We all know The Simpsons will never go off the air. The cockroaches who survive the end times will enjoy a human free-planet that somehow still produces new episodes of the animated series. But that doesn’t make Fox’s latest renewal of the show any less surprising. The network has given The Simpsons a whopping four-year renewal. And that is just one of the four four-years renewals Fox handed out to its signature adult cartoons. It gave the same extension to both Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy. And it’s also bringing back American Dad! for just as long. The show is returning to Fox after 11 years.
Fox has given 20th TV Animation and its parent company Disney TV Studios an historic deal. All four animated shows will run through the 2028-29 television season, a mass block of stability. The network called the mass renewal, which we first heard about at Deadline, a “meganimation deal.” The deal was reportedly already in place late last year. That makes sense since these renewals also line up perfectly with the exclusive extension Fox signed with Disney’s Hulu last November for a whopping $1.5 billion. The streaming site now has the rights to the Fox’s shows.
Each season of each show is reportedly set to run 15 episodes, the minimum required to qualify as a full season. This deal also brings American Dad! back to its original home. The series debut at Fox in 2005 but made the switch to TBS in 2014. Its run ended there last month.
This “meganimation” renewal will see Bob’s Burgers complete its 19th season. Family Guy will get to at least its 27th. American Dad! will finish 23. And The Simpsons record-setting reign will hit the big 4-0 thanks to this lengthy renewal.
One day, The Simpsons will finish its 400th season, even if no human is around to see it. But even then it probably won’t see too many four-year renewals along the way. The cockroaches will likely not have massive streaming deals to worry about.
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