The 35th season of Matt Groening’s beloved The Simpsons will debut on Disney+ on October 2, it was announced at the D23 Disney fan event in Anaheim on Saturday. The multi-award winning series will feature 18 new episodes this season. Conan O’Brien, John Cena, Tom Hanks and Danny Devito will be among the new guest voices this season.
During “The Simpsons” panel, Matt Groening, Matt Selman, Al Jean, Mike Price, Brian Kelley, David Silverman and Nancy Cartwright also revealed that four never-before-seen episodes of the series will be made available exclusively to Disney+ subscribers. This includes a special Christmas-themed double episode premiering December 17, timed to the 35th anniversary of the series’ original Christmas special. The four exclusive episodes, titled “The Past and the Furious,” “Yellow Planet,” and “O C’mon All Ye Faithful” — a Christmas double-episode — will debut in the months ahead on Disney+.
Disney+ will also be home to an exclusive new Halloween-themed Simpsons short. In addition to 35 seasons of The Simpsons, Disney+ is also home to “The Simpsons Movie” and more than 10 shorts featuring the Simpsons family.
