Simpsons Renewed

Fox has renewed animated comedy series The Simpsons for two more series.

Fox has renewed The Simpsons for a further two seasons which will bring the animated series up to a total of 22 seasons.

The Simpsons is already the longest running series in prime-time in America and the renewal will only cerement the cartoon’s place in the history books. The two season renewal is worth 44 more Simpsons episodes and will take the series close to the 500 episode mark – 493 to be precise.

The series previously aired on BBC Two in the UK for its terrestrial transmission, before switching to the fourth channel.

The production recently switched to HD for the first time and it was also announced, last week, that for the first time Ireland and the UK would see a new episode of the series before the Americans. The episode is a St Patrick Day themed one. In the UK episodes of The Simpsons are shown on Sky One and Channel 4.