Season 32

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Season 32

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Season 32
Season Information
Original Run	September 27, 2020 - May 23, 2021
Number of Episodes	22
Season Chronology
Previous season	31
Next season	33

Season 32 is the 32nd season of The Simpsons that premiered on September 27, 2020, with "Undercover Burns" and ended on May 23, 2021, with "The Last Barfighter".

It was announced when Al Jean confirmed on his Twitter that there would be a 31st Treehouse of Horror episode of The Simpsons. This season also contains the 700th episode of the show. On February 6, 2019, it was announced that The Simpsons had been renewed for Season 31 and Season 32.

This season consists of seven holdovers from Season 31, most episodes were originally a part of the season supposedly but were pushed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On August 10, 2020, the original 20th Television folded due to a rebrand of the former Fox assets by their new owner Disney. The 20th Television name however was kept after 20th Century Fox Television was renamed. However, this season ended up being the last under the 20th Television name, as 20th Television Animation will take full control with the next season, alongside other animated Fox shows. This is also the final season where Al Jean served as a full-time showrunner. He was the showrunner since Season 13.

Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, a number of fans consider this season to be an improvement from the previous few seasons. Season 32 came to Disney+ on September 29, 2021.

Episodes

Screenshot	Total Episode #	Season Episode #	Title	Production Code	Original Airdate	Title Reference	Viewers in Millions
	685	1	"Undercover Burns"	ZABF19	Sunday, September 27, 2020	Undercover Boss
Mr. Burns finds out that his employees don't like him, so he goes undercover in a robot suit as a man named Fred, and tries to find out what people have been saying about him. But he befriends Homer, Carl, and Lenny.
	686	2	"I, Carumbus"	ZABF18	Sunday, October 4, 2020	¡Ay, caramba! and I, Claudius
At a museum exhibit of Ancient Rome, Marge and Homer get into an argument about Homer's lack of ambition. They then imagine a Roman version of what would happen if Homer was more career-driven.
	687	3	"Now Museum, Now You Don't"	ZABF21	Sunday, October 11, 2020	Now You See 'Em, Now You Don't
Lisa stays home from school and fantasizes about the history of Western art.
	688	4	"Treehouse of Horror XXXI"	ZABF17	Sunday, November 1, 2020	Segment 1: Toy Story Segment 2: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Segment 3: Russian Doll
This year, Homer learns the hard way that voting in elections does matter; the toys Bart once tortured and abused get their revenge; Homer finds a nickel slot machine that brings alternate universe versions of Homer into the current universe; and Lisa is cursed to repeat her ninth birthday.
	689	5	"The 7 Beer Itch"	ZABF15	Sunday, November 8, 2020	The seven-year itch
When Marge and the kids take a seaside vacation, Homer is unwittingly tempted by a British femme fatale named Lily Marleen.

Image	#	Title	Prod. Code	Airdate	Title Reference
	690	Podcast News	ZABF22	Sunday, November 15, 2020	Broadcast News
	691	Three Dreams Denied	QABF02	Sunday, November 22, 2020	N/A
	692	The Road to Cincinnati	ZABF20	Sunday, November 29, 2020	The Road to El Dorado
	693	Sorry Not Sorry	QABF01	Sunday, December 6, 2020	Sorry Not Sorry (Demi Lovato song)
	694	A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas	QABF03	Sunday, December 13, 2020	N/A
	695	The Dad-Feelings Limited	QABF04	Sunday, January 3, 2021	The Darjeeling Limited
	696	Diary Queen	QABF05	Sunday, February 21, 2021	Dairy Queen
	697	Wad Goals	QABF06	Sunday, February 28, 2021	Squad Goals
	698	Yokel Hero	QABF07	Sunday, March 7, 2021	Local Hero
	699	Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?	QABF08	Sunday, March 14, 2021	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
	700	Manger Things	QABF09	Sunday, March 21, 2021	Stranger Things
	701	Uncut Femmes	QABF10	Sunday, March 28, 2021	Uncut Gems
	702	Burger Kings	QABF11	Sunday, April 11, 2021	Burger King
	703	"Panic on the Streets of Springfield"	QABF12	Sunday, April 18, 2021	Panic in the Streets
	704	"Mother and Child Reunion"	QABF14	Sunday, May 9, 2021	Mother and Child Reunion
	705	"The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A."	QABF13	Sunday, May 16, 2021	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
	706	"The Last Barfighter"	QABF15	Sunday, May 23, 2021	The Last Starfighter

The Simpsons at Home Panel

The series had a panel at the 2020 San Diego Comic-Con, which is being marketed as "Comic-Con @ Home", to promote the season, with Al Jean, Matt Selman, David Silverman, Carolyn Omine, and Mike B. Anderson on the panel, with series regular Yeardley Smith serving as moderator.

