The Simpsons season 31

The Simpsons
Season 31
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ShowrunnerAl Jean
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseSeptember 29, 2019 (2019-09-29) –
May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)
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The thirty-first season of the animated television series The Simpsons premiered on Fox in the United States on September 29, 2019[1] and ended on May 17, 2020. The season was produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. This was the first of two new seasons ordered by Fox.[2] Al Jean continues as showrunner, a position he has held since the thirteenth season. Matt Selman also contributed as showrunner for the episodes "Go Big or Go Homer", "Livin La Pura Vida", "Thanksgiving of Horror", "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson", "Bart the Bad Guy", "Highway to Well" and "The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds".

Episodes this season were nominated for three Emmy Awards. It was also nominated for four Writers Guild of America Awards and won for Outstanding Writing in Animation.

  1. ^ The Simpsons [@TheSimpsons] (June 24, 2019). "👋 Jazz hands! Season 31 of #TheSimpsons kicks off Sunday, September 29 on @FOXTV. 👋" (Tweet). Retrieved August 29, 2019 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Otterson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).