14] EIDR Record - "Desperately Seeking Lisa"

[S36WGA-15] 15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 WGA Directory - The Simpsons

[16] Defecter - "Professor Frink Is Real, And Strong, And My Friend, With Matt Selman"

[35ABF16-17] 17.0 ^17.1 Al Jean on Twitter - "Shoddy Heat"

[18] Al Jean on Twitter - "Shoddy Heat Director"

[19] LCJ Q&A Podcast - "Guest: 'The Simpsons' Writer and Co-EP Brian Kelley"

[20] SDCC Unofficial Blog - "Disney TV San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Panels Announced"

[XXXVWriters-21] Michael Price's Twitter - "Treehouse of Horror XXXV Writers"

[XXXVEIRDR-22] EIDR Record - "Treehouse Of Horror XXXV"

[LN-23] Matt Selman to Cartoon Base's Twitter - "Ladies Night"

[LNEIDR-24] EIDR Record - "Ladies Night"

[SWTWC-25] EIDR Record - "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes"

[35ABF22-26] 26.0 ^26.1 Carolyn Omine on Twitter - "O C'mon All Ye Faithful"

[27] Carolyn Omine's Twitter - "O C'mon All Ye Faithful Writer"

[TBS-28] EIDR Record - "The Beautiful Shame" (archived on Wayback Machine)

[MHMM-29] 29.0 ^29.1 Al Jean on Twitter - "Marge and Homer and Moe and Maya"

[36ABF01-30] 30.0 ^30.1 Micheal Price's Twitter - "36ABF01"

[TMWFTM-31] 31.0 ^31.1 Al Jean's Twitter - "The Man Who Flew Too Much"

[36ABF02-32] Al Jean's Twitter - "Al Jean showrunner The Man Who Flew Too Much"

[NickDahanWriter-33] EIDR Record - "Nick Dahan Writer 36ABF03"

[36ABF06-34] 34.0 ^34.1 Al Jean's Twitter - "The Last Man Expanding"

[CNN-35] 35.0 ^35.1 ^35.2 CNN - "How 'The Simpsons' stays funny nearly 770 episodes later"

[36] Springfield Googolplex - "Ep. 29 - What’s Up, Doc? with Michael Price"

[TYL36-37] Al Jean's Twitter - "Al Jean showrunner"

[38] Michael Price's Twitter - "35ABF Writer"

[39] Jorge R. Gutierrez on Twitter - "Jorge R. Gutierrez couch gag"

[40] Michael Price's Twitter - "35ABF Tim Long"

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