According to Variety, “The Season 19 DVD includes 20 episodes and features “collectible Homer Simpson packaging,” Jean said. There are also custom menus on every disc, along with commentary on every episode, he added.

That will finally give fans a complete set of the first 20 seasons. For a long time it looked like DVD collectors would be out of luck, as “The Simpsons” had been on a regular DVD release schedule up until Season 17 in December 2014. And then production halted on any future seasons.””

The panel has started! Here’s the live report of the most relevant bits of the panel:
(Time is local San Diego time)

12:00 – Panel has started!

Everybody with a ticket to #TheSimpsons panel at #SDCC, you have a right – no, a duty – to enjoy yourself. Starting now in Ballroom 20!

— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) July 20, 2019

12:06 – Some Disney-related jokes.

Matt Groening – “We did spend the last thirty years telling Disney jokes, but now…things have changed.” #TheSimpsons #TheSimpsonsPanel

— Best Entertainment Reviews (@BestEntReviews) July 20, 2019

12:20 – This year, 10 of the 22 episodes will be written by women, says writer Stephanie Gillis

“This year 10 of our 22 episodes are written by women.” — @stevie_gillis on female writers for #TheSimpsons. #SDCC

— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) July 20, 2019

12:26 – A Clip from THOH XXX makes the crowd go wild!

The crowd just went wild for a sneak peek at Treehouse of Horror XXX. ????????#TheSimpsons #SDCC

— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) July 20, 2019

"exhilarating clip from thoh in which a satanic Maggie does all crazy things till Ned tries to kill her to get the devil's mark, Mickey Mouse (Disney)" #TheSimpsons #SDCC #ComicCon https://t.co/0Tg2sFZKAG

— Wikisimpsons (@simpsonswiki) July 20, 2019

12:30 – A comment on the show being available in the upcoming Disney+ streaming service.

"The world of television is streaming. We are going to be on Disney+ with all the Marvel shows and I couldn’t think of a better place where we could be.” – showrunner @AlJean on the Disney merge. #TheSimpsons #SDCC

— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) July 20, 2019

12:36 – Classic “Another Simpsons Movie” question during Q&A session.

Will there ever be another #TheSimpsons movie?

"The first movie killed us. The people that did the movie also did the TV show. So we are still recovering, but we will get to it one day." — Matt Groening #SDCC

— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) July 20, 2019

12:40 – And another classic. The “Will Futurama ever return?” question.

Groening on #Futurama 's return: "maybe". Nothing official… Appassionati #TheSimpsons , eccovi @omelette73 in diretta #ComicCon2019! Brilliant #ReportingItalianStyle by @omelette73 . @AlJean @mattselman @CarolynOmine @YeardleySmith @MikeUndersaw @tubatron @mxedtr ???? https://t.co/dWy3t7fZAv

— Silvia Pompei (@silviopina) July 20, 2019

12:45 – And great news!! Season 19 is getting DVD release this year!!

⁦@TheSimpsons⁩ panel we all went mental when ⁦@AlJean⁩ announced #TheSimpsons Season 19 DVD is finally being released. #SDCC ⁦@Comic_Con⁩ #Season19IsFree ???????????? pic.twitter.com/wK2cdF4oZA

— Stephanie Gillis (@stevie_gillis) July 21, 2019

‘The Simpsons’ Will Finally Release Season 19 on DVD, Helping Out Purist Collectors https://t.co/8KpHT7iuHF

— Variety (@Variety) July 20, 2019

12:50 – The panel is now over! Season 31 starts on September 29, 2019!!

All the fun of sitting down, being quiet, paying attention: #TheSimpsons panel had it all. Thanks for joining us at #SDCC!

— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) July 20, 2019

Here is a recap posted by The Simpsons Twitter!

Please enjoy these perfectly cromulent highlights from today's #FOXSDCC panel. ⬇️ #TheSimpsons #SDCC19 pic.twitter.com/1vRjErgmdn

— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) July 21, 2019

And some fan fair from the Animation on Fox channel on Youtube!

That’s been all for this year!
Stay tuned for more!

The Simpsons CRAP-TACULAR! Keychain Series features 18 different keyrings. If you collect all eighteen before the season 30 premiere and send a photo of them to Kidrobot, you will get “something crap-tacular”. Each blind box costs $5.99.

Kidrobot has been releasing Simpsons figures since 2008. See our article for all their figures.

The Simpsons D’ohnut is a a doughnut that is currently only available in Australia. It is a glazed doughnut dipped in white chocolate truffle with strawberry flavoring and rainbow sprinkles.