The season was produced during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic which impacted many other television productions, but left animated production largely unaffected. This surprised Yeardley, who thought that the animation process nowadays requires fancy machinery, but was surprised to find out from Anderson that they were able to adapt to working from home really quickly. Anderson mentions that once COVID-19 reached the states, if one of the animators didn’t have a computer, they would have to be provided one from the office, or tech would set them up with one. Thus, within 1 week to a week and half, Anderson explains that they very quickly got the whole thing running from home. As a result, they are the same meetings, but none of them have to drive for them. Carolyn Omine mentions that while the part of her that’s agoraphobic likes this set up, the other part of her misses the energy of in person table reads. She also says that she personally feels more tired nowadays and needs to take naps. Al Jean went on to say that with no end in sight of this pandemic, he doesn’t know when they’ll be back in a writer’s room. He jokes that it is be the worst place to be at the moment because it would mean lots of people in one room.

In the panel, Mike revealed that he used to direct lots of episodes and started on the show doing background clean up. One of the first things he drew was a seat at Moe's Tavern. Selman mentioned that they recorded the panel on the day of the panel.

Al Jean went on say that he is really happy with all their work on The Simpsons now being available to stream on Disney+. Also featured at the panel was “What Happened to the Halloween Candy?”, a snippet of Treehouse of Horror XXXI.

Al Jean revealed during the Q & A portion of the panel that some guest stars coming to Season 32 are: Hannibal Buress, Olivia Colman, David Harbour and Ben Platt among others. Matt Selman mentioned that Sir Michael Palin from Monty Python was someone he always wanted to get on the show, and they finally were able to have pop into the world of The Simpsons. Carolyn Omine mentioned that there’s two people in particular she wants to get on the show, but hasn’t. But since there’s still time to get them to agree, she won’t say their names just yet. However, she did say that her dream guest star would be Elaine May, but she’s semi-retired, so it’s hard.

Carolyn Omine said Cate Blanchett was great and that Sacha Baron Cohen had three different ideas for his character’s voice. She also enjoyed having Don Cheadle, who came with music he had written. Selman states that Jack Black will always have a special place in his heart because Jack had to learn Korean phonetically to sing the song "Goldfinger" in said language. He mentioned that the James Bond people wouldn’t let them sing the song "Goldfinger", even after they animated the scene and sent them the clip, they wouldn’t clear it. Lastly, Carolyn Omine mentions that she also enjoyed having Stan Lee pop up on the show as a fictionalized version of himself.

One of the fans asked The Simpsons panel if they will ever do an episode that explores Mexican culture. Al Jean responded by saying that for sure, they would love to have an episode where The Simpsons go to Mexico. Another fan asked how it's decided when it comes to new characters, when it goes to someone on the regular cast or guest star. The writers mentioned that sometimes they do have a specific person in mind, and that it’s usually more fun for them to pitch to a guest star a great character, rather than just a cameo as themselves. One fan asked if The Simpsons would ever crossover with Duncanville or Bless the Harts someday. Jean answered that a Duncanville cameo would likely happen soon, since Mike Scully works on both shows. Lastly, Silverman said that the reason The Simpsons are yellow is because it’s a color that also matches the hair and it was easy to do.

Trivia

• This season, along with Season 33-35 contains a lot less billboard, couch, and chalkboard gags than previous seasons. This is possibly due to how long the episodes are.
• Due to the George Floyd protests and heightened concerns over racial inequality, FOX announced on June 26, 2020 that the non-white characters (such as Carl Carlson and Dr. Hibbert, among others) would no longer be voiced by white voice actors. For this season, a diverse cast of voice actors were announced for some characters, with black actor Alex Désert voicing both Carl Carlson and Lou (one of the Springfield cops); Mexican-American actor Eric Lopez voicing Bumblebee Man, Jenny Yokobori voicing Kumiko Albertson, actor Kevin Michael Richardson, who joined the show in Season 21 and voicing minor characters, became the new voice for Dr. Hibbert, Julio, now voiced by Tony Rodriguez (with Mario Jose as his singing voice), and Dawnn Lewis (who was on Futurama as Hermes Conrad's wife, LaBarbara) voicing Bernice Hibbert on the rare times she actually speaks.

Promotional Videos

The Simpsons @ Home Comic-Con@Home 2020