The Simpsons are back and one of Springfield’s familiar faces is impending death.
The Simpsons, Fox’s longest-running comedy, has been on television for 25 seasons. The show has announced a regular character from the animated series will be killed off this season, which began on Sunday. A total of seven characters have been killed off in the series, including a gruesome death for Maude Flanders, Ned’s wife.
Executive producer Al Jean said in a recent conference, “We’re actually working on a script where a character will pass away. I’ll give a clue that the actor playing the character won an Emmy for playing that character, but I won’t say who it is.” Jean hopes the episode will get “Breaking Bad-type numbers.”
Jean has also hinted at a Stan Lee-officiated wedding for Comic Book Guy and a “Futurama” crossover season finale.
Characters voiced by Emmy winners include: Hank Azaria as various characters including Moe, Cletus, Apu, Comic Book Guy, Anne Hathaway as Penelope, Kelsey Grammar as villain Sideshow Bob and Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson.
Which Simpsons character do you think will be killed off?
The Simpsons airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on Fox.
