Season 26

Season 26 has been confirmed, but not much is really known about it. It will premiere sometime in fall 2014.

Announcement
Kevin Reilly, Chairman of Entertainment for the Fox Broadcasting Company, announced on October 4, 2013 that The Simpsons will be going into its twenty-sixth season.


 * "For more than a quarter of a century, The Simpsons has captured the hearts and minds of fans in a way that transcends ages, languages and cultures," said Reilly. "This groundbreaking series is not only the longest-running scripted show in television history, it's one of the greatest sitcoms of our time, and I'm looking forward to yet another landmark season."

Episodes Confirmed

 * The Simpson family will appear on Family Guy in a crossover epsiode, "The Simpsons Guy", slated to primere in September 2014 as the FG season 13 premiere. The episode will involve the Griffin family coming to Springfield, meeting and befrending the Simpsons with the following subplots
 * Peter & Homer argue about Beer
 * Lisa tries to find Meg's special talents
 * Stewie is fascinated with Bart's old-school pranks
 * Marge befriends Lois and the two bond
 * Treehouse of Horror XXV
 * Opposites A-Frack
 * An episode that will have guest star Jeff Ross.

Character death
In an upcoming episode, tentatively scheduled for the season 26 premiere, a character will be killed off who is voiced by Emmy Award-winning voice actor who won an Emmy for that role. Al Jean has stated that it will not be Edna Krabappel as that character would be retired following the death of her voice actor, Marcia Wallace, who had died four weeks after the announcement, on October 25, 2013.

On October 11, 2013, Entertainment Weekly reported that Al Jean stated the character had appeared on the show more than twice. The story the death occurs in is "an emotional story" and the manner of the death would be "funny". At the time of the interview, the actor had not informed which character it would be. Jean also warned about misinformation: "We'll be putting out a lot of false leads in the coming months to try to trick people into watching the premiere", followed by "It'll be bigger than 'Who shot J.R.?', but not as big as 'Who Shot Mr. Burns?"

Hank Azaria has confirmed that it will not be one of his characters. In an interview with The Independent, he stated that he had been told which character it will be and it was not a character he voiced.