--- title: 'The Simpsons' Gets Renewed For 2 More Seasons, 30th season description: On Friday, Fox ordered two more seasons of the animated comedy which will bring the tally of episodes to a whopping 669. canonical: https://time.com/4558873/simpsons-season-renewal/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-04T17:59:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:25.053Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Yes, You're Getting 2 More Seasons of 'The Simpsons' og:description: Marking 669 episodes og:url: https://time.com/4558873/simpsons-season-renewal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ba32ead3b366c9d/6988ad0f196cf43be703dd7b/the-simpsons-season-renewal-record.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FOX's "The Simpsons" - Season Twenty-Seven og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Yes, You're Getting 2 More Seasons of 'The Simpsons' twitter:description: Marking 669 episodes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ba32ead3b366c9d/6988ad0f196cf43be703dd7b/the-simpsons-season-renewal-record.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _The Simpsons_ Breaks Records As It Gets Renewed For 2 More Seasons > Sponsored content. 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Homer recalls a tense trip to the Grand Canyon with the Flanders family in the Fland Canyon episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, April 24.FOX/Getty Images by [Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly Nov 4, 2016 5:59 PM UTC _The_ [_Simpsons_](http://time.com/4505787/the-simpsons-every-600-episode-13-days-fxx/) just received a renewal that will send it into the record books. On Friday, Fox ordered two more seasons of the [animated comedy](http://time.com/4507810/simpsons-arnold-palmer/) — yes, 29th and 30th season — which will bring the tally of episodes to a whopping 669\. That will propel _The Simpsons_ past _Gunsmoke_ — which stands at 635 — as the prime time scripted series boasting the largest number of episodes. The series will have all six main voice actors aboard for these coming seasons. Last year, they signed a four-season deal that ran through season 30, with a network option for seasons 29 and 30. The show, which boasts 32 Emmys on its mantle, kicked off its run in December 1989 after beginning as a series of shorts on _The Tracey Ullman Show_. _The Simpsons_ celebrated the 600-episode milestone last month with its annual Halloween installment, Treehouse of Horror. In a statement, Fox CEOs Dana Walden and Gary Newman said: “This is yet another record-setting moment for what is truly a landmark series. _The Simpsons_ has meant so much to the network, the studio and everyone at Fox, and its continued cultural impact around the globe is a testament to the combined brilliance of Matt, Jim and Al \[Groening, Brooks, and Jean, the show’s executive producers\]. Congratulations to everyone who works on this groundbreaking series – from the voice cast and producers to the writers and production team– you comprise one of the greatest collections of creative talent in the history of the medium. And to the millions of _Simpsons_ fans around the world, thank you for watching all these years. We’re happy to tell you there’s lots more to come.” For more on _The Simpsons_’ current and 28th season, [click here](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/23/simpsons-season-28-600th-episode-trump-burns-schumer). _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/04/simpsons-renewed-two-more-seasons-gunsmoke) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4558873/simpsons-season-renewal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4558873/simpsons-season-renewal/"},"headline":"The Simpsons Breaks Records As It Gets Renewed For 2 More Seasons","datePublished":"2016-11-04T17:59:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:25.053Z","description":"Marking 669 episodes","url":"https://time.com/4558873/simpsons-season-renewal/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ba32ead3b366c9d/6988ad0f196cf43be703dd7b/the-simpsons-season-renewal-record.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ba32ead3b366c9d/6988ad0f196cf43be703dd7b/the-simpsons-season-renewal-record.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FOX's \"The Simpsons\" - Season Twenty-Seven","caption":"Homer recalls a tense trip to the Grand Canyon with the Flanders family in the Fland Canyon episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, April 24.","creditText":"FOX/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4558873/simpsons-season-renewal/","name":"The Simpsons Breaks Records As It Gets Renewed For 2 More Seasons"}}]}] ```