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Groening Declares The Simpsons Will Run Indefinitely

Groening used speculative scenarios ranging from Trump’s death to Musk’s Mars landing to frame the show’s boundless run

Overview

  • Matt Groening told Comic-Con attendees the series has “no end in sight” and will continue until a principal cast member dies.
  • Fox has renewed The Simpsons through season 40, extending its record as the longest-running animated sitcom.
  • Groening predicted dancing in the streets after President Trump’s death before an imagined President Vance bans dancing.
  • The creator forecasted Elon Musk’s crash landing and marooning on Mars, America returning the Statue of Liberty to France, and urged viewers to delete Fox News.
  • Showrunner Matt Selman reiterated that flash-forward episodes, including one depicting Marge’s death, are speculative fantasies outside the series’ continuity.