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Season 27 |
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Season 27 was hinted by Al Jean via Twitter, where he stated that the show would definitely not finish in May 2015 [2]. The season premiered on September 27, 2015 with "Every Man's Dream" and ended on May 22, 2016 with "Orange is the New Yellow"".
The Metacritic website reported on August 6, 2014, that the series was "already renewed through 2015-16 season".[3]
In production, this season is the last to be produced by Film Roman. In the next season, Fox Television Animation took over producing the show.
Episodes[]
Image | # | Title | Prod. Code | Airdate | Title Reference |
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575 | Every Man's Dream | TABF14 | Sunday, September 27, 2015 | One Man's Dream |
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576 | Cue Detective | TABF17 | Sunday, October 4, 2015 | True Detective |
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577 | Puffless | TABF19 | Sunday, October 11, 2015 | Duffless |
578 | Halloween of Horror | TABF22 | Sunday, October 18, 2015 | Treehouse of Horror | |
579 | Treehouse of Horror XXVI | TABF18 | Sunday, October 25, 2015 | ||
580 | Friend with Benefit | TABF21 | Sunday, November 8, 2015 | Friends With Benefits | |
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581 | Lisa with an "S" | TABF20 | Sunday, November 22, 2015 | Liza with a Z |
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582 | Paths of Glory | VABF01 | Sunday, December 6, 2015 | Paths of Glory |
583 | Barthood | VABF02 | Sunday, December 13, 2015 | Boyhood | |
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584 | The Girl Code | VABF03 | Sunday, January 3, 2016 | Girl Code |
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585 | Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles | VABF04 | Sunday, January 10, 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
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586 | Much Apu About Something | VABF05 | Sunday, January 17, 2016 | Much Apu About Nothing |
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587 | Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4 | VABF07 | Sunday, February 14, 2016 | Love Is in the Air |
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588 | Gal of Constant Sorrow | VABF06 | Sunday, February 21, 2016 | Man of Constant Sorrow |
589 | Lisa the Veterinarian | VABF08 | Sunday, March 6, 2016 | Lisa the Vegetarian | |
590 | The Marge-ian Chronicles | VABF09 | Sunday, March 13, 2016 | The Martian Chronicles | |
591 | The Burns Cage | VABF10 | Sunday, April 3, 2016 | The Birdcage | |
592 | How Lisa Got Her Marge Back | VABF11 | Sunday, April 10, 2016 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | |
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593 | Fland Canyon | VABF12 | Sunday, April 24, 2016 | Grand Canyon |
594 | To Courier with Love | VABF14 | Sunday, May 8, 2016 | To Sir, with Love | |
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595 | Simprovised | VABF13 | Sunday, May 15, 2016 | Improvised |
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596 | Orange is the New Yellow | VABF15 | Sunday, May 22, 2016 | Orange is the New Black |
Confirmed guest stars[]
- Kelsey Grammer reprises his role as Sideshow Bob.[4]
- Kristen Bell as Harper in "Friend with Benefit".[5]
Trivia[]

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- Nibbles, the class hamster passed away in this season right after Krusty the Clown's father, Hyman Krustofsky passed away in the season 26 episode: "Clown in the Dumps".
- Kevin Michael Richardson did not appear in any of the season's episodes but its final episode.