Fox Renews "The Simpsons" Through Season 22

More Simpsons? Right when you think FOX has decided that enough is enough, they decide to give the show some more running time. As much as I used to love The Simpsons, I think that the show's length has been very well extended for too long
 
Its getting to the point where i dont think the show will end until one of the VAs dies, meaning we'll NEVER get a final episode.
 
If it's one of the core family members VAs, the show would most likely end, but if it were Hank Azaria or someone who voices a non-core character, those characters will most likely just become background players or be written off canvas like Phil Hartman's characters were when he passed.
 
Whenever a network announces that a long-running show will be renewed for two more seasons, the general subtext is that those will be the final two seasons, IMO. NBC did that with E.R. most recently...
 
Wasn't that always the intention? For years I've been hearing that they wanted to break the record. I think once they do the show will end.
 
Yeah, that's what I've been thinking too. I doubt they'll shoot for Gunsmoke's episode count though, since that show had 635 because it did more episodes in a season.

The thing is, though, if they were to end the show before Law and Order does, Law and Order would just surpass The Simpsons' record two years later, so that might have a bearing on when they decide to end it. But enough about records.

I recall the cast is signed for another two years beyond Season 22, but who knows. Cast members usually get signed on longer than a show is necessarily intended to run just in case.

After the series does end - which can't be that long now - apparently they plan on doing another movie to cap it all off. They apparently don't want to do another movie while the show is still running, since working on both at the same time was really hard for them. Fox would obviously be up for a sequel after how much the first one made.
 
Honestly, if there was reason to believe that The Simpsons was going to end soon, I think they'd probably try to shoot for one more season, or at least a short 7-episode season.

No sense letting the series end just a few episodes short of #500.
 
The difference is that Phil Hartman only voiced two recurring characters. Hank Azaria plays about 20. That'd be a lot of characters to shove into the background (Moe, Apu, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, etc.). All six of the principal voice actors are pretty much irreplacable, not just the ones who play the Simpson family members.
 
Why are you guys acting so negatively about this? So what if they get an extra 2 seasons? It's Groening's decision and he can end it when he wants.
 
Eh. I kinda hope they turn the show around at some point before it ends...

But I have my doubts about that ever happening.

The movie seemed like a good point to turn the whole thing around and then it just... yeah, didn't work out...

Anyway, 2 more years gives them time to do it. But yeah... they won't.
 
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