The Simpsons season 36

The thirty-sixth season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons premiered on Fox on September 29, 2024. This is the second of two seasons ordered by Fox. It is produced by Gracie Films and 20th Television Animation. The primary showrunner for the season is Matt Selman. A few selected episodes are premiering on Disney+.
Guest stars announced for the season include former series writer Conan O'Brien, John Cena, Danny DeVito, Tom Hanks, and Andy Serkis.
In January 2023, it was announced that the series had been renewed for the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth seasons. Executive producer Matt Selman continued his role as primary showrunner, a role he had since the thirty-third season. Selman had previously been the showrunner for several episodes each season since the twenty-third season. Executive producer Al Jean also served as showrunner for several episodes this season.
In July 2024, at San Diego Comic-Con, Selman recorded the screaming of the Simpsons panel audience to be used in the season's Treehouse of Horror episode. In addition, a followup episode to the seventh season episode "22 Short Films About Springfield" was announced. A second Treehouse of Horror episode is also planned to be broadcast this season, titled "Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes". The episode will feature three segments parodying stories by Ray Bradbury. Series creator Matt Groening stated that Bradbury criticized the show in the press after the series premiered because it borrowed from an episode of The Twilight Zone that he wrote. The season contains 11 holdover episodes from the previous season.
In August 2024, at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, it was announced that four episodes would premiere exclusively on Disney+. Selman said that for both the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth production seasons, 18 episodes were ordered by Fox and 4 episodes were ordered by Disney. One of the episodes was a two-part Christmas special entitled "O C'mon All Ye Faithful", with two other episodes "The Past and the Furious" and "Yellow Planet" also being planned to premiere on the streaming network. Selman said that the producers have agreed to most of Disney's asks for collaboration such as the real-time Simpsons animated version of the December 9, 2024 presentation of Monday Night Football. He also noted that the cross-promotional efforts required cooperation with Fox since the network controlled the show's social media accounts.
In November 2024, it was announced that Pamela Hayden, who had been the voice of Milhouse and several other characters since 1989, would be retiring from voice acting, and her final acting credit on the Fox broadcasts would be for "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes". Fox says that recasting for her characters would "begin in the near future". Hayden continued to feature in the Disney+ episodes as part of this season.
Writers Rob and Johnny LaZebnik were nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation at the 77th Writers Guild of America Awards for their script for "Bottle Episode". Writer Jessica Conrad was nominated for the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production at the 52nd Annie Awards for her script for "Bart's Birthday".