The Simpsons season 37

The Simpsons
Season 37
Promotional poster featuring the Simpson family
Showrunner	Matt Selman
No. of episodes	11
Release
Original network	Fox Disney+ (select episodes)
Original release	September 28, 2025 (2025-09-28) – present
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The thirty-seventh season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons started airing on Fox on September 28, 2025. The season is the first of four seasons ordered by Fox. It was produced by Gracie Films and 20th Television Animation. The primary showrunner for the season is Matt Selman. In addition to the Fox broadcast season, several episodes were ordered by Disney+ and are scheduled to be released exclusively through the streaming service.

Voice cast and characters

Main articles: List of The Simpsons characters and List of recurring The Simpsons characters

Main cast

• Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Groundskeeper Willie, State Comptroller Atkins, Barney Gumble, Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Mayor Quimby, Sideshow Mel, Krusty the Clown, Mr. Teeny, Gil Gunderson, Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II, Hans Moleman, additional voices
• Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson, Patty and Selma Bouvier
• Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson, Database, Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Muntz, Kearney Zzyzwicz, Maggie Simpson, additional voices
• Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson
• Hank Azaria as Gareth Prince, Chief Wiggum, Superintendent Chalmers, Moe Szyslak, Snake Jailbird, Kirk Van Houten, Comic Book Guy, Professor Frink, Raphael, Coach Krupt, additional voices
• Harry Shearer as Lenny Leonard, Principal Skinner, Officer Eddie, Mr. Largo, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, Reverend Lovejoy, Ned Flanders, Otto Mann, Rainier Wolfcastle, additional voices

Supporting cast

• Tress MacNeille as Agnes Skinner, Myra, Shauna Chalmers, Lindsay Naegle, Amazon Alexa, Dolph Shapiro, Brandine Spuckler, Joseph Quimby III, additional voices
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Dr. Hibbert, additional voices
• Kimberly Brooks as Janey Powell, Lewis Clark, additional voices
• Rosalie Chiang as Hubert Wong
• Mo Collins as Jimbo Jones
• Grey DeLisle as Sherri and Terri, Martin Prince, Üter, Wendell Borton, Ham, additional voices
• Alex Désert as Carl Carlson, Officer Lou, additional voices
• Chris Edgerly as Fatberg (in "Treehouse of Horror XXXVI"), additional voices
• Dawnn Lewis as Bernice Hibbert, Pam (in "Parahormonal Activity"), additional voices
• Jonathan Lipow as various animals
• Kelly Macleod as Milhouse Van Houten
• Tony Rodríguez as Julio
• Maggie Roswell as Luann Van Houten, Miss Hoover, additional voices
• Jenny Yokobori as additional voices

Guest cast

Guest stars for the season include Kieran Culkin, Glenn Howerton, Albert Brooks, Cole Escola, Danny Pudi, Adam Pally, Brendan Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, Idris Elba, Jon Lovitz, Michael Keaton, Viola Davis, ^[1] and Lindsay Lohan ^[2] .

Episodes

See also: List of The Simpsons episodes and List of The Simpsons episodes (season 21–present)

