Future of the Simpsons uncertain

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https://screenrant.com/the-simpsons-fox-tv-future-worrying/

This has me extremely worried. It (and South Park) are my two favorite shows in the world. Watching those shows has been a longstanding requirement for potential romantic partners, and is the basis for relocating to NYC, San Francisco or Seattle (all of which have large fan bases for both shows, which Houston completely lacks).

I watch both shows because conservatives hate them. In fact, I would likely be watching porn if even one of those shows went off the air.

MSN says differently:

• The Simpsons' co-showrunner Al Jean expects many more years of the show.
• Jean expects to see the show cross the 800-episode milestone and hopes it will eventually reach 1,000.
• There are still over 200 more episodes before The Simpsons can reach 1,000 episodes.


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https://gamerant.com/pamela-hayden-retirement-proves-time-end-the-simpsons/

Now I'm really concerned.

How much blood from a stone can you get?

Well, we'll never run out of reruns...

The cure was lampshaded on The Simpsons during an episode wherein the person who voices Ned Flanders was in the midst of contract negotiations(?), and one of the other characters said something like, "The great thing about animation is that you can replace the actor and no one will ever notice."

Then Ned Flanders appears and says, "Hi-diddely-ho, neighbors!" in a voice that sounded just different enough to notice.

Maybe it's time the Simpsons got to visit a big farm upstate with all sorts of other animated shows.

When you think about it, it doesn't really affect you if The Simpsons continues or not if you think it should end.

I think this wrongly assumes that everyone who thinks the show should wrap up isn't a fan of the show.

Fans who want the show to wrap up are mostly worried about the show's legacy, as well as that it uses up resources that would end up being freed up to work on new shows. When the Simpsons is cancelled something will have to replace it.

As far as it's legacy goes, should the show just exist as a a pastiche of itself, like a parody without a point? They've had some pretty solid episodes recently, but there has to be a point at which they let the show wrap up.

There will come a point where the core voice talent is no longer able to perform, ignoring any other issues one might attempt to raise, like Flanderization of most of the major characters, or how the show has jumped the shark more than once (or even 'rides the shark' as I've seen it described).

I think the parody finale episode they did actually addresses some of the problems with how to end the show well. It's been on forever and it'll be hard to end it in a satisfying way, but I'm not sure kicking the can down the road until everybody loses interest is a better way of leaving a satisfying legacy.