There is no known release outside of Australia as of yet.

You can buy the doughnuts from their website.

The year 2017 has brought lots of news related to The Simpsons. It’s been a long year, and lots of events have taken place. There have been good news and bad news, milestones to celebrate, Tapped Out updates to play with (and connection issues to get mad with), and much more. In conclusion, here’s a summary of the most relevant Simpsons-related news from 2017!

The Simpsons airs its first one-hour episode, “The Great Phatsby”

On January 15, The Simpsons aired its first one-hour episode, “The Great Phatsby“!

In the episode, Mr. Burns tries to relive his glory days, and crosses paths with a mysterious music mogul. After being conned by him and reduced to bankruptcy, Mr. Burns seeks revenge on the music producer with the help of Homer, Bart, rapper Jazzy James and the mogul’s ex-wife, Praline. Also, Lisa is courted by the richest kid in town, Smithers begins a perilous journey and Marge opens an obscure boutique store.

See also: The official plot for “The Great Phatsby” has been released!

“Kamp Krustier”, the sequel of “Kamp Krusty”

On March 5, the episode “Kamp Krustier” aired as a sequel of the season 4 episode “Kamp Krusty”.

In the episode, when Bart and Lisa return home abruptly after a traumatic incident at Kamp Krusty, they put an end to Homer and Marge’s romantic encounters. Without sex to distract him, Homer becomes a more productive worker and caring husband, but Marge misses the old Homer. Then, Bart and Lisa return to camp to confront the source of their trauma.

See also: he Plot, Air Date and Special Guests of “Kamp Krustier” have been released!

“Embiggen” becomes a perfectly “cromulent” word

On April 12, the Oxford English Dictionary added the words “embiggen” and “cromulent”. The words were both made popular in The Simpsons episode “Lisa the Iconoclast“.

See also: “Embiggen” is now a perfectly “cromulent” word!

30 Years of the Simpson family

On April 19, the world celebrated the 30th anniversary of the first ever appearance of the Simpson family, as the first Simpson short from The Tracey Ullman Show aired on April 19, 1987.

See also: 30 Years of the World’s Most Beloved Family!

DVDs are back!

The ‘Simpsons’ panel on Comic-Con 2017 brought a huge surprise for the fans: DVDs are back. After FOX cancelled the production of Simpsons DVDs and Blu-Ray back in early 2015, showrunner Al Jean announced during the 2017 panel that S18 was going to be released on DVD on December 5.

See also: SD Comic-Con 2017: Panel Highlights!

Alf Clausen got ‘fired’

In late August, Alf Clausen, long-time composer for The Simpsons, was “fired” from the show after 27 years composing music for the show. ‘The Simpsons’ producers said that he would continue to have a role on the show.

He is currently being credited as “Compositor Emeritus”.

See also: Alf Clausen Fired from ‘The Simpsons’!

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

On October 22, a documentary about the episode “Homer at the Bat” aired on FOX Sports. The documentary was titled “Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson”.

See also: A documentary on “Homer at the Bat” was announced!

Disney to Acquire Rights to ‘The Simpsons’

In early December, Disney announced that they plan to buy a majority of 21st Century Fox‘s assets.

Among these acquisitions are the X-Men, Avatar and The Simpsons.

It is currently unknown what impact, if any, this deal will have on The Simpsons (apart from the fact that Princess Kashmir would technically become a “Disney Princess”).

See also: Disney to Acquire Rights to ‘The Simpsons’!

Among the Simpsons-related people who left us during 2017 are:

*Sooan Kim, age 62, on January 20.
*Dan Spiegle, age 96, on January 28.
*Chuck Berry, age 90, on March 18.
*Adam West, age 88, on June 9.
*Martin Landau, age 89, on July 15.
*June Foray, age 99, on July 26.
*Dell Hake, age 73, on August 10.
*Jerry Lewis, age 91, on August 20.
*Len Wein, age 69, September 10.
*Hugh Hefner, age 91, on September 27.
*Tom Petty, age 66, on October 2.

Thanks for reading

Thanks for reading this post and let’s hope that 2018 will continue to bring more Simpsons-related news as 2017 and previous years have done.

Happy New Year 2018 from Wikisimpsons/The Springfield Shopper!

And don’t forget,
Stay tuned for more!

11:58 – Al Jean announces a “big surprise” for the panel.

.@TheSimpsons about to announce some great news (no kidding)…

— Al Jean (@AlJean) July 22, 2017

12:05 – The panel starts with a screening of the video “Donald Trump’s First 100 Days In Office”

12:09 – Live animation again! Only that this time Bart is donig a live Q&A!

