From: ant@zimage.comANT   
      
   Maybe it is time to end the tradition Simpsons on TV. Isn't there   
   another movie coming too?   
      
      
   Renee McNeely  wrote:   
   > I recall reading that Season 37 had its budget cut, so they got rid of   
   > some of the auxiliary staff. Plus, there are apparently supposed to be   
   > two streaming-only episodes coming soon. I know they've ordered through   
   > season 40, but I would personally not be flabbergasted if the movie ends   
   > up serving as the de facto final send-off for the series (even though   
   > Season 40 will be going until 2029, which is after the movie comes out).   
      
   > Also, per simpsonswiki, production season 35ABF had two episodes that   
   > never got produced, "The Beautiful Shame" and "Marge and Homer and Moe   
   > and Maya". It makes me wonder if perhaps there are production issues   
   > going on behind the scenes that's affecting the release schedule.   
   > There's always some rollover, but it's felt particularly egregious   
   > lately and I have to wonder if it's something more than just COVID and   
   > the writers' strike having ripple effects.   
      
   > On 2/15/26 10:25 PM, Matt Garvey wrote:   
   > > (...not 37ABF08)   
   > >   
   > > Is it season finale time already? APPARENTLY! Is Fox ordering too many   
   > > animated shows without anywhere to put them? YES! And with this weird   
   > > half year split, and more shows (including the return of one Fox dropped   
   > > over a decade ago and then TBS dropped), I guess this is where we are.   
   > > More thoughts below.   
   > >   
   > > How was the episode? Fine, a little weird for Kirk but OK as satire. The   
   > > very specific format of the title must mean something but it's eluding   
   > > me. Another new co-EP credit for the new production season in Tim Long.   
   > > I was enjoying the subtle joke that the "CNBC" ticker was abbreviations   
   > > for all types of crackers until Kirk went and noticed it himself   
   > > somehow. And if I did the math right this was actually about 10 seconds   
   > > above the nominal episode length for these days. At least something's   
   > > not falling short...   
   > >   
   > > Yeah, I guess it's back to schedule ranting. This is the season finale.   
   > > In mid-February. Fifteenth episode of the season. Some real BS. Does Fox   
   > > even like the show at this point? If not, why did it renew it for FOUR   
   > > more seasons? And are these going to be 22-episode production runs?   
   > > Because although the strike a few years ago really threw off the   
   > > numbers, you'd think it would be building BACK, instead of treading   
   > > water briefly and then falling further behind. We began this (air)   
   > > season with an 11-episode (HALF SEASON) holdover count, up from the 7   
   > > that's been typical for the last few decades. Tonight, the 37th air   
   > > season contains 7 season 36 episodes and 8 season 37 episodes (with 4   
   > > more season 36 episodes yet to materialize - one assumes they're   
   > > destined for streaming-only nonsense like the last tail end but if so   
   > > WHEN?), so by my math that leaves 4+14=18 holdovers, almost a full   
   > > season of its own. After this long, is The Simpsons going to get lapped   
   > > like Family Guy, American Dad!, and Bob's Burgers (though not,   
   > > technically, King of the Hill)?? Just after its production codes finally   
   > > started looking intuitive, too! Oh yeah, let's have 38ABF01 kick off   
   > > season 39, that makes sense. Maybe the next few production seasons will   
   > > be dialed back significantly and the air seasons will catch up. Or Fox   
   > > could just go back to airing 26 or 27 episodes a year as it did once   
   > > upon a time.   
   > > And as I mentioned before this early finale (and other extremely sparse   
   > > episode scheduling in the last month) means that even though 1/18, 2/1,   
   > > and 4/12 are the only three REALLY NORMAL dates that have never seen   
   > > episodes premiere on Fox and they're all Sundays this year, they all get   
   > > passed up AGAIN. Great.   
   > > Till next time!   
      
      
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