No. overall	No. in season	Title  [3]	Directed by	Written by	Original release date  [3]	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
791	1	"Thrifty Ways to Thieve Your Mother"	Gabriel DeFrancesco	Jessica Conrad	September 28, 2025 (2025-09-28)	36ABF13	1.10 [4]
After Marge introduces Lisa to the '90s teen drama Keagan's Pond via DVD, she also shows her some of the old clothing she used to wear as a kid. Lisa likes the retro style and wears it to school, where a group of fashionista kids love her new look. But soon Lisa abandons her mother for her new friends and accidentally gives them the idea to raid the closets of other Springfield mothers to get retro threads. Meanwhile, Homer discovers a macho action drama show named Clincher and gets hooked on watching it. Guest stars :  Paul Brittain as Shawn Garrett Evanson and Keagan, Cole Escola as Devin, David Herman as John Clinch and Stephanie Hsu as Vidalia Note :  This episode was dedicated in memory of longtime series composer Alf Clausen, who died on May 29. [5] [6] [7] [8]
792	2	"Keep Chalm and Gary On"	Timothy Bailey	Christine Nangle	October 5, 2025 (2025-10-05)	36ABF14	3.04 [9]
When attempts to stop the children of Springfield Elementary using A.I. to cheat cost Superintendent Chalmers his job, he becomes a janitor at the nuclear plant and discovers that slime excreted by giant radioactive snails there can be used as a miracle skin-care product. Guest stars :  Cole Escola as Devin, Adam Pally as Ben and Kerry Washington as Rayshelle Peyton Note :  This episode was dedicated in memory of Jane Goodall.
793	3	"Treehouse of Horror XXXVI"	Matthew Faughnan	Broti Gupta & Michael Price & Dan Greaney	October 19, 2025 (2025-10-19)	36ABF15	4.08 [10]
Three different stories are told: "The Last Days of Crisco": In a parody of The Blob , a fat-eating monster emerges from the sewers. With Chief Wiggum being its first victim, current Chief of Police Lou tries to warn the town about. "The Clown Night of the Devil": In 1995 as a parody of Late Night with the Devil , Krusty the Clown's Halloween special gets disrupted by the Devil who starts possessing different attendees. "Plastic World": In a parody of Waterworld with elements of the Mad Max franchise, plastic items have covered the world as everyone struggles to survive while contending with those that were thought dead who have been turned into Plastic People. Guest stars :  Ike Barinholtz as Wayne the Grip, Viola Davis as Plastic World Narrator/Plastic Maggie Simpson, Idris Elba as the Devil, Matt Groening as Himself, and Michael Keaton as Hal Julian
794	4	"Men Behaving Manly"	Steven Dean Moore	John Frink	October 26, 2025 (2025-10-26)	36ABF12	1.05 [11]
The men of Springfield are in a crisis of masculinity, becoming lazy and lazy good-for-nothings, which prompts Marge to send them to a Man Camp to understand empathy and the feelings of women. Guest stars :  Albert Brooks as Greg and Maurice LaMarche as Fred Flintstone
795	5	"Bad Boys... for Life?"	Eric Koenig	Al Jean	November 2, 2025 (2025-11-02)	36ABF17	1.13 [12]
Finding nothing good to watch on television, the Simpson family recount the time when Homer’s bad parenting led to 6-year-old Bart's first prank, which then saw Bart almost taken away to be put in juvenile detention when he is misdiagnosed as a psychopath. Guest stars :  Maurice LaMarche as Jerry Seinfeld, Matthew Modine as Dr. Leonard Stern, Troy Baker as Jonesy and Suzie Yeung as Hope
796	6	"Bart 'N' Frink"	Rob Oliver	Brian Kelley	November 9, 2025 (2025-11-09)	36ABF16	1.99 [13]
Bart ends up loving Professor Frink's home laboratory, which led to him becoming his assistant, and the Simpsons accompany Frink to his college reunion. Guest stars :  Glenn Howerton as Peter Linz and Danny Pudi as Johnson Bryans
797	7	"Sashes to Sashes"	Mike Frank Polcino	Ryan Koh	November 16, 2025 (2025-11-16)	36ABF18	0.89 [14]
In an election to see who will run for student council president at Springfield Elementary School, Bart runs against the son of Mayor Quimby named Joe Quimby III. Flashbacks show Mayor Quimby's early life being brought up by his father Joe Quimby Sr. as well as his brief marriage to Beatrice Bouvier. Guest stars :  Carrie Coon as Beatrice Bouvier, Cole Escola as Devin, Brendan Gleeson as Joe Quimby Sr. (old), Domhnall Gleeson as Joe Quimby Sr. (young)