#Ballroom20 #SDCC17 #Simpsons I love how they got the Q&A with Bart pic.twitter.com/tXyzRObddB

— Ann K (@cymru88) July 22, 2017

12:15 – The Simpsons will be released on DVD again!

Source

12:23 – Al Jean confirms that commentaries for Seasons 18-20 have been recorded and the S20 ones will soon be available on Simpsonsworld.com!

"We've done commentary for Seasons 18, 19, and 20." @AlJean at #TheSimpsons #SDCC2017 panel.

— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) July 22, 2017

12:26 – “How did you react to Homer being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?” “They must’ve lowered their standards.”

"How did you react to Homer being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?" "They must've lowered their standards." ???? #TheSimpsons #SDCC2017

— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) July 22, 2017

Note: Nancy Cartwright (voice of Bart) and Joe Mantegna (voice of Fat Tony) are also panelists this year.

12:32 – “I’d tear the arms off that guy.” ???? @nancycartwright on who would win in a fight between Bart and Stewie! #SDCC2017 #TheSimpsons

"I'd tear the arms off that guy." ???? @nancycartwright on who would win in a fight between Bart and Stewie! #SDCC2017 #TheSimpsons

— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) July 22, 2017

12:37 – A future episode could show a timeline where Lisa is married to a woman.

#SDCC #Simpsons #Ballroom20
A future episode could show a timeline where Lisa is married to a woman.
And Matt… https://t.co/dEuWiok0yz

— Geek Elite Radio (@GeekEliteRadio) July 22, 2017

12:39 – Chants against Trump (“Lock Him Up”) are heard in the room!

#Simpsons panel leads a #Ballroom20 chant of "Lock Him Up"! #SDCC2017 gets political. Love it!

— SippingSisters Pod (@3SippingSisters) July 22, 2017

12:43 – There will be a Futurama announcement at the end of the month!

Futurama announcement due at the end of the month. – Matt Groening during the Simpsons Panel #futurama #sdcc2017

— Marie McLendon (@mlrusso513) July 22, 2017

12:43 – Lucky fans at #SDCC2017 panel are viewing an EXCLUSIVE first look at this year’s Treehouse of Horror! (Spoiler: Maggie gets possessed) The segment is called “The Exor-Sis”.

Lucky fans at our #SDCC2017 panel are viewing an EXCLUSIVE first look at this year's Treehouse of Horror! #TheSimpsons

— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) July 22, 2017

End of @TheSimpsons panel was a full segment from Treehouse of Horror – #Exor-Sis – Maggie gets possessed #Simpsons #FoxAnimation

— Mike Millerick (@mikestockton) July 22, 2017

#SDCC #Simpsons #Ballroom20
They just showed us one segment of this year's Treehouse Of Horrors. "The Exor-Sis" – Mitch

— Geek Elite Radio (@GeekEliteRadio) July 22, 2017

12:45 – And the panel is over for this year!

Stay tuned for more because in some minutes we’ll do a post with the panel highlights!

To get your viewer for free, all you need to do is go to simpsonscardboard.com and sign up and order it. This is only open to residents of the United States and isn’t available to anyone else in the world.

For a full gallery of designs, see our article.

According to China Daily, the first stores are scheduled to open in Beijing and Shanghai during the first half of 2016.

“This year will be an important one for us as we are opening the first Simpsons store along with our Chinese partners,” said Jeffrey Godsick, president of 20th Century Fox Consumer Products.

The store in Beijing is scheduled to open in March, while the one in Shanghai are set to open in June.

The decision to launch themed stores for the 27-year-old show was based on its familiarity among Chinese audiences and the success of ‘The Simpsons’ products.

The stores will occupy about 250 square meters and consumers will be able to find about 200 products including T-shirts, hats, jackets, pants, cell phone cases, lifestyle accessories, stationery, shoes, sneakers, socks, …

According to Godsick, the products will continue to expand and change according to seasons, and between 25 and 50 percent of the products will be sold exclusively through the stores in the future.

He expected to have 100 such Simpsons’ stores in the future.

Source: China Daily

A 25 year old script finally becomes an episode!

Back in season one of the show, a fairly new comedy writer wrote a script for The Simpsons which was filed away and lost. 25 years later, that episode, written by the now famous Judd Apatow, finally aired. “Bart’s New Friend” sees Homer get hypnotized into thinking he’s a 10 year old kid, who then becomes friends with Bart.

