Great news for Simpsons fans everywhere: The show has been renewed for two more seasons!
Following last week’s rumors that the show could be canceled come next spring due to financial reasons, Simpsons executive producer Al Jean is now saying that negotiations with the cast have been successful and that the show will live on to be at least 25 seasons (559 episodes) long.
“Our mood is elation, mixed with a sense of ‘Man, we’ve got a lot of work to do.’ Believe me, we don’t look at this as these will definitely be the last two [seasons]. We just want to keep fighting and go as long as we can…. We really feel this isn’t an end but a beginning. It’s a cliché, but it’s the truth.”
Jean won’t comment on the specifics of the deal, other than to note that there were “reductions all over the budget,” and that there weren’t any talks of replacing the cast (“Either they came back or we wouldn’t do the show.) “They understand that the world we live in is different in many ways from 2007,” he says, adding, “Everybody loves this show and realizes it’s the greatest job in the world, and they want to keep doing it. [Executive producer] Jim Brooks, [creator] Matt Groening, and I had one-on-one talks with the cast, and that was the unanimous view.”
Now that’s what I want to hear on a Monday. Duff beer for everyone!
via insidetv.ew
