“The Simpsons” shocked viewers in October when ... “The show isn’t meant to end,” he continued. “To do a sappy crappo series finale, like most other shows do, would be so lame.

When the strikes ended, "The Simpsons" found itself on an accelerated timetable to produce its first-ever original episode for Disney+, a Christmas ... serendipity at the end of the episode.

“The show isn’t meant to end,” he continued ... episode will be] a parody of A Christmas Carol with [Mr Burns] as Scrooge. The laziest idea!” The Simpsons writer Carolyn Omine also ...