MythBusters

January 10th saw a special The Simpsons special episode of MythBusters air. This special sees the presenters attempt to find out whether a cherry bomb dropped in a school toilet make others act like geysers, in reference to a prank Bart pulled in “The Crepes of Wrath”, and whether placing someone between a wrecking ball and a building protect the building, in reference to the scene from “Sideshow Bob Roberts”. Read about what happens here.

Help, Sky Finger! Criminals have overrun Springfield!

February 18th brought a new event… Superheroes! This event, scheduled to end on March 23rd, added 3 new character collections; Superheroes, Vigilantes and Criminals. The update is split into four parts, called issues, and there is a comic book theme to the music, text, text bubbles and other parts. For full details, read our article.

See also: Homer’s leading the charge in an all-new Tapped Out event!

RIP Sam Simon

On March 8th, co-creator of The Simpsons Sam Simon sadly passed away after a long battle with colorectal cancer. Simon left the show in season 4 but continued to be credited as an executive producer for the show.

See also: RIP Sam Simon

Lisa Simpson’s Guide to Geek Chic

On March 17th, Lisa Simpson’s Guide to Geek Chic was released. This was the fourth book in the series of Vault of Simpsonology.

See also: Lisa Simpson’s Guide to Geek Chic now available!

FOX cancels “The Simpsons” …DVD production

On April 10, FOX announced that seasonal DVD releases of The Simpsons were being discontinued.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, “A distribution source close to the series confirmed seasons of The Simpsons will no longer be released on DVD now that nearly every episode of the animated sitcom is available online at the touch of a button. ”

See also: DVDs are not Forever! – FOX to End ‘The Simpsons’ Seasonal DVD Production!

“The Simpsons” is renewed for Seasons 27 and 28

On May 4, FOX announced that the show had been renewed for a 27th and 28th Season.
According to FOX’s Press Release, Homer stated: “I’ve outlasted Letterman, Jon Stewart and ‘McDreamy,’ because I have something they don’t: a costly 200-donut-a-day addiction”.

See also: The Simpsons renewed for two more seasons!

Harry Shearer

On May 14, it was announced that Harry Shearer would leave the show after the TABFxx production season. Shearer is the human that provides the voices of Mr.Burns, Smithers, Flanders, Skinner, … In an interview with CNN Money, Shearer said “Stay tuned” when asked if there was a possibility he could be back.

And in July 7, he returned to the show.

See also: Harry Shearer leaving The Simpsons; The Harry Shearer Situation; Harry Shearer Returns to The Simpsons!

Marge and Homer are not breaking up

In the Season 27’s season premiere Marge and Homer did not break up. Showrunner Al Jean said in an interview that Marge and Homer would have a trial separation (Not a divorce).

However, there was a misunderstanding with that statement and lots of people thought that they would divorce. FOX published a video in YouTube to stop those rumors.

See also: Homer and Marge Are NOT Breaking Up For Good!!!; FOX publishes a video to stop Marge and Homer’s break-up rumors

Sideshow Bob finally kills Bart (in THOH XXVI)

In the annual Treehouse of Horror special‘s first segment we saw Sideshow Bob fulfilling his lifetime ambition (and he did it about twenty times in the segment.

See also: Season 27 News: Sideshow Bob will finally kill Bart!

Monorail comes to Tapped Out

In August, the Monorail finally came to Tapped Out in a huge event.

See also: Tapped Out: The Monorail is cruising through our cities!

Wikisimpsons turns 10!

On September 24, Wikisimpsons celebrated its tenth anniversary. And in honor of that event, a new skin for the Wiki was released on that day.

See also: Wikisimpsons: The Ten Year Wiki!

“Barthood”

On December 13, the episode “Barthood” aired for the first time. The episode is a Bart-centered parody of the Oscar-nominated film Boyhood.

See also: Bart Goes From “Boyhood” to Manhood in December!

Maggie arrives to Tapped Out for Christmas

On December 9, the Winter 2015 event of Tapped Out was released. And it brought Maggie to the game. The event is still running and will do until early January.

See also: Tapped Out: Christmas arrives early as EA finally brings us Maggie!

Jeffery Godsick, the Consumer Products president of 20th Century Fox, said in an interview with the Irish Sun that “You will enjoy it at home and eventually at bars. We are treating this as real beer, not a novelty.”

In the past, Matt Groening has expressed worry at Duff going for sale as it could promote drinking among kids, as a huge amount of children watch the show.

Sources

• Independent.ie – “The Simpsons’ fans rejoice as Homer’s favourite Duff beer gets set for international release”