798	8	"The Day of the Jack-up"	Mike Frank Polcino	Joel H. Cohen	November 23, 2025 (2025-11-23)	37ABF01	2.46 [15]
In this episode that evokes the elements of Operation Flagship and Trap , Mr. Burns opens a new high-tech concert hall and Lisa's favourite K-Pop band Kneesock Dolls are one of the first acts to hold a concert. But when a ticket scalper known as "SeatMiser" buys up all of the tickets and resells them, Homer does what he can to get Lisa to see the Kneesock Dolls while Mayor Quimby hires an FBI Profiler to help Chief Wiggum catch SeatMiser who is someone they'd least suspect. Guest stars :  Paget Brewster as FBI Profiler, Symone Holliday and Courtney Rosemont as Kneesock Dolls
799	9	"Aunt Misbehavin'"	Gabriel DeFrancesco	Juliet Kaufman	November 30, 2025 (2025-11-30)	37ABF02	N/A
While Bart's dental checkup antics cause a costly bill that results in Homer taking a power drill to Bart’s Xbox, Selma gets a promotion at work that frustrates Patty. This leads Bart and Patty to conspire to have Homer declared legally dead only for it to backfire on both of them that involves Selma waking up in bed with a man named Merle. Guest stars :  Stephen Tobolowsky as Merle, Mike Cullen as Rusty the Piercer, and Gary Janetti as Stylish Patron Note : This episode was dedicated in memory of Dan McGrath.
800	10	"Guess Who's Coming to Skinner"	Rob Oliver	John Frink	December 7, 2025 (2025-12-07)	37ABF04	N/A
Principal Skinner discovers that a boy named Hub has been living in the school library. As he has no parents, Principal Skinner has no choice but to take him in and be a foster parent. Guest stars :  Kieran Culkin as Alexander "Hub" Hubley and Farmer McGregor, Karen Gillan as Mayisie MacWheldon, Kurtwood Smith as Mr. Hubley, Barry Sonnenfeld as Phillip Ho-Hum, and Kerry Washington as Rayshelle Peyton Note : This is the 800th episode to air, while the advertised 800th episode to be produced will air on February 15, 2026. [16]
801	11	"Parahormonal Activity"	Chris Clements	Loni Steele Sosthand	December 14, 2025 (2025-12-14)	37ABF03	N/A
In the near future, a hormonal onslaught affects Bart and Lisa as Marge copes with it. Meanwhile, Homer is made Ned Flanders' best man at his upcoming wedding to a woman named Pam. Guest stars :  Lindsay Lohan as Maggie Simpson, Jon Lovitz as Artie Ziff, and Megan Mullally as Sarah Wiggum Note : This episode was dedicated in memory of Frank Gehry.
802	12	"¡The Fall Guy-Yi-Yi!" [17]	TBA	Cesar Mazariegos [18]	December 28, 2025 (2025-12-28)	TBA	TBD
Guest stars :  Humberto Vélez as Bumblebee Man and Accented Voice, Alejandro Iñárritu as himself, and Johnny Knoxville as himself
803	13	"Seperance" [19]	TBA	Jeff Westbrook	January 4, 2026 (2026-01-04)	TBA	TBD
Guest stars :  Julianne Moore as Consonance and Zach Cherry as Farley

Production

On April 2, 2025, following the release of the thirty-sixth season, it was announced that Fox had renewed The Simpsons for four more seasons, intending to take it to the fortieth season, with fifteen episodes each. ^{[20] [21] [22]} In addition, two episodes per season were ordered to be released exclusively on the streaming service Disney+. ^[23] Executive producer Matt Selman continued his role as primary showrunner, a role he had since the thirty-third season. ^{[23] [24]} Selman had previously been the showrunner for several episodes each season since the twenty-third season. ^[24] This is the final season in which executive producer Al Jean also served as showrunner for several episodes. ^{[25] [26]} The season will include the 800th episode of the series that will air on Fox. The Treehouse of Horror episode included an opening segment from guest animator Stan Kelly of The Onion . ^[1]

Release

The season premiered on September 28, 2025, on Fox's Animation Domination block along with Bob's Burgers , Krapopolis and Universal Basic Guys . ^{[27] [28]} The 800th production episode of the series will premiere on February 15, 2026, along with the season finale. ^{[16] [29]}

References

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19. Episode Title: (SI-3707) "Seperance"
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External links

• Official website
• The Simpsonsseason 37 at IMDb