Season 24
Original run	2012 - 2013
No. of episodes	Unknown, 20 - 27
Previous season	23
Next season	25

The Simpsons was confirmed on October 7, 2011 as being renewed through its 25th season. This occurred as part of the negotiations with the show's main actors over their salaries as a means of keeping the show going. Season 24 will air during the 2012-2013 television season.^[1]

Al Jean, executive producer of The Simpsons, has said he views the two additional seasons as a beginning and that it is a goal to complete thirty seasons by the end of the decade.^[2]

Episodes

• Moonshine River
• Penny-Wiseguys
• Treehouse of Horror XXIII
• Gone Abie Gone
• Adventures in Baby-Getting
• The Day the Earth Stood Cool
• A Tree Grows in Springfield
• The Changing of the Guardian
• A Test Before Trying
• To Cur, With Love
• Homer Goes to Prep School
• Love is a Many-Splintered Thing
• Hardly Kirk-ing
• Pulpit Fiction

Guest Stars

• Benedict Cumberbatch will appear in an episode entitled "Love is a Many-Splintered Thing", playing the Snake-like British Prime Minister.
• Fred Armisen, a star of Portlandia and a cast member of Saturday Night Live, will be the husband of a "cool" couple who move next door to the Simpsons from Portland in the episode "The Day the Earth Stood Cool"
• Carrie Brownstein, a star of Portlandia, will be the wife of a "cool" couple who move next door to the Simpsons from Portland in the episode "The Day the Earth Stood Cool"
• Jon Lovitz will reprise his role of Artie Ziff in a segment of "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" that relates to Back to the Future and features an alternate storyline of Homer and Marge.
• Anne Hathaway will reprise her role of Jenny, a girl who Bart dated, in the episode "Moonshine River"
• Natalie Portman will reprise her role of Darcy, a girl who Bart dated, in the episode "Moonshine River"
• Sarah Silverman will reprise her role of Nikki, a girl who Bart dated, in the episode "Moonshine River"
• Sarah Michelle Gellar will reprise her of Gina, a girl who Bart dated, in the episode "Moonshine River"
• Zooey Deschanel will reprise her of Mary, a girl who Bart dated, in the episode "Moonshine River." She will have the largest role of the five girlfriends. Zooey will also take part in the Valentine's Day episode "Love is a Many-Splintered Thing".^[3]
• Jennifer Tilly will guest star as herself, appearing in an instructional online poker video Lisa watches, in the episode "Gone Abie Gone."
• Steve Carell, former star of The Office, will voice Fat Tony's accountant, Dan Gillick, and ends up taking over the mafia.
• Anika Noni Rose will play a nightclub singer and Grampa's old flame.
• Patton Oswalt and Jeff Gordon will appear in guest roles.
• Recently deceased composer Marvin Hamlisch will make a guest appearance.
• Max Weinberg, bandleader on the talk show Conan and member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band will appear in "Love is a Many-Splintered Thing".^[3]

Unknown episodes

• One episode will feature Homer and Santa's Little Helper.
• Michael Price wrote an episode where Bart and Homer help to obtain a small steam train in the now closed Itchy & Scratchy Land.

References