Fox has made it official: The Simpsons will be back for a 24th and 25th season! After some difficult voice actor contract negotiations – and a report on how much money the network would make if it just put the show into syndication – the longest-running scripted series on TV has been officially renewed.
The Simpsons will celebrate its 500th episode – wow – in February 2012.
And of course, Fox had to issue a reaction to the news of the renewal as if it came from the show’s patriarch. “Woo Hoo! I outlasted Andy Rooney!,” ‘said’ Homer Simpson.
Coming Up Next on The Simpsons:
“Treehouse of Horrors XXII” – Sunday, Oct. 30 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT). In the spooky opener, Homer takes a dangerous dive into an isolated canyon on Candy Peak, but when a crashing boulder traps his arm, he channels Aron Ralston (guest voicing as himself) to save himself. In “The Diving Bell and Butterball,” the first of three hair-raising Halloween tales, a venomous spider bite leaves Homer paralyzed, but when Lisa discovers Homer’s ability to communicate through natural gases, he is able to express his love for Marge.
The killer spells continue in “Dial D for Diddly,” when Ned Flanders, devout preacher by day, transforms into a cold-blooded vigilante by night. In the final terrifying tale, “In the Na’Vi,” Bart and Milhouse are assigned on a mission to access a sacred extract on a distant planet. They morph into the land’s indigenous one-eyed avatars, but when Bart finds love and an eternal mate abroad, he is caught in planet warfare.
