The Simpsons Season 36: Release Date, Episode Count, Cast, Plot Details, and More Information

The upcoming installment of the iconic animated series, The Simpsons Season 36, is set to premiere on September 29, 2024, on Fox. This new season is overseen by a team of executive producers, including Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, Al Jean, John Frink, and Matt Selman, who will also serve as the showrunner.

According to Rotten Tomatoes, the show’s synopsis is as follows:

“This long-running animated comedy focuses on the eponymous family in the town of Springfield in an unnamed U.S. state. The head of the Simpson family, Homer, is not a typical family man. A nuclear-plant employee, he does his best to lead his family but often finds that they are leading him.”

The synopsis continues:

“The family includes loving, blue-haired matriarch Marge, troublemaking son Bart, overachieving daughter Lisa, and baby Maggie. Other Springfield residents include the family’s religious neighbor, Ned Flanders, family physician Dr. Hibbert, Moe the bartender, and police chief Clancy Wiggum.”

The Simpsons Season 36: Release Date and Additional Details

Fox renewed The Simpsons for Season 36 in January 2023, alongside Season 35. It will debut on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at 8 p.m. on Fox, and will consist of 22 episodes, along with four new specials available for streaming on Disney+.

This season will feature a Christmas special titled O C’mon All Ye Faithful, which will be presented in two parts, with the first airing on December 17, 2024. Other episodes, including The Past and the Furious and Yellow Planet, will air later in the season.

Additional episode titles for Season 36 include Desperately Seeking Lisa, Ladies Night, and Shoddy Heat. Importantly, a follow-up episode to the classic 1996 episode 22 Short Films About Springfield from Season 7 will also be part of this season.

Plot Summary for The Simpsons Season 36

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Season 36 will kick off with an episode titled Bart’s Birthday, focusing on Bart as he celebrates a pivotal birthday in his life.

The second episode, The Yellow Lotus, features the family enjoying a lavish vacation at a luxury resort, which takes a dark turn due to a mysterious death. This episode will also reintroduce the beloved character Sideshow Bob, voiced by Kelsey Grammer.

In an effort to build excitement for the new season, executive producer Al Jean shared a screenshot from the episode in August 2024.

This season will also bring two Halloween Special episodes. The Treehouse of Horror XXXV will depict Springfield being overtaken by giant politically-driven creatures.

The second Halloween episode, Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes, will pay homage to Ray Bradbury. In this episode, Lisa will find herself transported back to the 1950s, experiencing three peculiar tales, one of which features “a brutalist future where prestige TV rules the world.”