The Simpsons season 31

The Simpsons season 31
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes18
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseSeptember 29, 2019 (2019-09-29) –
May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)
chronology

The 31st season of The Simpsons first started showing on television on September 29, 2019 with the episode "The Winter of Our Monetized Content". It was first announced on February 6, 2019.[1] It is the last season to show Russi Taylor because she died on July 26, 2019. She had been with the show since the first season and voices characters like Martin Prince, Sherri and Terri, and Üter Zörker. The episode "Thanksgiving of Horror" is the last episode to have her voice in it.

The episodes and writers "Go Big or Go Homer" (John Frink), "Livin' La Pura Vida" (Brian Kelley), and "Thanksgiving of Horror" (Dan Vebber) were nominated for Outstanding Writing in Animation for the 72nd Writers Guild of America Awards.[2] On February 1, 2020, Dan Vebber and the episode "Thanksgiving of Horror" won.[3]

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [4]Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [4]Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
6631"The Winter of Our Monetized Content"Bob AndersonRyan KohSeptember 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)YABF192.33[5]
6642"Go Big or Go Homer"Matthew FaughnanJohn FrinkOctober 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)YABF215.63[6]
6653"The Fat Blue Line"Michael PolcinoBill OdenkirkOctober 13, 2019 (2019-10-13)YABF222.13[7]
6664"Treehouse of Horror XXX"Timothy BaileyJ. Stewart BurnsOctober 20, 2019 (2019-10-20)YABF185.42[8]
6675"Gorillas on the Mast"Matthew NastukMax CohnNovember 3, 2019 (2019-11-03)YABF202.02[9]
6686"Marge the Lumberjill"Rob OliverRyan KohNovember 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)ZABF025.00[10]
6697"Livin La Pura Vida"Timothy BaileyBrian KelleyNovember 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)ZABF032.08[11]
6708"Thanksgiving of Horror"Rob OliverDan VebberNovember 24, 2019 (2019-11-24)YABF175.42[12]
6719"Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?"Chris ClementsTim Long and Miranda ThompsonDecember 1, 2019 (2019-12-01)ZABF041.99[13]
67210"Bobby, It's Cold Outside"Steven Dean MoreJohn Frink and Jeff WestbrookDecember 15, 2019 (2019-12-15)ZABF014.97[14]
67311"Hail to the Teeth"Mark KirklandElisabeth Kiernan AverickJanuary 5, 2020 (2020-01-05)ZABF051.81[15]
67412"The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"Matthew NastukJ. Stewart BurnsFebruary 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)ZABF061.95[16]
67513"Frinkcoin"Steven Dean MooreRob LaZebnikFebruary 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)ZABF071.84[17]
67614"Bart the Bad Guy"Jennifer MoellerDan VebberMarch 1, 2020 (2020-03-01)ZABF081.66[18]
67715"Screenless"Michael PolcinoJ. Stewart BurnsMarch 8, 2020 (2020-03-08)ZABF091.63[19]
67816"Better Off Ned"Rob OliverAl Jean (story)
Joel H. Cohen and Jeft West brook (teleplay)
March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)ZABF111.70[20]
67917"Highway to Well"Chris ClementsCarolyn OmineMarch 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)ZABF101.66[21]
68018"The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby"Bob AndersonTom Gammill and Max ProssApril 19, 2020 (2020-04-19)YABF131.58[22]
68119"Warrin' Priests Part 1"Bob AndersonPete HolmesApril 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)ZABF121.35[23]
68220"Warrin' Priests Part 2"Matthew NastukPete HolmesMay 3, 2020 (2020-05-03)ZABF131.36[24]
68321"The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds"Jennifer MoellerJoel H. CohenMay 10, 2020 (2020-05-10)ZABF141.40[25]
68422"The Way of the Dog"Matthew FaughnanCarolyn OmineMay 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)ZABF161.89[26]

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