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The thirty-first season of the animated television series The Simpsons premiered on Fox in the United States on September 29, 2019, and ended on May 17, 2020. Al Jean continues as showrunner, a position he has held since the thirteenth season.
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Season 31 is the 31st season of The Simpsons that premiered on September 29, 2019, with The Winter of Our Monetized Content and ended on May 17, 2020 with The Way of the Dog.
With 20th Television's dissolvement, starting with Season 32 they will no longer distribute the series as it’s already absorbed into Disney-ABC Domestic Television, which later became the new distributor of the show.
This is also the last season to have white actors voice non-white characters as it was later announced that those characters would not be voiced by those actors anymore in June 2020 as a result of George Floyd protests, with Hank Azaria stepping away from the Apu character in January, primarily because of the stereotypes and bias it perpetuated. Other characters (like Kumiko) also got new voice actors.
Other animated shows also got voice roles stepping down from non-white characters because of protests, these shows that got voice roles recasted were Big Mouth, Central Park, Bob's Burgers, Family Guy and PAW Patrol.
On February 6, 2019, it was announced that The Simpsons had been renewed for Season 31 and Season 32. Al Jean confirmed on his Twitter that there would be the 30th Treehouse of Horror episode of The Simpsons, which would be the 666th episode of the show. This was their first full season after The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of 21st Century Fox since April 20, 2019.
Starting with the digital release of this season would be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. Season 31 came to Disney+ on October 2, 2020.
1.Nellie Andreeva (21 August 2020). Disney Television Studios Rebrands Its Three Units As 20th Television, ABC Signature & Touchstone Television.
2.https://deadline.com/2019/02/the-simpsons-renewed-seasons-31-32-fox-1202550894/
Season 31 is the 31st season of The Simpsons. It started on September 29, 2019 and ended on May 17, 2020. It was announced on February 6, 2019; alongside with Season 32.[1][2]
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- The Winter of Our Monetized Content. 5.4. September 29, 2019 • 22m. When a video of Bart and Homer fighting goes viral, they begin a journey as social media celebrities; Lisa battles the school's new industrialized detention system.
- Go Big or Go Homer. 5.3. October 6, 2019 • 23m. Homer must supervise interns, among whom is a go-getter who asks Homer to be his mentor. Read More. Expand. You need to be logged in to continue.
- The Fat Blue Line. 6.0. October 13, 2019 • 23m. During the San Castellanta street festival, much of the town finds their wallets have been pickpocketed; after the state investigator puts the wrong man in jail, Chief Wiggum sets out to catch the real criminal and show he's still up for police work.
- Treehouse of Horror XXX. 5.6. October 20, 2019 • 23m. The 666th episode of the Simpsons parodies the Omen and Stranger Things, not to mention a little Crazy Rich Aliens.
S31.E4 ∙ Treehouse of Horror XXX. The 30th Treehouse of Horror features a demon Maggie, a mission to rescue Milhouse from another dimension, dead-Homer's spirit trying on some new bodies for size and Selma finally finding love in an unlikely place - the alien in the basement.
On The Simpsons Season 31 Episode 5, Homer buys a boat and quickly realizes boat ownership sucks and Lisa wants to set free Springfield's most vicious animals.
