Bart Simpson Actress Nancy Cartwright Believes The Simpsons Will End With Season 40

The Simpsons whitethorn lone person a fewer seasons left, according to Bart histrion Nancy Cartwright.

The dependable down the spikey-haired Simpson lad said it's her "opinion" the long-running animated amusement volition extremity with Season 40 during a speech connected the Inside of You podcast with Michael Rosenbaum. Quite simply, erstwhile the big and Smallville histrion asked however agelong Cartwright thinks The Simpsons volition run, she said, without hesitation, "40."

When asked if it volition halt astatine 40 seasons, she clarified, saying, "Yeah."

"You're sure?" helium asked again.

"That's my opinion," she responded.

Nancy Cartwright. Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images.

The Simpsons has been inescapable for astir 40 years. Simpsons creator Matt Groening archetypal introduced the satellite to Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie and the remainder of the municipality of Springfield each the mode backmost successful 1989. It's since gone connected to grow beyond TV, with offshoots including The Simpsons Movie successful 2007, arsenic good arsenic a slew of video games, specified arsenic The Simpsons: Hit & Run.

Fox promised to sprinkle successful much episodes of The Simpsons erstwhile it renewed the amusement up to Season 40 past year. Now, connected the verge of the premiere of its 38th play of tv adjacent month, Cartwright thinks things are starting to upwind down. That's not to accidental she wouldn't beryllium opposed to sticking astir – arsenic agelong arsenic the formed and unit were inactive alive.

"Is everybody inactive alive?" she asked successful the hypothetical scenario.

"Yeah," Rosenbaum replied.

"Yeah, we'll support going then," she said.

Cartwright clarified that, arsenic agelong arsenic she's concerned, arsenic agelong arsenic everyone is inactive kicking successful Springfield, she'll "absolutely" spell arsenic agelong arsenic The Simpsons continues to person renewals. For now, that's conscionable until Season 40, which should get sometime successful 2028.

Although showrunner Matt Selman has said The Simpsons would stray from ever delivering what galore would expect from the mean TV amusement finale, it won't spell retired without a bang. The Simpsons Movie 2 is inactive precise overmuch successful the works and adjacent has a merchandise day of July 23, 2027. For much connected everything going connected successful and extracurricular of Springfield, you tin work astir The Simpsons histrion who retired backmost successful 2024. You tin besides cheque retired IGN's database of the show's apical 36 episodes of each time.

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